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Our EOS 11.5
We’ve owned our Boreas for about a year now, and I found this site invaluable when we were trailer shopping over about 4 years. I’m starting this blog mostly for my own entertainment but will post it here to put a little more content about the camper here. I call ours the 11.5 because it was the prototype EOS and has some differences from the final version. Most notably it has a timbren suspension and a lock and roll hitch. It also has a clamshell roof instead of a full pop top. A couple small things, the grill doesn’t have a windscreen (yet) and the pantry doesn’t have a pass through door to the outside kitchen. Also it has a modest 200 Ah of lithium and 300W of rooftop solar. Haven’t missed the pass through at all, no windscreen is frustrating at times if it’s pretty breezy. It also has a lagun table mount instead of the pedestal on the final model, and no support jacks.
Our camper had a rough beginning in life, as it was in a fender bender essentially just off the lot from what I can tell. Just as well for us, a pristine boreas would have been outside our reach indefinitely. it fixed up well as it was all body damage and is road worthy once more, and pulls better than any trailer ive ever towed.
Projects I’ve done on the camper so far:
Swapped the brakes out (old ones worked fine, DMV wanted initially to be able to lock up the rear tires which is really damn hard for 32” bfgs under a relatively heavy camper to do
Fixed the wiring so that everything passed through the smartshunt and the battery percent was accurate
Fixed the shower, the faucet handle had a leaky cartridge and the faucet was some Chinese brand so just swapped the whole thing out
Replaced the shower head with one that is light and can turn into a spray nozzle, nice for filling waters at night or prepping coffee in the morning
Resealed the shower, shower pan seal was leaking probably from the accident
Added bungees to the walls to hold up additional clothes and to hold food into the pantry
Added a bike rack to the front storage box
Foam insulation behind kitchen to prevent drafts when open
What we love about the camper
-tows great
-Solid frame and suspension, it can go pretty much where the truck can with the exception of turning around being a forethought before going down an unknown road (Chevy Colorado diesel 2.8L Z71 with a leveling package and 32” tires)
-modularity is amazing. Loud camping spot? Bears? Top pops down
And it gets quiet and secure. Setup is so fast. I worried/ thought about whether that part would be annoying but it takes 10 seconds to pop the top or pull out the kitchen.
-high end components
-truma is so quiet. My old camper’s furnace sounded like a helicopter taking off. This one sometimes I feel the vent to see if it’s on
-huge fridge/freezer affords plenty of room
Dislikes
-Spots for easy access to clothes are lacking. Under bench storage is not convenient for grabbing a shirt here and there. We hung mesh nets which have made this a lot more functional
-lots of thermal bridging with the aluminum frame. Considering a thick paint to cover/insulate or a fabric or something. Doesn’t matter at all in the cold but I am curious how much better it would do in heat without that.
-300Ah or 4 of lithium would be nice. Might make the change eventually
-wish there was a rear hitch on the camper for a bike rack.
Neutral
I’m not completely sold on the garmin system for controlling everything. It has worked flawlessly so far but if power had been off for awhile you have to wait 45 seconds for it to boot up to turn on or off a light. If it ever loses power I believe we could use the furnace, but lights, tank heaters would not work either.
What it’s used for:
Family camping trips to established campgrounds
Boondocking/exploration
Hunting trips deep in BLM land of rural west
Trips lengths range from overnights to max so far of 9 days



Future projects:
Windscreen
Adding some sort of utensil drawer to the kitchen like the eos-12 has
Adding lithium
Favorite accessories:
Milwaukee battery powered shop vac
Rice cooker/water boiler
Camming wheel leveling chocks
200 W of portable solar panels
Future projects:
Replacing kitchen table with a decorative hardwood version
Pulling out vinyl floor and putting in luxury vinyl planks
12V a/c??
Future accessories
Magnetic spice rack
Magnetic paper towel holder
We’ve owned our Boreas for about a year now, and I found this site invaluable when we were trailer shopping over about 4 years. I’m starting this blog mostly for my own entertainment but will post it here to put a little more content about the camper here. I call ours the 11.5 because it was the prototype EOS and has some differences from the final version. Most notably it has a timbren suspension and a lock and roll hitch. It also has a clamshell roof instead of a full pop top. A couple small things, the grill doesn’t have a windscreen (yet) and the pantry doesn’t have a pass through door to the outside kitchen. Also it has a modest 200 Ah of lithium and 300W of rooftop solar. Haven’t missed the pass through at all, no windscreen is frustrating at times if it’s pretty breezy. It also has a lagun table mount instead of the pedestal on the final model, and no support jacks.

Our camper had a rough beginning in life, as it was in a fender bender essentially just off the lot from what I can tell. Just as well for us, a pristine boreas would have been outside our reach indefinitely. it fixed up well as it was all body damage and is road worthy once more, and pulls better than any trailer ive ever towed.

Projects I’ve done on the camper so far:
Swapped the brakes out (old ones worked fine, DMV wanted initially to be able to lock up the rear tires which is really damn hard for 32” bfgs under a relatively heavy camper to do
Fixed the wiring so that everything passed through the smartshunt and the battery percent was accurate
Fixed the shower, the faucet handle had a leaky cartridge and the faucet was some Chinese brand so just swapped the whole thing out
Replaced the shower head with one that is light and can turn into a spray nozzle, nice for filling waters at night or prepping coffee in the morning
Resealed the shower, shower pan seal was leaking probably from the accident
Added bungees to the walls to hold up additional clothes and to hold food into the pantry
Added a bike rack to the front storage box
Foam insulation behind kitchen to prevent drafts when open
What we love about the camper
-tows great
-Solid frame and suspension, it can go pretty much where the truck can with the exception of turning around being a forethought before going down an unknown road (Chevy Colorado diesel 2.8L Z71 with a leveling package and 32” tires)
-modularity is amazing. Loud camping spot? Bears? Top pops down
And it gets quiet and secure. Setup is so fast. I worried/ thought about whether that part would be annoying but it takes 10 seconds to pop the top or pull out the kitchen.
-high end components
-truma is so quiet. My old camper’s furnace sounded like a helicopter taking off. This one sometimes I feel the vent to see if it’s on
-huge fridge/freezer affords plenty of room
Dislikes
-Spots for easy access to clothes are lacking. Under bench storage is not convenient for grabbing a shirt here and there. We hung mesh nets which have made this a lot more functional
-lots of thermal bridging with the aluminum frame. Considering a thick paint to cover/insulate or a fabric or something. Doesn’t matter at all in the cold but I am curious how much better it would do in heat without that.
-300Ah or 4 of lithium would be nice. Might make the change eventually
-wish there was a rear hitch on the camper for a bike rack.
Neutral
I’m not completely sold on the garmin system for controlling everything. It has worked flawlessly so far but if power had been off for awhile you have to wait 45 seconds for it to boot up to turn on or off a light. If it ever loses power I believe we could use the furnace, but lights, tank heaters would not work either.
What it’s used for:
Family camping trips to established campgrounds
Boondocking/exploration
Hunting trips deep in BLM land of rural west
Trips lengths range from overnights to max so far of 9 days



Future projects:
Windscreen
Adding some sort of utensil drawer to the kitchen like the eos-12 has
Adding lithium
Favorite accessories:
Milwaukee battery powered shop vac
Rice cooker/water boiler
Camming wheel leveling chocks
200 W of portable solar panels
Future projects:
Replacing kitchen table with a decorative hardwood version
Pulling out vinyl floor and putting in luxury vinyl planks
12V a/c??
Future accessories
Magnetic spice rack
Magnetic paper towel holder
