Hiatus Campers

Hiatus Campers Fully hard-sided pop-up truck camper
🚐 Patented design built for 4-season adventure
📍Bellingham, WA
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Living in a small home with windows that look out on a very large world.One of the benefits of a custom-built Hiatus is ...
08/27/2026

Living in a small home with windows that look out on a very large world.

One of the benefits of a custom-built Hiatus is choosing the windows, sizes, and placement that make sense for how you plan to use and build out your camper.

We offer both slider windows and Arctic Tern awning-style windows, with various sizes and horizontal or vertical configurations.

Slider windows are standard and include bug screens. They don’t include thermal blackout shades, but we sell magnetic thermal blackout shades in our Gear Shop so you can put them up or take them down in seconds.

Arctic Terns are an upgrade and come with:
→ Double-pane acrylic for better insulation
→ Pop-out awning design that helps keep rain out when the window is open
→ Bug screens and thermal blackout shades, with the exact style depending on placement

We also build:

→ Cab-side fixed windows for visibility through your camper from the rear cab window
→ Cab-side slider/pass-through windows for a small opening between the cab and camper
→ Rear tailgate and barn/custom door windows for additional light and rear visibility

And there are a lot of sizes to work with. The right combination depends on your truck, the framing, and how you want to use the space.

That’s why we don’t expect you to figure all of this out from a website dropdown.

After you put down a deposit, we send you our full feature brochure and work through your camper design with you over the following weeks. You can also request the brochure before ordering.

Submitting a deposit does not lock you into your initial configuration.

We’d rather build the window layout around how you camp than make you adapt to ours. That way, wherever you are, instead of looking out the window wishing you were somewhere else, you’ll know you’re exactly where you’re meant to be.

Link in bio for more info!

08/27/2026

The middle ground between a truck camper and an RV, Hiatus is built to give you the best parts of both.

Unlike traditional slide-in campers, a Hiatus is custom built to sit flush on your trucks bed rails, preserving valuable space for every day truck utility.

It’s compact enough to navigate narrow brushy forest roads. Lightweight enough to overland into spaces bigger rigs can’t. But once you’re inside, it feels different than the average canopy.

Fully insulated hard-sided walls provide superior protection from heat, cold, rain, wind, and noise, without the canvas, condensation, mold, or material breakdown that comes with rooftop tents and pop-up campers.

And instead of locking you into a predetermined floor plan, the interior is intentionally left open so you can build it exactly how you want it.

Truck utility. RV level comfort. Off-road capability. Thats our middle ground.

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08/26/2026

Mass-produced campers have a problem: everyone gets the same options.

Most campers give you a couple of choices to choose from.

We ask how you actually use your truck before we start the design process.

This Hiatus was built with asymmetrical rear doors because sometimes the best entry isn’t dead center.

Maybe your interior layout puts a bench, counter, or storage along one side. Maybe you want the largest opening on the side that makes the most sense for how you get in and out.

With an asymmetrical option, the larger door can be positioned around those priorities. That’s the point of building custom. We don’t believe every truck, camper, or owner fits the same template.

Hiatus campers are manufactured in-house and built to order, which means we can think through details that mass-produced campers aren’t designed to accommodate.

Save this for the day you start designing your own adventure rig.

What good is your insulation if it doesn’t cover everything?Hiatus camping is all about comfort and confidence when cond...
08/25/2026

What good is your insulation if it doesn’t cover everything?

Hiatus camping is all about comfort and confidence when conditions get tough.

Many truck campers and rooftop tents rely on partial insulation or removable quilted liners. They can lower the initial cost and give you the option to remove the insulation when you don’t need it, but they come with tradeoffs.

Quilted insulation can collect condensation, creating another layer to dry out. It also adds setup and teardown time, which can be especially frustrating in freezing, windy conditions. Fabric liners can flap in the wind while you’re trying to sleep, and even premium fabric walls can’t match the thermal retention of a solid, insulated wall. Once your heat source is turned off, heat escapes quickly.

Hiatus takes a different approach.

With a fully insulated, hard-sided pop-up camper, you get the lightweight, compact design that makes a rooftop tent so capable, with the comfort and protection of a solid-walled camper. You can run the rugged backcountry roads without giving up the feeling of having a comfortable space to come back to.

Every Hiatus Camper is built with composite sandwich panels featuring fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) inside and out, surrounding a closed-cell foam core. The result is R-6 insulation from top to bottom, standard on every model, including the walls, roof, and frame.

Unlike canvas pop-tops that lose heat quickly in winter, Hiatus’ insulated hard-sided walls help retain warmth and keep cold air out, with no seasonal insulation changes or daily prep required.

The panels are waterproof and mold-resistant, there’s no fabric insulation to trap moisture and create a place for mildew to grow. The closed-cell foam core doesn’t absorb water, while the FRP layers help minimize condensation as temperatures shift from day to night.

And insulation does more than regulate temperature. It also helps quiet the world outside, making it easier to sleep through noise.

Hiatus is warmer in winter and cooler in summer with less setup, breakdown, noise, and frustration.

It’s a difference you feel year-round, in every kind of climate.

08/18/2026

There’s something pretty cool about watching someone see their Hiatus Camper for the first time.

After all the planning, prep, emails and anticipation, and traveling to get here, installation day finally arrives and suddenly it’s yours to roam the world with.

Jacob and Jessie made the trip to Bellingham with their 2024 Toyota Tundra, and Carson gave them the full walkthrough before sending them off to start their next chapter of family camping trips.

During install day, we’ll walk you through how everything works, answer all the questions, and make sure you feel ready to use your camper before you drive away.

The best part? Getting to see your travel updates over the years! We love when you text or email us about your adventures 🏔️

Welcome to the Hiatus family, Jacob + Jessie!

Excellence lives in the small touches.It’s in what a Hiatus is made from, how the pieces move together, how it’s assembl...
08/18/2026

Excellence lives in the small touches.

It’s in what a Hiatus is made from, how the pieces move together, how it’s assembled, and how it holds up when the weather is total garbage.

It’s in the comfort you feel inside and the confidence that comes from knowing it was built to last.

The little things matter. They’re what make a Hiatus.

It started with a very rainy month in Squamish and the desire to stand up while making coffee ☕️In fall 2017 their sleep...
08/13/2026

It started with a very rainy month in Squamish and the desire to stand up while making coffee ☕️

In fall 2017 their sleeping setup was so low they couldn’t sit upright. And when it rained, there was nowhere comfortable to hang out.

Wanting the comfort of a van or RV without losing their trucks off-road capability, they started sketching a truck camper with more living space. Being from the PNW, they knew one thing: it had to be fully hard-sided.

They came home, cut apart an aluminum canopy, and started building.

As they traveled with and posted about their homemade camper, people started asking about it. On August 13, 2018, Erin filed the paperwork to officially become a business.

Their first customers found them through Instagram. On March 28, 2019, they installed camper #1. By the end of that year, they had built three more customer campers: two for Tacomas and one for a Nissan Frontier.

The original pop-top took two people to open, so they developed a folding-wall and handle system that one person could operate. Their own early camper eventually went to friends and is still regularly used around Seattle more than seven years later.

The company originally launched as Rogue Campers, but a trademark conflict forced a name change. Erin and Tyler returned to a name they had considered from the beginning: Hiatus Campers.

In 2021, their folding hard-wall patent was published. In 2022, Hiatus moved into its Bellingham shop to make room for growing production.

In March 2024 camper #100 was installed. In September 2025, camper #200 went onto a Rivian R1T, marking the world’s first fully hard-sided pop-up on an electric vehicle.

And today, on our eighth anniversary, we’re installing #273.

Happy 8 years, Hiatus. 🥳☕️

08/12/2026

Touring Ryan’s DIY interior in his Hiatus camper, also known as Chateau de Relaxo 2.0

It’s intentional, functional, and fun to look at.

What stands out:
• Fold-up benches with storage that clear the entire floor by folding flush against the wall
• Table that converts from a small desk → full kitchen table
• Slide-out and top access for his Dometic cooler (wise to avoid knee collisions if someone’s sitting on the bench but you need a beer)
• Sink, power, water, and heat all integrated cleanly inside and out for drinking, dishes, showers, filling up his dog Cassie’s water bowl 🐕
• And the best part… his dirt bike fits in here without removing anything, thanks to those folding benches! (Wait for the end to see how)

That’s the advantage of starting with a shell. You can build it out exactly how you want, over time, based on how you use it. Every part of your build should have a reason behind it.

Appreciate you linking up with us, Ryan.
Chateau de Relaxo 2.0 is dialed 👌🏼

Truck: 2018 GMC Sierra 6.5’ bed

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98225-98229

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