The Coachmen Remote 19R travel trailer is unique and nimble

Today’s RV review is of the 2024 Coachmen Remote 19R travel trailer. This is a small, single-axle, narrow-body travel trailer that is very uniquely styled, and I think I know who would be the most likely buyers for this. 

My wife and I have been doing a lot of classes around the country this year for Girl Camper, which is a resource for women who enjoy camping. The classes we’ve been doing are two-day RV Camper College. It’s essentially a two-day version of your one-hour walk-through. But a lot of solo women campers are smart enough to know what they don’t know and sign up for these classes. 

I can also see this camper appealing to them. It’s smaller, it’s very stylish, and it has a layout that really is practical. 

So, when we get to the bedroom and the fact that the bed is a full-sized mattress at just 54” X 74”, I know some of the reactions to this. But for whom I think this would work out, this would be just fine. 

What’s inside the Coachmen Remote 19R

The Coachmen Remote is a line of narrow-body, single-axle travel trailers from Coachmen RV, which is celebrating 60 years of building RVs. It is now a division of Forest River and has been since 2008. Funny thing: Its website talks about celebrating 58 years of building RVs. Someone at Forest River really, really, really needs to update the entire company’s website already. 

Anyhow, what you have in this trailer is a model with a rather nice bathroom that spans the width of the rear of the space. There’s a kitchen on the camp side and a couch that can also be a lousy bed by night, but with kick-up footrests in a slide on the road side. 

That bed is up front under the windshield of this trailer with a wardrobe on each side. 

Since this does have a single slide room for that couch, the bed, at 74” long, is as long as you’re going to fit in here. The wardrobes touch the mattress on either side, which will also limit the width of what will fit in the space. Again, if this is right for you, it’s right for you. 

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TVs—RVs are TV-centric

Before I can go on about the interior of this thing, I want to point something out. It used to be (back when Coachmen first started) that RVs were designed to sleep and seat people and provide a space to prepare meals. In many ways they were a big step up above tent camping—but you were still camping. 

You would do things like go outside, chat with your neighbors—all that sort of stuff. 

Then someone put a TV in an RV and things went downhill (from my perspective) from there. RVs became more and more TV-centric in their design. They grew slide rooms so you could put seating across from a TV. TVs got larger and larger and with more and more functionality. 

So, almost always when you look at an RV, the interior is designed around that TV. This RV is one of the first I’ve seen that really isn’t designed around a TV. In fact, it doesn’t even have a TV. Nor does it have provisions for a TV. 

May a light of enlightenment and success shine on you people at Coachmen. 

Not having a TV means that the kitchen can be opposite the seating area in a very small RV. Also, it has decent counter space and sufficient cabinets despite the diminutive size of this rig. Holy moly—there are even windows in the kitchen as well as in the adjacent bedroom. That’s because, again, you don’t have to worry about optimizing the position of a stupid television. 

Oops. Did I just let my bias show? Excuse me. 

I will say I do watch content on YouTube and TikTok and listen to a lot of podcasts on my iPad. So, I guess I’m not some holier-than-thou who doesn’t consume video.

Boondocking and travel access 

While there is a slide room in this trailer, that does nothing to diminish the usability of this little rig in transit. No, no, don’t go inside while it’s moving. I mean you can pull over and make lunch or whatever. 

As for boondocking, this comes with 190 watts of solar. That may be okay, but there are packages where you can get three 190-watt solar panels, a 2,000-watt inverter and a 200 amp-hour lithium battery along with a 40-amp solar charge controller. So, not bad. 

This has 52 gallons of fresh water storage and 35 of black. However, it also only has 35 gallons of gray water capacity, but you can get around that by washing dishes outside using the outside shower. The only thing missing would be something like a ShowerMiser. But we have been using the Geyser Shower System in our own RV. It is a huge game changer for water savings, and I like the experience quite a bit. 

What I would change

There are a few things I would change if this were my design. I would want a larger kitchen sink. That could be facilitated by using a two-burner in-line propane stovetop. As it is, this only has two burners. So, it would be no loss of functionality but it would increase counter space significantly. 

There is a folding portable table that comes with this so you can enjoy your meals at the couch. But I wish it were one that had adjustable height like these plastic tables I already own. Of course, you could just buy one of those and use it. It’ll be a better table than the one this comes with, anyway. Plus, with this table, you’ve just increased the available counter space. 

I do really like the bathroom, which spans the width of this camper. But the shower stall’s floor is raised up such that headroom is limited without putting your head in the bubble. For most of the campers I encounter whom I would think would buy this, this may not be a problem. I also like the use of a shower curtain instead of a big glass door. 

Overall, this is a very uniquely styled camper that’s small and light but still offers very usable interior space. Not bad for a solo or even a couple who want something nimble and affordable. 

My thanks to Josh from Bish’s RV for the photos and video in this article.

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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.

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