One issue: Many OEM roof rails and racks cannot support the weight of a tent (our Condor weighs 135 pounds) AND more than 400 pounds of people sleeping inside. And why not? They’re easy to store in a garage during the winter, and when installed on a vehicle, they make an impromptu camping trip easy to consider. We see them mounted on countless SUVs and a lot of Subarus around our hq. In the Rockies, rooftop tents appear like weeds every summer. The Roofnest Condor opens up into nearly 42 sq. In all the most difficult aspect to the Roofnest - and any rooftop tent, really - is finding a level place to park your vehicle, or leveling it with rocks or leveling blocks. Stowing the tent away takes less than 10 minutes. The 50-inch high ceiling allows everyone to sit up right inside, a nice feature when a group is waiting out a rainstorm. For two people, the Condor’s nearly 7×6 feet of surface area inside feels more like a bedroom than a cramped tent. The Condor sleeps up to three people comfortably on a 3-inch thick foam mattress, features an insulated hard shell roof, and uses the ladder to prop up half the tent, effectively doubling the size of it. This video shows off the Roofnest Condor tent that we mounted on a burly Rackstarz Javelina bed rack. The other part: How comfortable does each truck make living and sleeping for days and nights on the trail. The trucks prove themselves more than capable in going up and over the Rockies, but that’s only half of the overlanding equation. As part of our multipart “ No Pavement Needed” series we’re driving our Mopar-modified 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, 2020 Ford F-250 Super Tremor with its Carli lift, and our stock 2020 Chevy Trail Boss over Colorado’s most epic, high-altitude mountain passes.
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