The Aurum R1 Is Half Journey Trailer, Half Tiny House and All Distinctive

While the primary R-Series trailer accomplished was the mid-entry R2, for 2026, Aurum is showcasing the smallest entry within the lineup, the Aurum R1. Like the headline says, it is half journey trailer, half tiny home, and a very distinctive design in each type and facilities.

Pop-up towables that reside on the intersection of the RV business and tiny housing will not be new to the market, however Aurum is maybe a uncommon instance of an organization that is been producing them for the previous few years. We’re not speaking massive quantity manufacturing as a result of, as you might need guessed, these towables are removed from low-cost, however they’re being made at a gentle tempo.

At this summer time’s worldwide New Housing – Tiny House Festival 2026 in Karlsruhe, Germany, Aurum Globe introduced out the primary accomplished R1 mannequin on show. You will discover full excursions for it in each movies on the backside of the web page, although the second and longer one additionally consists of particulars from one of many firm founders.

What makes this journey trailer distinctive – and all the R-Series, for that matter – is the patent-pending fully-automatic expandable mechanism. Once you arrive at camp, utilizing a pill or your telephone with the devoted app, you merely contact an icon and the R1 unfolds two massive slide-outs, auto-levels itself, and practically doubles in footprint.

The Aurum R1 is 4.6 meters (15 ft) lengthy, 3 meters (9.8 ft) excessive, and a couple of.5 meters (8.2 ft) huge on the highway. At camp, it “grows” to 4.8 meters (15.7 ft) in width, providing a formidable 15 sq. meters (161.4 sq. ft) of residing area – simply sufficient to suit a one-bedroom tiny home for a pair who places mobility and luxury on equal footing.

The official description of the R1 mentions that the mannequin sleeps 4, however that is a typo. This is a pair’s tiny home, with a lounge area that gives the one obtainable mattress, a full lavatory, a full kitchen, and area to maneuver round and even match a small two-person eating desk.

The R1 is constructed with fiberglass and composite panels, on a trailer chassis with a tandem axle. The entrance is on the again, with the water tanks and electronics positioned in a devoted compartment on the entrance, behind a curler door.

One slide holds the toilet and glued kitchen, whereas the opposite is reserved for the bed room, so it would maintain the extendable couch and an honest quantity of furnishings for storage. The center part, which might be the lounge at camp and can maintain the fold-down eating desk, needs to be emptied earlier than you fold again the slides, as they meet within the center.

Construction is with fiberglass and composite panels, vinyl tiles for the ground, a washable textile layer on the partitions, and double-glazed plexiglass as an alternative of actual glass to save lots of weight. There is not any XPS insulation as a result of Aurum works as an alternative with PIR panels (10 cm thick for the partitions, 12 cm for the ground, and 14 cm for the ceiling) and so they provide 1.5 occasions the insulation values of XPS.

The Aurum R1 is a year-rounder and it comes outfitted with a mini-split for warmth and AC to make it much more snug. On request, Aurum can set up underfloor heating. On request, Aurum can do no matter you wish to have additional so long as you’ll be able to afford to pay for it.

The lavatory is true on the best as you enter – a compact area that would technically be described as a moist lavatory however which most likely capabilities as a moist one. You get a nook vainness with a small sink, your selection of bathroom (whether or not cassette or incinerating or perhaps a plumbed one), and a small nook bathe with a bathe curtain however no seen bathe tray.

Proof that this lavatory will work as a dry one is the inclusion of a full linen closet proper subsequent to the bathe and extra storage on the opposite aspect.

The kitchen takes up the opposite half of the slide-out, so it is simply as compact. On an L-shaped kitchen block with engineered-stone counters, you get an induction or gasoline cooktop (two burners), a double-basin sink, a small fridge, and a microwave with a grill. You additionally get loads of space for storing for pots and pans and necessities, a few of which you could possibly sacrifice for an non-obligatory dishwasher or an oven.

In the opposing slide, you have got area for a fold-out couch and several other cubbies. You will not get sufficient space for storing on this bed room to reside out of full time except you are a really, very passionate downsizer, however it would work simply effective for prolonged holidays.

Features on the R1 embrace aluminum window frames, an aluminum door with digital lock that is built-in into the Smart Home system, a water heater, reverse-osmosis water filtration, air filtration with automated air flow, a 100-liter (26.4-gallon) tank for freshwater, and an 110-liter (29-gallon) one for grey. Each R1 unit is supposed to be personalized, so you’ll be able to order it with out the tanks and have it hooked as much as the mains on a bit of personal land.

The folding mechanism is made with industrial-components and is designed “for several thousand operating cycles,” Aurum says. It’s additionally designed to have components and elements serviced or changed with out having to take aside all the home.

The Aurum R1 ideas the scales at simply 2,300 kg (5,070 lbs), which implies it may be towed on a regular B Category driving license.

You can use the cash you save from not upgrading your license and towing automobile to pay for the R1. When we checked out the R2 on its debut, the plan was to make the R1 with out slides and a beginning value of €97,000, which might be $112,500 on the present trade charge. The R1 has slides now however not an estimated value, so take that determine as a degree of reference – after which add a number of thousand extra.