Means again in late 2019, within the waning months of Life as We As soon as Knew It, Colorado's Boreas Campers teased a bigger model of its rugged off-road squaredrop trailer. It took longer than deliberate, and the upsized off-roader has legally modified its identify to EOS-12, however the pop-top mannequin has lastly arrived as a much bigger, badder tow-everywhere Boreas micro-home that may sleep a household of 5, cook dinner a gourmand meal for the entire campground, and remove the dreaded blind wee-hour pee stroll by the use of its indoor lavatory.
Again once we noticed the primary 2019 teaser, Boreas was nonetheless named Into the Wild Overland, its pop-up household trailer challenge was the XT-12, and the common individual would have guessed that "COVID" was some sort of collaborative video, most likely porn. Some issues have modified since then.
Boreas has renamed and reconfigured the manufacturing model of its household trailer forward of an official launch at this week's Overland Expo West. And with RVs having fun with historic recognition, a step-up family-size trailer makes numerous sense for any model restricted to smaller teardrop-size trailers.
The EOS-12 follows Boreas itself in a reputation change based mostly on Greek mythology, Eos being the goddess of daybreak and mom of Boreas. The mum or dad/little one relationship is perhaps reversed on this case, however "Eos" is a becoming identify for an essential new product that marks a proverbial "new daybreak."
Boreas' new daybreak equates to a bigger, extra family-friendly breed of rugged trailer that ought to attraction to off-road trailer-camping couples who've grown into households and new household clients on the lookout for one thing comparatively gentle, simple to tow and prepared for the roughest terrain between dwelling and ... there.
That latter group will most likely embrace some converts to overlanding and dispersed tenting disillusioned by overcrowded campgrounds and waitlists who need a method of escaping the plenty and staking a declare to their very personal slice of filth. The EOS-12 matches the invoice with five-person sleeping capability and a design that finds a purposeful medium between Boreas' two-person XT and the roomy, hard-nosed off-road caravans widespread in Australia (e.g. the Lotus Tremor).
The EOS-12 nonetheless appears like a small off-road squaredrop from afar, however at 19.3 ft (5.9 m) in general size, it is sized extra like a roomier caravan than it's the 16-ft (4.9-m) Boreas XT. It positive factors a foot of size over the unique XT-12 design, and Boreas places the additional area to good use by increasing the ground plan to incorporate a five-person dinette, reasonably than a four-person. That dinette is ready up behind the mounted entrance queen mattress and converts over right into a double mattress to create 4 normal sleeping berths. An non-compulsory fold-down bunk mattress supplies the fifth.
The EOS-12's angled roof design concentrates the utmost 6.5-ft (198-cm) standing peak on the rear of the ground plan, benefitting the nook moist lavatory in clearing sufficient overhead area to face within the bathe. The toilet additionally features a cassette bathroom.
On the opposite facet of its metal-framed, wood-free composite partitions, the EOS-12 outside kitchen stretches practically the complete size of the passenger sidewall. It features a Furrion triple-burner range/sink slide-out to the left of a central fold-down worktop and a 96-L Truma dual-zone or 105-L single-zone fridge/freezer slide to the proper. The roomy galley is able to churn out meals in good climate or unhealthy due to the usual 270-degree 23Zero awning overhead and obtainable enclosure partitions.
The four-season-ready EOS-12 options record goals to maintain even finicky members of the family snug and completely happy, packing in a Truma Combi air/water heater; an electrical system with 200-Ah lithium battery, 300-W photo voltaic array and Victron Multiplus inverter; a Bluetooth speaker system; a 30-A shore connection; and obtainable A/C. A Garmin Fusion Management pill serves because the moveable command heart, providing one-screen management of inside temperature, fan, lighting, inverter and speaker system, in addition to monitoring of tank and battery ranges.
Severe American off-road trailer builders have been progressively switching from long-popular torsion-axle suspension methods to Aussie-inspired or sourced impartial arm methods, and Boreas claimed to be the primary North American camper producer to make the leap to Australia's extremely in style Cruisemaster model when it switched its total lineup over within the 2021 mannequin yr. The EOS-12 depends on the Cruisemaster XT setup to ship the forgiving cushion between the heavy responsibility powder-coated steel-tube body and the all-terrain tire-rolled wheels. The airbag-based system additionally contains auto-leveling functionality. The trailer has 20 inches of floor clearance.
There is no debating that Boreas has discovered a compelling mixture of full-fledged off-roadability, family-size lodging and amenity-loaded consolation, however the US$74,990 EOS-12 base value remains to be a bit onerous to swallow. That is properly greater than the $40,000 to $50,000 Boreas estimated when it first previewed the XT-12 and greater than double the $36K base of the smaller Boreas XT. And it places the EOS-12 up in opposition to some stiff competitors.
A gentle surge of these aforementioned Australian-brand off-road caravans have been flooding into the US lately, providing one other different for off-road household tenting. Examples embrace the 22-ft (6.7-m) four-person MDC AUSRV X15 at the moment marked all the way down to $55,990 (from $64,990) and the expandable 15-ft (4.6-m) $59,000 Opus OP15 household trailer.
Even nearer to dwelling for Boreas, another boutique off-road camper builders at the moment provide extremely rugged, light-weight pop-up trailers for 4+ campers. Examples embrace the $43,900 Mission Overland Summit pop-up squaredrop ($49K for "well-equipped" mannequin) and the $31K TetonX Hybrid pop-top ($50K totally loaded).
All of these choices have particular person professionals and cons, after all. The Aussie caravans are greater than a thousand kilos heavier than the three,700-lb (1,678-kg) EOS-12 but additionally are likely to have nicer interiors, whereas the pop-up squaredrops are less-equipped and use outside showers rather than indoor loos however are additionally smaller, lighter and simpler to tow. So maybe Boreas will discover its area of interest proper between these different classes, however we won't assist however assume it will be higher off optioning off among the normal gear to carry the bottom value nearer to the $50K for which it was initially aiming.
Alternatively, in a world by which Australian manufacturers can discover success by promoting US$41K+ fold-out tent trailers or complementing six-figure hardcore towable dream machines with even larger, costlier fashions, it isn't unreasonable to consider a well-designed $75K off-road household trailer will discover its viewers. Boreas has additionally made itself extra of a reputation model due to its involvement within the early days of Ford Bronco fever. We'll see the place the EOS-12 goes from right here.
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