The Cricket Trailer is sort of like the Safari Alto Trailer I showed you a while back.
This lightweight camper is the answer to rising fuel costs since with a weight of 1,300 lbs you can tow it with most cars.
It’s funky looking yet shaped to where it’s somewhat aerodynamic. Garrett Finney is the man behind the company.
He was a NASA engineer and wanted to take his expertise to design extremely tiny spaces like The Cricket.
It’s the solution between a tent and an RV. I like to think of it as a mash up of a pop up travel trailer and a teardrop camper with NASA engineering.
The Cricket has an extra wide door so you can get in and out easy. There are plenty of windows throughout to keep the breeze coming in. And don’t worry, they’re meshed to protect you from mosquitos.
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The Cricket Trailer has a Popup Hard Top Roof
The roof takes 20 seconds to pop up which gives you 6’2″ of height inside. The rear door can be lifted and then used as an awning for shade. Good thinking!
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Standard Features for The Cricket Travel Trailer
The Cricket can sleep two adults but you can also add a sleeping loft for kids. It has a number of configurations for different situations like:
- Folding couch
- Separate beds
- Combined bed
- Rotating table
- Kitchen counter
- Stainless steel sink
- Clean and grey water storage
- 12-volt electrical system
The Cricket Price
For a 15′ by 6.5′ trailer it has a lot of features and the company offers a variety of options to customize it for your own needs which includes even more options like:
- Refrigerator
- Cook top
- Shower system
- Portable toilet
- Air conditioner
- Heater
- Solar panels
Price
Pricing starts at $14,000 in the United States.
Cricket Trailer Video Review
Cricket Video Slideshow
Source: Cricket Trailer
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Alex, this guy needs to bring his Cricket Trailer toys to the tiny house community. I want those mesh/shade windows badly! That is beyond wonderful. The other sleeping/storage combinations were excellent.
I hope for his sake and his business that his videos improve. The 2nd video was too short and fast. The 1st video had bad acoustics in the factory area. Open captioning might help but I couldn’t get my closed captions option to work well enough to keep up.
I hope you post updates from Cricket Trailer as I see many things that can be brought over to a tiny house.
Its unique shape is what I find appealing about it. It looks different yet very utilitarian. :)
Very nice!
I designed one similar only instead of a cloth pop up I had a slide up with a smaller hood roof wall that gave you 7 feet of head room when extended up.
I don’t care much for the shape of the sidewalls and the interior could be better designed with built-ins but it has good potential!
LaMar
While it may be light it’s ugly and certainly not aero.
The front has hard corners which alone destroy any chance of being aero. Only the lower frontal area helps but that costs interior room.
I’m thinking of building FG aero shells for trailers, campers that actually cut the towing vehicle drag so much towing it doesn’t use any more power next yr, All aero is is good shapes which need not cost more than bad shapes.
Good golly!
If the guy is trying to sell these, what was he thinking when he made that crazy vid? My eyes can not even focus on his work! This new trend is soooooooooo annoying!
Great info Alex!
:)
I think this is a great little camper! Love that it’s light and a cross between an RV and a pop-up. I agree with the others, though, about the videos. Hard to understand him with the sound quality on the first one, and I HATE the flipbook movie. Way too fast and the choppiness was really irritating. If this is a new trend, it can go back where it came from.
Love that it’s sporty and unique.
I’d buy one.
For those critical few, it’s simple…buy something else :)
Adventure on!
I won’t want to live in this thing but for outdoor camping it looks so much easier to haul around then some other campers out there.
13K for the cricket??
i can buy a 28′ camper for that price right off the showroom floor… it sleeps 6 people and has full amenities like a shower, toilet, hot water heater, a fridge and stove, as well as A.C. or heat…
seems a little steep for the tiny trailer…