why the teardrop instead of a rv.

[booyah]

For me it was what I could pull with what I had.

I like small cars. Always have. Drive a 1.8l 4 door hatchback. Wanted a camper I could pull behind it.

I've also always liked the minimalist mindset. I'm a backpacker and traveler at heart, with an unhealthy dose of wanderlust. Teardrop just works into all those metrics so well its not even silly.

[dales133]

My decision was simple,
Firstly camper trailers are realy popular but are basicly just a tent on a trailer and take alot of setti g up.
I want to do alot of bush and out of the way camping so towing somethi g small was a must and insulation was important as it gets up to 45c here and down as low as -2c .
The last factor was they just look so cool

[daveesl77]

For us it has been an "up and down" adventure over many decades. Tents, then pop-ups, then a 34' Bounder, then a 25' TT, then a pop-up, then a pop-up truck camper, then a tent and now a teardrop. Of them all, I hated the 34', liked the 25', really enjoyed tent camping, the pop-ups were a pain, the truck camper was painful and the teardrop is by far the best. I may well build another, but for now, we love Conch Fritter. Still has a bit of work to do on it, still shaking out the bugs, but it is great.

Oh and the whys - Bounder = 4mpg, felt like driving a bill board. TT, worked great, but could be a pain to go places we like and dropped mileage by about 30%, pop-up trailers, just a pain in the butt. Pop-up truck camper would have been fine if I were 30, but not at 60+. Tents were fine, but preferred a bit more comfort. Teardrop meets our needs, easy to tow, almost no effect on mpg, ready to go quickly, wife can pull it when I'm feeling bad, set up is quick and easy. If the weather is lousy, then we have a comfortable place to kick back.

dave

[Kaz]

Been a camper all my life. Tent's to cabins to pop up to 24 footer to pop up to tent to Tear Drop. Hated towing the big camper but loved the shower and oven. Pop ups were too much work. Love the tents still to this day, but the tear keeps me off the ground on a queen size mattress that I don't have to pack away or blow up. All my gear is in the tear so there's no duffle bags or suitcases and the galley is always packed except for food. Love the size and in about 1/2 an hour I can be hitched up and gone. It was a great winter project and lots of fun and learning. This winter I get to trick it out because you know there never done. Hopefully going to get some kind of cabana and have a shower and porta potty for the midnight runs. Ground level LEDS and a tongue box are priorities and under construction.

[noseoil]

We want to travel more but the cost of hotels, flying & other stuff takes away a lot of the enjoyment & limits things a bunch. I wanted something we could pull with the 4 cylinder truck I already have, comfortable for sleeping & easy to pull. After looking around, it ended up being a no-brainer to choose a teardrop.

My wife saw one two years ago & said "Let's go buy one!" I asked if she knew how much a nice one was going to cost & told her I could do it for "a lot less" & that it would just take some time to build. That was last year, when I actually started & I'm still plugging away, but it's getting closer now.

To me it just makes sense. We're going toward comfort on the build, but why not? I'm too old to sleep on the ground now & want something simple to sleep in & tow. The last thing I want to do is go back into debt, buy a 5th wheel setup & drive something too big to park easily.

[minstrel]

1. Love to be outside, but at an age where I don't want to sleep on the ground. Comfortable bed is a must.
2. Had to be something that I could easily "set-up" on my own.
3. Wanted something I could tow with my Subaru that would not break the bank on gas.
4. Had to fit in my garage. Did not want to pay for storage.
5. Wanted electricity and air conditioning.... I like my creature comforts!
So.....got my teardrop and I LOVE it!

[pete49]

Like most of you above I love travelling but with the cost of fuel over here it got too dear to tow my caravan and so back to almost basics. Too old to use the ground and tent or swag....getting down is ok its the getting back up that's the problem The tear has it over them all as it makes little difference to mileage and tows rock steady regardless of speed. I carry a portapotti and gazebo and modified a shower tent to be a privacy entrance as well, the cooking is dealt with nicely in the back and I carry a waeco fridge for cold foodstuff and drinks in the back of the wagon. Power is battery plus solar so that's the lights and cooler covered and 10 gallons (40L) covers us for a quite few days in the outback. Add in a couple rifles and fishing rods and live is good.
Well that's a bit of a book but hey its me.
Pete

[dales133]

Like most of you above I love travelling but with the cost of fuel over here it got too dear to tow my caravan and so back to almost basics. Too old to use the ground and tent or swag....getting down is ok its the getting back up that's the problem The tear has it over them all as it makes little difference to mileage and tows rock steady regardless of speed. I carry a portapotti and gazebo and modified a shower tent to be a privacy entrance as well, the cooking is dealt with nicely in the back and I carry a waeco fridge for cold foodstuff and drinks in the back of the wagon. Power is battery plus solar so that's the lights and cooler covered and 10 gallons (40L) covers us for a quite few days in the outback. Add in a couple rifles and fishing rods and live is good.
Well that's a bit of a book but hey its me.
Pete

If your ever up the surf coast direction be great to catch up peter

[dales133]

Like most of you above I love travelling but with the cost of fuel over here it got too dear to tow my caravan and so back to almost basics. Too old to use the ground and tent or swag....getting down is ok its the getting back up that's the problem The tear has it over them all as it makes little difference to mileage and tows rock steady regardless of speed. I carry a portapotti and gazebo and modified a shower tent to be a privacy entrance as well, the cooking is dealt with nicely in the back and I carry a waeco fridge for cold foodstuff and drinks in the back of the wagon. Power is battery plus solar so that's the lights and cooler covered and 10 gallons (40L) covers us for a quite few days in the outback. Add in a couple rifles and fishing rods and live is good.
Well that's a bit of a book but hey its me.
Pete

If your ever up the surf coast direction be great to catch up peter

[felixx]

Couple of reasons
1) Cost
2) ability to tow with my Anglia 105e
3) Ease of setup
4) They are so fuggin cute!
5) Cost

Also I could make one and show my wife that for once she was wrong

[booyah]

My decision was simple,
Firstly camper trailers are realy popular but are basicly just a tent on a trailer and take alot of setti g up.
I want to do alot of bush and out of the way camping so towing somethi g small was a must and insulation was important as it gets up to 45c here and down as low as -2c .
The last factor was they just look so cool

Sometimes I wish we only ever saw lows of about -2c :-)

we dont get so hot here (only about 35C)
but we did see a fair amount of -30+C last year.

[Wolffarmer]

I built my tear for most all of the above reasons. No sleeping on the ground, ready to go, small for small TVs, galley set up. Able to go to rougher places. Fast to set up and pack up.

Then I found the Teardrop society

Randy

[Shadow Catcher]

Strictly speaking a teardrop is an RV, though diminutive. Our thinking was a hard sided tent with more amenities.
One of the goals was that fixing and cleanup after meals be little or no more difficult than at home or it is not much of a vacation for Nancy. Having a water heater was a huge boon and quite frankly one of the things other wives like most.

[pete49]

A good point there shadow catcher, wives need holidays too but a lot of the larger RV's tend to bring the kitchen with them while teardrops have just the basics for cooking and I tend to use the camp oven a lot so the cook gets a rest but then we like our roo or goat stews too
Pete
camp oven = dutch oven for you mob

[Wolffarmer]

A good point there shadow catcher, wives need holidays too but a lot of the larger RV's tend to bring the kitchen with them while teardrops have just the basics for cooking and I tend to use the camp oven a lot so the cook gets a rest but then we like our roo or goat stews too
Pete
camp oven = dutch oven for you mob

In looking at campers/RVs I so often see stoves with 4 cook tops and oven. Like the "Man" of the family says something like "Hey honey look here. A stove just as good as the one at home so you can keep doing what you enjoy." Its a wonder more wifes do not murder the hubby.

Randy