I recently had the opportunity to road test a rooftop tent, and the thought of sleeping on top of my car got me childishly excited. It wasn’t until I was in the tent, laying there in a pre-slumber contemplative state and staring at the stars through the mesh roof, that I started to question why. What is so appealing about camping out in such an unusual and elevated position?
Over the last three decades I’ve used and tested dozens of tents and camping set-ups in a personal and professional capacity, from lightweight solo backpacking shelters and minimalist bivy sacks, tarp rigs and hammocks, through to behemoth family tents with multiple rooms and a bigger footprint than Godzilla.
