Overlanding, set up right

Sleep anywhere your rig can reach.

Plain-English guides to setting up a vehicle for trips off the beaten track: rooftop tents, camper trailers, truck campers, 12V fridges and the kit around camp.

Choose your basecamp

Three ways to sleep off the ground. Each changes what your vehicle has to carry or tow.

Rooftop tents Hard shell or soft shell, what your roof can carry, and how the main brands compare. Guides coming soon Camper trailers Off-road, teardrop and pop-up trailers: weights, layouts and what your vehicle can tow. Guides coming soon Truck campers Slide-ins, pop-ups, toppers and bed tents for pickups of every size. Guides coming soon

Before the first trip

Plan your rig

Start planning
  1. Know your weightsRoof load, payload and towing limits come first. Everything you add counts against them.
  2. Build in stagesSleep, then food, then power and water. Add the next piece once the last one has been used on a trip.
  3. Pack from a listA short gear list beats a full garage. Ours starts small and grows with your trips.

Around camp

Fridges and power12V fridges, how much power they use, and keeping them running off-grid.Guides coming soon Camp kitAwnings, camp kitchens, showers, water tanks, drawers and roof racks.Guides coming soon

How we make our guides

  1. We check the numbers. Weights, load ratings and power use are checked against the maker's own documents, and we cite them.
  2. We say what we know. We don't claim trips or tests we haven't done. Where specs are unclear, we say so.
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