Space-age origami truck camper pops into hard-wall Toyota-top habitat

Hard-sided pop-up pickup campers and camping toppers seem to be a growing trend of the early 2020s, evidenced by a steady wave of new launches like the Oru Designs Bruin, Cube Series QB and AntiShanty Dwell Shell. Ohio startup Hardsider is deep at work… Continue reading Space-age origami truck camper pops into hard-wall Toyota-top habitat

Modular telescopic truck rack/shell is as versatile as a pickup itself

Küat is best known for the work it’s done around the vehicle hitch, offering a well-known lineup of bike racks. This year, it’s stepped up a little higher, designing one of the most innovative and versatile pickup racks on the market. In fact, its Ibex… Continue reading Modular telescopic truck rack/shell is as versatile as a pickup itself

4XD micro-camper looks to be the smallest, lightest hard-sided trailer

The new Dwell Shell looks like a great hard-walled camping option for those with a pickup, but what about those who don’t own a truck? AntiShanty has a new product for them, too. Billing its all-new 4XD as something of an “Ultimate Off Road Trailer,” i… Continue reading 4XD micro-camper looks to be the smallest, lightest hard-sided trailer

ROC composite teardrop injects oblique geometry into electric RVing

Built up with an eye toward yacht construction, equipped for boundless onshore exploration, and styled like nothing else out there, the all-new ALD09 teardrop from Georgia’s ROC Trailers looks to leverage lightweight composite design toward more functi… Continue reading ROC composite teardrop injects oblique geometry into electric RVing

PlugVan rolling RV kit is a complete VW mini-camper on caster wheels

We recall quite clearly making a sharp 110-degree left after catching the original PlugVan camper box out of the corner of an eye at CMT 2019. After answering our initial “What the #@!$ is that?!”, we ended up walking away quite impressed with the all-… Continue reading PlugVan rolling RV kit is a complete VW mini-camper on caster wheels

Two innovative RVs unify into go-anywhere Multicamp expander trailer

Since introducing its first fold-out pickup camper two years ago, Indiana-based Skinny Guy Campers has rapidly followed through on its plans to fill out its lineup with models for myriad truck bed sizes. Now it’s working on pulling its expandable campe… Continue reading Two innovative RVs unify into go-anywhere Multicamp expander trailer

Hard-sided pickup camper hauls gear like a truck, camps like a cabin

Most of the pickup camping toppers we’ve looked at over the years have come straight from startups founded on the idea of creating a light, functional cross between a camper and a truck cap. But the all-new Dwell Shell hails from the fast-growing Utah … Continue reading Hard-sided pickup camper hauls gear like a truck, camps like a cabin

Hard-sided pickup camper hauls gear like a truck, camps like a cabin

Most of the pickup camping toppers we’ve looked at over the years have come straight from startups founded on the idea of creating a light, functional cross between a camper and a truck cap. But the all-new Dwell Shell hails from the fast-growing Utah … Continue reading Hard-sided pickup camper hauls gear like a truck, camps like a cabin

Fast-converting Vast camping trailer gets sideways with gear hauling

Unveiled nearly five years ago at the first-and-only RVX show, the Vast trailer threw some meat onto SylvanSport’s previously skeletal lineup of cargo-mastering camping trailers. Though it looked polished on the show floor, it was still in the early pr… Continue reading Fast-converting Vast camping trailer gets sideways with gear hauling