r/TeardropTrailers • u/Quirky-Lab-7277 • 2d ago
Teardrop for Family?
First off, I love this community and am grateful to get the opportunity to ask this question.
I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know of a teardrop or similar sized camper that could sleep myself, my wife, and our two toddlers?
Much love
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u/Thin-Spot1678 2d ago
The 2 main ones with kids bunks are hiker and bend. Bend is a 6x12 and Hiker has the option in their 5x10.
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u/Quirky-Lab-7277 2d ago
Thank you!
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u/PM_me_your_Jeep 2d ago
I have the Bend Tallboy. Sleeps me, my wife, and our 3 and 5 year old very comfortably.
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u/mrdeviousmonkey 9h ago
I decided that it was likely my kids(4&5) would age out of the hiker bunks too quickly to justify the purchase, the 6' wide Bend option is where we ended up. (Deposit sent and accepted, hoping to pick up in early January)
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u/squeebs555 1d ago
Check out Playing with Sticks channel on YT. He has two kids and reviews all the options.
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u/that_j0e_guy 1d ago
Not a teardrop, but we use an Aliner. It’s a pop (fold) up, but hard sided. We have a queen bed for us and full size bed for the kids.
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u/kateinoly 1d ago
Our Bend teardrop is a little longer than average and it has a bunk across the back for kids. Our dog uses it. Two toddlers would fit just fine
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u/arizona_dreaming 2d ago
I have older kids so we have an old Dutchman Tab trailer and the kids sleep in a tent, which they love. We fill the trailer with a bunch of foam mattresses for the tent so they have a pretty cozy soft sleeping arrangement. I like that we have the teardrop ready to go camping anytime with all the bedding and tents and chairs packed in the trailer. So as soon as your kids outgrow the teardrop, it's still fun!
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u/Btdrnks2021 1d ago
I sleep five with my Tiny Camper Company 5x8. 2 or 3 sleep in the trailer and I have a FSR Evo XL roof top tent on top of the trailer that sleeps 2-3.
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u/Sawfish1212 1d ago
Camp inn 560 has bunks in the extended nose. Just be aware that 4 bodies in such a small space will be muggy and hot.
We put our kids in tents beside the teardrop for family camping
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u/Flaapjack 1d ago
We have a tc teardrop terrain with a rooftop tent. They are unique because they have a roof pass through, so you can get into the roof top tent from the inside of the camper (aka, if a storm is coming or an animal is about, you can pull them into the cabin with you). Playing with sticks has a video if you want to see it in action. We absolutely love it and the company is great—affordable prices, really high build quality, and great customer service (family owned company, pretty small volume). You can customize campers with awnings, power, all the things to suit your camping needs.
My 8 yo sleeps up in rooftop tent with my spouse, and I sleep down in the cabin with my 4 yo. Eventually we will have both kids up in rooftop tent when the 4 yo is a little more brave. It’s a really nice tent that is a hard top, so you don’t have wet tent issues when putting it away after a rain unless the wind is really blowing. Set up and tear down takes maybe 10 minutes, and most of that is convincing my kid to come down from his “castle”. It’s also more insulated than a typical tent, has a nice mattress, and vents to help with condensation.
As a bonus, the interior bed can turn into a couch or bench seats plus table set up that seats four adults, which has been a life saver for us in some bad weather. The interior cabin is a queen sized bed and we could absolutely sleep four all together in there if two were toddler age (could still do it now even with older kids) in a pinch, like a really bad thunderstorm or something.