Taxa Cricket

The Taxa Cricket is the rolling embodiment of its NASA-engineer origins — a compact, hard-sided pop-up built around the 'choreography of life in space,' where every inch is deliberate. Owners describe it as rugged, clever, and genuinely fun: small enough to fit in a garage and tow behind a 4-cylinder, but capable enough to follow you down dirt roads to places a conventional trailer would never go. The vibe is adventure-first, not RV-resort, and that's exactly what its cult following loves about it.

In practice, the Cricket punches above its size. Owners who've spent serious time in one consistently praise the build quality and the thoughtful storage — roughly 63 square feet that somehow holds a couple, gear, an interior galley, and a pop-up roof that gives real standing room. It tows easily and low, and the all-weather kitchen plus good ventilation let people camp it comfortably across seasons, even near freezing. The trade-offs are inherent to the concept: it's small and tight in bad weather, the soft pop-up sides aren't as insulated or secure as hard walls, and the base trailer is sparse — no built-in bathroom (just a portable toilet and exterior shower), no fridge, and solar that's only pre-wired, so the real out-the-door price climbs.

The Cricket is for the active couple or small family who want a tough, garageable, lightly towable basecamp for getting outdoors — not buyers who want a self-contained mini-condo. It's priced like a premium adventure trailer, and owners admit it's hard to find anything else built this rugged in the size class. The natural cross-shop is the Airstream Basecamp (similar tiny-premium niche): the Basecamp brings an aluminum shell, a real interior wet bath, and brand-name resale, while the Cricket is lighter, more off-road oriented, garageable, and arguably more cleverly packaged for true overlanding. Within Taxa's own line, owners who want an interior wet bath and more room often step up to the Mantis.