Pop Up Trailer Videos

2011 Jayco hybrid trailer is best of both worlds

2011-11-16T04:41:00.000-08:00

The good folks at Stolzfus RV in Pennsylvania are showing this 2011 hybrid trailer. Hybrid trailers are a mix of a popup trailer and a travel trailer. Hybrid trailers have full kitchens and baths, but the beds extend with tenting, similarly to a popup camper.

Tiny hard-sided fold-down trailer sets up in a minute

2010-02-08T10:51:00.000-08:00

An RV with a hard side that weighs only 350 pounds? Yup, and it folds down when you're on the road, and sets up in a minute. Check out this Aliner 400 camper from Columbia Northwest. This wouldn't be a good RV choice for a family, but for one or two people of modest size, this might fit the bill.

Kamperoo pop up trailer sets up in half a minute

2010-02-08T10:46:00.000-08:00

Now, this must be the definitively easiest pop up trailer to set up. The entire process takes about 30 seconds, and there is no time-lapse photography involved. The Kamperoo is manufactured in Canada and weighs a mere 700 pounds, which means it can be towed by even the smallest vehicles. The Kamperoo is distributed throughout North America. It's a barebones RV, for sure, but for some folks it's all that's necessary to get inside and off the ground.

Tour the Coleman Mesa pop up camper

2010-02-07T16:32:00.000-08:00

Take a tour of the Coleman Mesa Pop Up camper and then see how it sets up. This is an excellent video with lots of information. These RV has some very neat features.

Aliner hard-sided pop up trailer sets up in 30 seconds

2010-02-07T16:27:00.000-08:00

The Aliner by Columbia Northwest is a hard-sized pop up trailer that sets up in 30 seconds -- yes, THAT fast! Oh, maybe if you're a bit of a slow poke it will take you a minute to set up this RV. The Aliner can be pulled by nearly any car, even very small ones. In this video, watch an Aliner go from closed up to fully opened. It's truly a very fast and easy process.

See a pop up trailer being built, start to finish

2010-02-07T15:13:00.001-08:00

This four-minute video from the "How It's Made" TV series begins rather abruptly, but that's not a problem because what follows if fascinating. Watch a pop up trailer being assembled from start to finish beginning from the frame up. If you own a pop up or are planning to buy one, you will find this very interesting.

Tour a pop up and its campsite in bear country

2010-02-07T14:59:00.000-08:00

Take a tour of a couple's pop up trailer campsite at 7,000 feet on the eastern side of the Sierra. You'll get a view of the campground, then a tour of the outside and inside of the pop up trailer. Near the end, see the special bear-proof cabinet at the campsite for storing food or anything else with a smell that might attract the animals.

Watch the set up of a Fleetwood pop up trailer

2010-02-07T14:53:00.000-08:00

In this three minute video, watch the set up of a Fleetwood popup trailer. As you can see, it's an easy process.

Setting up a pop up camper in two minutes

2010-02-07T14:49:00.000-08:00

Pop ups are easy to set up, although not quite as fast as you'll see in this short video. Here, the entire process takes two minutes, but that's with the video running at five times the real-life speed. Still, you can imagine from this video how easily the process is, even in real time.

A good overview of various types, sizes of pop up trailers

2010-02-07T14:12:00.001-08:00

Here's an excellent overview of pop up campers (also called pop up trailers) from Don Mills, who has been in the RV business selling them for 35 years. Here, he talks about what he calls the "modern pop up camper" and the low-profile ("micro") pop up camper. He shows you a variety of popups from those with two queen sized beds to compact models that can be pulled by small cars or even motorcycles. If you interested in buying a pop up camper, then this ten-minute video is well worth watching.