Owomo interlocking panels make world’s simplest DIY camping furniture

German company Owomo is looking to simplify the build-your-own camper/base camp process with a series of plywood panels that serve as lids for the common gray Eurobox. The panels and accompanying accessories interconnect like puzzle pieces, creating ba… Continue reading Owomo interlocking panels make world’s simplest DIY camping furniture

Thor e-RV charging station peers into the future of EV camping trips

Global RV manufacturer Thor Industries has been preparing for the electric vehicle age for years, probably better than some automakers. Its work has included not only recent concepts like the Vision Vehicle fuel cell motorhome and Airstream eStream sel… Continue reading Thor e-RV charging station peers into the future of EV camping trips

Goose Gear’s DIY RV kit turns Subaru or RAV4 into slick camper wagon

Goose Gear has long been offering interior camper kits and accessories for popular vehicles and RV products like the Toyota 4Runner, Jeep Wrangler and GFC Platform Camper. This year, in addition to developing a kit for Scout’s smallest truck camper yet… Continue reading Goose Gear’s DIY RV kit turns Subaru or RAV4 into slick camper wagon

Space-age origami truck camper pops into hard-wall Toyota-top habitat

Hard-sided pop-up pickup campers and camping toppers seem to be a growing trend of the early 2020s, evidenced by a steady wave of new launches like the Oru Designs Bruin, Cube Series QB and AntiShanty Dwell Shell. Ohio startup Hardsider is deep at work… Continue reading Space-age origami truck camper pops into hard-wall Toyota-top habitat

Space-age origami truck camper pops into hard-wall Toyota-top habitat

Hard-sided pop-up pickup campers and camping toppers seem to be a growing trend of the early 2020s, evidenced by a steady wave of new launches like the Oru Designs Bruin, Cube Series QB and AntiShanty Dwell Shell. Ohio startup Hardsider is deep at work… Continue reading Space-age origami truck camper pops into hard-wall Toyota-top habitat

4XD micro-camper looks to be the smallest, lightest hard-sided trailer

The new Dwell Shell looks like a great hard-walled camping option for those with a pickup, but what about those who don’t own a truck? AntiShanty has a new product for them, too. Billing its all-new 4XD as something of an “Ultimate Off Road Trailer,” i… Continue reading 4XD micro-camper looks to be the smallest, lightest hard-sided trailer

ROC composite teardrop injects oblique geometry into electric RVing

Built up with an eye toward yacht construction, equipped for boundless onshore exploration, and styled like nothing else out there, the all-new ALD09 teardrop from Georgia’s ROC Trailers looks to leverage lightweight composite design toward more functi… Continue reading ROC composite teardrop injects oblique geometry into electric RVing

PlugVan rolling RV kit is a complete VW mini-camper on caster wheels

We recall quite clearly making a sharp 110-degree left after catching the original PlugVan camper box out of the corner of an eye at CMT 2019. After answering our initial “What the #@!$ is that?!”, we ended up walking away quite impressed with the all-… Continue reading PlugVan rolling RV kit is a complete VW mini-camper on caster wheels

Two innovative RVs unify into go-anywhere Multicamp expander trailer

Since introducing its first fold-out pickup camper two years ago, Indiana-based Skinny Guy Campers has rapidly followed through on its plans to fill out its lineup with models for myriad truck bed sizes. Now it’s working on pulling its expandable campe… Continue reading Two innovative RVs unify into go-anywhere Multicamp expander trailer

Hard-sided pickup camper hauls gear like a truck, camps like a cabin

Most of the pickup camping toppers we’ve looked at over the years have come straight from startups founded on the idea of creating a light, functional cross between a camper and a truck cap. But the all-new Dwell Shell hails from the fast-growing Utah … Continue reading Hard-sided pickup camper hauls gear like a truck, camps like a cabin