New small camp trailer- 1300 lbs

[cpaharley2008]

2012 Cricket
Cricket Trailer

[Donna D.]

Different strokes for different folks. I like the fact I can open the door of my trailer and use everything on the inside without hunching over. YMMV

[DannyH]

Thanks for the link. This guy has put a lot of thought into the trailer. The interior sort of reminds me of a sail boat I remodeled. It would be much more like camping, with exposed storage mesh for clothing, than the eggs. Interesting.

[bomni]

If I (wife...) had seen this prior to buying our Boler...I definitely would have wanted one...we backpack a lot & this trailer seems like it would totally mesh with our lifestyle...maybe not very bear safe...but neither is a Boler or a tent!

[Doug Arthurs]

I like how you can open the whole thing up. Great for beach days I could totally see myself laying there while its parked along a beach having an afternoon nap with a breeze blowing through.

[JohnnyB]

He should have spent some money on doing a quality video with decent sound.

[Hazel in Sk]

I didn't see a weight listed nor a price range. I didn't see a list of dealers - any in Canada? I didn't see a 'no kitchen' option either. The videos didn't inspire me much, mainly because the beds looked lumpy and uncomfortable and there general lack of useful info.

[Doc Sarvis]

I downloaded the price list. It's a little more than $14k USD. The only dealer is Princess Craft RV in Pflugerville, TX. The trailer weighs 1400 to 1600 lbs and is only 6.5 feet wide. Should be easy to tow. If I only needed something for one person this could fit my needs, but my wife wants more room and a real bathroom, not a porta-potty behind a curtain.

Still, I like the concept and am glad to see someone thinking outside the box.

JohnnyB: I volunteered at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin last month. After listening to dozens of PhD astrophysicists' presentations I'd rate Garrett a solid C compared to them. Which means you are right: he needs to hire someone with decent presentation skills for his marketing video.

[freddo411]

Blah, looks like a Frank Gehry building on wheels. FileMPPano11.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[melissab]

Why all the odd angles in the sheet metal and what looks to be an ill fitting backside?? 14K, You can have a nice Egg for that which tows just as well if not better I'd think. I would like to know what he suspended those bunks from and what weight they are rated.

[SherryNPaul]

Mellissab, the website shows the bunks are rated for up to 100 pounds, and are suspended by webbing straps and hooks from slots in the aluminum frame. Not easy to find that info, as it's in a photo description.
I saw this featured in Dwell. Their photo series is really nice, certainly better than the echo-plagued youtube video on the Cricket website.
I could actually see this selling very well to serious campers/backpackers and outdoor sports enthusiasts who want a camping base camp, not an rv. It's definitely new and interesting.
Sherry

[melissab]

Thanks for the info, Sherry, I definately missed that bit.

Melissa

[Ken C]

The old thread from 2009 shows the prototype. The designer has been at it a long time http://www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/f...ler-40400.html

[gmw photos]

It's certainly encouraging to see this type of thinking going into the RV industry. For any industry to survive and grow it must continue to attract the younger buyers, and I could certainly see a young family using one of these. As fuel goes up in price, and families need to control household and leisure time costs, this camper could be a win-win deal.
Good on him, I hope he does well with it.

george

[bomni]

Originally Posted by SherryNPaul

I could actually see this selling very well to serious campers/backpackers and outdoor sports enthusiasts who want a camping base camp, not an rv. It's definitely new and interesting.
Sherry

If you had the extra cash this would be an awesome basecamp for backpacking or if like us (diehard tenters who were never going to grow up and get a trailer) you put off getting a trailer due to love of going to really out of the way, barely accessible places & didn't want to "give in" to a trailer this is a great transitional & versatile trailer. Not really for comfortable, provincial park, paved sites trailer camping, more for rugged off the grid camping. Definitely expensive but it looks like a quality design to me & it's that which counts when you are striving for minimalist camping (to us anyways).

[SherryNPaul]

I'd agree, bomni. It looks like a trailer that could go just about anywhere. It is pricey for a mostly "barebones" and efficient basecamp, but it has a lot of appeal as a true camping trailer/hard-sided tent on wheels. It reminds me of some of the unusual (some would say odd) campers I've seen from Australia. Nice to see a different trailer for a different niche.
Sherry

[Doc Sarvis]

I saw a Cricket at the Austin RV Show today. Nice little camper, but just too small for what my wife and I need. As mentioned earlier on this thread it would be a great camper for someone who just wants a more comfortable and sturdier tent, but I would not want to spend two or three days cooped up in it waiting out bad weather.

I do wish the manufacturer success. If I had the budget for two trailers this would make a good camper for getting off the beaten path when I'm out by myself taking photos.

[Flyfisher]

Anyone with new reports?

We're looking for something that can go places a conventional trailer can't. The light weight, rigid aluminum frame, and 10" of ground clearance seems like a good candidate. What else should we look at? We want something more(toilet, sink, fridge, etc.) than Sylvansports Go's foldout tent on a trailer. And something without the setup time of a popup.

[floyd]

It's kinda cool. sort of a utility trailer crossed with a swiss army knife and a tent!
Did you ever try to use the knife and fork at the same time?

[Cathy P.]

I was actually looking at these online a couple of days ago. I found this link for small trailers so did a lot of window shopping:

Manufacturers | The Small Trailer Enthusiast

I did find some listed at the dealer in TX also.