Outdoors and Camping

Mammoth is officially launching its pop-top rooftop shelter, but you won't hear it called a "tent." The miniature SKL shelter doesn't have a shred of canvas, relying instead on aluminum walls and integrated battery power to live like a tiny RV pod.

Scamp might not be quite as celebrated as Airstream, but it is a similarly iconic camping trailer brand. The all-new Scamp X is the company's first off-road-specific model in more than 50 years in business, putting a new twist on a classic.

Nike's new Lava Loft Down Jacket uses a rather unconventional solution to solve a common problem, interspersing wide open vents between baffles of ultra-warm down to react to the massive weather shifts a trail runner can experience.

Alphago's stretched, oversized The Cube glamping tent features an air tube frame designed to inflate within minutes at the push of a button. Want to make a cube city? Simply zip multiple tents together into a sprawling air-beam compound.

We've heard of off-grid toilets that macerate, compost, incinerate and electro-wrap. We even stumbled on one that "super-composts." We guess we should have expected one that turns pee into a fine fog ... but we did not. Inspired or insane?

After a couple of successful crowdfunding campaigns over the past year, Hong Kong-based EDC brand Eck Studio is back at it with a versatile little tool that's perfect for outdoorspeople and DIY enthusiasts who need different kinds of blades to hand.

We've seen in-vehicle camping modules of all sizes, and a new one from Renault might just be the sleekest of all. It transforms the company's Escapade from a simple sleeper van to a full camper van that still works as an everyday 7-seat MPV.

Evotrex has just raised $16 million to help outdoorsy types get far, far away from civilization with an RV trailer that can power itself for a good while. It has ambitious plans to hitch its trailers to customers' vehicles by the end of next year.

The new Keystone Walkabout feels like a cross between a typical American travel trailer and a hardcore Aussie off-roader. The split-personality rig is a rough-hewn adventure support vehicle outside, an exceptionally livable home-on-a-hitch inside.

I'd like the pickup camper without the pickup, please. Roofroomer has that in its Native camper, a fiberglass-and-aluminum elbow that reimagines automotive living. The unique camping pod houses a functional kitchen-cum-bathroom and roomy double bed.

Toyota's Kayoibako van concept won over the 2023 Japan Mobility Show. Toyota is now talking up a Kayoibako family and showing the Daihatsu Kayoibako-K, a kei transporter that's a tiny delivery van, micro-camper, automated adventure shuttle and more.

At this year's Japan Mobility Show, the legendary little Mitsubishi Delica van cedes the stage (for a moment, anyway) to an even cooler Mitsubishi camping rig: a futuristic concept combo that expands into a multi-room base camp.