Havnby CloudCore Rivian R2 Review: The Independent Option
Rivian sells an official HEST mattress for the R2 — which makes Havnby's $399 self-inflating CloudCore the independent choice, with a pump the foam rivals don't have.
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The Rivian R2 arrived with something no Tesla ever had: an *official* camping mattress, built by HEST and sold in Rivian's own gear shop. Good news for R2 campers, and a high bar for everyone else selling into the platform. Havnby's answer is the CloudCore — and its argument isn't "better mattress", it's "smarter kit".
The pragmatist's case
The CloudCore recipe, covered fully in our Tesla version's review, transfers intact: air chamber for structure, foam layer for comfort, built-in pump doing the labour — 70 seconds up, 85 down — and a packed size that fits in a corner of the R2's bed. Solid-foam mattresses like HEST's sleep beautifully and *live in your cargo area forever*. In a compact SUV, that's the trade that matters most.
The official-rival reality
We rate honestly: HEST's Foamy is the R2 mattress with Rivian's engineering input and the memory-foam feel no air-hybrid matches, and if money and space are no object it's the comfort pick. The CloudCore counters with $399 (about $359 with AWD), the pump, and a second life as a tent or guest bed — the multi-use argument that makes it Havnby's most versatile product.
The EV camping angle
The R2 joins the Model Y and Y L in the growing club of EVs designed knowing owners sleep in them — silent climate control all night is the feature petrol camping never had. The R2's vehicle-to-load sockets extend it further; our EV camping setup guide covers what that unlocks.
Full specifications
Havnby CloudCore for Rivian R2
Pros
- Built-in pump: 70 seconds up, 85 down — solid-foam rivals make you carry their bulk instead
- Foam comfort layer over the air base, the family's proven recipe
- Multi-use positioning: tent, flat platform, guest bed between trips
- $399 undercuts the official option's ecosystem pricing
Cons
- HEST's Foamy carries Rivian's official blessing and pure-foam feel
- R2-specific fit is new — the owner record is only starting
- Type
- Air-foam hybrid
- Pump
- Built-in, 70 s inflate
- Fits
- Rivian R2
- Also
- Tents, platforms, guests
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Frequently asked questions
- CloudCore or the official HEST Foamy for the R2?
- HEST builds the mattress Rivian sells through its own gear shop — memory foam, waterproof base, linkable into a double, engineered with Rivian's dimensions. It's excellent and priced like an official accessory, and solid foam means bulk with no pump to help. The CloudCore's case is practical: self-inflating, far smaller packed, cheaper with the AWD code, and useful outside the car. Comfort purists go HEST; pragmatists go CloudCore.
- Does the R2 make a good camper?
- It's shaping up as one of the best of the new EV generation — a flat cargo bed with the front seats folded forward, vehicle-to-load power for camp gear, and a size that fits trailheads. The reason mattress makers raced to cover it is the reason you bought one.
About AWD Camper Team
AWD Camper Team researches car camping and EV gear the honest way: manufacturer specifications, long-running owner threads and retailer reviews, cross-checked against each other. Where gear has been used first-hand an article says so explicitly — where it hasn't, we don't pretend otherwise.