Camping

Following up on its ultralight Stealth pickup camper, Peak Performance is pushing the envelope yet again with the Nest, an equally impressive ultralight camper that combines hard walls with a super-flexible modular floor plan.

The Trail Mod trailer is one in a new wave of ultra-modular trailers that build up from bare bones to fully capable adventure wagons. It starts as a rugged utility flatbed and builds up into a capable toy-hauling micro-camper.

Hot, restrictive, itchy ... those are some of the nicest adjectives we can think of to describe a sleeping bag. Rumpl has long sought to offer a better alternative, and its new Wrap Sack looks to solve the sleeping bag's most glaring shortcomings.

While the Coleman brand is nearly synonymous with camping gear, the outdoors company hadn't really brought its A-game to the cooler scene. That's all changed now with the release of its Pro line of hard- and soft-sided coolers.

In 2019 we first heard about a lie-flat, lightweight hammock tent called the Haven. In 2022, a tougher Haven Safari model was added to the lineup. Its designers have now gone lighter and more compact than ever, with the ultra-packable Haven Spectre.

Honda becomes the latest Japanese automaker to debut a micro-camper concept, this one celebrating the CR-V. The CR-V makes a convincing tiny RV when upfitted with a fold-out bed, outdoor kitchen and dining area, and just the right accessories.

The Unicamp Sienna Pop Top camper minivan is now rolling out to customers, filling a void of affordable, flexible small pop-up US camper vans. The van still carries 7 or 8 people but is ready to pull over at a moment's notice and camp the night.

Escapod already builds some of the market's sleekest composite teardrop trailers. Now it's turning its attention to developing a trailer tailored to mountain bikers. The new Topo2 MTB features an integrated rack system and a veritable bike workshop.

As great as fresh comfy shoes feel after an exhausting hike, the extra weight is hard to justify on a backpacking trip. Zpacks' collapsible camp shoes weigh less than 1 oz/shoe so you can afford to have a cozy place to retire those aching feet.

AT Overland has introduced the Aterra Slide-In to turn any Toyota Tundra or Ford F-150 into an overland explorer with its own hard-sided shelter. Buy it as a shell and outfit it yourself or pick and choose from AT Overland's long list of options.

Is there no midpoint between a $200K+ camper van and time-sucking DIY build? The Outside Baseline van looks to establish it. The camper package takes care of the tough work and leaves the rest to DIY. An included bed is ready to camp immediately.

Originally designed as a towable pickup bed for hauling cargo, the Let's Go Aero LittleGiant trailer now transforms into a pull-behind pop-top pickup camper. It's an affordable, hassle-free and versatile way to travel and camp through the wild.