SylvanSport GO Camper Trailer Review

Awesome! The price tag is still steep if feels, but I’m very interested. Where is the door? Is it a step down to get out? How long did it take to set up? Thanks for the great review and product introduction! – Cheers – Bev
“I am strong, light and beautiful while riding my bike”

Door is on the back, and it’s a zipper door like on a tent. There is a step down to get out. Takes about 10 – 20 min. to set up.

Tent camping at the next level. Awesome.

What and insane rip off. I laughed when I seen what the price was. You can buy a nice tent trailer for that price. Christ you can buy a good used Motorhome for that price. If more than a 100 units get sold I would be floored.

Great concept, good look, awefull price point, for me anyway. I can get a full size popup. But I guess that really isn’t the point. On the other hand I may know of a market for this, after all I am the Marketing Imagineer!

Great design and concept, but the price point seems high – especially in this economy. If it were in the $3000-3500 range I would be all over it, but at $6200 it seems too steep for what you get. Drop the price and you have a winner.

Very cool… but unless one is spending weeks/months on the road it is prohibitively expensive.

As the GJ pointed out in his family tent post, there are plenty of good tents for a 5% of the cost of this trailer: GJ Family Tent Reviews

None-the-less, kudos to the designers and hopefully in the years to come, the price will continue to drop.

what part of this is worth $6000.00. Capitolism is great, Greed is not.

Obviously not for everyone, but a neat idea without the bulk of something like a Scamp, keeping in mind also that something like the Scamp is over 10k (but probably way more durable over time).

This is a great options for those of us with the small SUV’s that are unable to haul over 1000 lbs. I agree with some of the others— I wouldn’t want to spend over $2,000 for a trailer/tent.
I’ll stick to my 6 man family tent that fits the queen size bed, two dog beds, and still has room for whomever cares to join us on an adventure! $450 tops for all of that gear…

Everybody is complaining about the price. Aparently we are all used to cheap prices from MADE IN CHINA. Could we get these for half the cost? Sure, ship the MFG our of country. I think it’s sweet to see innovative design and MADE IN USA!

There are a lot more uses for this trailer as well besides a tent on wheels. It as almost like a toy hauler. You can put the dirt bike or 4 wheeler in it and when you get to your location back it out and set up the living quarters. Seems like it is a nice multifunctional unit. Price may be a little high but lets hope you are paying for a quality made product made on this side of the pond.

agree with some of the others— I wouldn’t want to spend over $2,000 for a trailer/tent.
I’ll stick to my 6 man family tent that fits the queen size bed, two dog beds, and still has room for whomever cares to join us

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Great concept, good look, awe full price point, for me anyway.It as almost like a toy hauler. You can put the dirt bike or 4 wheeler in it and when you get to your location back it out and set up the living quarters, Beautiful Thinks and good works.

John

Thanks

Too all the naysayers, the thing I like about it is the weight. I have a Honda Element and it can only pull 1500lbs, which limits my pop-up campers immensely; even with the smallest I am at the limit, then my vehicle will barely move. Also, for storage, this will have a very small footprint

Agree with most of the other posters – The price is simply too much. It seems to made by “School of Design” graduates to show how trendy-looking an “art object” they can make. This is at the price of increased complexity, reduced functionality, and greatly increased cost. A few “yuppie”-types with more money than sense may buy it so that they can have something unique that nobody else does. I’ll take channel-iron and simple right-angle construction that can be built (and repaired) more cheaply. If I want a utility trailer, I can go to “Harbor Freight” or a similar cheap store; and get brand new one for a couple hundred dollars, that will weigh only a couple hundred pounds. Yes it will be lower quality – although sometimes the cheap stuff lasts almost as long as the more expensive. But if it wears out, I can buy 20 (!) more of the cheap ones for the price of this gold-plated calf. (And, usually it’s possible to replace the wheel bearing and tires much less expensively than buying a whole new trailer.) If I want a pop-up camper, I’ll go to the classified ads and find a used one, nicer with more equipment, MUCH cheaper. Some of the smaller pop-ups also weigh less than 1500 lbs.

Saw this at canocopia in Madison a few years back – it IS extremely well made – and this article doesn’t go into the full versatility of this little trailer and what it can be easily reconfigured into. cane/kyak carrier, bike hauler, ATV/cargo carrier, tent, you name it!
Still, as an avid do-it-yourselfer – I am on my 2nd 70’s vintage pop-up rebuild and agree that a decent used pop-up is a much better buy for the $$. However, some yuppies are squeamish about ‘used’ and have no time or talent for fixer-uppers, so there IS a market for this, though re-sale is going to be really tough if they tire of it!

We own a GO and a pop-up. We do not use the pop-up any longer because the GO is easier to put up and so much lighter! The inside is way light, unlike the pop-up that has no sky lights. When it rains all the windows are protected with plastic so that the light comes in, unlike the cave-like pop-up. We can haul anything with it, unlike a pop-up. Our family tent is also shelved because of the unique interior of the GO. Nice to be off the ground during a rain, like we had on the B.R.P. It takes less time to put up than our pop-up or our LLBean family tent. The ONLY downside is that we can carry our tent way into a wooded area where the GO cannot go at a N.F. primitive camping area. We love it, it is the best mix between pop-up and family tent on the market. Was pricey BUT the workmanship is superb, just what we expected of Kelty. I love my solo Big Agnes SeedHouse tent, my LLBean family tent and our Coleman pop-up, but out first choice in long distance trips is the GO. We rely on quality and the GO is worth every dime!

I’ve owned a GO for almost two years. Towing the GO is wonderful. I’ve towed it on Interstates, keeping up with the traffic (70+), and didn’t even notice it was there. I can barely see it in my rear view mirror from my driver’s seat in my Honda Odyssey. Towing the GO on winding, steep, mountain road is also easy. Loaded with my camping gear it probably weighs less that 1,200 pounds. My highway mileage drops from 24 to 22 miles miles per gallon. The Go is a no worries tow.

i would love to have a GO but the cost is way too much. You can buy a full enclosed utility trailer for 1600 if you want to transport the toys with you. A new 4 person pop up goes for around 3500-4000 when we have our local camping and outdoor shows. I love the look and design but the price is way too much even if it is american made.

This is really great one trailer. I never saw this kind of trailer in my life. I impressed with this trailer because it looks small but the inner place is looks very comfort. I think seating of 5 people is easily manageable.

I love the concept of a “swiss army knife” trailer. The show stoppers for me are price and weight. They advertise it as “low weight” but a lot of small cars can only tow 1000 lbs. The Go weighs 800 lbs empty, leaving 200 lbs for the payload. I can buy a cheap utility trailer that weighs 300-400 lbs.

Made in America….so what? It is so overpriced that this American glory simply can’t compete with the rest of the world. Is the “Made in America” label a justification for ripoff? People won’t buy it due to its price by the look of the majority of the comments here.

I really love the concept, and it would really fill a nitch I have been sarching a loooooong time for. The multi uses, weight, simplicity……would be more than perfect for me. But I’m with the rest of the nay-sayers on price; the only thing that keeps me seperated from the GO. Simple marketing accounting……“Fast Nickles beats slow Dimes”….. Lower the price, sell bigger quantities……year end profits will be there, and you’ll take market share from the competition. YOU WILL GROW! So alas…..I wait and pray for Jumping Jack to make their smaller unit….which seem close to fairly priced where they’re at now.

Light tent trailers have been around for a while – as motorcycle tent trailers. This is an example of a unit, and sets up in a few seconds. LeesureLite Campers

If you are intent on a toy hauler that can haul plywood sheets and lumber, or landscaping supplies, or a pair of small dirt bikes – and it’s also an incredibly spacious tent solution with padded bunks and a place inside to eat – there isn’t another, better solution. This is a long term mentality purchase and the quality, design, engineering – and the fact that it supports Made in USA, make it not only viable, but highly valuable. If you’re a naysayer, I can only asse you haven’t explored the You Tube videos, forums or websites to completely understand it’s versatility and aesthetic. It’s a marvel for young or old, and has a much lower footprint than anything available with such usefulness.

Sign me, Happy ‘Go’ Lucky… I feel lucky to have one, and I’m happy I can Go anywhere with it…

I like the trailer. I do not like the price.
I would pay up to $3500 in a hart bit.

TROP $$$$ too much $$$$ the product just
e arrived in Quebec and will be sold for over 7500$ canadian….3500$ and i order one right now!!!

I’m not hear to bash the GO, it is a neat product, eye-catching for sure, but from a practical consumer perspective I would only consider it if it were half the price. I’m looking pretty heavily at the smaller Jumping Jack trailer. The tent is of much higher quality than the go. The trailer is stronger (steel)roughly the same weight and is truly as multi-use as the GO. I can get it at Costco for less than half the price of the GO, though I would have to assemble it. If i want to strengthen it or weld something on it I can do so readily, not so easy with the aluminum GO. Also, I know alot of guys who overload their utility trailers, with steel you can get away with that, not a good idea with aluminum. just my two cents.