RV review: Embassy RV Cape Cod—An RV I’d be proud to have built

Today’s RV review is of the Embassy RV Cape Cod, a Class B+ RV that comes from a company that makes a lot of commercial vehicles and also some pretty nifty RVs. The commercial vehicle aspect of the company is quite relevant because one of the things they do is use composite bodies that have to be certified for strength. 

But in commercial vehicle production, weight is an important issue, so lighter is better as long as it doesn’t mean less strength. We all know that if a vehicle isn’t yours, but rather is the company’s, that just means it’s a challenge to see how you can misuse it. 

We’ve looked at the Embassy RV Traveler in the past, and I thought this might be the best Class B RV I had ever seen. Wow. 

Making a Class B RV

What the company is building the bodies out of is something the company calls a proprietary pultrusion. I had some idea of what this was, but I had to look it up. Essentially it’s a fiber-reinforced plastic that is pulled (rather than pushed, as in extrusion) in a continuous process. 

The goal of this is to create a product that’s lighter than aluminum but stronger than steel, according to company lead Terry Minix. We’ve heard from him before. 

According to Minix, the company put 14,000 pounds of weight on the roof of the Cape Cod to see how it would hold up, and it barely deflected. In a video, Minix said that this is the kind of testing they have to do on buses, which the company also builds, but is not something that would normally be done on an RV. 

Essentially, this kind of test simulates a rollover and whether the vehicle can withstand its own weight. Kind of like me trying to do a pushup. 

Backseat with two seat belts

There is also a backseat in this rig that has two seat belts. The company did a pull test on these and it passed with flying colors. Remember that those seatbelts aren’t anchored in steel, but rather this fiber-reinforced plastic. 

Aside from that, this vehicle utilizes the Ford Transit chassis. All the safety technologies that are part of that vehicle are incorporated into this. 

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Something I saw on the safety front that I liked was a built-in camera system that provides a 3D view around the exterior of this rig. If you hear something go bump outside in the night, you can go up to the screen for this and see what’s happening all around the RV. Further, there is a recording function, as well, for capturing that bear, or Sasquatch, to start your launch of a YouTube dynasty. 

Venting in the Embassy RV Cape Cod

In the realm of build quality, something else that Embassy is doing that’s unusual is the way they vent their gray tank. The vent is actually on the side of the RV rather than on the roof. This goes back to the fact that Embassy RV doesn’t like punching holes in roofs. I don’t blame them. 

Another interesting thing is that there is a flow-through ventilation system that has two vent ports on one side of the rig for incoming air and two on the other to exhaust the air. So, rather than a big hole in the roof, this works without creating a leak point. 

However, since Embassy RV doesn’t use wood in their build in the first place, even having a leak wouldn’t be that detrimental. 

Things I like about the Embassy RV Cape Cod

Behind the Ford cockpit, there is a side-facing bench seat. That is where those seatbelts are that I mentioned earlier. This can fold flat to become a bed, although it’s not where I’d want to sleep all the time. Plus, it does block the entry door when it’s flat. 

There’s storage overhead above the cab and open storage in cubbies along the perimeter of the cab. 

Kitchen in the Embassy RV Cape Cod

The kitchen is decent enough with a solid countertop that includes a swing-up extension which is flush with the countertop. Many RVs have swing-up extensions, but they rest below the countertop, which is dumb. 

Something that shows that the company was thinking is the placement of the microwave, which is above the refrigerator. Knowing that some travelers might have trouble reaching this, there is a pull-out step below the refrigerator that enables even vertically-challenged RVers to reach the nuker. Now that’s thinking. 

TV in the Embassy RV Cape Cod

Another thing I really liked was how they used the space behind the refrigerator for a TV. What Embassy did was put the TV on a slide-out rail. When you’re sitting in the second-row seat, this is at a perfect placement for watching your favorite RV podcast, or whatever you do with your TV while camping. 

The TV slides out to cover the camp-side window sort of over the kitchen counter. When you’re done, it just slides right back behind the TV. Normally this would be unused space, but here it’s a really great placement. 

The bathroom has some nice features

The bathroom, too, shows that there was a lot of thought given to this rig. 

When you first step into the space you don’t see a toilet. The space is decent and there is a shower head on a height-adjustable mount. There’s also a small sink. 

Another thing in here that’s nice is a cabinet in which you’ll find both household and USB power outlets so you can charge things like electric shavers or electric toothbrushes. Good idea. 

But there’s a “curtain” of sorts at the bottom of the bathroom that’s held on with magnets and behind that is the toilet on a slide-out tray. So the toilet won’t get wet when you’re taking a shower. 

There is a shower curtain that you can draw over the walls of the bathroom, but you don’t have to as the interior of the space is waterproof including, the firefly lighting and fan remote in here. 

Boondocking and travel access

The toilet is a different story. This RV uses a dry flush toilet much like the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet I reviewed a while ago. The advantage of this type of system is that you don’t need a black tank so there isn’t one on this RV.

The disadvantage is that the foil container cartridges are expensive. But, dealing with the black tank and toilet and all of that is a neat process and does make this a rig that’s well-suited to boondocking.

Speaking of which, there are also 920 amp hours of battery aboard this camper. That’s significant. It’s a Mastervolt system, which is an outstanding system. This is the same system I have in my own camper and it utilizes Mastervolt’s CombiMaster inverter and charge controller. This is a system that comes out of the marine industry, where tolerance for failure is minimal—you don’t want your power system to fail when you’re hundreds of miles offshore.

In addition to the lack of black tank, there’s a decent fresh and gray tank—more than in many RVs of this size.

My thoughts on the Embassy RV Cape Cod

I have to admit I really like the thinking that goes into the products Embassy RV makes. In many ways, if I were an RV company, this is how I would build RVs—no wood, no slides, lots of innovative ways of just solving problems in a usable package. 

I might also want my Tony’s RV Company to sell directly, as Embassy RV does. There are absolutely some great RV dealers out there, but there is such a wide-ranging experience that I would want to be more in control of the customer experience. 

I’m still not sold on that dry flush toilet, quite honestly, mostly because it’s relatively complicated and those refill inserts ain’t cheap. I like cartridge toilets, but my wife is in disagreement with me about these. That’s okay, she can be wrong. (I can write that because she doesn’t read my reviews.) 

More about these RV reviews

These RV reviews are written based on information provided by the manufacturers along with our writer’s own research. They are based on information from a single unit and may not reflect your actual experience. Shop your RV and dealership carefully before making a buying decision. We receive no money or other financial benefits from these reviews. They are intended only as a brief overview of the vehicle, not a comprehensive critique, which would require a thorough inspection and/or test drive.

Tony comes to RVtravel.com having worked at an RV dealership and been a life long RV enthusiast. He also has written the syndicated Curbside column about cars. He also works closely with a number of RV manufacturers to get an inside look at how things are done and is a brand ambassador for Rockwood Mini Lite with his wife, Peggy.

You can also check out his RV podcast with his wife, Peggy.

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