The rooftop tent market is already a saturated one. When you think there is little scope for more innovation in design, someone proves us wrong. This time, it is the Japanese Snow Peak, which has released a rooftop tent with inflatable frames and a design to complement your outdoorsy style.
Dubbed the Snow Peak Field Rise RTT, it features entry doors on either side. The tent is designed with all-weather protection and has an awning spreading across from its base to provide the users with cover for outdoor fun during camping. Designed for more than camping, the tent is created with a self-supporting frame, which when inflated with air, provides a robust structure.
Designer: Snow Peak
The tent body made from an air frame does not require assembly or disassembly. The entire thing is just plug and play, so everything from setup to takedown can be done quickly. The compact two-person design of the Field Rise also ensures that the manufacturer has kept the tent lightweight with the universal approach of mounting onto almost all types of vehicles.
Conceptualized and created with the idea to allow each inhabitant to enjoy outdoor activities to their heart’s content, the rooftop tent has been created with a double-walled structure to suit Japan’s climate and distinct seasons, from hot summers to cold winter days. It is also designed to be resistant to wind and rain, allowing the users to spend time inside the Fire Rise in peace, regardless of the weather.
By saving you the time spent in setting up and taking down the rooftop tent, the Fire Rise RTT is designed to help you increase the time you spend enjoying activities and relaxing in nature. The tent’s large entrances allow easy access into the mudroom first up, which is (according to Japanese style-living) designed to keep the interiors clean. It is ideally placed at the entrance to make it easy to take off and put on shoes, while the inner tent serves as a separate space with a comfortable two-person sleeping area.
This is not the first tent from Snow Peak, in fact, we have seen a land shelter from the outdoor living solutions brand, which has also created an insulated poncho to redefine solo camping. Where the rooftop tent differs is its sail-like awning with telescopic support poles, which help extend the living area for the residents. Considering all that canvas has to be folded back down, you would expect that the tent will take up a lot of space when packed. In fact, it is designed with the idea of multi-day excursions in mind, leaving you space to do more.
Interestingly, the rooftop tent packs up into a size, only half of a Toyota Land Cruiser, leaving space for a bike or a space cargo basket to go onto the roof alongside. The Snow Peak Field Rise, with its wide doors on both sides of the vehicle and two windows on the front and rear, is expected to go on sale in Japan in the coming months, starting at ¥396,000 (approximately $2,500). There is no word on whether or not the Field Rise will be made available in North America.
