roof-top tent

The new Hotomobil Atlas Cabin Box is similar to a few concepts and products we've looked over in the past few months, but it ultimately pulls together a full-bodied pickup camper and a rooftop tent in a way we don't recall seeing before.

So many rooftop tents on the market weigh well over 100 lb. The all-new Weekend from Groenberg shatters that mold and weighs in at a fraction of those figures. And for a limited time, it also prices in at a fraction of the competition.

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.

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.

Wheelhome has long been designing truly unique tiny campers. This time, it's outdone itself, building a hybrid roof tent/pop-up camper specially for the Tesla Model 3 and then evolving it into a more practical micro-camping trailer for any vehicle.

The new Vickywood Hazel rooftop tent doubles as an open-air balcony. Beyond serving as a breezy, 270-degree panorama atop your vehicle, the Hazel tent also offers two setup modes for fast camping exactly how you want it.

Two years ago, Thule surprised the world with a hitch-mountable tent it called the Outset. It's designed to combine the comfort and integration of a rooftop tent with the access and detachability of a simple ground tent. Now it's coming to the USA.

The new Wild Land Sky Rover rooftop tent aims to bring a little more RV comfort to the car top. In fact, it boasts a few features some small camper vans and trailers don't, including an automated pop-up system and even a toilet ... kind of.

Different yet familiar, the new Unplug Trailster Truck Camper is a low profile, lightweight spin on the pickup camping topper. It stands at cab height like a heavy-duty cap but adds a roof-integrated fold-out tent to sleep the overland crew.

After releasing one off-road trailer after another, Mammoth Overland is ditching the chassis and wheels for its latest design. The SKL off-road camper leaps up atop the vehicle roof, bringing its own solid-state battery bank and hard walls.

Jeep hits the ground of Overland Expo West hard this year with an all-new concept it calls the Awning and Rooftop Tent (ARTT) concept, a go-anywhere Wrangler pop-top micro-camper straight from the off-road gurus at Jeep's own performance parts arm.

We're starting to see a new tier of rooftop tents that are more like self-contained tiny campers. The Oztent Apex RT-P-1600 tent is the latest, boasting motion-activated camp lighting, active cooling and even an RV-style electronic command center.