In this RVing Unfiltered exclusive, I sat down with Ember RV founders Ashley Bontrager Lehman and Chris Barth and got them on camera to share what’s coming next—plus the real story behind why Ember exists in the first place. Ashley’s got deep roots in the industry (yeah, Jayco royalty), but what I liked is she didn’t just want to “make another RV.” Their whole pitch was: build a better company first—happy employees, constant feedback, continuous improvement—so the RVs get better because the culture gets better. We got into the stuff I care about as an actual Ember owner: the “use common sense” design principle (can you use the bathroom, fridge, bedroom while you’re buttoned up?), why their stargazing window makes way more sense than the usual Murphy-bed windshield setup, and how real camping use drives their decisions. They talked about how Ember Track was literally born from reading a thousand+ customer comments, and why flexibility matters now more than ever (grandkids, dogs, workstations, gear haulers—whatever your chaos is). We also covered the pandemic-start challenges: messy supply chain, hard-to-get “normal” RV parts, and how that forced them into composites, premium components, and innovations like the Curt independent suspension I personally swear by after bending two axles on BC roads.