Trailer vs Rooftop Tent: Which one is right for you?

Camping is all the rage right now – and it’s great! – With the emergence of fashionable demand comes a wide variety of offers on the market.

The list of options for accommodation on wheels has become longer and longer, and you will naturally find yourself wondering what the best option is. Should you get a rooftop tent or a trailer? What are the advantages? and disadvantages? How do you know which options are better suited to your needs?

Trailer

First, it’s important to know exactly what type of trailer we’re talking about.

The term trailer encompasses all kinds of homes on wheels, from the smallest teardrop trailer to a giant fifth-wheel trailer that you can take almost the entire family on a nightmarish but loving and fun-filled vacation.

When we talk about trailers here, we are referring to compact camping trailers such as pop-up campers and teardrop trailers.

Despite their reduced size, some of these compact models have a variety of features that make road trips fun and comfortable. It’s not uncommon to see showers in the kitchens of pop-up campers and teardrop trailers.

But it’s best to weigh the pros and cons before deciding that a camping trailer is a good choice for a nature trip.

Rooftop Tent

Climbing on top of your car for a nap sounds like a great idea for a kid’s afternoon. Well, it’s definitely something our younger selves would enjoy doing. Roof top tents give you the opportunity to enjoy the roof of your car, but in adult form, without the folly.

The RTT is a tent that can be mounted on the roof of almost any vehicle. The idea behind this type of tent is to make life easier for campers who like to take spur-of-the-moment road trips.

There are two main types of rooftop tents: hard-shell tents and soft-shell tents.

Hardshell roof tents are the most durable, the safest, the easiest to set up, and certainly more expensive. However, they have a smaller footprint because these RTTs don’t fold – instead, they pop up from the roof.

Soft-shell roof tents, on the other hand, can take more time to set up, but they are usually more spacious because they are collapsible. When unfolded, the footprint can be surprisingly large.

Going into nature or a campground with a rooftop tent sounds fun, and it may even offer you a unique experience – if you choose your destination well, you may end up sleeping with a beautiful view.

But what’s really worth trying a rooftop tent for? So you can find out what to expect from an RTT, we’ve listed the pros and cons.