GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #2 | Page 4

| WORDS & IMAGES: MAX TAYLOR THE AIR UP THERE! INTRODUCING THE AIR OPUS. THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL. I admit it: I have a particular fondness for Opus camper trailers. I also have a rather bitter taste in my mouth. The bitterness comes not from the design of these campers, with their distinctive dome-shaped tents, but from the fact my personal Opus was nicked from my driveway a couple of years ago. 4 gorv.com.au My Opus was the first that the company had built in Australia. Previously, Opus campers were built in the UK and they’ve come a long way since. OPUS POTENTIAL The potential for the Opus was evident from the earliest of models but, frankly, it always needed to be finessed. Spec-wise, it was pretty basic. The Opus is now a much more refined, considered camper trailer. The Air Opus will more or less self-deploy in about two minutes. How? Simply push a button and the onboard air-compressor will inflate the so-called ‘air beams’,