800 Mile Camping Road Trip to Yosemite with R1T and Oru Designs Tenfold Camper

[Mcscoots]

We recently purchased an Oru Designs Tenfold for our Rivian R1T (inspired by @jjswan33) and had the opportunity to take it to Yosemite Valley for a few days. It's a very nice piece of kit and I highly recommend it. I was, however, very interested on what the efficiency would be over the course of a long road trip, followed by a month or so of daily use!

Overview:
Truck details: Quad motor large pack R1T, 20" wheels with stock tires and aero inserts (installed just prior to trip)

Speeds traveled: 65-80 mph depending on traffic (for road trip)

Distance traveled for trip: 833 miles (Northern San Diego --> Yosemite Valley)

Temperature range for trip: ~33f to ~90f

Tire pressure: 48 psi

Before camper efficiency: ~2.04 mi/kWh

With camper efficiency for road trip: ~1.78 mi/kWh

With camper efficiency for trip + daily use: ~1.80 mi/kWh

Summary: Expect a ~10% range drop if you continue to drive relatively normally. Hypermiling or just driving slower will likely reduce this number.

Photo Dump:

Pre-trip function check, we got it on a Friday afternoon and left Saturday morning. Everything worked as expected!

Prior trip distance, overall efficiency was at around ~2.0 mi/kWh for the trucks lifetime as well. It's very hilly where we live, plus accelerating quickly is fun.

Obligatory charging picture. Oakhurst Electrify America was a very nice stop. We had two other stops each leg of the trip, but no pictures were taken.

It got to be very rainy and foggy as we approached Yosemite Valley.

Got to the campsite and popped the top. Took 20 seconds to get set up after stopping.

We were very worried about condensation at night, as it was very rainy and just above freezing. With the top of the side flaps open, no water got in yet a bunch of our moist air could leave. No pictures taken off the open vent, but here's the inside at night. The queen bed is a bit hidden.

We left after a few days of hiking, neither of the long drives were particularly eventful. Here's the trip odometer upon return:

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[jjswan33]

Very nice. The tenfold with the tan looks great with your green truck. The newer windows they are offering look great too.

Also impressed by your 1.8 mi/kWh, I’ve been getting closer to 1.6 mi/kWh with my build. Maybe the Nitto Recon grapplers are more inefficient than I thought. I guess I also wasn’t getting 2 mi/kWh pre-camper either.

 

[HighVoltOverland]

I think I asked jjswan already, but does our offer a slanted wall option or is it just straight wall?

Additionally, outside of cost, was there any reason you went with the tenfold vs the bruin?

 

[Mcscoots]

I think I asked jjswan already, but does our offer a slanted wall option or is it just straight wall?

Additionally, outside of cost, was there any reason you went with the tenfold vs the bruin?

They design the walls to end up being ~62" on the top to fit their queen sized bed setup. Whether the walls are slanted or not is directly dependent on how wide the initial truck bed is, but for R1T's it's pretty straight up and down. The tent sections (the thing that pops up) are actually the exact same dimensions across all of their products, hence the design choice.

We went with the Tenfold for two main reasons:
- Bigger openings for better views / more open feel
- Having the ability to sit on the edge of the bed without hunching over (I am 6'3" and couldn't do this in the Bruin)

I live very close to where they're manufactured and had the chance to sit in both setups. The Tenfold just fit our use cases better, but it was a really hard decision.

In summary, if you want a little mobile cabin that is very strong against all the elements, a Bruin may be the preferred option. If you want a more tent/rugged feel that is still strong against the elements (but not as quiet), the Tenfold may be a better choice.

 

[ElectricMike]

Thanks for posting all this helpful info!

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