Top Gear and popular culture destroyed the positive perception of camping in a caravan. - Is it time to free this bias? Is it time to take your MO and GO?
For many years now, caravanning culture has been widely derided by the media, fuelled by motorists ridiculing the communities who enjoy taking part in this heritage leisure pursuit.
Mogo Freedom looks set to challenge all our views on the humble caravan. When designing Mogo Matjaz Korosec and Ross Design from Germany followed the adage of less is more – the luxury lies in its simplicity.
Conceived after a period of downsizing, Korosec started looking for alternative, cost effective solutions that would enable taking holidays regardless of economic constraints. He and his family wanted to enjoy all the benefits of camping, but without the accompanying rigmarole. He and his family love outdoor activities. They needed to be able to transport bicycles, kayaks, kites and all manner of equipment easily and safely, but with a smaller vehicle than they had used previously. With a wealth of experience derived from working for caravan industry heavyweights Coachman, Fleetwood and Adria UK, Korosec created the concept for this transportable unit, determined to quash all commonly held preconceptions of caravanning as we know it.
Back in 1949, British designer Samuel Alper’s vision was to produce cheaper, lighter caravans for the masses. His mission came to fruition when the now world famous Sprite shape was launched in 1951, enabling families with regular sized vehicles to tow a mobile home and holiday at leisure; it proved to be the perfect antidote in times of great austerity.
Recycling this philosophy, the Mogo Freedom takes us back to basics – with an ethically produced unit, designed to enable the user to utilise the space with total flexibility. From an aesthetic perspective there are elements reminiscent of the familiar, nostalgic mobile homes of yesteryear, but with the capability to project any functionality, the result is in essence, totally modern.
Strong yet light, compact but deceptively spacious, and with a maximum load weight of 750kg, there is no need for a driver’s towing licence or a vehicle with an engine size exceeding 1.0 L. With such diminutive proportions, the Mogo Freedom is stored with ease inside the average domestic sized garage.
The unit core is constructed using ultra modern, super lightweight Banova® Balsa wood from renewable eco plantations. Innovative techniques have also been deployed on the walls of the Mogo, which are reinforced with newly developed plastics – normally used in the building industry, providing the unit with strength, thermal insulation and impact resistance. The specially designed tools and lamination technique by German producer Vöhringer introduced a new level of water ingress protection and durability previously not seen in the caravan industry. During the assembly all parts are bonded. All seams and door-frames are toughened with brushed aluminium for added protection and durability. To enhance the camping experience Mogo Freedom added two essential gadgets: a mobile kitchen for outdoor chefs and a prolonged supply of electrical power for modern nomads.
The mobile kitchen was invented by Joe Baughman, a camping enthusiast from Leeds, Utah, USA. During a camping trip to the picturesque, yet remote, Lake Powell, he became desperate to consolidate all epicurean gear into one kitchen unit. He patented the Grub Hub, a new compact system that is an outdoor workstation with tables, counter, a place for a stove, a lighting stand and of course the kitchen sink.
Good food goes with good music and music needs power. There is no better way to have fun powered by an environmentally sound solar panel. Hubi is crystalline solar panel that transfers light during the day into direct current electricity stored in the Lithium battery. The stored power can then be accessed through 12 Volt outlet, two USB chargers or enjoyed in the form of LED lights.
A single 10 Amper hour (Ah) Lithium battery with a 20 watt peak (wp) crystalline solar panel powers a laptop for 8 hours, charges a tablet 8 times, or a smart phone 15 times. Even in ever changing British weather conditions, the battery is fully charged in 7-10 hours using 20 wp capacity solar panel. -
Mogo Freedom is the most exciting camping alternative for active, digital-native camping enthusiasts who would like to spend time pursuing their outdoor activities instead of spending time setting up tents and kitchens. The Mogo Freedom promotes a lifestyle based on saving resources, providing limitless movement, free of all modern day restrictions. Regardless of chosen motivation, the Mogo Freedom allows users the opportunity to indulge themselves in whatever outdoor activity they wish to engage in.
Camping is cool, yet again.
KEY FEATURES: Two wing doors – opening at either side for full access
Built in storage space compartments
Braked unit on AL-KO® chassis
350kg - unladen weight
750kg - maximum gross weight
Fits into standard British single car garage: H195cm x W191cm x L370cm
The height of living quarters grows to 205cm when wing door opens
Mogo expands to 381cm when both wing doors open
Retractable double bed comfortably sleeps two: W117 cm x L 211 cm
OPTIONS: Patented Grub Hub Kitchen unit with sink and counter
Hubi solar panel with Lithium battery, 12V, 2 USB, and 2 LED lights
Suspension
Custom vinyl awning with 2 doors and prolonged window
Prices for Mogo delivered to England, Wales and Scotland start at £7230
The Caravan & Motorhome Show, 15 – 18 January 2015 at Manchester's EventCity Stand 3-68
The Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show, 17th - 22nd February 2015 at Birmingham’s NEC Stand 2232
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