Car camping is a great way to enjoy the great outdoors with more conveniences than you can fit into a backpack. If you have a pickup, you can make camping even easier with a tent that pops up in your truck bed, allowing you to sleep under the stars but above the ground. Right now, a well-reviewed truck bed tent is on sale at Amazon, and it’s one Prime Day deal anyone with a truck and a spirit of outdoor adventure won’t want to miss.
The Joytutus Pickup Truck Tent is on sale for $85 at Amazon, 40% off its normal $140 price tag. This deal is good on the 5 to 5.2 foot, aluminum rod option in gray green. Gray blue and gray orange options are $113 and gray green with an additional awning is on sale for $136. Larger tents, including some with fiberglass rods, are also available.
40% OffThis tent is made of 210D polyester oxford with a PU2000 coating, a lightweight and waterproof material that’s commonly used in applications like this. Setting it up is not unlike setting up a regular tent, with color-coordinated poles making things easier. The main difference is that the poles fit into straps that go around the tailgate, under the bumpers, and into the real wheel wells for a secure fit on the back of any pickup with a 5-foot bed (e.g. F-150, Ram, and Silverado). Once set up, this tent provides 5.6 feet of headspace and enough room for two people. Three well-ventilated windows, two hanging mesh bags, and a removable rainfly round out the feature set on this tent.
One shopper wrote that this tent offers “plenty of room for two people to sleep comfortably” and seems to stay warmer than sleeping on the ground. “If you are worried about being cold, you will likely be nice and warm in this tent.” Setup was fast, as this tent is “very easy to assemble and disassemble.”
Another customer wrote that this tent is “holding up great” after a few uses. “The very first night I used it, it rained pretty hard” and this tent had “no leaks at all.” It’s also “easy to set up” and “seems to have good quality” materials and construction.
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The Joytutus Pickup Truck Tent is an easy way to make a warm, dry place to car camp, and it’s on sale just in time for camping season. If you have a pickup truck, it’s basically a chance to transform it into a temporary RV, albeit a fairly rustic one, for just $85. For inexperienced campers, parents, and anyone else who needs a bit more support sleeping in the great outdoors, it’s a no-brainer at this price.
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Cameron LeBlanc
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