SwissRoomBox... Neat!

[Lynn LeFey]

Well... It's a good deal more expensive than I'm willing to pay, but this looks like a pretty sweet system to turn most hatchback vehicles into a mini-camper.




Here's the product's home page.
http://www.swissroombox.com/swissRoomBox-home.html

[nuphoria]

Very clever idea

I'd love to play with one to see if it was a practical solution or not.

[Grant Lamontagne]

You could do something very similar for a much smaller budget using milk crates "liberated" from a grocery or convenience store, some imagination and some wood panels.

One question though- the woman (and yes, I watched her every move!) cleaned dishes a few times, took a shower, brushed her teeth and filled a pot with water to cook something, and yet all they showed was a small (3 gallon maybe?) water tank.  Either she only washed one dish and took a very short shower or they filled that thing up a number of times during the making of that video.

Def

[Grathr]

I noticed the same thing. they sure squeezed a lot of water out of that small tank.

[Lynn LeFey]

Yeah, I saw that too. I >think< it was a 5 gallon tank, but even then...

And I didn't see a gray water tank, so, not sure how that worked either.

The price on the thing was laughable, but some good design ideas. I keep thinking a Ford Transit Connect would make a great micro-RV, and ran across this while looking for examples of that.

You probably could do a milk-crate setup, but I've yet to see a good one. Not saying they don't exist, I just haven't seen it. I waffle back and forth about the 2-board chair designs I've seen... because I'm... emm... not a light person.

I'm not any kind of expert on the strength of particle-board, laminated board, OSB, etc. and wonder how strong those pieces are.

[Grant Lamontagne]

I assumed that instead of a grey water tank the intention is to just dump the water when you are done with it.

The Transit Connect is a neat little van- if they made a four wheel drive (or AWD) version, preferably with a six cylinder engine I'd be all over one of them.

Def

[Steinar]

I think the SwissRoomBox seems sort of a neat idea, but I wonder about practicality as well. Also, I wonder about longevity of the parts. On the other hand, all of that is exactly what some of the tradionalists says about SAKs as well. Also, it's a cool idea with a camping setup that doesn't clog up roads with ginormous caravans and doesn't require a huge vehicle as such either.

Well, I'm still skeptical. I'm more of the “If you can't carry it on your back, you're bringing too much” school of thought anyway.

[turnsouth]

It is the neatest thing, and while I would love to be given one, at $8600.00 for a sink, shower, stove, fridge, and some interlocking panels, I can't help but think "WTF?"

[nuphoria]

I hadn't worked out the price - that is fairly steep.

[turnsouth]

It does have some nice design features though:



 

[Lynn LeFey]

It is the veritable swiss army knife of ... places to put your swiss army knives.

Yes, the price needs to come WAY down before it's reasonable.