Soaring Eagle Campers is on a serious roll. In three short years, the fledgling Indiana-based truck camper manufacturer has released three successful slide-in models—the Adlar, the Aerie, and the new Aquila—and a topper called the OVX. Scott Tuttle, Soaring Eagle owner and CEO, isn’t shy when it comes to talking about his new company. Why should he? Every camper Scott releases has been a hit. This includes the Aerie, Soaring Eagle’s first full-size truck camper designed for long-bed 3/4-ton and one-ton trucks.
To say the Aerie has been a success would be an understatement. Soaring Eagle can’t keep them on dealer lots. One thing that has made the Aerie such a big seller is that the camper’s 8-foot floor length, which allows it to be used with the tailgate closed. This allows customers to retain use of the rear view camera and other sensors built into their tailgates, as well as any built-in steps that their tailgate may feature. Better yet, the dry weight of the camper is only 2,300 pounds, well within the payload rating of most 3/4-ton trucks.
The Aerie, like all Soaring Eagle campers, is an entry-level camper, offering a number of features and upgrades not found in the competition. Like all Soaring Eagle Campers, the Aerie is well-built and features an aerodynamic nose that reduces wind drag. Construction consists of a welded, tubular aluminum frame, block foam insulation, and composites throughout for strength and durability. The tank sizes are respectable too with 28 gallons fresh, 13 gallons grey, and a 5 gallon cassette toilet. The camper comes with a 20 pound propane tank.
“The Aerie has been a freaking, absolute home run,” Scott Tuttle said. “Right now, across the country, out of all our dealer locations, which we’re over 40, there are three Aeries on dealers’ lots. That’s it. Two of them just arrived last week out of the three. Everything else is sold. Every single one that ever landed anywhere has sold. It’s been crazy, just crazy. We hit a spot in the market where people look at it and they look at the competition and they’re like, ‘why would I spend $15,000 more to buy a Lance when I can buy this camper.'”
What else makes the Soaring Eagle Aerie such a big seller? For one, the heated basement, where all of the holding tanks are stored, features a pull-out storage tray where you can store all of your gear. You won’t find this feature in other makes. But that’s not all. The Aerie also comes with a 100 amp hour lithium battery, the Truma Combi high-efficiency water heater-furnace, electric jacks, a 40×40-inch bathroom/shower with plenty of elbow room, a DC compressor refrigerator, a kitchen area equipped with a two-burner cooktop range, a microwave/convection/air fryer oven, and a residential-style deep sink and faucet. The camper also features an automotive-grade foam in the dinette, and a residential-quality queen-size bed mattress with a memory foam top. The Aerie’s open floorplan–which features a north-south bed with dual nightstands—makes the camper feel much larger too.
Just as important, Soaring Eagle’s campers look good. The exterior features Soaring Eagle’s graphics package that is neither loud nor obnoxious. Soaring Eagle’s interiors look even better with three color schemes now being offered: sage green, stone blue, and the standard grey. As Tuttle explains, the colors are very modern and are similar to the residential colors found in today’s homes. These modern colors are further enhanced by the seating and flooring which features attractive wood tones. Throw-in the Aerie’s north-south bed, the large, L-shaped dinette, and the massive bathroom with a sliding door and you really have a camper worth owning. As a matter of fact, no other camper in this weight class has a larger bathroom than the Soaring Eagle Aerie. Nobody.
“We’ve brought a new level of interior sophistication to truck camper,” Tuttle said. “There’s still guys out there using carpet and staples in their campers. It’s embarrassing. Some truck campers look like they did in the ’70s. We’re doing a pretty good job at refining that and adding a little bit of class and luxury, I think, with the Aerie model. Customers are loving it.”
Another thing that customers are loving is the Aerie’s price point. According to Tuttle, the Soaring Eagle Aerie is a good $15,000 less than the competition.
“We hit a sweet spot in the market in terms of what a camper sells for. The Aerie sells in the low $40,000s, we not only offer the same in terms of functionality and features, but we offer more features than the competition. We have a completely different concept in terms of the openness of the camper. A lot of truck campers, you get up into that size, and they’re very much like a tunnel when you look in them and walk in them. But ours is wide open. Customers are really loving that openness, that airiness, really. No pun intended,” he said.
For more information about the Aerie or other Soaring Eagle Campers or to get a quote, email the company directly at scott.t@soaringeaglecampers.com.
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