Rightline Gear Full-Size Standard Truck 2 Person Bed Tent for Camping & Hiking, 6.5 Feet

Why it's worth it

This is the simplest way to turn a full-size 6.5-foot bed into a dry place for two adults to sleep. It packs down to about the size of a camp chair, goes up entirely from outside the bed, and every strap buckles onto your truck without touching paint.

The right truck tent is the one you'll actually bother to put up. This one weighs under nine pounds packed, and every attachment point reaches from outside the bed, so you're not crawling around in there with a headlamp in your teeth. The poles and pole pockets are color-coded. Owners regularly describe getting it standing alone on the first try, with the setup guide sewn right into the stuff sack doing most of the teaching.

Rightline rates this tent at 2,500mm hydrostatic head, the highest waterproof figure OutdoorGearLab recorded among the affordable polyester truck tents in its group. The seams are tape-sealed and the rainfly covers the roof and both doors. Owners report sitting out long rain and even wet spring snow without water coming through. That's a real margin over the 1,500mm fabrics that are common in this category.

From our review of 3 truck bed tents, by Ben Carter, Tech Editor

What we like

• +The right truck tent is the one you'll actually bother to put up
• +Rightline rates this tent at 2,500mm hydrostatic head, the highest waterproof figure OutdoorGearLab recorded among the…
• +The floorless design sounds like a downgrade, and it isn't
• +It asks almost nothing of your truck

What to know

• –The fabric is thin and it shows with use
• –Fit matters more than the listing lets on