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Bentonville, AR: Rooftop Tent Pick-Up<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

In one week, I\u2019ll head to Northwest Arkansas to pick up a rooftop tent from Free Spirit Recreation (FSR) in Springdale, AR. Then test out the new tent in Bentonville. I can\u2019t wait. I considered a rooftop tent for years, and it never felt like the right fit, but now I believe it\u2019s exactly what I need. I think the rooftop tent will help in two ways. First, I\u2019m excited to try it, and I honestly think it will make short weekend camping trips easier and more fun. Second, I\u2019m heading to Southern Colorado this summer to camp on raw land. I mean completely raw land, zero infrastructure. Yes, I can pitch a ground tent and survive, but the thought of being elevated eases my mind enough that I think the tent is well worth the price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve spent months reading and researching rooftop tents, and I truly believe I\u2019ve picked the perfect tent for my needs. I wanted something light, but also suitable for harsh mountain winters. That\u2019s why I went with FSR. The tent is pretty light at about 100lbs, and FSR uses its own synthetic tent material blend designed to handle winter better than the average tent. I almost went with Inspired Overland\u2019s Carbonlite Rooftop Tent out in CA, but after watching several FSR video reviews, I decided FSR was best for my needs. FSR is also a much closer drive, and that played a part in my decision, since FSR is now headquartered in NW Arkansas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s an easy drive up, and NW Arkansas is pretty nice this time of year. I still think the Carbonlite tent from Inspired Overland is very nice, and I\u2019m sure it would have worked well for my needs. Their tent weighs only 80lbs, which is by far the lightest hard-shell rooftop tent I\u2019ve come across. The three main factors that made me choose FSR were the winter-like material, the extra room when the tent is open, and the fact that it\u2019s much closer for me to pick up myself. The FSR tent weighs about 20lbs more, but I decided I could handle the extra weight because of those three factors above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I plan to take several camping trips before the end of the year and will write about my experience with the FSR tent. This summer, I have several trips planned and will write about each adventure and how the FSR is holding up. I plan to put the tent through a lot this summer, so it will be interesting to see how well it holds up. It\u2019s basically my home for the summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So stay tuned for those updates and stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

jess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Trips & Adventures:  Bentonville, AR: Rooftop Tent Pick-Up In one week, I\u2019ll head to Northwest Arkansas to pick up a rooftop tent from Free Spirit Recreation (FSR) in Springdale, AR. Then test out the new tent in Bentonville. I can\u2019t wait. I considered a rooftop tent for years, and it never felt like the right fit, but now I believe it\u2019s exactly what I need. I think the rooftop tent will help in two ways. First, I\u2019m excited to try it, and I honestly think it will make short weekend camping trips easier and more fun. Second, I\u2019m heading to Southern Colorado this summerRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-rawlandexp","post-535","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions\/548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawlandexpeditions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}