roof-top tent

Years before we heard the term "glamping," we knew exactly what it was thanks largely to Snow Peak. The Japanese brand continues its legacy of crafting glamping gear with a unique rooftop tent combining an inflatable frame and signature features.

The all-new Mohab Altus is a vehicle rooftop shelter series like nothing we've covered before. Using an electric-lift system, it rises into a boxy, hard-sided cabin that lives atop your vehicle, blurring the line between tent and RV.

When we first caught wind of Thule's new Widesky rooftop tent, we took the model name to imply a large, clear stargazing skylight. Instead, Thule's latest tent encourages panoramic viewing in a different way, one we haven't seen on any other RTT.

Inspired Overland has made a name for itself by launching some of the slimmest, lightest rooftop tents out there. Its new Trailpeak tent is still slim and ultralight but lives larger by opening up a cube-like base camp with extra headroom and volume.

The year in new tent design brought everything from a new breed of ultralight freestanders, to cushier rooftop tents loaded with amenities, to multi-tent inflatable base camps. Here's a look at our staff and reader favorites from 2025.

After years of admiring iKamper as the modern innovator behind the expandable three/four-person rooftop tent (RTT), we think we've found a new favorite family-size RTT. The Vision XL from Topoak offers a thoughtful design for less than half the MSRP.

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.