Trap doors, low-profile stealth camping packages, electric expansion systems, all-terrain minivans and fully electric amphibious bicycles ... those are just a few of the ideas we saw pushed across the RV market in 2024. In fact, we found them all in the tiniest corner of the camper market – teardrop trailers, ultralight pickup campers and toppers, and mini-camper vans.
The tiny camper segment also presented some things we've never seen before, including a tiny pod camper designed to shuffle between trailer and pickup ... by hand, a complete, convertible pickup bed camper kit, and a modular mini-camper van with equipment pods that stack like building blocks.
You certainly don't need us to keep droning on about it – check out the most interesting, distinctive tiny camping solutions of 2024 below.
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![The all-new BeTriton eTrailer includes a canopy with lifting hard-roof and a pair of inflatable pontoons]()
August 28, 2024 | C.C. WeissLast year, BeTriton introduced an innovative ebike camping trailer that doubles as an electric boat. Now it's back with an electrified version that puts out its own motor power so cyclists can tow it via a traditional bicycle, no need for an ebike. -
![The new Moonlander X doesn't quite create adult standing room but it makes for less of a crouch]()
October 10, 2024 | C.C. WeissRadica hit the pickup camping scene a couple years ago with the Moonlander, a truck cap that's part security shell, part camper. The new Moonlander X looks at first to go a more traditional route but functions a little differently than it appears. -
![The Adria Mode is a new style of modular camper van]()
April 12, 2024 | C.C. WeissAdria has introduced a unique ultra-adaptable mini-camper it calls the Mode. It does away with large, fixed camping furniture in favor of modular pods that carry easily, pack neatly on the ride and offer multipurpose utility at camp. -
![Single sleeper mode creates an L-shaped sofa lounge with single bed, requiring no conversion for a solo camper]()
December 17, 2024 | C.C. WeissWe've seen camper kits for vans, 4x4s and crossovers. But pickup truck owners have long been left to build their own. Roadloft bucks that trend with a pickup camper kit that becomes a truck lounge, dining area, mobile office, kitchenette and bedroom. -
![Vanderer created a more extensive layout in its original One package and now goes fast and light with the Vanderer Two]()
October 07, 2024 | C.C. WeissVanderer has proven itself a master at transforming small vans into warm, cozy tiny homes. It goes simpler for its second floor plan, deconstructing the camper van into a series of smart, light, versatile components spread around the vehicle. -
![The all-new World Travel Vehicles TrekTwo, a Tacoma-based overland expedition rig]()
June 14, 2024 | C.C. WeissWorld Travel Vehicles out of Durango, Colorado offered one of Overland Expo 2024's most impressive all-terrain campers, based on the popular Toyota Tacoma. The TrekTwo aims to be an agile explorer that carries along an efficient micro-retreat. -
![The Duo X's many sliding and folding expansions create an adventurous duplex with dedicated sleeping and cooking spaces and an indoor toilet]()
October 09, 2024 | C.C. WeissOn the road, the Invader Duo X adventure trailer looks like the latest ridiculously rugged squaredrop. But instead of sleeping two weary adventurers in a simple fixed cabin, it rises, slides and flips into a two-story base camp with penthouse tent. -
![Designed for midsize trucks with 6-foot beds and full-size trucks with 6.5-foot beds, the Overlander makes a basic pickup an all-terrain adventure camper]()
June 28, 2024 | C.C. WeissSetting out to build the "ultimate ultralight" 4x4 camper for all seasons and terrains, Tufport has outdone itself. Its sleek Overlander weighs well under 1,000 lb, whether left a simple sleeper shell or fully kitted with kitchen, dinette and toilet. -
![The Vistabule Daytripper extra-small teardrop trailer]()
March 27, 2024 | C.C. WeissCampers don't always need a fancy mobile mansion with high-speed internet. Sometimes, they just want a basic shelter and reconnection with nature. Enter the new Vistabule Daytripper, an extra-tiny teardrop camper that's basically a tagalong bedroom. -
![Ovrlnd Bivy based on a Toyota Tacoma midsize pickup; Ovrlnd also offers the new pop-topper in full-size truck variants]()
June 07, 2024 | C.C. WeissOvrlnd Campers has developed a pop-up pickup camping topper nearly as light as a basic truck shell. Its new Bivy weighs as little as 205 lb while offering a pop-up interior that can be made into a cozy camper. It's truly a bivy sack for your truck. -
![The most flexible camper van vehicle on earth?]()
March 06, 2024 | C.C. Weiss"The most flexible vehicle in the world" – that's how Vanexxt envisions its Ford Tourneo Custom V710. Instead of relying only on its own gear, Vanexxt also offers camping and utility modules from other companies to offer a new level of versatility. -
![Carryboy Toyota Hilux Champ RV]()
April 03, 2024 | C.C. WeissIn 2023, the Toyota IMV 0 concept grew into one of the most modular production vehicles out there, the Hilux Champ. Carryboy has leapfrogged off that modularity to turn the little Champ into a roaming five-person micro-lodge. -
![Drop it on a basic utility trailer, and the Tusca HitchHiker becomes a simple squaredrop camper]()
February 05, 2024 | C.C. WeissWith its perfectly named HitchHiker Camper, Tusca Outdoors presents what might just be the world's lightest fully enclosed hardshell camper. The chassis-less camping pod can ride in either a pickup bed or utility trailer and weighs under 200 lb. -
![The new Unicamp Toyota Sienna Pop Top]()
January 10, 2024 | C.C. WeissKorean camper converter Unicamp grows it US presence, following up its Kia Carnival pop-top with the even more versatile Toyota Sienna pop-up customers have been demanding. The US gets a small, affordable, versatile mini-camper with available AWD.
