What do the Terms Hardside and Softside Mean?
A. A softsided trailer is a trailer that has only fabric surrounding the living area of the trailer (which, on a Folding Trailer, means above the box). This is the typical Folding Trailer description. A hardsided trailer is one which has rigid walls around the living area. This describes your typical travel trailer. B. There are a few hybrid pop-up trailers that are worth noting. These are the hardside or semi-hardside versions in a Folding Trailer package. These have folding hard sides (and sometimes ends) which eliminates some, if not all of the tenting. C. The advantages of hardsides include somewhat warmer shelter, more protection against wind, support for items/kids/animals that may lean against a wall, glass windows (which are optically much better than the flexible ones), easier to clean than fabric, less movement of the roof because of better mechanical attachment, less fabric to tear/rot/rip, less likely to “burn” a hole in the trailer if an interior light is left on while fol
