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We needed a better way to car camp

Colfax Campers was born out of our passion for adventure and the need for a better car camping solution. Dating back to the COVID shutdown in 2020, we made a few trips to the local lumber store and set out to design a more comfortable and functional sleep platform for our SUVs. Using the few carpentry tools we had in our garage, we hand built a 3-piece, modular, carpeted sleep platform for two initial vehicles: a Subaru Outback and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. What began as a personal project quickly evolved as we refined our designs and expanded to fit more vehicle types, including most popular SUVs from Subaru, Toyota, Lexus, Jeep, Ford, and other common manufacturers.

With professional experience in mechanical design and aerospace engineering, we set our sites higher than building platforms with power tools in our garage. We've since transitioned to using industrial CNC routers, allowing us to first design our products using CAD and precision cut each platform kit with extreme accuracy and repeatability. Manufacturing on CNC routers gives us the ability to ship each kit "flat-pack"-- this reduces shipping costs, minimizes risk of product damage, and offers a straightforward assembly process for even the novice woodworker.

Fast forward to today, we still handle all the design and manufacturing in-house right here in Denver, Colorado. This allows us to build each platform to order with quick turnaround times and ensure every product meets our high standards for premium quality and functionality. After all, the design of our products really stemmed from a personal desire to build something that we could use not only for weekend getaways, but also to maximize the functionality of the vehicles we already owned.

Have any questions for us? Please reach out, we'd be happy to chat.

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