Japanese X-Cabin camper is like an industrial Airstream you tow through Jimny

Younger Japanese model X-Cabin has launched its personal rendition of the light-weight all-aluminum tenting trailer. Like a traditional Airstream, it options shiny riveted aluminum and rounded corners. However in a nod to its mother or father firm’s industrial roots, which cowl all the things from clockmaking to LED lighting, the X-Cabin 300 caravan has the plainer, boxier form of a business cargo trailer. The high-efficiency ground plan features a convertible dinette, galley and loads of cupboard space.

Not like the numerous tiny trailer startups birthed via the imaginative and prescient of 1 or two disgruntled RVers or tent campers, X-Cabin is the offspring of a a lot bigger company with a historical past that dates again over a century. Situated within the coronary heart of Japanese industrial hub Nagoya, LED lighting specialist Impact Meiji Company launched the X-Cabin trailer and model in 2020, impressed partially by the identical lockdown-driven cabin fever that is spurred on a brand new technology of RV products in lots of different parts of the world.

We point out X-Cabin’s roots as a result of we predict the design of its 15-foot (4.6-m) X-Cabin 300 exudes them. The corporate has taken a quite simple business trailer form, fairly just like the U-Haul rental trailers ubiquitous on US highways and native roads, and polished it up into a classy and comfy miniature trip getaway.

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X-Cabin begins exterior, rigorously riveting shiny polished aluminum corners across the edges of barely much less shiny sidewall panels. The home windows clarify that the trailer accommodates extra than simply cargo, and the entrance storage packing containers match the polished aluminum look to perfection.

When mixed with the AL-KO galvanized metal chassis beneath, X-Cabin’s all-aluminum building retains base weight right down to a small-vehicle-friendly 1,650 lb (750 kg) whereas offering a clear, traditional look harking back to the American Airstream, or much more so, the Dutch Lume Traveler. The newborn moon rims add to the classic look, and patrons can go for both double doorways or a tailgate on the rear.

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Tenting trailers aren’t often proven with tow automobiles putting sufficient to steal the present, however X-Cabin highlights its aluminum-driven lightness by hitching the 300 as much as a Suzuki Jimny. And as an alternative of only a common Jimny, it goes for a mannequin decked out within the Land Rover Defender-mimicking “Little D” physique package from Japanese model DAMD. That appears like a enjoyable combo for touring the islands, if ever we have seen one.

X-Cabin presents three totally different ground plans, alongside an empty business trailer. Essentially the most versatile of the three appears to be the X-Cabin 300 “Glamp” format, which pairs a entrance galley with a traditional convertible dual-bench dinette that turns into the double mattress. The straightforward galley features a sink and obtainable fridge field and is designed to work with a fundamental transportable fuel tenting range.

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Each the bottom X-Cabin 300 and top-tier X-Cabin 300 Solo additionally embody entrance dinettes however characteristic totally different kinds of sofa-bed.

We’re undecided that any one of many three X-Cabin 300 trims actually rises to the extent of “glamping,” however X-Cabin offers them an enormous help with a glamping resort it launched a yr in the past. Situated in Komono, close to X-Cabin’s manufacturing facility, the Free and Straightforward Camp Resort presents trailer websites with porches, in addition to motorhome and tent websites, and likewise hosts central facilities like a spa, sauna and restaurant. Again the X-Cabin 300 subsequent into one of many campsites, take a fast spin within the spa or sauna earlier than returning to the trailer to sit down out on the porch and revel in nature, and we might say you’ve got stepped the journey as much as a full glamping expertise.

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We noticed X-Cabin through the latest Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, the place the corporate was exhibiting and trying to discover a accomplice for growth into the European market. In Japan, costs vary between ¥5.8 million and seven.2 million (approx. US$39,550 and $49,000), relying on ground plan – appears like Airstream-like pricing for an Airstream-like trailer.

If you would like to see X-Cabin’s full firm description and pitch, you may check out their English-dubbed introductory video. Under is a faster promo for the trailer itself.

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