Bambi

The Bambi is the way into Airstream — the smallest, lightest, and least expensive trailer the company builds, and the one most likely to tow behind a vehicle you already own.

It sits at the bottom of the lineup: above only the off-road-oriented Basecamp, below the larger dual-axle Flying Cloud and the higher-trim lines. Every Bambi rides on a single torsion axle and keeps things short — 16 to 22 feet — so a mid-size SUV or a half-ton can pull one without a weight-distribution ordeal. The Bambi shares its shell and its three floorplans with the upscale Caravel; the difference is trim and fixtures, not architecture.

The line splits cleanly on one question: bathroom. The 16-foot 16RB uses a wet bath — shower and toilet in one space, a single combined waste tank — to stay as small and light as possible. The 20FB and 22FB step up to full three-piece bathrooms with separate grey and black tanks. As with every Airstream, there are no slide-outs; you trade interior volume for the riveted shell's aerodynamics, longevity, and resale.

Three layouts in the current (2025) line. Weights are factory base figures — option packages, including the DUNE solar-and-lithium package, add to them. Each plan links to its full profile.

The range moves along two axes: how long it is, and what kind of bathroom it has. The 16RB is the smallest and lightest — a rear queen, a front dinette, and a wet bath, at 3,150 pounds dry and just 475 on the hitch. It's the most SUV-friendly Airstream made, with the trade that shower and toilet share one space and one waste tank.

The 20FB adds a full three-piece bath and separate tanks, and moves the bed forward into a wrap of panoramic windows. The 22FB is the most livable of the three: the largest bed in the line at 54 by 80 inches, a full-width rear bath, and the most galley and storage — while actually carrying less tongue weight than the 20FB, because its bath sits at the rear. All three stay on a single axle a mid-size truck can tow comfortably.

Airstream gave the Bambi its own dedicated badge in May 2019, folding the former single-axle Flying Cloud floorplans into the Bambi and Caravel lines. For 2025 the Bambi was trimmed to the three floorplans above. One layout offered through roughly 2024 was dropped — worth knowing if you're shopping used.

Shared across the line, whichever floorplan you choose.