My air beam tent sleeps 8, has a full standing height central area where people can get dressed, as well as two porches where shoes etc can be left. It cost us less than £1K. It packs away into the boot of the car, leaving the tow hitch free for towing a trailer and carrying our 5 bike rack simultaneously.

$4300 USD for a tent??? lol....thule has lost their mind.

If the design brief was to make a cot bed larger, more expensive and far less convenient… they nailed it!!

What I love is demo with windsurfer on roof. My perfect setup.

Thank you for the great video. More information than many media outlets have shared. Brilliant solution to roof top tents… after the price comes down a bit.

great idea... love the concept...when is it available in the UK? which cars does it fit on? 👍🏾 it's mega pricy though!😓

Amazing and very practical for travel. Thanks 😊

The hitch mount and frame look good (presumably you can level it on a sloping pitch) but for EUR4000 its very small to holiday in, and very bulky to store! I can't help but think it would be better to lose the folding upper frame and replace it with an airbeam style tent so it is more like a trailer tent with a raised level bed area and an awning off to one side. Perhaps noseweight is an issue

All looked great until the €4k price tag. At €2.5k it competes with roof tents. €4k is valid, only if you need your roof for other cargo. Great idea, just saying they missed a trick with the pricing. No doubt it will sell, Thule products are superb, and always well made. As a matter of interest, where would you rather be if your car was stolen, asleep on the roof or asleep on the tow hitch?

As soon as they come up with a vestibule/awning add-on so you can get in and out in the rain without the inside getting wet, I'll buy one.

🤩👍German engineering at it's best yet once again.

4,000 euros for a cot bed for two!!!!!!!!!! Are these inventors from this planet??????

This would be great for car camping, albeit a bit much. Being hitch mounted, it would wobble so much on the trails.

J'adore ! je vais économiser pour ! c'est compatible avec un Opel Corsa ???

That will be fun to do in a hard rain

I've always wanted a tent that folds down so it's easier to carry

Great invention! If you would made it possible to deliver an extra outside cover tent, it would be perfect.

I would like full demonstration of covering and storage. Can it be unhitched from the car and what size would it require?

tak toto je absolútna paráda!!!

Awesome concept

The concept is great 👏🏻 but my question to Thule is, how do you get in or out when it’s pouring with rain, without getting the inside wet, as all the doors are unsheltered. The price is somewhat steep for what you get, but being able to unpack/pack it up quickly and carry two kayaks on the roof rack is very appealing 👍🏻

Looks nice, like a bed with a tarp at least you are sleeping off the ground.

What happened to just camping in a tent? The Coleman instant tent is so easy to set up and store and is under $200. Same with all those expensive rooftop tents that tie you to the campsite once setup.

This is a game changer… Thule has actually come up with something even stupider than a roof tent that somehow represents even worse value for money. Can’t wait for the bonnet tent…

I produce between 30 - 45 hi strength 💨 every hour. My question is would the ventilation system be able to cope with my air biscuits?

Create a waterproof throw over top that enlarges the space and which you can collapse the tent (effectively it will be an inner tent), that means the wet/damp issue is eliminated. I can this this being a great set up that competes with the trailer tent market.

I really like this, it gets you up off the ground . Maybe a little expensive but A trailer with a tent 14k. And if you are in California speed limit is 55 mph with one of those. Not with this though. Prices are crazy 90k for a truck, just plain nuts. 50k and for an RV that’s just built to last two years. This is cheap compared to those options and you don’t have to buy insurance for it.

it needs an awning attachment, where do you cook in the rain ect

Clever, but I just hav a pad in the back of my station wagon, with seats that fold completely flat. That’s one advantage of a classic long wagon.

The 70 kg for a hybrid car is quite heavy. Is a smaller version being planned, say for one person ?

Nice unit but I paid 1300 Canadian dollars for my 1982 Toyota mini camper with everything in it and it all works 👍🏻

Is it possible to set it up at a spot that the car cannot reach? It looks like you can detach and roll it to the spot, but then how do you get it on the rack?

You can buy a similar tent for 5% of that. A small metal frame doesn't make up the remaining 95%

This & roof top tents are good for young whippersnappers but wait until you get older & wished you had a regular tent on the ground. Yes they’re good to be off the ground from crawley things & when you’re in a flood but nothing beats an old fashioned tent. I have a Springbar that I paid $3 at a thrift store. It was well used & it’s the best tent I’ve ever had. It’s easy to put up & down. Put the stakes down & it’s held up by 2 outside poles. It’s never gotten wet inside & have plenty of room with my Queen airbed inside a 11’x10’ tent. Just get a car topper to put your tent in along with other things. These tents are a disaster waiting to happen.

Are leg lengths adjustable to achieve a level bed, on uneven ground?

Damn, perfect for a night over on a snowboard trip!

I'm not sure this would survive the outback roads and dirt here in Australia. Would also like to know how durable it is on the back of a 4wd that goes offroad to reach destinations. Will keep an eye on products like this and see how they evolve.

Wow my tent takes up a quarter of the space, sleeps 5 and has space to cook/sit (or stand) and drink coffee. Probably cost 5 times less but to be fair probably takes 2 people 10 minutes to put up or take down.

classic Rube Goldberg solution to a simple tent setup

I just use a ground tent and very comfortable Exped inflatable mattress.

Although a bit pricey I think its great..very smart and convenient way for a quick camp trip. Well done.

One question: Where do you put the bikes?

the joy of camping has been diluted by all this unnecessary overpriced goods.

Totaal nutteloos concept

where can I order this , I would buy it for my travel ~

How do I being bikes with me, would be cool if the bike racks also attached

This concept should be explored with tail gates on pickup trucks. 🔥

Decathlon blackout pop-up tent , can't go wrong

Is it anchored? What happens to it in strong winfd

Is this available in Canada

best idea

do you supply in India ? How much cost in retail & in Bulk ?

Супер, но 1 недостаток есть, с переде нужно заделать юбку над бортом чтоб при дожде вода не стекало под палатки

Why does everyone hate regular, old-fashioned tents these days? Roof tents, hitch tents, tents on top of campers….it’s silly

i wonder what it would be like putting it away wet.otherwise it looks innovative and thule do some quality items

So how do I get a license plate for it? Or do I take mine off and have to stick it on this since it's blocking the one on the car. I'm just not sure I understand the point of this thing..

What are inside dimensions, is there size for 3 persons also what is the weight.

Does it come with a Biolite stove for burning money. 😂

Hitch+cot+tent...wow......

wonder if this works with wrangler and spare wheel on the back (more distance between tent and hitch required)

Is this available in the US yet?

haha 😂 look how cool the outer tent (soackin wet eventually) collapses straight to the inner mattress 😂😂😂 have fun.

Really love the concept and surely you’re gonna be able to buy a rain cover and vestibule to add to it for extra cost. Sadly €4000 is way too expensive so about $6000CAD basic no accessories noway $2000/2500CAD Ok, but more than that nope. Love rooftop tent but cause of my lower back not for me so this option was much better for me and not directly on the ground even better. 👍

Seems more like an interesting engineering exercise than a viable camping option.

Thule is noted for quality with extreme prices.

The guy asking the questions is right. That’s really cool 👌

Why not having heated bed or usb connectors in it via car's tow electric plug? Missed opportunity.

Super :)

where can you order??

Where can I buy one ?

Where will the ebike go?

what about its hydraulic head?

génial !

Why do they feel the need connect it to the hitch?

Cool !!!

Great idea but seems way to expensive and not sure how long it would survive driving along corrugate dirt roads in Australia. Would like to see a few reviews first before robbing a bank so i was able to buy one. But one huge advantage Being behind the SUV it wouldn't impact fuel economy at all compared to a rooftop tent

The guy in the blue shirt for sure purchased one 😂

at 2:15 he says the price. 4,000 euro

Und wenn es nass ist?

I’ll stick to my clamshell RTT thanks. And it was cheaper. If I need more room I’ll just use my Gazelle. And that was WAY cheaper. This is classic over engineering at its finest.

Roof top tent for your hitch

i will keep my Maggiolina hard shell thanks.

4 Thousand euros! No way. Good luck though, and I look forward to seeing some companies taking this example and adapting it. The concept has potential but it is only for smooth roads and not camping in rough country areas as it won't be stable enough with just the connection in the middle, going through rough stuff that throws a car around a bit, like getting onto a beach, will produce side to side motion that will twist it off the mount. I would have liked a tent that has an inflatable frame that can plug into a power adapter from a car and auto-inflate or a more innovative aluminium frame that can extend a bit higher.

A lot of focus on the tent and easiness of packaging it up and down … but where does the metal base on the ground go? No one showed and left out this big part.

Compelling! One major design flaw; an optional (zip in-zip out) vestibule so folks can stand up to change, stow light gear, enclose a portable toilet (not everybody can hold it all night). A vestibule or vestibules would make this much more usable and flexible.

What a great product rep. At a trade show, people looking on in interest and he says i don't have time to show you how the legs fit in the closed position. what a joke.

interesting, but I dont think anyone needs a folding "tent bed". You can't go sleep with it in bad or hot weather. It's also a security risk when you're in the parking lot or in bear territory. Plus it's a Thule so you know its gonna cost an arm & a leg

Did he say 4,000 euros? Does that include the car?

Folds up in one nice big wet pile in rain.

When folded up to travel, the sides are open to the elements to get filthy and/or soaked. Set up in wet weather, it offers little escape from rain, and has zero protection at the opening from taking in rain. EUR4,000 will doom it to failure in the market.

It’s all very well being detachable from the car, but at 4,000 euros what’s to stop someone else just toeing it away when you are not there? There are roof tents being nicked in the UK and thus seems even easier to steal.

What happen when you have to fold the rent under raining day

Sad, many new cars allows only 50kg hitch weight - especially electric cars in Germany 😢

That’s a huge contraption for such a small tent.

wow!

pretty big trailer for such a small tent.

Over engineered for sleeping on a tent with legs.

As long as you have a perfectly flat parking area it might be adequate. Trouble I'd, perfectly flat parking spaces are hard to find.

seriously how much room does a three man tent take up ? and how much time to put up ? i think weve lost our minds

You can buy a 10x14 wall tent with a stove and two cots for $2200.