RV Show - Keystone

Over the last few years we've seen a lot of people that worked from home. Kids were homeschooled with all that was going on. Well, they got to thinking, why do I wanna sit in the basement or sit in this closet basically. I'm gonna buy an RV and I'm gonna hit the road. Problem was that the average RV had a little bit of compromise. Yes. I got Nick here from Montana Keystone. Nick, you've got a solution to that, don't you? Yes. You're spot on. I mean, those people are working from the dining room table and then have to tear it all down before dinner and everything else. We're pretty excited because we have something we wanna take a look at and I think we fixed that problem. All right. Let's go take a look. Take a look. So, wow, this is a full size living room. That's ultimately what we've done. We've listened to our customers and they said they love front livings and that front windshield with great views. So why not do a normal front living and then wait, there's more. Welcome to your front office. Wow, this is cool. Thank you. So our thought process was why not have a massive windshield that no matter what you're camping in whether you're looking at the ocean, the beach, mountains, have this beautiful, beautiful view and we've done it with a window here for cross ventilation. You've got your own AC vent. And then our thought here was have multiple monitors. You could have a corkboard to have pictures of your family. You can have a spot for a printer, whatever you need, it's set up here in this office space for you. Well, and this is perfect too if you want to boondock. You guys got the lithium system. Yes. So now all Montana's come standard with two Dragonfly lithium batteries. And then you have an option from our SolarFlex 200 which is standard. You can upgrade to our SolarFlex 400i or you can get all the way up into our SolarFlex 1200il which is perfect for Boondockers. And we have all that information on our website that you can get more detail on that as well. Well, and with today's connectivity you could go anywhere. True. And you could do the uplinks. You could do, in fact, you know what? I got a couple articles due. Can I set up office right now? Absolutely. Have at it. All Right. So, Nick, Montana has been innovators in the fifth wheel market for years. I think you were the first to bring out the windshield? Correct, yes. In the front, first to have the front kitchen. Yes, sir. I believe so how'd you come up with this cool idea? So to your point, we would first come up with that front windshield and customers love it and we listen to our customers and they really appreciate that windshield. So if we're gonna come up with an office, kind of our point before about making sure that, you know, customers have a dedicated space to work from, why not utilize that front windshield and give them the best space possible. Yeah. And then as we did that, some of the key features that we heard from our customers was as we work our way down is, hey, our island or our kitchens are great but some people don't always want a big island because it sometimes, you know, gets a little bit claustrophobic in that space. So we added those two roller drawers that will give you that extra countertop space without actually having that island. Yep. And then as we kind of worked additionally in the back, we raised that rear end and that was important because rear storage trays seems to be a must for the vast majority of our customers right now. So we wanted to raise that back end where your king bed and your bathroom's in the back so that way you get a big eight foot pullout Moorhead storage tray on the back and we can incorporate an outside kitchen too with a 12-volt refrigerator drawer and a big 24-inch griddle. Yep. I remember spending five years on the road training dealers and I would take my back then I had a McIntosh computer. Right. And I would have to set up in the dinette had all my stuff in there and try to do everything. This is, you know, and then you put it away at the end of the night. This is so cool. This makes it so easy for people to go out on the road. I appreciate it. That's what our thought process was too. If they're gonna go out and they're gonna work on the road, why not give them the best space possible to work from? And then like I said, once you're done, close off that door and get back to camping with your friends and family and try to forget about work because that's the whole reason why we're on the road in the first place. Exactly. If you're gonna work from home, don't work from home. Work from here. Work from here, yes.