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“Lighter, stronger, better” carbon-fiber rooftop camping tent for adventure seekers
These rooftop tents are made to mount to the roof of any vehicle (as long as it’s big enough and has roof bars), just like cargo carriers made by Thule and others. This thing is just a bit wider than most cargo carriers, and some of them also fold out to make them hang out over the car or truck.
It mounts directly onto the roof rails or bars on cars, SUVs, and trucks. Or vans, or busses, or motorhomes, or trailers. This is the Autohome Maggiolina rooftop tent, built with lightweightness in mind.
It pops up when you want to use it and folds down to be small and aerodynamic when you don’t use it — it looks like you might be able to also tie some other supplies on top of its flat top.
When you’re up above the ground, you don’t have to worry so much about animals and things bothering your camp sleep.
Carbon fiber is used for a lot of lightweight high-performance stuff because it doesn’t sacrifice strength and sustainability. The thing about it is though that its more expensive than plastic or some other lightweight materials.
The cloth-like sides of the unit is Dralon (from Bayer Textiles), a waterproof, windproof, breathable material — basically, a tent material.
These tents can be popped up in less than a minute with a crank. They weight around 100 pounds or so and when opened stand 35 inches. For more info on buying Maggiolina and other rooftop tents for camping, click here.
Here’s a gallery of what these things look like:
