Can the 4th Gen still be used as a camper or sleeper? Flat or Non Flat Cargo floor ?

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Awesome, how are you enjoying it?

 

i took a pic of the Canadian Technology package and how it is flush with the cargo floor when the seats are folded down, but wont let me upload the pic

Edit, here are the pics:

 

Prius Camping | LaurenandLloyd.com

Here is a really good Blog on camping in a Prius, please do share any thoughts, i found it very useful.

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Ive built a platform for the back of the 2016 prius a 23x23 foldable plywood base. I first bought regular plywood and built it nicely with the help of the home depot worker (Harj) from the cambie location, amazing person and he helped me every step of the way.
But when i put it in my car and drove off i realized it stunk!!! which made me realize that it is off gassing....after some research i found out that about 90% of plywood off gasses some serious VOC's which is Formaldehyde. I called home depot and asked if they had VOC free ply wood and sure enough they do but not at the Cambie location i was at, as that store is a small one that doesnt contain big Building materials which the bigger home depots do, they have just about everything just not the Big big sized sheets etc...

So i ended up having to buy a massive sheet of plywood from another home depot that was VOC free made with glue derived from soy and formaldehyde free. Built it again and here it is: Note that i have 3 more 23x23 sheets and if any one is interested in it feel free to contact me. It fold 3 sheet on top of each other from fully extended, it works so good in the prius and stores very nicely when folded up.

By the way im 6'1 with the Cot it was a little to high for me so i switched back to the air mattress for more clearance.

 

Hi Bob,

I will respond to your message with in a week more or less, im going on a trip so when i get back id like to take some time to respond and give you the pics you like.

Cheers,

 

Much More Better,

This is where you are in luck, compared to the Altima, The prius has automated climate control which runs off the battery, keeps the temperature in the car the temp you like, i have spoken to avid prius campers and if you have this on all night, all you will get is a light fog on the windows, due to circulation of the air. The battery runs out for about 2-5 minutes an hour of which the engine turns on by its self and recharges the battery every hour or half hour for 2 minutes depending on what juice you started out with at the beginning from what i understand and it does all this while you sleep.

as far as privacy goes, you may look up prius campers and see all the creative ways people make privacy a none issue by making curtains or cutting up material to cover windows and using Velcro or cutting up reflectix to fit the window.

Sure sleeping in a tent is nice, but in a prius you dont have to worry about inclement weather, or wild life (bears,cougars,wolves,wild cats etc) depending on where you live. For more info you can find many blogs and people who have a lot of experience prius camping, its a much different experience then your average car.

All the best,

 

PS. Ive heard of people getting the issue with wet windows that dont use automated climate control, but if you are sleeping in warm weather a lot of people they get bug mesh and thye use magnets to hold it in place over the window in the outside and have the windows rolled down its like being in a tent... some dont even have the windows rolled up in some areas there is no need for automated climate control.

Also if you slept well in the Altima, imagine how well you will sleep in the prius

 

Thanks Tideland Prius,Im still trying to figure out how the automatic climate control works and even non automatic, regular mode....and how it effects energy consumption...i haven't yet used it in camping mode, but im looking forward to seeing how it works.

I realized that when auto/clim is on, it wont let me switch the vents to shoot at the windshield, i called Toyota and asked why that is and they say because when the car decides to use A/C the air from inside the cabin is being used, which has moisture in it and can cause the windshield to fog up. I went into the settings and turned off automatic A/C in that case it should let me use climate control for the Winshield, but it wont, i think that Toyota should do a software update, because what ends up happening is, i cant have automated climate control on the windows and that causes them to fog up when its raining etc...mean while i can use non/auto mode for windows but then it just shoots straight heat the whole time.... Might be worth talking to Toyota about this...if im not mistaken and there is an option to have it blow on the windshield and windows in auto mode with out A/C on.