roof-top tent

Inspired Overland (IO) followed up a winning SEMA 2022 by taking home another SEMA award at this month's show. The product that got it there was the all-new Ultra-Lightweight Carbon Fiber Rooftop Tent, one of the lightest, thinnest RTTs available.

Five years on from the Gladiator debut, Jeep officially puts its name on a pickup camper. The modular system developed with Addax fits the Gladiator like a glove and uses separate camper shell, rooftop tent and add-on components for versatility.

Thule channels its hitch and rooftop tent expertise into a new style of vehicle tent designed to offer the best of both vehicle and ground camping. The new Outset tent rides on the car hitch, rolling out at camp to become an above-ground shelter.

The Thecatal Magic Fort is a massive inflatable ground tent that creates a glamping duplex by housing a vehicle and turning it into the second floor. Campers enjoy several rooms and the option to extend the living space inside the vehicle.

Although rooftop tents are designed to make camping easier, setting one up in the rain or late at night can still be a hassle. The Air Cruiser was designed with that fact in mind, as it goes up without much more than a single button-push.

After decades of being synonymous with large RVs, Dometic has been leaning light and fast of late, pushing into simpler camper gear. Its new TRT 140 Air inflatable rooftop tent aims to keep up with adventurers who rise at dawn and get after it.

AntiShanty looks to make the "RTD," rooftop dwelling, the everyday term that "RTT," rooftop tent, has become. With aluminum walls instead of fabric and the ability to carry nearly 800 liters of gear to camp, the RTD is quite unlike other roof tents.

How many times have you found yourself out bush-bashing in a Porsche 911, catching a breathtaking view after a gnarly river crossing and thinking "damnit, if only I had somewhere convenient to sleep right now?" If it's more than zero, you're in luck.

As affirmed by Edward Abbey's classic novel Desert Solitaire, spending time alone in nature can be profoundly inspiring. For those adventures, Terrapod presents the RTTx Solo, a one-person rooftop tent that saves space while providing solid shelter.

German startup Roof Space has fine-tuned the folding hardshell rooftop tent. Its One RTT tops the vehicle with 60-second clamshell operation, three-person capacity, and a "Panorama Mode" that makes it an airy balcony for taking in sun and scenery.

Usually tents pitch on either the ground or a vehicle roof, but the new C6 Rev tent does both and also jumps into a truck to triple as a pickup tent. So wherever you make camp, the Rev ensures you get the sleep you need for the next day's adventures.

In 2017, iKamper changed the rooftop tent landscape with its folding four-person hard-shell tent. Now, fellow Korean brand TEDS brings its own style of expandable hard-top tent, using dual fold-outs to create a balanced space with two entries.