roof-top tent

The hitch tent has seen some interest from a few startups and even a name brand, but it hasn't quite taken off. The latest take on the genre looks to prove itself with a swing-out design that lets campers create a base camp with full tailgate access.

Rooftop tents may be convenient when camping, but when you're doing anything else with your vehicle … well, not so much. The Bad Boy was designed with that fact in mind, as it allows one person to quickly install and remove their tent as needed.

Hardsider presents an alternative to its pickup camping system for those without a truck: a hard-walled rooftop tent like no other. The sleek, origami-style HardTent is the best hard-walled design we've looked ... and somehow, the most affordable.

IKamper has built out its innovative Skycamp rooftop tent line over the years with models and regular improvements. It's now spinning off the Skycamp DLX sub-line to add integrated creature comforts like LED lighting and inflatable mattresses.

The all-new hardshell Altitude rooftop tent from ARB is loaded with RV-style upgrades not often seen RTTs, including a push-button electric lift system, staircase-inspired step ladder, and neatly integrated auto-shutoff lighting.

With its all-new Go, Tentbox grabs the rooftop tent market's top spot for ultralight design. The Tentbox Go isn't the sleekest, fanciest car-top abode, but it sets up in under two minutes, sleeps two, and is light enough to ride atop small cars.

Redtail Overland made a name for itself with a hard-walled pop-up rooftop tent ... with $20K+ price tag. Realizing the pricing math didn't work for an RTT, it has now integrated the hard-walled Skyloft into a luxurious $530K glamper van.

Wild Land has long been an innovator in remote controlled rooftop tents, and now it's launching its most ambitious yet. The all-new 3-in-1 Safari Cruiser is part pickup bed rack, part truck topper and part panoramic two-story camping complex.

Long known for its X1 pickup topper, Super Pacific is sidestepping into the camper van market. Its new Cloud Cap doubles camper van sleeping capacity and has the slim chassis of a hardshell rooftop tent and interior access of a pop-up roof.

The vehicle hitch tent always struck us as an idea that was DOA, but perhaps it just needed some refinement. U-rang presents the latest spin with the Hitch Home, an inflatable hitch tent that rolls to and from the vehicle in its own storage box.

Fjordsen first came to our attention in 2020 with its extra-colorful inflatable rooftop tent (RTT). This year, it launched something even more eye-catching: the massive Beyond X hub-style RTT, which rises nearly 5 feet over the vehicle roof below.

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.