At the RV Experience trade show earlier this month in Salt Lake City, we got a look at the latest models of trailers, vans, and full-on buses impressively Tetrised into the Salt Palace Convention Center. After聽playing around in numerous models, here are our six favorites.
Taxa Outdoors Cricket Camp ($29,995)

罢丑别听 looks vaguely like a spaceship (in a good way), made of aluminum panels set on a galvanized steel frame. That brings the weight to about 1,450 pounds, meaning many four-cylinder vehicles can pull it from garage to campsite. Though with integrated plumbing and electricity, room to sleep two adults and two kids, underbed storage, a pop-up ceiling for ample headroom, and big windows for taking in the scenery, you might be inclined to live in it full time.
SylvanSport Vast ($49,995)
makes a range of gear鈥攍ike a sleeping bag and camp-kitchen products鈥攊n addition to its Go Easy and pop-up Go trailers. This year the company built on its line with the hard-bodied , which is an impressive聽transformer. Load gear like bikes through the rear hatch and store them behind the bench, or fold the seats down so that the queen bed can lower from the ceiling when it鈥檚 time to call it a day. The kitchen can remain inside, but if you feel like cooking in the fresh air, it also slides out the side of the Vast (at the same time revealing the shower). And the dining table can be shifted out the open window to form a sort of bar. Racks on the trailer鈥檚 left side are good for mounting two kayaks.
Mod Vans CV1 Camper Van ($77,000)
Constructed on a Ford Transit 150 chassis, has a 鈥渄ownstairs鈥 and an 鈥渦pstairs,鈥 in that the roof pops skyward, granting passengers more than six feet of headroom and giving the van space for two beds, one on an elevated platform and one on the ground floor, so to speak. In addition, it鈥檚 kitted out with a full kitchen (a two-burner propane stove,聽sink, and聽refrigerator), a toilet with a tank good for 56 flushes before it needs emptying (though no shower), a 14,000-BTU furnace that runs off the same propane as the stove, and seating for up to five.
Winnebago Revel ($149,299)
, like the CV1, is for those who聽want to avoid the聽hassle of towing a trailer. Unlike the CV1, though, it鈥檚聽built on a Sprinter chassis, meaning four-wheel drive comes standard. You鈥檒l pay for that, but聽as we wrote聽in our full review of the Revel last month, it聽can get you聽places you wouldn鈥檛 dare drive most other camper vans. It otherwise has many similar features to the Mod Vans聽model. You won鈥檛 find a pop-up roof, but the Revel does have an outdoor shower, a bed that descends from the ceiling (which you can store large gear under, even when it鈥檚 fully lowered), and a diesel-fed hydronic heating system that runs through the van鈥檚 insulation to make camping in subfreezing conditions feasible. You can opt for either an indoor shower and a toilet聽or a closet with a drain in the floor for drip-drying damp clothes. But we would鈥檝e liked to see full shoulder seat belts, not just the lap variety, on the rear seats.
Airstream Classic Smart RV ($152,400)

The geek鈥檚 RV, is a connected home on wheels. You can operate everything鈥攊ncluding the lights, awning, and climate control鈥攁nd monitor the propane, water, and battery levels from an app using 4G or Wi-Fi. The Classic has other 鈥渄umb鈥 but equally luxurious features, like a 60-inch projection TV, heated shower floors, an oven, and wood cabinetry. The head of the queen bed adjusts up and down, and, yes, there鈥檚 a doorbell.
Winnebago All-Electric Zero Emission ($TBD)
Though the All-Electric has a top range of only 125 miles on a full charge, and the model we saw at RV Experience聽was fairly bare-bones, we applaud Winnebago for making a that has聽no emissions. This rig is meant more for commercial use, but it was awarded the top spot in the sustainability category at the show, and hopefully the tech will become more widely used.