Easy & Quick
Built in 3 hours
VASP
Ready
Ultra lightweight
only 21 kg
Features
- From sofa to bed in about 30 seconds: pull out the two slide-out sections, move the mattress across and you’re in bed.
- Room to stretch out: 180 cm long, or 187 cm with the 7 cm extension, which is included.
- Seating your way: one long, straight bench for three, or an L-shape for a book and a cup of tea in the corner.
- Sit up without hitting the roof: at 33.5 cm high, Slide sits lower than our previous beds, so there’s more headroom for reading in bed in a medium van.
- Somewhere for the things you don’t leave on show: lift the side panel along the van wall and in most vans there’s a narrow compartment running the full length of the bed, for a laptop, documents or other valuables. In compact L2 vans like the Berlingo XL, the space runs along the van wall and narrows towards the back. To reach it, you can fit the side panel supplied with the bed, along the front bed section: it may need a small cut.
- Room underneath for the big stuff: open storage reached from the side and the back doors, big enough for a couple of surfboards, with space for a battery up to 26 cm high too.
- Drawers when you want it organised: optimise your under-bed storage with Gliss drawers made for Slide, with a drawer option for every door. Or add the Slide Kitchen, an outdoor workstation that extends out of the back doors. Add them as optional extras, or as Deluxe upgrades for your kit.
- Stays put on a rough road: the pull-out section has to be lifted before it slides, so it won’t creep open while you drive.
- Either side of the van: each section can be set up on the driver’s or the passenger’s side, so Slide Standard works in both left- and right-hand-drive vans, whichever side your sliding door is on.
- One bed for many vans: Slide Standard is universal fit, so the same bed goes into a compact L2 van like the Berlingo Van XL or a medium van like the VW T5/T6, Trafic or Expert. The base sits in front of the wheel arches and the top above them, so there’s no van version to choose. In many vans, it goes in with no cuts at all. In others, one or two panels need a short cut with a jigsaw: just follow the scribed lines.
- Light by design: 21 kg of poplar plywood, so your van keeps saving you money at the pump. Rated to 200 kg and delivered raw for you to oil, varnish or paint.
- Built in an afternoon: about three hours with a screwdriver, wood glue and tape, plus a jigsaw if your van needs a cut.
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How does Slide Standard work?
Slide Standard’s two slide-out sections pull out from the side of the units, and the slats interlock like the teeth of a comb to make one flat base for your mattress in the middle of the cabin. Slide is CNC-cut from poplar plywood and held together with Simple Slots joinery, so it stays solid on the road without a frame of metal brackets. Slide is the latest generation of our modular sliding bed, which won a European Product Design Award in 2026.
How wide the bed is depends on your van and what stands beside it. In our kits, it’s 130 cm wide in the Trekker, and in a VW T5/T6 or Trafic 3 beside a side table unit, or 120 cm in an Expert / Jumpy 3. With nothing beside it in a medium van, it opens to the full 140 cm. Choose the mattress offered on this page and it’s cut to match.
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What does Slide Standard work with?
Simple Vans mattresses
In one colour, heather grey, sized for your van and layout. Sold separately.
Kits that include it
The Trekker (compact L2 vans), the Minimalist and the Drifter (medium L1 vans), and the Voyager and the Legend (medium L2 vans).
You can add drawers later. Please note: our quick-release fixing kit is not compatible with Gliss drawers.
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Key facts about Slide Standard
| Range | Simple TINY and Simple CLASSIC |
|---|---|
| Fits | Adaptable: one version for compact L2 vans and medium L1 and L2 vans, including the Citroën Berlingo Van XL, Peugeot Partner Long, VW Caddy Maxi, Renault Kangoo L2, VW Transporter T5/T6, Renault Trafic 3 and Peugeot Expert / Citroën Jumpy 3 |
| Sections | 110 cm slide-out section and 70 cm slide-out section, plus an optional 7 cm extension (included) |
| Bed size | 180 cm long, 187 cm with the extension; up to 140 cm wide; 130 cm in the Trekker and beside a side table unit in a VW T5/T6 or Trafic 3, 120 cm in an Expert / Jumpy 3 |
| Height | 33.5 cm |
| Weight | 21 kg |
| Load | Rated to 200 kg |
| Materials, joinery | Poplar plywood, Simple Slots joinery; delivered raw to oil, varnish or paint. Our poplar plywood is sourced from a PEFC chain-of-custody certified supplier. |
| Assembly | About 3 hours; screwdriver, wood glue and tape, plus a jigsaw if your van needs a cut |
| DIY level | 2/10 |
| Price | €749 |
| Not included | Mattress, Gliss drawers |
| Works with | Gliss 110 drawer, Gliss 70 drawer, Gliss Rear drawer, Slide Kitchen; side table unit; Simple Vans mattresses |
| Delivery | 26 European countries (not the UK or Ireland) |
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Dimensions and assembly
DIY level2/10
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On a scale where building your own furniture from scratch is 10.
- Tools
- screwdriver, wood glue, tape, jigsaw
- Cuts
- none to 2, depending on your van
Slide Standard is 180 cm long, or 187 cm with the 7 cm extension, and 33.5 cm high. Pushed in for the day, it takes up just 62 cm of floor width. It weighs 21 kg: 11.3 kg for the 110 cm section and 7.7 kg for the 70 cm section, plus the extension and the front panel. It arrives flat-packed and CNC-cut, and takes about three hours to build with a screwdriver, wood glue and tape, plus a jigsaw if your van needs a cut. The step-by-step assembly guide and video are online.
Slide Standard Standard sliding bed, 187 x 130 cm
The Simple Vans Slide Standard is a universal-fit sliding bed for compact L2 vans like the Berlingo XL, Partner Long, Caddy Maxi and Kangoo L2, and for medium vans. It's the most open layout in the Slide range: two slide-out sections pull out into a bed for two, then push back to free up the floor for the day. Add the Slide Kitchen at the rear and you have a simple setup for sleeping well, cooking outside and carrying the gear that gets you there.
€749.00
(tax incl.)
Frequently asked questions
No. Mattresses are sold separately, sized for your van and layout: choose the one offered on this page. Simple Vans mattresses come in one colour, heather grey.
Yes. All three Gliss drawers made for Slide, and the Slide Kitchen, fit Slide Standard, and you can add them when you order or later. If you use under-bed drawers, you can’t use the quick-release fixing kit.
Yes. There’s room under the bed for a portable power station up to 26 cm high.
Not a fixed one. Pushed in, the two slide-out sections make a long, straight bench or an L-shaped one. If you want a fixed bench, with room for a portable toilet, choose Slide Standard Bench.
It depends on your van. There are no cuts in the Citroën Berlingo XL, Peugeot Partner Long or VW Caddy Maxi, and one short cut in the VW T5/T6 and Renault Kangoo L2. In the Peugeot Expert / Citroën Jumpy 3 and the Renault Trafic 3, two panels need a short cut; in the Trafic, one of them is an extra panel that fits around its rear door. Every cut is scribed on the panel, so you just follow the line with a jigsaw. If your van isn’t listed, you mark the cut yourself: check the Van Selector before you order. Please note: furniture that has been cut is no longer eligible for our Satisfied or Refunded guarantee.
Yes. Each section can be set up on either side of the van, so the bed goes on whichever side suits your sliding door, in a left- or right-hand-drive van. There’s no separate right-hand-drive version to order. We deliver to 26 European countries, not the UK or Ireland.
Included with every Simple Vans unit
You can build your van.
We make sure you succeed.
You’re not just buying plywood furniture: you’re buying a system that takes the unknowns out of your build, before, during and after.
Verified compatibility
Designed for your van model: confirm the fit in our Van Selector before you order.
Proven design
3,000+ beds delivered since 2020: you’re not the test build.
Precision cutting
CNC-cut parts and Simple Slots joinery: everything lines up.
Clear assembly plan
A step-by-step guide, from flat pack to fitted.
Step-by-step videos
Watch each step before you do it yourself.
Human support
A real person answers within 48 business hours, and often much sooner, when something isn’t clear.
Problem? Solved.
A missing or faulty part? We send a replacement free, delivery included.
Satisfied or refunded*
30 days to return unused furniture, so the risk isn’t all yours.
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Your project. Our system. Your success.
From your order to the road
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Order your unit
Your van’s version or the Adaptable one, plus any add-ons. Dispatched by 09/12/2026.
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Receive your flat-pack unit
Pre-cut panels and fixings, with an online assembly guide.
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Assemble it in about 3 hours
A screwdriver, wood glue and tape are all you need, plus a jigsaw for a few simple cuts on Adaptable versions. Simple Slots joinery guides each step.
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Made in our workshop
in the Landes
Poplar plywood, precise CNC cutting and a careful hand finish. Start with one unit and add more later: every unit comes out and goes with you to your next van.
Poplar plywood
Light and strong, harvested within 300 km of our workshop. Our poplar plywood is sourced from a PEFC chain-of-custody certified supplier.
CNC cutting, Simple Slots joinery
A precise fit and a quick build.
Finished by hand
Every unit is finished and checked by hand in our workshop in the Landes.
