SHIWAGIN Overland Kitchen Slide-Out System, All-in-One Camp Kitchen Box with Sink, Chopping and Cooking Features, Folding Camping Table for SUV, Overlanding & Car Camping, Quick 1-Minute Setup

The media could not be loaded. This is my favorite addition to my car!!! It’s sturdy, puts together well and is a decent size. It doesn’t come with directions. You scan a QR code to watch a YouTube video but after the first few minutes, I understood and it came together rather quickly. Unfortunately my Chevy equinox didn’t come with strap hooks so I had to buy some at Walmart and then screw them in to two different places to get the ratchet strap to fit properly, but again, we worked through that issue, loaded my car and headed to our first lunch outing within an hour of installing it. It was super easy and fun to use.

I'm probably a little too proud of this thing to be honest. It never comes out of my rig, and I will take even the softest whisper of a reason to use it. It's the best for car camping or if you enjoy dry-camping/boondocking/dispersed camping. I keep the stove and utensils packed away inside, and have a 5 lb propane tank strapped to the top. If you don't overload it with heavy items, then you can get by without the support leg - the slides are really strong and don't snag or hang up. The locking mechanism is great at keeping it all closed up or keeping it pulled out and in place. I thought the paper towel and trash bag holders were kinda gimmicky when I bought this, but they actually make a big difference in convenience while cooking. If you are out in nature as often as I am, then I highly suggest this thing. Even sliding it out to make a quick lunch with friends after swimming or hiking is simple and easy.

I purchased this overland kitchen after looking at so many different setups. I won’t be living out of my vehicle nor will I be driving long distances. This kitchen was the perfect size and price for my needs. After it arrived I assembled it using the video link provided. It was very easy to assemble. One part had the holes drilled in the wrong area and wasn’t able to be fastened as instructed. But it was in the back and not visible. The rest of the box is very sturdy and made of Birch plywood. So it is nice looking and of hard wood. The straps work ok but I’ll have to figure out a different way so that I can get the kitchen on one side and my fridge in the other near the power outlet.

I bought this last winter and at the start of summer, opened the box and assembled it in my living room with the instruction video on my TV’s Youtube. I took the time to watch the whole thing, then restart it and pause/assemble. It’s the first time I have NOT (in spite of years of Ikea-type diy experience) bungled a single step. I thought I’d be lost without paper instructions but this video (from the scanned 2022 code - there are older, less smooth versions ) is really good. If you have a good driver and the right hex bit for the one-size hefty screws, you could do it in a half-hr. If you’re puttering around, looking for misplaced bits, breaking for a snack, organizing all of your screw and drill bits while you’re at it, misplacing a screw in the process, and taking 20 minutes to figure out why the smallest section isn’t quite closing flush (I reached in and pushed and pulled the rails and it did eventually fit just right)… Even then it’s difficult to take more than a couple hours.It just tickles me to no end. The design is so beautifully engineered and assembly is so well planned. It is sturdy wood, not fiberboard. The hardware is hefty and the drawer slides are buff. It feels solid and looks awesome. And it comes with a sturdy collapsible sink, a handy drawer, 2 strong tie-downs for strapping it down to your suv/van/pickup bed, a sweet, solid-feeling telescoping post to support the extended stove section, and a hex key for the big screws. (The pilot holes are smooth and aligned but my drill wasn’t always strong enough to finish driving the last quarter-inch, quickly done using the hex key.) It would be nice to have the hex bit included, but that’s a quibble. All screws are the same size except for four small phillips head used to attach a brace to the underside of the stove section for screwing in the ground post.Kudos to the designers and sellers. I was able to buy it at $352, and it has since gone up but is still attainable relative to other companies’ custom numbers at two to four times the price. And it was delivered ahead of schedule.Can’t wait to try it out this month.