expertly designed with both road appeal and performance in mind off-road campers are more popular than ever durable suspension a strong chassis and all-terrain tires are just a few of the areas in which these ultra tough trailers excel for those who traverse rugged terrain by day and sleep under.

The stars at night we present the best off-road camper trailers we've compiled this list of incredible off-road trailers so you can find your perfect fit for outdoor adventure the Patriot x3 is full stop and exquisitely refined camper the attention to detail in this camper is the next level the x3 is the first time patron have designed a camper.

With an interior living space unsurprisingly it's been beautifully done with loads of features heaps of space you've got a delightfully cool and breezy queen sized side folding bed another bed here underneath me absolutely loads of clever and innovative features never forget the Patriots core asset unsurpassable might.

And power offroad featuring the full repertoire of quality crews master suspension and superbly engineered chassis and drawbar underneath let's see more about that from the judges everyone was looking forward to checking out the new Patriot x3 the attention to detail was astronomical Tim.

Did you think the same couldn't finish always top quality the Patriot but the thing that really jumped out straight away is it's a massive change for Patriot this is the first camper from Patriot with proper internal lounge area so it's clearly targeting a slightly different market somebody who wants either with a coverage or a family he's.

Looking for somebody with I can just get inside and escape the heat it's a fantastic change this is Patriots version of a Harvard it's just a completely different take on the whole thing which makes it go away and want to rethink well what is a hybrid beautifully done elegantly engineered but it's just a completely different.

Camper I think one of the things for me was when I stepped into it it would be almost afraid to start camping it cuz it's so slick yet they're designed to take out really knock them around Justin takes these things anywhere and everyone beat the death out of them to make sure they're going to work the core asset of any Patriot and they've been.

Renowned for this for many years is its off-road ability Scott were you impressed with its ability at the bush back the things almost bulletproof when you look at it and Justin's background in sheet metal fabrication and and using his key skills in in the design of that you could bounce that thing down any track and you'd be fine and such a.

Compact passage got a nice low center of gravity and it's for drive capability who's Sonny gunning you'd be limited by the vehicle that you talk behind telling it around the four-wheel drive back the other day I was driving and we're towing up with Dustin's Dodge Ram that we were more concerned about getting the dodge.

Round around the tire the tight corners in the Patriot forget about the paper you know it was there what did you think Scott about that new fabric they were using on the awning now this is the real x-factor about Patriot and the x3 it's a new space-age type of canvas so you're moving away from closely into this hexa-core that is just absolutely.

Stunning because it's innovative things like that new canvas style that they've got that's gonna really make this thing stand out not just tomorrow when it rolls off the the factory floor but 10 years time after you've owned it and use it one of the things that did really stand out though from a self-sufficiency point of view is a 12 litre diesel tank.

For the war busto water and air heater you know that should last you months and then you're only running gas through your Weber or through your stove so twenty four point five kilo bottles they're going to last again four months 15 watt inverter got two AGM batteries it's got plenty water capacity and it's got the ability to better lift water.

What did you make at the comforts of the living space Scott the one thing that really Shawn for me for comfort was not only the interior detail of the upholstery but if you're in bed and you wake up in the morning and you want to have a cup of coffee everybody's got to see what Patriots done here at a push of a button up comes.

A coffee machine from the bowels of the x3 and you can be sitting in bed making you a cup of coffee you don't have to get out of bed to enjoy sipping on a coffee whilst listening to the world wake up outside and just beside it you can reach down into a into the into the fridge internal access to a fridge is a must like if.

It's raining can be inside you can access your fridge you can access your internal storage underneath there's a massive drawbar slide bar there that you can actually access from your inside on the seat so everything is almost accessible from inside whilst you're enjoying that coffee while I like to talk to about that roof rack system.

They've got on top so any commercially available roof racking system your bolts of this thing and you can put all sorts of things up on the roof in terms of quality of finish it's always been hard to question what Patriot do they've always put forward something exceptional one of the things I've done differently for the exteriors I've moved from Rhyno.

Code into a rap decoding it is more UV stable it's also very hard-wearing like runner Coda's which is a positive change and use of hex bolts throughout it just gives a clean line and it's the smooth finish to the outside quality of it top it okay that's a a new family-focused off-road camper from patriot it certainly seemed to hit the market.

The Mars endurance sport fold is absolutely jammed with standard features you can see some of them on display behind me it's beautifully finished it's conveniently customizable it's fully capable off-road and all for a price that will make you jump to joy the slide-out kitchen and the Mars endurance is something else we've got this four.

Burner stovetop a separate sink and Basin area and this amazing splash back the room for a walk where to help you make a slap-up gourmet meal in here we have got this clearly marked up easy to use control panel over here you've got your slide-out for your fridge freezer and then you've got these handling positions cavernous storage.

Lockers inside the Mars endurance is as spacious as campers get you've got a queen-size bed at the front another queen-size bed at the back loads of headroom and a massive dinette let's see what the judge is made of it the Mars endurance to me was a feature laden camper for a miniscule price David did you think the same yeah my company.

That's building their business on a lot of campus or a minimal out like it's a camper that's designed for families but it's adaptable the couple you can have it without that back bed so it only sleeps two I thought it was a very good camper the cats were you impress at the price point at the Mars injury yeah I like this camper it's one of those units.

That you could see a family of four just really enjoying those USB ports there's TVs that extension bench unit it was a great feature when you've got a few kids around put the food out the back get the hang of hungry boards out of the way and just crack on I really liked it for twenty one thousand nine hundred ninety dollars it's not a lot of money but.

They've done two things to it when it first arrives which I think add a lot of value so to add an AR K jockey wheel I change to either Timken for SKF bearings and they go through and the chicle automotive grade seals and yes it's an import but these little things that make it a little bit more robust and still with only 22 grand it's good value and.

What about the quality of finish Scott that two-pack finish just made that thing joint the gloss was immaculate all the basics for off-road ability are right there in one package which is good for a small family trailer what about taking it off road for an extended period of time you think it has enough features to help you live a comfortable.

Camp life there's plenty of storage outside it's got the roof rack you'll be towing it with a reasonably capable vehicle so yes it has the capacity it's just a matter of adapting your camping style to the style of the campus climbing underneath the Mars we measured the chassis at 50 by 100 and she's a fully girl one.

Yeah underneath doesn't look too bad for the price the last few days have been really hot has it been a pleasant and breezy sort of camper to sort of spend time in there certainly greeting there's certainly plenty of open space in there to let the ventilation through what about the kitchen setup and all that outdoor living aspects of it David.

The kitchen was bigger had that lovely big extension gave a great bench space somewhere to prepare your food prepare a meal put a pot down and that's really important the kitchen that's a camper that's obviously got families in mind one thing I like through the control panel if you noticed it had the big fat buttons the.

Big fat fingers but it also had a pictorial representation of what those buttons were for so if you've got a kid that's trying to work out what light is where and what to switch it's all there for them the thing that I really liked was making it more about family that you could quite easily see in regards to the schematic around the lighting panel.

About this little pantry that was accessible voice more hands and even having that dedicated space in a fold-out camper for children to sleep in rather than when mum and dad hop out of the main bed you've got to step over the children in the morning when you're getting up it does have a few little features and one that really stood out.

To me which I thought was really clever as the fixed waste water system it does climb from the kitchen through to the far side of the camper and down and there is no fiddling around trying to connect the hose there it's just connected on the other side of the camper and you're done forward Pole campers are extremely.

Popular there's a lot of them around this is about what you get for your money and how much of that between cost and the flexibility they give you in for choice of having that back bed or not having the back bed you can have several different types of steps to go in and out and have wide steps you can have narrow steps there were a number of.

Flexible options I think that allow you to adapt this to just what you want I liked your tanks too tanks are of water so therefore you've got redundancy it didn't have an isolating switch in between but you could fix that yourself quite easily but having redundancy in water as remote area operators is a must in my book what sir by having twin water.

Tanks that's a good tick for me and on self-sufficiency we also had a thousand watt cosine inverter and we had twin AGM batteries at hundred amp hour each so bring a solar blanket along and you've got a few days.there at least to keep the twin creatures running okay there we have it the Mars endurance everything a family needs for a really small price.

Today we're going to be looking through our trackpad Explorer  the first thing you'll notice about this trailer is its compact size and low center of gravity measuring at four point six meters long it's the shortest walk-up camper on the market with more than enough room to take the bikes vote.

And our board and short enough to follow you up any track as with all our range the whole unit is based on a ladder frame hot dip galvanized chassis where the drawbar is one piece all the way through to the suspension crossmember the reel also features engineered recovery points for rear recoveries and towing this is a design we've perfected.

And engineered over two decades all vital components underneath the trailer are protected with stone deflection plates this includes any electrical and water lines the water tanks themselves eighty-five liter eight mil thick poly construction they're set into the chassis for increased ground clearance and lower center of gravity the trailer.

Behind me has been fitted with Cruise Master XT independent suspension we've dialed in perfectly to match the towing characteristics of the Explorer it features a twin shock design which helps eliminate shock fade over high-speed corrugations and the 12 inch electric brakes supply plenty of stopping power the body itself is a fully seam sealed.

Monocoque design its strong enough to support added features like the boat rack but lightweight and construction and design all forward facing panels feature stone deflection plates to protect the powder coat underneath for the exterior of the trailer we've made the most of the available space it features two four point five kilo gas.

Bottle holders 220 leader Gerry can holders an external tap for washing your hands on the go and two my guard boxes which are great for storing dirty items like recovery grid or can be used as a lock up safe when you leave camp up the front of the trailer we've fitted a cruise master do 35 hitch now this allows for full articulation off-road.

Placing less stress on the vehicle and the trailer and has an easy push-button hitching process the stone guard with large mud flaps up front protect both the vehicle and the trailer from flying rocks it's angled forward to throw the stones back into the ground away from the tow vehicle while the large mud flaps protect the underbody of the.

Trailer the stone guards fully adjustable to allow the use of bike racks and outboard loaders but can also be moved completely back to suit vehicles like Prados with large swinging rear doors behind the stowing guard we've got a large aluminium toolbox this is lightweight but also big enough to house the command centre for the trailer.

This one here has the relic manager 30 which is a DC DC charger a mains charger and the solar regulator all in above the Wabasso we also have an aluminium drop-in tray now this is great for storing a shower hose and that easily clips into the mix it up on the side of the toolbox the Explorer is also completely compatible with all our toy.

Storage options up front we can fit the 2 or 4 bike rack an outboard loader and on top there's definitely enough room for at any just because the child is compact doesn't mean it has small storage with a few engineering tweaks we've managed to fit the kitchen that we use in the extender into a smaller trailer while keeping the.

All-important walk-up drawers up the front we've designed the kitchen to pull out from the back of the trailer this increases any possible bench space we can have and keeps everything in one useable spot as you can see the kitchen can be used without having to set the camper trailer that's perfect for roadside stops and lunch on the go or.

Pulling up for a beautiful cooked breakfast on the beach the kitchen features an ever cool fridge freezer with Danfoss compressor Dometic appliances and quick connect gas fittings that run direct to the regulator that means you don't have to get gas bottles out every time you want to set up since we've fitted this.

Trailer with the Robusto hot water in ducted heating system it also means we've got running hot water to the kitchen sink I think this is one of the greatest conveniences whilst camping we've designed this kitchen with convenience in mind everything is exactly where you need it and you're surrounded by an abundance of bench.

Space simple tech options like the red arc user interface and fusion stereo are all your finger tips which makes camping a breeze we have several large drawers a full-size cutlery drawer and the option to fit an integrated plate insert the pantry itself slides out alongside the kitchen it's got two drawers in the.

Front the lower one being deep enough to fit things like camp ovens and cooling equipment in behind that there's a large pantry with more than enough room for all your food tubs the tent setup could not be any more simple on the touring range simply lift the boat rack up if you've got one fitted the boat or any firewood storage containers anything up.

On top can be left up there for the setup and liftings made easy with the aid of the large gas strut up the front the travel cover attaches with a specially sourced water-resistant zipping system and eight adjustable tie-down straps this allows for plenty of storage up underneath the travel cup if it's tough like tables chairs and.

Solar panels and you can also pull it down tightly to secure it while you're traveling there's two zippers on these trousers and they start both sides of the walk-up door this allows you to easily access the walk-up drawers without having to set up the trailer once you've removed the travel cover simply pull the awning off the back of.

The trailer jump inside the walk-up air grab the 10th boat and walk backwards the gas travel do all the work for you as the tent set up next up is the awning now and a lot of people see peaked awnings they run the other way as is truly a one-person setup all the poles and the awning stay permanently attached.

To the tent it's a big design which means water runs off in every direction because we cut fall into the awning this allows water to run off either side without having to adjust poles in heavy rain because the poles stay permanently attached the camper that means no diagrams no labeling poles no fights trying to work out what goes where.

Simply pull the three supplied poles out from the camp lock them into place and you're ready to go the Explorer also features one of the most comfortable mattresses I've ever slept on it's a custom made bamboo top pocket sprung queen-size mattress and it's surrounded by level windows with the bed so there's plenty of air flow in the warmer months.

The four built-in drawers inside the walk-up area are great for clothes storage if you don't have the modular kid's room attached you can just drop the door down and there's more than enough room to get changed in there in private part of the Robusto package we've fitted to this trailer is the ducted heating outlet.

Now this recirculates hot air from inside the tent and keeps camping all year round really comfortable we've also fitted the optional bedside power Scirocco fans and reading lights and these just really add to the creature comforts of this camper above the main part of the camp but we've got a canvas tropical roof now this is.

Suspended above the camper trailer to create a cushion of air in between the two surfaces in the warmer months it keeps the tent nice and cool and in the cooler months cuts out condensation inside the main tent area the great thing about deterring tent is the modular wall setup now this can be fully enclosed to form a kid's room or you can.

Set up separate walls to deflect weather and wind away from your camping area the kids room that comes with the Explorer is a modular setup this means you can set up as much or as little as you want if you want to just have one or two walls on as a windbreak or privacy or fully enclose it there's more than enough room for two kids.

Inside with the disco bunk set up next to the bed the great thing about how we've designed this kid's room is it can be left on for setup and pack up so this does not affect the three minute full set-up time