A rooftop tent offers a great way to up the adventure if you own a 4×4 vehicle. When compared to a conventional tent, a rooftop alternative ensures optimum safety and great weather protection in the most rugged environments.
The comfort and convenience provided by a rooftop tent are also second to none as the 4WheelDriveGuide details:
“Rooftop tents are worth the expense because it offers convenience, safety, and faster setup times. They prevent ground-dwelling critters and small game from entering your tent at night. Rooftop sets up within a short few minutes and saves you the hassle of packing in mattresses, sleeping bags, and pillows since bedding can be left inside when it is closed. RTTs also free up valuable space inside your vehicle for other essential items.”
These benefits make a rooftop tent the ultimate upgrade for 4×4 owners. But whilst easy setup is a well-documented feature across many rooftop tent designs, where do you begin when fitting your rooftop tent?
Select your rooftop tent
There are tons of rooftop tents available on the market, each of which promises better comfort, convenience and safety than the next. One of the best-known brands of rooftop tents, and the manufacturer of our bestselling products, is ARB.
We stock several ARB rooftop tents so our customers can guarantee a great night’s sleep wherever they pitch up for the night.
New arrival ARB Esperance is a hard shell rooftop tent that is the brand’s flagship product. Its use of fire retardant materials, LED lighting, integrated USB charging ports, and an internally stored telescopic ladder ensures the features you need to make the most of ARB’s renowned build quality.
We also stock the ARB Flinders Roof Top Tent, a premium quality camping product well known for its innovative features, ultra-low height and simple setup. This design incorporates a sunroof so you can enjoy those views of your destination. You can find out more about all the bells and whistles of the ARB Flinders Roof Top Tent in this handy guide.
Last but not least is our ARB Simpson Roof Top Tent. This tried and tested traditional roof tent is a great choice for those looking to accommodate up to 2 adults. The ARB Simpson Roof Top Tent uses new fabric to deliver better rigidity and water resistance than ever before.
Prioritise secure mounting
Whatever your rooftop tent choice, every design needs a secure means of mounting. With this in mind, you’ll need a suitable roof rack or roof bars to fit your tent and enjoy the quick and easy set-up ARB rooftop tents are known for.
Unfortunately, roof rails or existing factory roof bars are seldom suitable, which means you’ll have to upgrade to a vehicle-specific roof rack. Luckily, we offer an extensive range of suitable roof racks too, which brings us to our next point…
Choose a vehicle-specific rack
Here at 4×4 Works, we stock a huge selection of vehicle-specific roof racks to make the mounting, setting up and packing down of a rooftop tent as simple as it should be.
ARB Flat Racks, Touring Racks and Trade Racks can all be used for the mounting of a rooftop tent, subject to your vehicle roof having a sufficient load rating. The ARB Base Rack is often touted as the ultimate roof rack for a 4×4, and for good reason.
Despite its super low profile and lightweight nature, this modular roof rack system is equipped for a broad variety of configurations, including the accommodation of rooftop tents when travelling off-road.
Explore our range of rooftop tents and roof racks by shopping with us today.
