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    Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 6:32pm
I stumbled across this camper online. Called the nest caravan. I guess it's built by airstream. Pretty nice 2 person camper. Estimated at 2500 pounds, and 30,000 price tag. I'll stay with my pod , but its pretty cool



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 6:51pm
UGLY - not my cup of tea. Step back from a Pod.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 7:19pm
Ditto definitely like our pod better.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 7:30pm
Looks teeny weeny compared to a 179. Almost 50% more moola.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 8:16pm
Reminds me of a Casita or a Scamp, but the finishes look a little nicer.  I suspect the build quality and warranty service might be a little better than the Casita and Scamp, but is it really worth the price difference if you are going to take it to Forest Service and BLM camping places?  It's curious, that I wasn't able to find any fotos of the head.  I assume it has a wet bath, just like all other trailers in this class.  Also a lot of the fotos were taken with lenses to make it look more spacious than it probably is.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Feb 2018 at 9:05am
New Atlas has more information than the bare-bones description on the Airstream site. It does have a wet bath. See the link for details.

All told, I prefer our 179. The Nest looks rather cramped.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Feb 2018 at 9:11am
You've got to like 'cramped'. I don't like the porta-potti or the apparent lack of a convection/microwave.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Feb 2018 at 9:13am
The "competition" market they are going after is the Oliver. Casita, Scamp, BigFoot, and few others are in the egg camper market, but the crown right now is on Oliver. The guy who designed the Nest, said in an interview after AS bought him out, that the target market, the benchmark for AS, with the Nest, was Oliver. I forget where I read the interview, or I would link it. Another very interesting design, just waiting to "take off" is the Relic.. tiny, but very retro, and for now, retro sells a lot..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Feb 2018 at 10:18am
In the foto link posted by StephenH, the sink is next to the fridge with no counter space to put anything around it.  I'd sure hate to wash dishes in that sink.  The only available place to put wet or dirty dishes on the other side of the trailer.  But, like the other fiberglass "egg" style trailers, there is certainly a market, and they're clearly going after the upped end of that segment.  For my preferences, we'll stick with our Pod for the foreseeable future.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Feb 2018 at 11:05am
My wife and I saw a Bigfoot model at a dealer near us. It was much bigger than the Nest. While it was very nice, I don't see us switching any time soon as it would require us to get a TV with a higher rating. It was very nice though.
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