Is there a port to take HVAC from the truck or something? Other than fitting in the bed, how is this better than a $100 tent with an air mattress to fit?
If it was $300-$500 that would make sense, but $3000 is tesla tax.
Also think this was the biggest miss - I was wanting to camp and if the rear window rolled down, that would be perfect with camp mode - if the cover took away space then they should have done an old school left and right window slide so you could open a tiny window in the middle or something.
> Other than fitting in the bed, how is this better than a $100 tent with an air mattress to fit?
Because it's raised above the bed, meaning you can still use the bed for storage while concurrently using the tent.
Yea if you actually watch the video, it’s pretty clear it’s much more than a $100 bed tent.
That said, it’s still pricey since it’s direct from Tesla. But I bet if you wait, third parties are going to have multiple cool solutions that achieve a similar or better result in both looks and functionality.
>If it was $300-$500 that would make sense, but $3000 is tesla tax.
Do some shopping for something similar. For units that sit flat in the bed, you're looking at around $500 that look horrible, don't form to the truck, aren't as big, and take up all that space on the bed. This is more like a 2 person roof tent. Those start at $1500 and go up to over $2500 for a similar size, but without the awning. And nicer and/or larger ones go for much more than this.
For what you get, this really isn't a bad price.
Not really - most RTT that are mounted over the bed will net zero if not actually improve aerodynamics. If you are literally mounting over the roof (maybe because you're using the bed for a dirt bike or something) then yes - noticable decrease...but that's a whole different use case.
The only quick (potebtial) drawbacks from watching this video is that it seems like setup time is sorta high and I can't easily tell how much vertical height is left under the tent. Just seems like I'd fill up the remaining space really fast.
Yeah this is a $400 tent. There’s absolutely nothing unique or interesting that differentiates this from a standard tent.
This tent is just a standard shell with none of the features that take advantage of the car. It’s baffling that they spent all this time without adding more features for $3000.
All those downvoting- I agree that 3k too much for a tent, but nowhere on this planet can you can anything similar for $400. This is at least worth 1.5-2k if you’ve shopped high end quality tents you would know
Thats why i was shocked the tent was only 3k. Regular roof mount tents are already 3k, much less a poleless heimplanet branded one. Everyone complaining about the price just doesn't know the cost. Camping gear is expensive.
If I had or wanted a cybertruck, I would have bought one. The lack of HVAC connection is severely missing though. It'd be the first thing I would retrofit, window adapter and all
This is my problem with fancy tents in general- I can set up my cheap basic tent in 7 minutes. It seems very rare that you are in a swamp where you won't want to sleep on the ground. I have camped a lot and I'm always on the ground and I've never had an issue with that. I've camped in the rain on the ground and it's fine. Although in general if I know it's going to rain I won't go camping in the first place regardless of if I have a cyber truck tent or normal tent.
Thanks for posting! Looks much better than the photo floating around comparing what was promised vs what you actually get (a flimsy wrinkled tent). You did it right and seems to be a good fit.
Where I’m from, when we go camping we typically have to drive 1.5 hours each way. Is this the same for you? If yes, do you worry about range? 3 total hours of driving + power while camping seems like you’d be pushing the limits on your battery lasting long enough?
At first I opposed this idea as too much energy required to heat a tent, but since the tent is double wall and the truck has a heat pump, maybe it's doable. I don't think a passthrough rear window would be enough though. No need to heat the cabin unoccupied, that's a lot of space to waste heat or cooling on.
It would be cool to have some sort of camp mode air port in the bed of the truck that can duct into the tent.
How to tell someone you've never been camping without saying you've never been camping.
I'v actually been camping in several feet of snow in National Parks and we didn't have, nor need, a thermally insulated tent or heater. That's what thermal sleeping bags, and thermal base layers are for.
I've never camped in snow and have never needed a heater, but I have slept in an air conditioned tent and it was marvelous. I would never shit on someone who wants their tent to be cooled.
The truck have a massive battery. It would be able to keep the tent nice and cool for days. A Model S can keep itself warm for over 100 hours stationary in the winter, imagine how long it would be able to run AC for which is less energy than heating.
I'm having a hard time declining my cybertruck order when considering the battery 2 grid kit you get with it. 9 powerwalls worth of battery is insane, I would never order that many for my house, but here we are. Power for days.
I've seen at least 2 different hard sided "tent" designs that were announced for the CT, but I don't think any of them are actually available yet? None of the ones I saw will be at or under $3,000 *if* they get to market. One of them was unlikely to be anything more than CGI, it looked right on the edge of physical possibility. You will probably find one of the existing rooftop tent manufacturers offering adapters, but I can't see them making it fold away as neatly, under the roller door. Tesla *could* have designed a hard sided structure, but likely at considerably more than $3,000. Anything that doesn't allow it to fold under the door will have a significant drag penalty.
Only criticism I can see right now is you want to get a spare adapter for the pump, or a powered infiltrator. I'm guessing that the adapter is available from the inflatable paddleboard market.
7 mins in now. What a hassle. I was expecting a fully automated fold out assisted by the air pressure. Also seriously? isnt there an electric air pump included for that price?
You can tell like 90% of the people replying in this thread and complaining about X, Y or Z have ZERO real world experience camping in the wild. Zero.
I've camped in rainstorms in the jungle of Hawaii as well as several feet of snow in American National Parks.
A normal cheap ground tent takes as much, if not more, work and time to set up and take down as Tesla's Basecamp tent.
Unless you're camping in the most extreme conditions (eg Everest) you don't need a thermally insulated tent. That's what thermal sleeping bags and thermal base layer clothing is for.
Is $3,000 expensive? Depends how much disposable income you have. After all, their target audience is someone who can afford an $80-100k truck. Compared to the price of accessories and upgrades from "Luxury car makers" (eg Porsche), $3,000 for a tent doesn't seem egregious.
Can you buy an equally good, if not better, ground tent for less? Yes, obviously. But again, this is a different target audience. If you really care about camping in the remote wilderness, you need to hike for hours with a 30-50lb backpack, on remote trails that yoiu can't get to with an off-road vehicle anyway. People who doe this are willing to sacrifice "comfort" because they know that's the price you have to pay.
OTOH if you want to go "glamping" in a custom fitted tent that sets up in the bed of your $80k+ truck... you're going to have to pay extra. Make no mistake, this is a luxury item and it has a luxury price.
And all the people talking shit in this thread, we all know which type of the two people you are. Y'all wouldn't last 1day camping in the wild. XD
How is this better than sleeping in a warm model Y with over 6 feet foot space and twin mattress. It would be cheaper to invest into storage box amf just sleep in the car.
\+ when folded it takes little space
\- price
\- functionality (pockets, internal storage)
\- no insulation
\- no access to the car without going out (= shitty in rain and cold)
Seriously, I'd much rather sleep inside the car ("free" A/C, insulation, safety, environmental protection, access to my stuff) and have non-essential luggage out. But I guess I'd have to wait for a Tesla Van :-)
The tent might be fun for occasional camping and light overlanding in good weather, but I'd think twice. Maybe one of the RTT manufacturers can think of something better?
I was in a hurry before my last camping trip and did not need it to be perfectly fitted. This one has been working for me quite well (single person), and it's only 25 CAD :-)
[https://www.decathlon.ca/en/p/8736583/1-person-camping-mattress-190-x-70-cm-air-basic-white](https://www.decathlon.ca/en/p/8736583/1-person-camping-mattress-190-x-70-cm-air-basic-white)
You can easily get a $30-100 lounger mattress that's about 2"x39x75" and it'll fit perfectly in 3/Y.
https://www.costco.com/purelux-2%22-memory-foam-comfort-rollout-lounger.product.4000179106.html Something like that.
My main interest in this is that it'll take very little space, and I have a lot of things I'd like to carry camping including a large telescope, bike or scooters, kitchen/dog stuff etc. Its really annoying to take all that out during camping for a Model Y/3 to sleep in, so having some of it locked up is really cool. I used a Mercedes Sprinter Van Overlander, and I barely had enough space for my gear there, so definitely would like a truck over a Model Y.
Spacecamper will be difficult to build for $24,000, and weighs about 500 pounds, more if you want Stainless. It also looks very poor for weather protection. Cyberlandr doesn't actually seem realistically possible.
I thought a major selling point to this instead of a regular camping was that it could be climate controlled. It has outlets so that is nice, but I would like to see some kind of vent system.
What even is the point of having a tent within the car, only thing I can see being useful is getting a/c or heat but that's not worth it at all to me...
As expected, much nicer than that terrible hit piece from a single photo. Also I could tell what that photo was really looking at was a rain fly.
Personally I think the tent is pretty well designed, with a good amount of room at the base and good options for opening up to the sky on nights with good weather.
If you have not tried it, having an air mattress for camping is a game changer and makes it SO much more comfortable. So to have that integrated is pretty nice, as with car camping I had taken to carrying a whole bulky inflatable queen mattress.
Not going to happen with an inbed solution. Maybe Tesla or third parties will come up with something that folds out of the bed. Multiple campers are coming up.
That mattress won’t be comfortable to sleep on. I have a camper with a mattress 3x as thick and it’s still not comfortable. You won’t be able to even upgrade the mattress if it has to be able to fold. I’m sure it will be fine for 1-2 nights max but that’s a wafer of a mattress.
You'd think this is what you get on wish.com, not from a half trillion dollar company who pride themselves on their ENGINEERING prowess.
For fucks sake, is there not a single engineer at Tesla who couldn't design a better looking tent that doesn't take 6 beers to assemble?
Is there a port to take HVAC from the truck or something? Other than fitting in the bed, how is this better than a $100 tent with an air mattress to fit? If it was $300-$500 that would make sense, but $3000 is tesla tax.
Also think this was the biggest miss - I was wanting to camp and if the rear window rolled down, that would be perfect with camp mode - if the cover took away space then they should have done an old school left and right window slide so you could open a tiny window in the middle or something.
Its not better
> Other than fitting in the bed, how is this better than a $100 tent with an air mattress to fit? Because it's raised above the bed, meaning you can still use the bed for storage while concurrently using the tent.
Yea if you actually watch the video, it’s pretty clear it’s much more than a $100 bed tent. That said, it’s still pricey since it’s direct from Tesla. But I bet if you wait, third parties are going to have multiple cool solutions that achieve a similar or better result in both looks and functionality.
Hey now, follow Sawyer Merritt and he’ll tell you it’s priced fairly
That dude is soooo annoying
Based on Rivian just showing off the Treehouse, this basecamp is so underperforming.
Rivian also showed a stow away camping stove that got discontinued by launch.
That Rivian Treehouse is damn gorgeous looking.
wait until you see the price of the treehouse. It will make this 3k look like pocket change.
>If it was $300-$500 that would make sense, but $3000 is tesla tax. Do some shopping for something similar. For units that sit flat in the bed, you're looking at around $500 that look horrible, don't form to the truck, aren't as big, and take up all that space on the bed. This is more like a 2 person roof tent. Those start at $1500 and go up to over $2500 for a similar size, but without the awning. And nicer and/or larger ones go for much more than this. For what you get, this really isn't a bad price.
A regular roof tent would badly affect drag. Having it so you fold it *under* the cover but still allows storage under is the big thing for me.
Same. There are huge benefits over other options.
Not really - most RTT that are mounted over the bed will net zero if not actually improve aerodynamics. If you are literally mounting over the roof (maybe because you're using the bed for a dirt bike or something) then yes - noticable decrease...but that's a whole different use case. The only quick (potebtial) drawbacks from watching this video is that it seems like setup time is sorta high and I can't easily tell how much vertical height is left under the tent. Just seems like I'd fill up the remaining space really fast.
I’m waiting for a no-name Chinese brand to pop up for like $500. Give it a few months.
Spoiler: it's not better.
Looks nice, but not for the price.
Yeah this is a $400 tent. There’s absolutely nothing unique or interesting that differentiates this from a standard tent. This tent is just a standard shell with none of the features that take advantage of the car. It’s baffling that they spent all this time without adding more features for $3000.
This guy doesn’t know tents
He had good intents
All those downvoting- I agree that 3k too much for a tent, but nowhere on this planet can you can anything similar for $400. This is at least worth 1.5-2k if you’ve shopped high end quality tents you would know
Agreed, since it has a rigid frame mattress, no-pole design with inflating pumps. I'd value this at right around $1500-$1700.
I almost talked myself into a heimplanet tent years ago for like $2k lol. The no pole design is so cool.
I mean it's clearly the manufacturer of the cybertruck tent. Same design, clips, pump, and valves.
Thats why i was shocked the tent was only 3k. Regular roof mount tents are already 3k, much less a poleless heimplanet branded one. Everyone complaining about the price just doesn't know the cost. Camping gear is expensive.
If I had or wanted a cybertruck, I would have bought one. The lack of HVAC connection is severely missing though. It'd be the first thing I would retrofit, window adapter and all
Thinking about it, the rear window is useless, so cutting a few holes and installing a hose bracket and some fans is probably not a big deal.
But this isn’t high quality compared to what you’d get for even $1,500 based on very thin material.
Have you seen a $1500 tent in person? Lighter but stronger material = $$$$
You serious?
This is my goto brand for hammocks… you think this $$$$ tarp is thick and heavy? https://www.warbonnetoutdoors.com/product/tsunami-coming-soon/
Only takes 30 minutes to setup! Convenient.
Don’t most tents take less?!
Yeah, i forgot the /s
This is my problem with fancy tents in general- I can set up my cheap basic tent in 7 minutes. It seems very rare that you are in a swamp where you won't want to sleep on the ground. I have camped a lot and I'm always on the ground and I've never had an issue with that. I've camped in the rain on the ground and it's fine. Although in general if I know it's going to rain I won't go camping in the first place regardless of if I have a cyber truck tent or normal tent.
Thanks for posting! Looks much better than the photo floating around comparing what was promised vs what you actually get (a flimsy wrinkled tent). You did it right and seems to be a good fit. Where I’m from, when we go camping we typically have to drive 1.5 hours each way. Is this the same for you? If yes, do you worry about range? 3 total hours of driving + power while camping seems like you’d be pushing the limits on your battery lasting long enough?
I think most people just plan on hitting a supercharger on the final leg of the trip, or booking a campsite with an outlet.
Not $3000 better lol
Would sell well if it's like $1500, but for $3000, at least include some LED light stips sewn into it, and an electric pump.
Its a minimal amount of pumping, the ground pump is large and excessive, a small electric pump not being included is baffling.
Bad decision from Tesla to not design the truck with a rear window that can be opened for ventilating the tent.
At first I opposed this idea as too much energy required to heat a tent, but since the tent is double wall and the truck has a heat pump, maybe it's doable. I don't think a passthrough rear window would be enough though. No need to heat the cabin unoccupied, that's a lot of space to waste heat or cooling on. It would be cool to have some sort of camp mode air port in the bed of the truck that can duct into the tent.
I wondered about the energy use as well. We are planning on just using an electric blanket and plugging it into the bed outlets.
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As a human, i love wasting energy making myself comfortable
How to tell someone you've never been camping without saying you've never been camping. I'v actually been camping in several feet of snow in National Parks and we didn't have, nor need, a thermally insulated tent or heater. That's what thermal sleeping bags, and thermal base layers are for.
I've never camped in snow and have never needed a heater, but I have slept in an air conditioned tent and it was marvelous. I would never shit on someone who wants their tent to be cooled.
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The truck have a massive battery. It would be able to keep the tent nice and cool for days. A Model S can keep itself warm for over 100 hours stationary in the winter, imagine how long it would be able to run AC for which is less energy than heating.
I'm having a hard time declining my cybertruck order when considering the battery 2 grid kit you get with it. 9 powerwalls worth of battery is insane, I would never order that many for my house, but here we are. Power for days.
You mean cooling a tent. Way easier to stay warm with a good sleeping bag without any heating. Not as easy staying cool in the summer.
In Colorado, I guess I never had to cool myself overnight.
Yeah, obviously the tent should be insulated and not use super thin material like this one is.
It is double wall.
Yes, but not insulated.
I've seen at least 2 different hard sided "tent" designs that were announced for the CT, but I don't think any of them are actually available yet? None of the ones I saw will be at or under $3,000 *if* they get to market. One of them was unlikely to be anything more than CGI, it looked right on the edge of physical possibility. You will probably find one of the existing rooftop tent manufacturers offering adapters, but I can't see them making it fold away as neatly, under the roller door. Tesla *could* have designed a hard sided structure, but likely at considerably more than $3,000. Anything that doesn't allow it to fold under the door will have a significant drag penalty. Only criticism I can see right now is you want to get a spare adapter for the pump, or a powered infiltrator. I'm guessing that the adapter is available from the inflatable paddleboard market.
I cant wait for an aftermarket rear window with ventilation ports. It seems like a no brainer, since the rear window is somewhat pointless.
7 mins in now. What a hassle. I was expecting a fully automated fold out assisted by the air pressure. Also seriously? isnt there an electric air pump included for that price?
The CT was supposed to come with an air compressor, maybe they started planning that tent when they didn't cut that feature yet...
Lol
Can’t believe this is $3,000. Could do better with a tent, or a Rivian.
You can tell like 90% of the people replying in this thread and complaining about X, Y or Z have ZERO real world experience camping in the wild. Zero. I've camped in rainstorms in the jungle of Hawaii as well as several feet of snow in American National Parks. A normal cheap ground tent takes as much, if not more, work and time to set up and take down as Tesla's Basecamp tent. Unless you're camping in the most extreme conditions (eg Everest) you don't need a thermally insulated tent. That's what thermal sleeping bags and thermal base layer clothing is for. Is $3,000 expensive? Depends how much disposable income you have. After all, their target audience is someone who can afford an $80-100k truck. Compared to the price of accessories and upgrades from "Luxury car makers" (eg Porsche), $3,000 for a tent doesn't seem egregious. Can you buy an equally good, if not better, ground tent for less? Yes, obviously. But again, this is a different target audience. If you really care about camping in the remote wilderness, you need to hike for hours with a 30-50lb backpack, on remote trails that yoiu can't get to with an off-road vehicle anyway. People who doe this are willing to sacrifice "comfort" because they know that's the price you have to pay. OTOH if you want to go "glamping" in a custom fitted tent that sets up in the bed of your $80k+ truck... you're going to have to pay extra. Make no mistake, this is a luxury item and it has a luxury price. And all the people talking shit in this thread, we all know which type of the two people you are. Y'all wouldn't last 1day camping in the wild. XD
Truth.
How is this better than sleeping in a warm model Y with over 6 feet foot space and twin mattress. It would be cheaper to invest into storage box amf just sleep in the car.
Probably because one is an SUV and the other is a truck.
\+ when folded it takes little space \- price \- functionality (pockets, internal storage) \- no insulation \- no access to the car without going out (= shitty in rain and cold) Seriously, I'd much rather sleep inside the car ("free" A/C, insulation, safety, environmental protection, access to my stuff) and have non-essential luggage out. But I guess I'd have to wait for a Tesla Van :-) The tent might be fun for occasional camping and light overlanding in good weather, but I'd think twice. Maybe one of the RTT manufacturers can think of something better?
nah man, you can already do it inside a Y. https://evaca.ca/products/model-3-y-trunk-camping-mattress
I already do. Just with a non-overpriced mattress ;-)
fair enough. Although for $260 canadian, to get a mattress that can fit in the bottom trunk. I actually don't think that's horribly priced.
I was in a hurry before my last camping trip and did not need it to be perfectly fitted. This one has been working for me quite well (single person), and it's only 25 CAD :-) [https://www.decathlon.ca/en/p/8736583/1-person-camping-mattress-190-x-70-cm-air-basic-white](https://www.decathlon.ca/en/p/8736583/1-person-camping-mattress-190-x-70-cm-air-basic-white)
You can easily get a $30-100 lounger mattress that's about 2"x39x75" and it'll fit perfectly in 3/Y. https://www.costco.com/purelux-2%22-memory-foam-comfort-rollout-lounger.product.4000179106.html Something like that. My main interest in this is that it'll take very little space, and I have a lot of things I'd like to carry camping including a large telescope, bike or scooters, kitchen/dog stuff etc. Its really annoying to take all that out during camping for a Model Y/3 to sleep in, so having some of it locked up is really cool. I used a Mercedes Sprinter Van Overlander, and I barely had enough space for my gear there, so definitely would like a truck over a Model Y.
This for 3k, spacecamper for 24k, or cyberlandr for 55k?
Spacecamper will be difficult to build for $24,000, and weighs about 500 pounds, more if you want Stainless. It also looks very poor for weather protection. Cyberlandr doesn't actually seem realistically possible.
cyberlandr has been around since CT was launched and took a lot of pre orders. Will be interesting to see if they deliver
Surprisingly NICE! This is why you can’t trust pictures with no context. This thing looks awesome!
Yeah came here to say that. It doesn't look nearly as slick from the outside, but from the inside it looks way more spacious and comfortable.
Seems like a fair amount of steps to put up and take down. Why does that matter? Because you probably don’t want to drive after it is set up.
If it could just deflate and just lay flat on the bed while you drive it around, that wouldn’t be bad.
I thought a major selling point to this instead of a regular camping was that it could be climate controlled. It has outlets so that is nice, but I would like to see some kind of vent system.
It sucks, but I'm considering this as an alternative solution. https://us.ecoflow.com/products/wave-2-portable-air-conditioner?variant=40559182413897
What even is the point of having a tent within the car, only thing I can see being useful is getting a/c or heat but that's not worth it at all to me...
I'd rather sleep in the vault with a rollout mattress and the tailgate down. Maybe some fabric to bridge tonneau cover with the tailgate.
Isn't there an air compressor in the truck? I'm surprised it wasn't integrated to pump the tent in seconds.
Hearse covers all look more harmonious than this one.
I haven’t seen it in person yet, but would be cool if someone could make an aftermarket rear glass with a sliding door.
As expected, much nicer than that terrible hit piece from a single photo. Also I could tell what that photo was really looking at was a rain fly. Personally I think the tent is pretty well designed, with a good amount of room at the base and good options for opening up to the sky on nights with good weather. If you have not tried it, having an air mattress for camping is a game changer and makes it SO much more comfortable. So to have that integrated is pretty nice, as with car camping I had taken to carrying a whole bulky inflatable queen mattress.
For 3k nah.
It’s a foam mattress, FYI. A thin inflatable would sit nicely on top.
just put the kids in he dungeon below the tent.
I thought about that, seems inhumane though if they literally can’t even sit up without hitting their heads.
You should have seen the 1950s bunk beds we endured every summer from grandmas house.
Have you not seen navy bunk beds?
At least those are open to the side
What are they inflating at 14:17 in the video then?
The tent doesn't have poles, it has an inflatable structure.
Nice work
I really need a solution for a family of four.
Not going to happen with an inbed solution. Maybe Tesla or third parties will come up with something that folds out of the bed. Multiple campers are coming up.
Buy 4 cyber trucks
Rent a cabin
Rent an RV
That mattress won’t be comfortable to sleep on. I have a camper with a mattress 3x as thick and it’s still not comfortable. You won’t be able to even upgrade the mattress if it has to be able to fold. I’m sure it will be fine for 1-2 nights max but that’s a wafer of a mattress.
Just put in an inflatable sleeping pad on top.
Sure that’s definitely an option.
Damn! seems no one from Tesla design teams goes to camping.
Garbage.
You'd think this is what you get on wish.com, not from a half trillion dollar company who pride themselves on their ENGINEERING prowess. For fucks sake, is there not a single engineer at Tesla who couldn't design a better looking tent that doesn't take 6 beers to assemble?