Needles for stitching collectively seemingly disparate RV classes proceed to be threaded. The brand new Atlas Cabin Field from Hotomobil is analogous to some ideas and merchandise we have appeared over through the course of 2025, however it in the end pulls collectively a full-bodied pickup camper and a rooftop tent in a manner we’ve not fairly seen earlier than. It is an reasonably priced truck tenting possibility that retains the truck extraordinarily light-weight and comparatively compact … till it is time to unfurl a full truck-back base camp.
The final time we checked out Turkish RV producer Hotomobil, it was showcasing one of essentially the most lovably cubey renditions of teardrop-size tenting to ever roam street or path. It is launched a number of completely different tenting merchandise since and is now revisiting a dice(ish) form for its newest truck tenting rig.
The Atlas Cabin Field is sort of related in design to the Unplug Trailster, however as a substitute of only a rail-mounted truck cap, it is a full-bodied pickup camper that stands on the truck mattress flooring. This pulls weight out of bed rails and facilities it contained in the mattress itself.
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The total camper physique means the Atlas is not technically a dice in any respect. Drop the truck’s tailgate, and you will discover it has extra of a mushroom- or T-shaped shell that expands outward on the sidewalls over the mattress with a narrower base to suit neatly inside. From the facet, the unit is not fairly as low-profile because the Trailster, sitting effectively above cab peak with a 48.6 in (123.5-cm) whole physique peak to the highest of the included roof rails.
That 4-foot peak is not tall sufficient to open up a correct camper inside by itself, which is why the Atlas high folds practically 90 levels to the facet to open the field up. From there, the rooftop tent flooring folds out the other facet and pitches the tent physique together with it. A telescopic ladder on the far outer fringe of the prolonged flooring delivers structural assist and provides direct entry up onto the mattress. The open tent supplies an inside peak peak of 8.5 ft (2.6-m) to carve out loads of standing room.
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The compacted double mattress fills out the realm atop the prolonged flooring panel, leaving the camper flooring over the truck open through the day. Hotomobil provides each an empty shell flooring plan and an “City Version.” The latter contains a two-person dinette with cushioned seats and heart desk, a single-burner transportable gasoline range, 20-L contemporary and waste water jerry cans supplying the accessible electrical faucet, and house for an electrical chest fridge and/or a conveyable energy station.
At evening, the double mattress expands out so its foot rests over high a part of the dinette and kitchen house to ship 80 in (204 cm) of sleeping size to go together with 53 in (135 cm) of width. Hotomobil says the camper can sleep two or three folks.
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Whereas Hotomobil advertises the four-season insulation capabilities of its hard-body development, we’re unsure that mesh coated tent is able to sustain. We predict the Atlas would want some kind of full-tent insulator and possibly a heater possibility to supply sufficient heat for true winter tenting.
The Atlas Field has an marketed base weight of 331 lb (150 kg), which is lighter than just about any full pickup camper on the market and extra akin to floor-less pop-up pickup toppers. Hotomobil has developed a model for small European vehicles and one for bigger American-badged pickups. Costs begin at €9,500 (approx. US$11,050) for the empty shell and €11,900 ($13,825) for the City Version, based mostly on supply in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Supply: Hotomobil
