What’s the Big Dif With This New Jeep RTT? You Can Get Into It From The INSIDE of the Cab !!!

[AbleGuy]

Cool Beans as the Aussies might say…an integrated RTT WITH a built in automatic bat wing awning, that allows you to enter/exit the inside of the tent from inside your vehicle! No need to expose yourself to the biting bugs or the bad weather to slip into your sleeping bag! Mikey likes it!

Sounds pricey you say? Well, it probably is. Read the linked story if you want to know more.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/jeep-and-dometic-artt-rooftop-tent-and-awning-concept/photos

 

[86scotty]

I had this, more or less, with an Ursa Minor. There are problems. First, you can't set up or take down without getting thoroughly wet if in bad weather. Second, the access from inside of a Jeep ANYWHERE in the Jeep is only for young ambitious contortionists. My wife and I are regular sized adults with regular sized bladders, both around 45 and fairly fit a few years ago when we had it. Nightime potty breaks, especially for her who is not interested in trying to use a bottle in bed, are really no fun.

It's a great idea for a very small portion of the population but a very expensive problem generator for a majority of normal folks. IMHO.

Great looking idea though if you live somewhere where the weather is always fair.

 

[Fishenough]

Bumped into a 70 old youngin on remote Yukon backroads in 2023; I fell in love with a Usra minor as our perfect retired expo vehicle, he told me the same as you mentioned. Still on the hunt for a light weight camper that would happily travel down ATV trails, these come close to ideal.

I had this, more or less, with an Ursa Minor. There are problems. First, you can't set up or take down without getting thoroughly wet if in bad weather. Second, the access from inside of a Jeep ANYWHERE in the Jeep is only for young ambitious contortionists. My wife and I are regular sized adults with regular sized bladders, both around 45 and fairly fit a few years ago when we had it. Nightime potty breaks, especially for her who is not interested in trying to use a bottle in bed, are really no fun.

It's a great idea for a very small portion of the population but a very expensive problem generator for a majority of normal folks. IMHO.

Great looking idea though if you live somewhere where the weather is always fair.

 

[86scotty]

Bumped into a 70 old youngin on remote Yukon backroads in 2023; I fell in love with a Usra minor as our perfect retired expo vehicle, he told me the same as you mentioned. Still on the hunt for a light weight camper that would happily travel down ATV trails, these come close to ideal.

We sold our Ursa and switched to an FSR RTT with a side ladder and it was much better but it's still an RTT. Great if you do heavy wheeling and want a very simple trailside camp. For us though, crossing the country for most of our adventures, it's just too small and too many disadvantages. Advantage: Van. But, anyone who knows me knows I will always say that.

The the other best option for someone who wants respectable offroad performance and a decent camper is a pop up shell camper on a modern, capable 4wd truck. But at that point you're getting further and further from Jeep offroad capabilities.

 

[Fishenough]

We sold our Ursa and switched to an FSR RTT with a side ladder and it was much better but it's still an RTT. Great if you do heavy wheeling and want a very simple trailside camp. For us though, crossing the country for most of our adventures, it's just too small and too many disadvantages. Advantage: Van. But, anyone who knows me knows I will always say that.

The the other best option for someone who wants respectable offroad performance and a decent camper is a pop up shell camper on a modern, capable 4wd truck. But at that point you're getting further and further from Jeep offroad capabilities.

Throughout BC and Yukon we use those ATV trails, they lead to private awesome campsites. And full sized doesn't fit, we bought and sold a full sized camper during covid, very comfortable but many of our known spots were outta reach, as they cause a little or a lot of damage to the camper. Already this year we've had 6 spots camping that we had to ourselves and required tight trail driving in remote areas.

Hey, this YouTube clip Coal Lake Whitehorse is a route traveled with 4Runner and KLR over the past view years whilest traveling. Just a great, nice spot to visit, that is an excellent idea of these endless routes across western Canada that normally are used by the atv/sxs people. A slight lifted Gladiator with a Line Peak/AluCab topper is our top go to in a few years.

I'm fan of vans but see above