ALL THAT IT’S BLOWN UP TO BE
“NOT ONLY IS SET-UP QUICKER, IT’S LESS INVOLVED. YOU PRESS AND FORGET, THE WORK ISN’T CONTINUAL. ANOTHER RARE ADVANTAGE IS THAT YOU CAN KEEP THE ANNEXE ATTACHED ON PACK-DOWN”
Before Opus, camping without poles was like pole vault or pole dancing without poles — inconceivable. Nothing but an entrepreneurial pipe dream. Then, in an industry first, Opus introduced inflatable air beams, figuratively snapping the 20 to 40 poles you find in some other camper trailers on their knee.
Malcolm from Opus first encountered inflatable tech during his time in the army. Back in civvies again, he was in the airport with his cousin Jonathan, when the idea suddenly came to him. They found a napkin, procured a pen, and started jotting down a blueprint while the overhead speakers called out for late passengers. I imagine that napkin would auction for a fair bit now, a bit like an early Mickey Mouse sketch by Walt Disney.
Opus made one big change and for a long time now they’ve stuck with it. There’s no reason to tweak a winning formula. But there are a few smaller changes they’re making this year. They’ve moved HQ, for one. They’re still in Braeside but have shifted to a factory space four times as large. They’ll also be introducing a number of changes to their OP4 model (which I detail in this review), plus they’ll be launching the OP Lite, a scaled back version of the OP2. For now, let’s revisit
