Even the best RV interiors were never designed for full-timers who live and work from the road. Until now. Cortni Armstrong (also known as The Flipping Nomad) is taking matters into her own hands. She’s designing the interior for an insane concept RV by Keystone Montana.
You’ll Want to Buy This Insane Concept RV
The Flipping Nomad arrives at Keystone headquarters. Image: KeystoneRV.com
Flipping Nomad and Keystone’s insane concept RV project launched this week on the RV manufacturer’s YouTube channel. Viewers will get to watch Cortni and her crew develop the interior for a brand new, hot off the assembly line Keystone Montana fifth wheel.
Each week Keystone will release a video that show’s the rig’s progress. Subscribe to the Keystone YouTube channel to be notified of the next video and watch the built-out happen with Cortni.
The Flipping Nomad is no stranger to taking old RVs and transforming them into ultra hip homes on wheels. Since 2015 this full-time RVer has been revamping rigs for young full-time RVers like herself. The Keystone Montana rig model is her personal favorite and the only one she renovates for her client’s custom RV interior projects.
Keystone Responds to New Nomads
“As I was building my business, I realized that I only wanted to work with RVs that had good bones and that were built right,” she said in a Keystone press release. “All roads lead to Keystone, but specifically to the Keystone Montana. As a result of that, I now exclusively renovate Montanas.”
As shown on her Instagram channel @TheFlippingNomad, Cortni’s RV rehab philosophy is “functionality before design.” Over the years she’s created beautiful and modern looking rig interiors for all kinds of modern RVers, from full-time RVing families to solo working nomads and more.
By partnering with Cortni for this insane concept RV project, Keystone wants to show the company is hot on the heels of what younger RV buyers want from their rigs. Keystone gets that today’s RVing travelers have different living and working space needs than the typical retired RVer of years past. Workspaces, children’s play rooms and pet-friendly features are just some examples of what travelers want now.
“Our longtime customers have shown how appealing life on the road can be. I love that their younger counterparts aren’t waiting until they are sixty or seventy to embrace the adventure that the lifestyle offers,” said Montana Product Manager Mark Krol.
Rene Agredano and her husband, Jim Nelson, became full-time RVers in 2007 and have been touring the country ever since. In her blog, Rene chronicles the ins and outs of the full-timing life and brings readers along to meet the fascinating people and amazing places they visit on the road. Her road trip adventures are chronicled in her blog at LiveWorkDream.com.
Wondering how they deal with the low grade construction materials like particle board and chipboard that is used throughout all Keystone products? We have a 2010 Raptor MB300 and all the major problems have steamed from these cheap and dirty materials except the BS Lippert ramp door which is yet another ball of worms.
I always avoid the word ” Insane ‘ . On the net it is usually followed by ” double your gas mileage’ or ‘ this won’t be on the Internet for long’, or ‘car makers don’t want you to know this trick ‘ . The word does not produce confidence in an article.
Montana is a huge mobile house. I am surprised that Keystone believes that a Montana and large pick-up truck is a combination for youthful residence. Montana looks like a guaranteed sedentary life for wealthy children who need to spend an inheritance. I have a brother and a sister who chose Sprinter for on-the-road lifestyle and discovered that even that small, efficient house was too expensive to sustain life. For my active, adventurous lifestyle, I own 330 square feet of condo and do my RV’ing in the cargo bed of a Toyota Highlander that has the clearance to go up Forest Service roads; the size to fit into primitive, developed, and dispersed campsites (I occupy each category about one-third of the nights on the road); and the fuel efficiency of 25 mpg to explore up to 300 miles per day. My impression is that a Montana, even pimped-up, is appropriate for a tiny segment of the nomadic market. Good for “Flipping Nomad”; not practical for adventurous outdoor recreation enthusiasts.
Darn, I was expecting something great – well, at least something greater than “check back next week”.
I agree it is a very small segment of the RV crowd… although I am sure a lot of the ideas can be put in any RV
my wife and i are retired never had a new NEW RV we have all ways had to repair them and the way RV’s are built is INSANE there heavy not eco friendly at all.
trying to keep the wife from bringing every thing from the house is impossible …
Im Guessing half of people who buy these HUGGE RV are trying to keep up with the jones witch fuels the RV business..
creating cost efective but CHEEP smelling new RV’s.
we have a beetup 249 puma and it’s 26′ long an is heavy .
i sometimes wish there weren’t as many people camping as it is now half of them dont pick up after them self’s & put every camp ground on edge.
do we need bigger camper no not really i think it’s cool some one has the time and money to build something at what ever the cost
just my 2 cent’s
Had keystone products before and they are built quite cheaply. Not a good buy in my opinion.
Keystone customer service is non existent. They could not possibly care less once the ink is dry. Guessing most others are the same. If anyone has encountered better manufacturers please let us all know…….
Everybody please remember, this is basically a press release from Keystone.
Take it for what that means…..
Montana is the biggest piece of crap RV made, notice I didn’t say built. Cheap materials, no QC, particle board throughout, pressed wood interior, and the list goes on.
the one i had the slide was sliding in an out on a pice of ROTTEN wood not even a 2×4 no aluminum or steal frame …
the puma i have now is the same way pice of crap.
the slide WAS great it didn’t fail but the trailer foundashion failed.
if you try to buy a composite aluminum built TT or 5th your going to pay a arm an a leg for a used one.
i paid 6,000 for my 04 puma 5th 2yr ago,I went to trade it in 2 yr’s later at camping world offered 2,000 ..
I dont understand how they just-a-fy the cost of these things.
the smell in side these NEW Trailers what’s up with that CHEMICAL SMELL…
We owned a Montana 5th-wheel…..JUNK! Poorly designed, poor frame welds, bad axles, separation in the side panels, leaky water system, inefficient heating and cooling…and just down right lying by calling the unit “Arctic” package. Save your money…doesn’t matter how much better they make the inside look or “feel” more comfortable, if it is built with junk, the end result is still junk. ….Oh, and they are the number one selling 5th-wheel. Imagine.
I agree it is a very small segment of the RV crowd… although I am sure a lot of the ideas can be put in any RV
I’ve been to quite a few factories in the Elkhart area. It’s a super competitive environment for sure. When we toured the Montana Factory it better than most as far as construction etc. Ultimately we purchased a Heartland Landmark 365, but the Montana was our second choice. Fifth Wheels and never going to be built with home quality, too many systems and they have to keep the weight down. Unless you want to pull this with a Freightliner Tractor. All manufacturers have the same issues, buyers who want the quality of a Foretravel Coach for $60k, it’s not realistic. Know that it’s cheaply built, enjoy your travels and keep a toolbox with you.