Hybrid rooftop tents

A hybrid puts a hard lid over a fabric body that folds out past the vehicle, so it opens fast and packs low like a hardshell while giving more floor than a plain wedge shell. It is the middle path between the two dominant types, and the ones here that quote a setup time pitch about as quickly as any hardshell.

The catch is that a hybrid rarely matches a large softshell for outright room and still carries the weight of its rigid lid — you pay, in money and mass, for the extra mechanism. These are the hybrids in the database, cheapest first.

28 hybrid rooftop tents in the database, the ones with a published price listed first. The order is a straight sort by price, not a “best in test” opinion. How the types compare.

1. Overland Vehicle SystemsXD SherpaHybrid— · 34.3 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$1,449
2. Freespirit RecreationAspen Lite StandardHybrid100 lb · 24 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$2,250
3. Freespirit RecreationAspen Lite XLHybrid110 lb · 27.7 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$2,495
4. VickywoodTEAK 1.0 135Hybrid139 lb · 25.8 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$2,580
5. DarcheStratosHybrid143 lb · 27.8 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$2,640
6. VickywoodMAPLE 155Hybrid148 lb · 36.2 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$2,910
7. VickywoodMAPLE 205Hybrid163 lb · 46 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$2,910
8. VickywoodTEAK 2.0 160Hybrid170 lb · 31.2 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$2,910
9. VickywoodTEAK 2.0 180Hybrid179 lb · 35.5 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$2,910
10. TentBoxCargoHybrid159 lb · 30 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$2,940
11. GordigearBonitoHybrid216 lb · 35.2 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$3,010
12. Gasell AdventureGM160 2026Hybrid150 lb · 30.9 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,110
13. Roof LodgeMaikhan (140)Hybrid121 lb · 27.3 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,180
14. Howling MoonMeteor DeluxHybrid209 lb · 49.7 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,210
15. GordigearBonito LightHybrid161 lb · 36.7 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$3,230
16. FemkesKhosi ABSHybrid121 lb · 34.8 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,240
17. DarcheDouble Dee HybridHybrid212 lb · 30.6 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,300
18. Gasell AdventureGA150 2.0Hybrid187 lb · 30.1 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,400
19. Gasell AdventureGM210 2026Hybrid165 lb · 41.5 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$3,400
20. VickywoodMIGHTY OAK LIGHTHybrid152 lb · 29.4 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,450
21. VickywoodMIGHTY OAK 160Hybrid179 lb · 31.5 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,660
22. VickywoodMIGHTY OAK 190Hybrid207 lb · 37.8 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$3,660
23. FemkesAlu-KhosiHybrid137 lb · 33.6 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$3,670
24. NaïtUpHussarde TriUpHybrid139 lb · 33.2 sq ft floor · sleeps 3$3,770
25. FemkesKhosi RuffHybrid163 lb · 34.8 sq ft floor · sleeps 2$4,050
26. NaïtUpHussarde QuatröHybrid165 lb · 40.3 sq ft floor · sleeps 4$4,090
27. NaïtUpHussarde FamilyHybrid165 lb · 49.7 sq ft floor · sleeps 5$4,850

1 more is sold without a published list price (Roof Lodge Maikhan (165)) and is listed on its own spec page rather than ranked here on a price we would have to guess.