Wendy and I both grew up camping in pop-up campers when we were kids. It was about being outdoors exploring the area we were visiting. Since getting married, we have tented, backpacked, to finally getting a pop-up camper with the kids.  After multiple years of putting the pop-up up and down, broken crank cables in 95 degrees heat, packing down wet canvas, and kids getting ready to fly the nest, we started our search for our next adventure rig.  We looked at 30' RVs like our friends were purchasing, to smaller 20' trailers.  The quality of these builds were not what we were looking for.  Brand new rigs with cheap floors, trim falling off, and poor gaskets that had water leaks did not impress us. It was apparent that most RV manufactures are aiming for making trailers lighter and with cheaper materials that just don't hold up over time. 

 

We wanted something simple that did not require a lot of time to set up when we got to camp, a good night's sleep on a comfy mattress that didn’t deflate in the middle of the night and something that kept us dry during storms all while being made with quality. 

Teardrop trailers checked all those boxes for us, so the search was on for a brand/model that we could trust. 

I (Matt) am a huge researcher. I found that the 3rd party space had multiple companies making teardrops/squardrops. There weren’t many made by big manufacturers when we started our search.  When we started looking at the price of a small teardrop compared to RV trailers we were surprised at first to see we could buy a big traditional trailer for around the same cost --but the quality was completely different!

 

Our other concern was sleeping in a teardrop - would it feel claustrophobic?  We found a teardrop rental a few hours from home that we tried out. We fell in love with the small trailer style camping: lightweight and easy to tow, quick set up and great sleeping after adventuring during the day.

The one we rented was the traditional teardrop style and Wendy found she hit her knees on the galley that ate into the cabin area when she rolled over at night. So that confirmed we wanted a square drop.

Hiker Trailer soon came to the top of our list - quality construction, fair price and great customer service. We put our purchase order in Aug ‘18 and took delivery in the spring ‘19.