If you’re a family that wants to do more camping, a couple who like their space and privacy, or even a single person who doesn’t like feeling cramped at camp, you’ll love camping with a rooftop tent and annex like the Adventure Kings Tourer.

What is a rooftop tent annex?

An annex is the large room that you see at the bottom of roof top tents. It hangs off the floor/bottom of the main tent area where the mattress is, and can be pegged out alongside your car. Many roof-top tents like the Kings Tourer have the annex as an attachment that zips around the base of the hard floor of the tent. This means you can choose to use it on trips with the whole family, or leave it at home if you’re going solo.

But, not all tents include the annex free of charge like the Kings Tourer does. Once you’ve decided you want an annex with your tent for more camping freedom and multi-purpose set up options, make sure you don’t have to pay extra for it.

What are the benefits?

An annex does much more than just double your Tourer’s usable space. When zipped up and pegged out, the annex is a 100% waterproof room that provides extra sleeping area, storage options, and a very comfortable living space.

Extra sleeping space:

The annex has its own 100% waterproof floor, making this a camping tent you can use in all seasons. Once set up, the annex can easily sleep a couple of extra campers without cramping anyone’s style. Popular sleeping set ups include pitching a Big Daddy Swag (the self-supporting design of this swag means you don’t need to peg it out which would obviously be impossible due to the annex’s fully enclosed waterproof floor. Many people use a Kings self-inflating queen or king size mattress, and others set up one or two Kings Sumo stretchers. Because the annex has midge proof mesh, you can sleep in an open type of bed or stretcher and not have to worry about bugs swarming you at night. Roll up the windows from the inside and you can even get a great cross-breeze going to keep anyone sleeping in the annex as cool as those sleeping up top in the main compartment of the tent.

A change room you can really use! 

Who else hates trying to get changed in a tiny tent or swag where you can’t stand up properly? It’s not pleasant, especially when it’s cold or wet and you touch the sides moist sides of a dome tent before you’ve got your dry clothes on. Well the annex of the Tourer stands over 2m tall, meaning you can easily stand up in it and get changed! Many people, especially when travelling as a couple and not needing the extra sleeping space for more beds, put their clothes bags in the annex. There they stay 100% dry and accessible and mean you can start each day getting changed in comfort, or quickly slip into your PJs at night without having to do the dash from the boot of the car.

De-clutter your car:

Speaking of cars, it can wear thing very quickly when you go camping and try to live out of the boot or backseat of your car. Where did I put my toothbrush? Where are my spare clothes? Rather than having to dig through bags of gear in the boot, move all your essentials inside your Kings Tourer with you and you’ll be as comfortable as you are at home. If you need something in the middle of the night (toilet paper, head torch etc), you can keep it close by in the annex, not in the car, which is a pain to get to when you’re not wearing shoes and it’s started to rain!

An extra living space:

Of course we all go camping to enjoy the great outdoors, but it’s always nice to have a dry, enclosed living space to fall back to if needed. Keep the window panels rolled up to let light and a breeze in, or roll them down to give you 100% privacy. Inside the annex, you’ll easily fit a couple of Kings camp chairs and an aluminium roll up table to prepare food, eat dinner, read a magazine, play board games, or set up a movie for the kids. You can even hang an LED strip light with dimmer or 4 bar camplight kit inside the annex from the underside of the main floor that the mattress sits on to make this a really, really comfortable home away from home!

Your annex in your Kings camping roof top car tent can be as versatile as you want it to be. It won’t cost you any extra when you order your Tourer, but it’ll help you make the most multi-purpose camp setup possible. You can never have enough waterproof shade, shelter, privacy and protection from the bugs and elements, and the Tourer’s annex offers all that and more. Perfect for the solo traveller up to the entire family, it’ll be one bit of camping gear you’ll be bragging to your friends about for years!