Tune Out of doors Launches New Truck Camper

From backcountry security and outside gear to truck toppers. That sums up the storyline behind the founding of Denver, Colo.’s Tune Out of doors, which in February unveiled an modern new entry to the rising light-weight truck camper market. The brand new Tune M1 pop-up cover topper blends a singular design with simplicity and a streamlined manufacturing course of to ship an industry-best weight-to-space ratio in a classy, trendy aesthetic.

Primarily based in a 29,000-square-foot warehouse in Denver, Tune is led by Golden-based businessman Sean Kepler, who’s held govt management positions at The North Face, VF Out of doors and Crocs, and Bruce McGowan, co-founder of Boulder-based backcountry gear model Backcountry Entry, now a part of K2. Each have switched gears from outside hardgoods and attire to the booming truck tenting market. The crew additionally contains longtime outdoorsmen and industrial engineers Broc Patterson and Kristian Arnold. Their design places the Tune M1’s base mannequin weight at solely 360 lbs., together with a market-first, patented wing-wall design with flared sidewalls. Mixed with its vertical pop-top, this provides it extra cubic dwelling area than another light-weight truck camper available on the market. It additionally lets customers sleep sideways in its loft, whereas sustaining stand-up headroom under (i.e. the mattress and dwelling space might be loved concurrently, opening your entire cabin to camp dwelling).

“It hits the candy spot of light-weight, performance and really feel, letting you entry your favourite backcountry locations with sufficient area to deliver your toys and kit and nonetheless camp comfortably,” says Kepler, whose crew spent two years perfecting the design. “And it’s reasonably priced and environment friendly to construct.”

The camper additionally incorporates an aluminum body, injected composite nook brackets, polyester pop-top cover and easy-to-fit, FRP honeycomb paneling. It additionally comes with three aluminum or glass awning doorways/home windows for straightforward entry, low-power inside halo lighting, and 440 ft of common T-track on the inside, exterior and roof for limitless customization. Finest but, a patent-pending industrial design course of lets it assemble rapidly and simply, translating to quick order-to-installation occasions and after-market service, whereas letting it combine with practically any pickup chassis—from Toyota Tacomas to Ford Lightnings.

“Like many people primarily based within the Rocky Mountains, the outside is our sanctuary,” provides Kepler, an avid skier, fly-fisherman, mountain biker and extra. “So, we designed a cover topper that helps you entry it.”

The M1 is offered direct to shoppers at tuneoutdoor.com, with a base mannequin worth of $12,999. Tune is providing an introductory worth of $10,999 for a restricted time.