Tent

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.

The new Karsten ToW marries together an inflatable dome tent and a basic cargo trailer. It's less a caravan and more a literal Tent on Wheels that rides lightly, offers loads of payload, and quickly sets up into a ground tent with elevated bed.

Tree tent innovator Tentsile has developed what might be the world's most singular lineup of hanging tents, but one element holding those tents back: weight. The new Air series looks to solve that with the lightest, breeziest Tentsiles ever.

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.

Inflate all the things. That seems to be the strategy at Bote, the inflatable watercraft company now launching the Hangout Shade series. The sunshades work on land or pair with Bote's floating swim platforms to sailgate the day away atop the water.

Weighing less than most rooftop tents and taking up far less space than a camper, the Camp Tonneau Tent is always at the ready for truck camping but stows completely out of the way for unencumbered everyday commuting and cargo hauling.

The all-new Backcountry series from Gazelle Tents gets ruggedized with a heavy-duty, 4-season design built to camp comfortably from sweltering desert basins to high-alpine snow drifts ... and all stops in between.

The CanvasCamp Mouflon Tent pulls together a rugged canvas build, instant-pitching integrated hub frame and massive windows on all four sides like no other tent we've seen. It looks perfect for a night in the park or an extended overland expedition.

Bringing a taste of the flair and fashion of Japanese camping culture to the US, the Tokyo Crafts Grayhus glamping tent is a fantastically geometric wilderness abode. It elevates the outdoor experience, whether you're inside or viewing from afar.

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 all-new Float tent looks to make camping faster, easier and tailored to the conditions on the ground. It inflates into form in under a minute, and when the ground gets too rocky, soggy or scratchy, the Float leaps up into the trees.