Any first-hand experience with Living Vehicle?

[Escape_Plan]

Just curious on your thoughts of the fit&finish and quality of Living Vehicle travel trailer by Hofmann Design if you’ve toured one in person https://www.livingvehicle.com/. I’m not ready to replace my Airstream with an aluminum box that is quite obviously designed to go after the Airstream market, but I am interested in how well the Living Vehicle is put together.

[HeadWest]

I was able to spend some time in one this past February when we were up in Santa Barbara. The quality is very high and systems are well thought out. It is very much designed and marketed for people full timing and doing extensive boondocking. They do not see it as a direct competitor to Airstream. It has a more industrial, minimalistic vib which I really appreciate. I thought my wife would not be as excited about it but she feel in love with it too. I was impressed Mathew and the others that we met during our visit.

[OTRA15]

FYI there is an earlier thread on this:

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f48/...le-173624.html

The new search function above in the blue box works great BTW, and Hoffman Living Vehicle has been mentioned in a few different threads:

https://www.google.com/search?q=hoff...=airforums.com

Cheers,

Peter

[Escape_Plan]

I am familiar with previous link, and how to use the search tool, but I’m interested in first-hand experience with the Living Vehicle, not conjecture based on looking at a few promotional photos and a video.

[Wayne&Sam]

I looks interesting, but could be a bear to tow.

[Rzrbrn]

You may want to post on a website that caters to all RV's, perhaps iRV2.com. Not sure why a owner of this unit would post to the Airforum. May even want to query the mfg and see where they send new owners to hook up with other owners.

[Mike1997]

Wow.....its very square but the interior touches are nice. Wish I could have a rain shower like that in my Airstream!!

[Larry C]

Cute, and probably attractive to the younger folks, but if it's all the same, I'll stay with our '96 34'er, for another few years......

For whatever it's worth,
Larry

[Protagonist]

Originally Posted by Rzrbrn

You may want to post on a website that caters to all RV's, perhaps iRV2.com. Not sure why a owner of this unit would post to the Airforum. May even want to query the mfg and see where they send new owners to hook up with other owners.

Hofmann Architecture also has done some beautiful Airstream projects (https://www.hofarc.com/custom-projects), not just Living Vehicles, so there is a tie-in here.

[Danbertex]

Just saw some photos of the LV. All those hard edges, 90-degree angles, just didn't give me a relaxed feeling. Arches and curves do. I'll bet there's scientific data somewhere to back it up; an arch is more relaxing to the human psyche than a rectangle. JMO.

[Protagonist]

Originally Posted by Danbertex

Just saw some photos of the LV. All those hard edges, 90-degree angles, just didn't give me a relaxed feeling. Arches and curves do. I'll bet there's scientific data somewhere to back it up; an arch is more relaxing to the human psyche than a rectangle. JMO.

There are no straight lines in nature— EVERYTHING is curved.


But for space utilization, it's hard to beat a rectangular box for getting the most usable interior space in the smallest towable package.

[Danbertex]

True...if that's your goal. A packed-out trailer just adds more stress to me. Keep it lean, mean, light, and let those curves relax me. There's enough boxes everywhere else!