Most truck bed campers start with an air mattress. After a few trips, a pattern emerges: deflation at 2 AM, uneven surfaces over the wheel wells, and waking up stiff because the air mattress compressed overnight and placed you closer to the cold metal bed than you expected. A camping cot solves several of these…
Generic camping checklists are written for car campers with a minivan and a developed campground pad. Truck bed tent camping is different in specific ways that a generic checklist does not address: the sleeping system is built around a metal truck bed, the shelter is the truck itself, the cooking operation often happens at the…
Rightline Gear has built its truck tent line around one consistent idea since 2009: keep the design simple, keep it universal across truck sizes, and keep the hardware from damaging the vehicle it’s attached to. The 110730 Full Size Standard Bed Truck Tent is the company’s flagship 6.5-foot bed model, currently rated 4.4 stars across…
Most camping gear guides cover stargazing as an afterthought, a footnote about leaving the rainfly off and hoping for clear skies. The truck bed tent camping format, it turns out, is one of the most naturally suited setups for serious stargazing available to a non-backpacking camper, and the reasons are specific enough to be worth…
Dispersed camping is one of the core reasons truck bed tent camping is so appealing. The Bureau of Land Management manages over 245 million acres of public land in the United States where dispersed camping is permitted without a reservation, without a fee in most cases, and without the campground infrastructure that constrains how and…
A campfire at the end of a long trail day is one of the most satisfying parts of truck bed tent camping. It is also one of the most consequential decisions you make at a campsite, not because campfires are inherently dangerous, but because the consequences of a poorly managed one are severe and entirely…
Truck bed tent camping and Leave No Trace principles are more naturally aligned than most people realize, and in some specific ways, truck tent camping is genuinely lower impact than the ground tent alternative it often replaces. But that alignment is not automatic. A pickup truck on public land carries its own set of impact…
Napier is the name most truck campers hear first, and for good reason: the company designed the first truck bed tent back in 1990 and has spent more than three decades refining the category since. The Backroadz Truck Tent is Napier’s core, highest-volume model, currently sitting at 4.6 stars across 5,546 ratings and an Amazon…
JOYTUTUS has become one of the more recognizable names in budget-to-mid-range truck bed tents, and it earns that recognition through sheer product range rather than a single hero item. The brand currently sells seven distinct truck bed sleeping and shelter systems, from a $66 entry-level tent to a $189 inflatable off-road setup, and understanding how…
Most truck tent camping guides do not mention mice. That is probably because most camping trips go by without a rodent problem, and it feels like an obscure concern relative to waterproofing or setup time. But talk to enough truck campers who camp regularly in the Southwest desert, the Rocky Mountain region, or wooded areas…
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