Campers that can expand their living space are a hot topic within the modern RV world. The industry that is trying to embrace compactness and sustainability has begun equipping even the smallest models with pop tops and slide outs. Today we will review the latest expandable campers as well as the coolest units of the recent years that were missed in the previous episodes.
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#1 Antishanty: antishanty.com
It’s hard to place this caravan into a single category, since its versatile lightweight package can serve as a toy hauler, a teardrop or an adventure off-road trailer. Weighting 2000 pounds or less it sleeps up to 4 people on two stacked queen beds. When in camping mode the Antishanty has 10 feet of headroom.
#2 ioCamper: iocampercom.wixsite.com/iocamperbeta
The iO Camper began as a passion project of a Hungarian mechanical engineer Tamas Laczko, who wanted to build a compact outdoor dwelling for his entire family. The setup has patented foldable design, can be transported as a caravan trailer or will easily fit into any L1H2 van.
#3 Earthcruiser Terranova: earthcruiser.com/vehicles/terranova/
Earthcruiser Terranova is a pop-top truck-bed camper that can fits the latest Ford F350; RAM 3500 and Chevrolet Silverado 3500. The body is mounted onto the flat-bed chassis using EarthCruiser’s proprietary kinetic mount system, and it has a foam insulated raising-roof with 8 windows for a true 360-degree panoramic experience.
#4 Kimberley Karavan: kimberleykampers.com.au/hybrid-caravans
Kimberley Karavan has been the company’s flagship model for almost 15 years, but the Australians continue to refine its comfort features. In addition to the independent trailing arm suspension and big mono-tube shock absorbers, all Karavans now come standard with an air suspension of individual airbags with a manual filling at front.
#5 PROTEC Q18: protecmobil.com/home-en
Designed and built by the German Protec, the Q18 Class B+ motorhome comes equipped with two side slideouts that increase its width from 7.5 to 11.5 feet and create a more functional living space with all of the needed utilities.
#6 Hut RV DEKPOD: hutrv.com.au/
As a rule, most camping trailers come with large tongue boxes that are used to store batteries, tools and water supply systems. However, the Australian startup HUT RV has a better idea of how to use this area. The company’s Hybrid Utility Trailer features a patented DEKPOD™ dual expanding module, that swings away and attaches over the caravan’s drawbar.
#7 Moterra Campervans Pop Top: gomoterra.com/camper-vans/pop-top-campervan/
Moterra Campervans Pop Top is a Sprinter based campervan that the company rents out on a daily or weekly basis. Currently, the company has 5 locations: Jackson, Wyoming; San Francisco, California; Whitefish, Montana; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Las Vegas, Nevada.
#8 Offline Campers Domino: offlinecampers.com.au/domino/
Built completely in-house, the Australian Offline Campers Domino caravan aims to offer the easiest setup with the maximum functionality. The model sits on the hot dip galvanized chassis with Cruisemaster XT twin-shock independent suspension, has the towing length of 199 inches, and can be used in 2 modes.
#9 Coachmen Clipper: coachmenrv.com/camping-trailers/clipper
The Clipper range from Forest River’s brand offers a variety of expandable trailer modifications: the more compact and the lightest are collected under the Express and LS monikers, while the largest models belong the Sport and V-Trec lineups.
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