X-Cabin 300 Trailer Is Small but Can Be Anything You Like, Including a Glamping Camper

This is the X-Cabin 300 trailer, a towable that, despite its very compact size, can be anything you like, from a cargo trailer to a toy box, a family RV, or even a glamping travel trailer. Surprisingly, the X-Cabin 300 has been around for almost three years and comes from a company with decades of experience, though not on the RV market.

The reason why X-Cabin 300 is probably not a familiar name or sight is that it's been available only in Japan until now through company X-Cabin, an offshoot of LED lighting specialist Effect Meiji Corporation. The trailer made its debut outside national borders at the 2023 Caravan Show in Dusseldorf, Germany, at the end of August.

X-Cabin is now looking for partners for an expansion on the Old Continent. That's excellent news because a trailer like this one would add considerable value to the already impressive range of options available. And it's super cute, too!

The X-Cabin 300 is offered in several layouts, with several options available for each one. As if to mitigate the spatial limitations of its footprint, manufacturer X-Cabin is basically offering the chance to pick and choose until you get exactly the towable you need, whether that's a cargo hauler or a fancy trailer for extended stays.

Whatever option you choose, know that they all have in common the all-steel construction and AL-KO galvanized steel chassis, the single axle, marine-grade stainless steel parts, a very low weight of under 750 kg (1,653.5 kg) that translates into maximum towability and ease of use, and a distinctive design that is both practical and very elegant. It might also be partly inspired by the classic look of an Airstream, but that's a different story.

The boxy trailer is 458 cm (15 feet) long and 212 cm wide (6.9 feet) and can be fitted with a series of exterior and interior options, depending on whatever you're planning to use it for. For instance, you can add ladders, steps, rods, and mounts to a cargo hauler, or choose from a list of interior options that will turn the unit into a more comfy mobile home.

Available layouts include the base X-Cabin 300, the X-Cabin 300 Glamp, the X-Cabin 300 SOLO, and the X-Cabin 300 FT.

The names are self-explanatory, except for that last one. It stands for Food Truck and is the one layout that brings the most differences from the others in that it doesn't have kitchen facilities or the side entryway but features a larger window.

X-Cabin also offers the option of buying the trailer as a DIY assembly kit, which means you get to style and equip the interior as you see fit. That's actually the cheapest option available – and the price goes lower the more units you purchase at once.

As a travel trailer, whether in basic spec or the fanciest one, the X-Cabin 300 can sleep two adults and offer the basic creature comforts for a nice vacation in the great outdoors. Modularity is the key word with the interior layout as well, so you get a dinette that converts into a bed, a fully-equipped galley at the front, and many storage options.

It's not much, but it's enough for this small footprint and low weight, which remain the highest selling points for the X-Cabin. From what we can see, the difference between the Glamp spec and the base one is in the fact that the former has a dinette slash bedroom, whereas the latter only comes with seating that converts into sleeping quarters.

Meanwhile, the Solo model features even more storage and more modular pieces of furniture, and looks like a self-contained home for today's digital nomad. As long as he or she likes to travel alone.

Other details are not available as of the time of press, but X-Cabin hopes the trailer's "elegant but simple design," its construction that's designed to last a lifetime, and this promised versatility that allows for multi-functionality will wow European and maybe even international customers into giving it a chance.

Pricing starts at ¥5.8 million ($39,400 at the current exchange rate) for the base model and goes up to ¥7.2 million ($48,900) for the Solo model, which is furnished as a live-in mobile home for one.

For a better estimate of the kind of expense future customers might be looking at, X-Cabin notes that the unit presented in the video presentation below is €62,000 ($66,600). The X-Cabin 300 kit is €15,500 ($16,700) if you buy three units and €14,500 ($15,600) per unit if you buy nine or more.