By Cheri Sicard
Without a doubt, one of the most unique truck campers I have ever seen, Optimized Overlanding’s unique gull wing popup camper marries elements of teardrop trailers and popup campers for the best of both worlds. In the video below, Mike Henderson from Optimized Overlanding takes us on a tour of the popup camper on the Adventure Van Expo YouTube channel.
Optimized Overlanding designed this camper in order to put the most functionality possible into the smallest space. However, they wanted everything to be easy to access and use.
Case in point, the unique gull wing design lets you access the full kitchen from outside the camper. This part reminded me of a teardrop kitchen, but it has lots more features. There’s a sink and counter pull-out, a small 50-liter fridge/freezer, and an oven you can even use while driving down the road.
The kitchen storage design seems to have a specific place for everything you need, making maximum efficient use of space.
The opposite side gull wing houses the propane tank and tools, as well as ample storage boxes and drawers.
The rear door contains a shower that you can use outside or, by putting a shower mat down, inside.
The popup on the camper sets up in seconds with the bed already made.
While the interior is small, it has space to put a portable toilet or extra storage boxes.
One possible downside—they do recommend a flatbed truck for this camper as it has the most space.
Optimized Overlanding Popup Truck Camper specs
- Pop-top with queen-sized bed
- 750 lbs.
- 200W solar
- 2000W inverter/charger
- 5-gallon fresh water tank
- 50L refrigerator
- Fold-down kitchen and sink
- Shower
- Awning
- LED flood and interior lighting
- MSRP: $25,000
Learn more about this camper here.
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Not many people have a flatbed pickup just waiting for something like this. Just a guess, but I’ll bet he has sold zee-row of these things.
Looks like the kitchen is on the drivers side of the rig. Unless a person is boondocking, they would be cooking right beside their neighbors patio.
Hooray! Finally a review and article on a truck camper. I would like to see more reviews and articles on truck campers. Many Rver’s are down sizing. There are many advantages to a slide in Pickup truck camper. Keep up the good work and don’t neglect this small group in the RVing community.
I understand about some RVers downsizing to slide in campers, but this is not a slide in camper.
Thanks for the inspiration, Mel. I’ll have a new pickup camper review out this weekend. Curious what you think about that one because it’ll be a new offering from a long-established company.
Thank you for being here with us on RV Travel!
Thank you, Cheri! Interesting. I will forward this to my buddy who hunts and fishes for his consideration. Happy new year and safe travels! 🙂