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Car Camping & Overlanding

Protect the rig and everything strapped to it

Rooftop tent covers, rooftop cargo bags, awnings and awning walls, MOLLE panels and seat-back organizers, window screens and camp kitchen boxes. Anything on the roof is checked against your vehicle's roof-load rating and the maker's own weight limit.

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A 8-step path for beginners

  1. Silver and dark blue SUV driving across a wide, wet sand beach under a cloudy sky, a black soft-sided load strapped to its roof rack
    01

    Load the roof

    Cargo bags, straps and the roof-load limit that rules.

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  2. Silver SUV parked on a gravel lot beside a green field, a soft-shell rooftop tent unfolded on its roof with a tan rainfly and an aluminum ladder to the ground
    02

    Cover the rooftop tent

    Travel covers against road grime, UV and rain.

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  3. Silver SUV parked on a grassy headland above a rocky shore, a side awning with fabric walls attached along its passenger side and spruce trees behind
    03

    Make shade and shelter

    Side and 270° awnings, and walls for wind and rain.

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  4. Rear doors of a gray van open on a cargo area packed floor to roof with suitcases, duffels and backpacks stacked loosely on top of each other
    04

    Organize the cabin

    Vehicle-specific MOLLE panels and seat-back organizers.

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  5. View from the back seat of a car through the rear side window to a mountain valley with autumn trees, purple and red sleeping bags piled on the seat below
    05

    Sleep with the windows open

    Bug screens, blackout shades and insulated covers.

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  6. Pickup with a hard-shell rooftop tent parked beside a forest meadow in autumn, its tailgate down holding a black storage tote and cooking gear, a two-burner camp stove on legs beside it
    06

    Pack the kitchen

    Hard cases that survive washboard roads.

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  7. Silver insulated wall tent in a snow-dusted pine forest, a folding solar panel propped on the ground feeding a power station on a picnic table, an electric fat-tire bike parked beside it
    07

    Size your power

    Watt-hours, LiFePO4 and cold charging limits, with the recalls to check.

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  8. Low close-up of an off-road tire with deep tread sitting on loose, sandy dirt under a cloudy sky
    08

    Carry recovery boards

    Load claims, cold ratings and mounting.

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