roof-top tent

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.

Billed as the world's slimmest hardshell rooftop tent, the Mars Aeroblade looks to minimize impact on fuel economy while offering robust protection at camp. It measures over 1 inch thinner than the previous thinnest hardshell RTT we covered.

Camping hardware maker iKamper teamed up with Rivian to develop a special edition Skycamp Mini tent for your R1T or R1S. This one installs on the bed rack and folds away into an aerodynamical hardshell case, so it shouldn't reduce your truck's range.

Just weeks after its official US debut, Roof Space is offering the larger Roof Space 4. The new rooftop tent features its 30-sec quick-pitching hardshell design but upsizes the build around a four-person super-king mattress and two open-air cabanas.

Inspired Overland's new Stargazer limited edition rooftop tent features the same style of ultralight construction as its past models and opens up a big view of the sky from below a full-length transparent roof panel.

For several years, Roof Space has been a rising star in the European rooftop tent market, offering a unique hybrid tent unlike the competition. Now it's officially coming to America, bringing its aluminum-shell cabana-style tent to US explorers.

It seems New Atlas readers like tent camping in all its forms – from backcountry to safari resort, and from ground to rooftop. Inflatables, expandables, vehicle tents and barely-there ultralights were among the most popular tents of 2024.

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.