BOX | Camping Kitchen & Storage
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We can customise this platform bed to fit most EVs and SUVs, or mail us.
Teraglide BOX is a fully integrated car camping kitchen system for most SUV. Featuring slide-out storage, cooking space, and a compact design, it makes outdoor cooking easy and hassle-free.
Assembly
Assembly
Platforms come in a flat pack. Easy assembly is required, with bits supplied.
Here are some assembly videos for your convenience:
PRO version -> Drawer -> Strapping
⚠ Safety First
Safety and assembly instructions are included in every product package.
Please take a moment to read them before installing or using your platform.
🧭 You can also view the full guide online here:
👉 Product Use & Safety Instructions
We use Swiss-made connectors as the main joining element.
Just line up the screw with the pre-drilled hole and drive it in—simple as that. No complicated fittings, no guesswork. Clean look, solid hold, and easy assembly.
Camping alternatives comparison
Camping alternatives comparison
Five ways to solve the same night outside. They don't cost the same, and more importantly they don't fail the same way. Here's the whole picture — including the trips where a platform is the wrong buy.
The five options, side by side
| Compare |
★ OUR PICK ⚡ TERAGLIDEPlatform bed |
Tent | Roof Tent | Mattress in Trunk | Campervan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⏱️Setup time | 60 seconds | 10–20 min | 5–10 min + ladder | Fast | Parked & ready |
| 🛏️Comfort | Flat, stable slatted bed | Uneven ground, cold, damp | Thin pad, sways in wind | Lumpy over seats, gaps | Proper bed & living space |
| 📐Level, not just flat | Adjustable legs cancel the boot slope | Depends on the ground | Level roof needed | Slopes with the boot floor | Levelling blocks |
| 🌧️Weatherproof | Sound-, wind- & rain-proof | Wind, rain & cold get in | Exposed up top | Sealed inside | Sealed & insulated |
| 🔒Security | Locked inside | No lock, open space | Exposed, climb down | Locked inside | Lockable |
| 📦Storage | Gear stowed underneath | Gear stays outside | Very limited, must climb | Bags pile up on you | Built-in cupboards |
| 🛞Handling & rough ground | Weight low, on the boot floor | No effect on the car | Raises the centre of gravity | No effect on the car | Tall and heavy by design |
| 🚗Keep your daily car | Folds away in seconds | Unaffected | Bulky on roof, more fuel | Yes, but messy | Not a daily driver |
| 💰Cost | A real investment — but one-off, no van to buy | Cheap | $2,000–4,000 + bars, +32% energy | $50–300, cheapest to try | $60k–$100k (or $150–300/day) |
| ↕️Headroom | Slightly less (raised for storage) | Full sitting height | Can sit up inside | Barely changes (sits low) | Stand-up height |
| 🎯Best for | Secure, comfy camping anywhere — weekends to full-time | Budget group camping | Keeping the boot free; boots shorter than you are | Quick naps, first try | Long full-time trips |
The cost that keeps running
Anything on the roof is paid for every day, not just on camping days. On the same road trip our own Tesla used 140 Wh/km with a bare roof and 185 Wh/km with a roof box — 32% more energy, about a quarter of the range. A roof tent is bulkier than a box, so that's the floor. The full measurement and its caveats →
A platform is in the boot on Friday and in the garage on Monday, so it costs nothing to carry.
The honest part
A platform is not the cheapest way to sleep in your car. An air mattress costs $50. But you'll fight it every morning — and then you'll stop going.
That's the real comparison. Not price against price, but how many nights you actually end up spending outside. A platform is the setup you'll still be using in five years.
Flat is not the same as level
Two different problems, and most people only fix one. A mattress bridges the gap over the folded seats, so the surface becomes flat. It does nothing about the slope — almost every boot floor tilts toward the tailgate, and you spend the night sliding downhill in your sleeping bag.
A platform on fixed legs fixes the gap. A platform on adjustable legs fixes both: set the legs once for your car and the bed is genuinely horizontal, every trip after. The full breakdown of gap, slope and fixes →
When a platform is the wrong buy
Four cases where we'd tell you not to:
- You want to try one night and see. Buy a $50 mattress first. If you go out three times in a season, then talk to us.
- You camp in a group and cook outside all evening. A tent gives you a room to stand in. The car is a bedroom, not a living room.
- You need to stand up inside. No car platform gives you that. A van does.
- Your boot is shorter than you are. Some cars simply don't have the length. We'd rather tell you that before you order than after.
Pick by what you're optimising for
- Cheapest possible — mattress in the boot.
- Most space for the money — tent.
- The whole boot completely free while you sleep — roof tent.
- Living in it for months — campervan.
- Regular weekends, and your car has to be a car on Monday — platform.
Next step
Whether a platform works in your car comes down to three measurements. Five minutes with a tape measure and we'll give you a straight answer — including "it won't fit", if that's the truth. We'd rather say no than sell you the wrong thing.
Already know it fits? Compare our six platforms side by side →
Prices are indicative and vary by market and model year — check current pricing before you decide. Comfort, setup times and storage figures describe our own platforms and typical examples of the alternatives; other brands differ.
More solutions
More solutions
✅ PRO – Spacious and flat, lift-access storage, no car modifications.
✅ CORE – Compact, affordable, more headroom, quick setup.
✅ SOLO – Single-person design, 60/40 split for storage, lightweight.
✅ CAB – Fits front seats, store in the frunk, easy setup.
✅ BOX – Full camping kitchen, organized storage, quick access.
Shipping
Shipping
We manufacture and ship directly from New Zealand, offering free shipping to AU and NZ. Manufacturing time for standard orders is around 3-4 weeks, for custom made 5 weeks.
Transit time from 2 to 5 working days
If your package arrives damaged, please contact us promptly with photos.
Please read the full Shipping Policy
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