Got our first Tesla on Saturday and went camping the next day! It was great despite the rain! The tent worked out very well with a few tweaks. Camping mode did take a bit more battery than I thought it would (~10% during the night with ext temp ~63 and target temp 70).

The slope under the air mattress was pretty noticeable and not great, might think of getting one of those that compensate for the slope.

The overall experience was amazing and this subreddit was a goldmine to prepare everything. Happy to answer questions if anyone has any about the setup.

Car camping at Camp Alderwild (Telluride, CO) was ~$450 and sold out immediately, so we ran a carless version of our Tesla camping setup this weekend.

Setup:

• Tent: Tesloid 2 (9.5 x 9.5 ft / 2.89 x 2.89 m)
• Mattress: Snuuzu
• Cargo box: Yakima EXO GearLocker - locks, so it doubled as secure storage at camp

All-in-all the best regular camping setup I've ever used. I slept great on the Snuuzu even though the shape isn't ideal outside of a car. Still easily beats our sleeping pads and cheap air mattress.

My partner did an amazing job making the space feel like home. Check out the disco balls!

Only thing I'd change: the frunk is normally our dresser, so without it all our clothes lived in compression packs on the floor. Next time I'd go vertical with a hanging rack or something on the tent walls.

Have a Model Y. We had a flat on our way back from camping. We had to spend about $300 to have the car towed an hour away to the nearest larger town, then had to get a hotel for the night since the car was towed to a Discount Tire.

Do you all have spares or some way to manage if you get a flat tire while out camping? I'm seeing Tesla specific spare tires, and see there are ways to modify the sub trunk to support one, but it would suck to lose that space, but maybe I need to just do it to avoid this in the future, if there's not some way to patch it to get to the nearest tire shop.

I’m small so this isn’t a question of whether or not it’s comfortable. I’d sleep in the front seats if they’d fold down all the way.

I just want a mattress that doesn’t impede view of the rear screen. The cybertruck has a few mattress built this way. Would they be usable in the model 3? If not, what’s some ideas that people have come across to use?

I’m trying to get the back seats completely flat when everything is laid down.

I heard even if you remove rear seats, it doesn’t make it flat? Someone said it doesn’t improve even if you do taking rear seat cushion out?

I appreciate any recommendations if anyone has gotten it completely flat.

I’m not looking for something to add on top to make it level. I’m trying to find a way to have it be completely flat without adding anything on top.

A little confused do I need to leave car on campmode all day even if im not in it? Seems like a waste. If not how do we not drain the battery with that trunk opened.

I took a cross country roadtrip in my model Y visiting glacier, Yellowstone, and Teton.

I’m about to get a 2026 model Y.

Does removing the rear seat cushion create a flat surface?

If not, I’m thinking I will just splurge on a prebuilt leveling platform, but then my other issue is having one long enough to exceed the footwell since I’m 6 foot 4 (193 cm).

I would appreciate any recommendations!

Hello all - question is in the title. I’m super interested in buying the Snuuzu, but I’m worried that a bigger fella like myself might bottom it out, and unlike Havnby, Snuuzu has a very unforgiving policy after the almost $1,000 purchase. I’ve had experiences like this with past camping products - people raving about that 4” sleeping pad being so comfortable only to find out I touch the ground when it’s not super firm. I was hit by a car walking home many moons ago so super firm doesn’t work for me - so the question remains. Can any big folks sound off if they’ve used the Snuuzu? Otherwise I’ll likely be going with the Havnby. Thank you all for your time.

Title explains it all. Both cars around 25k on the odometer, 1.5k price difference.

What would you go with? I live in New England so would have to get snow tires for the 3. I am a single male that doesnt need all the extra room, but it wouldnt hurt at times

Hey Teslacampers.

I wanted a map like this for years. Tesla Camp spots sitting in a private Google list, useless to anyone else and tedious to set up.

So I built a community map, added all my spots already. Enjoy.

teslacamp.eu

If you’ve got pins, this is the place.

What it is

A map of quiet/beautifull Tesla spots for a break or an overnight. Find a quiet place for the night, or add the ones you know.

How it works

• Open the map, zoom a valley, tap a pin

• Search spots, or filter by Break / Night / Both, Beauty, Access difficulty, Privacy or Photos only

• Rate beauty, access and privacy

• Save favourites so the good pins don’t disappear back into the forest

• Dump spots: paste a Google Maps list and the whole set lands on the map in a few clicks

• Or share one secret forest pin under a nickname

• Creators show up on a leaderboard — the map grows when people add spots

No real names. No chat. No friends list. Just the map.

Not affiliated with Tesla, Inc. Built it because I needed it.

Happy to take feedback. And if you’ve got a list or just one good pin, throw it on there. <3

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Thank you for the engagement, guys!

We've had 472 unique visitors and 1,952 page views so far.

We want as many new spots as possible — anyone can add any place they feel is worth sharing. The more the better.

The rating and filter system is there so even spots that aren’t the most beautiful can still be useful; just rate them accordingly and others can filter for their own needs.

So far we’ve had quite a few troll spots, but those are now getting automatically removed by AI. No real places have been added by anyone else yet — be the first!

Your spots are worthy. Sometimes you’re in an area, it’s getting dark, and you still haven’t found a place to stop. Having a spot nearby that another Tesla camper has already marked can be a real lifesaver in those situations. Please add yours!

BTW, it’s great fun scouting your surroundings for spots and building a list of your own.

The first 10 accounts that share a spot will get a special emblem on the leaderboard and will forever have a place in my heart.

Go at it, guys and gals! <3

UPDATE 2---------------------------------------------------------------------

We got the ball rolling. The first community spots are on the map. :D

Thank you, guys!!

In the order they posted:

1. Ruhiger_Schwede — Quiet Spot at the lake
2. tesla_mt7knwuo — Meadow outside Baar
3. FjordCharge — Gullfjellsvegen
4. Xridge — Wilcox Creek Campground
5. Sundowner — Peterhafen – slipway

Special thanks to Ruhiger_Schwede for the extensive stress testing. He put TeslaCamp through a lot, and he also dropped the first community pin.

Keep adding places. Anyone can share a spot they think is worth it.

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New features

TeslaCamp Atlas

Well-known places can now be signed TeslaCamp Atlas. They are not on Top contributors. Use Hide TeslaCamp atlas if you only want community pins.

Write to me

At the top of Updates you can send a bug report, an idea, or anything that could help TeslaCamp. I read every message.

Email now Optional

Join with just a nickname. Email is optional — You can still add it later in your profile page if you change your mind.

Founding emblems

Emblems for the first 100 people who share a pin: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Pioneer for 4–10, OG for 11–100.

Changes

The map now opens more zoomed out, and it now centers on the country you are connecting from.

You can read the full changes in the patch notes: https://teslacamp.eu/updates

Hey guys,

I’m currently waiting for my MYP to be delivered in November/December, and while I’m waiting I’ve started looking for all the stuff I’ll need to go camping with it on marketplaces.

I’ve already bought sunroof shades, and I’ve also been keeping an eye out for a good deal on a mattress, preferably one in relatively new condition. I’ve seen Tescamp mattresses, the OEM Tesla mattress, and even a Havnby that had only been used for a week pop up for €250. I missed out on that one, although at the time I wasn’t entirely convinced I wanted to buy it anyway.

Today I was just minding my own business at home and decided to browse the marketplaces again for bargains. All of a sudden, an ad popped up for a brand-new Snuuzu mattress for the Model Y, double-boxed and still sealed in plastic.

Of course, it immediately raised some suspicion 😂. The funny thing was that the seller lived only 20 minutes away from me here in the Netherlands.

He was asking €500, which I managed to negotiate down to €400. He accepted, so I jumped in the car and went to pick it up. The seller told me he bought it from a friend who deals in return pallets or something along those lines — sounded a little sus, not gonna lie 😂.

But when I got there, it genuinely was brand new and had never been opened, so I decided to take the gamble and brought it home.

Now for my actual question: I have a whiplash injury from an accident in 2024. Obviously, nobody else can really know exactly what my body needs, but I’m hoping to get some feedback on the overall comfort and quality of the Snuuzu.

Would you consider this about as good as it gets comfort-wise for a mattress specifically designed for the Model Y? Has anyone here slept on one for multiple nights?

And has anyone tried putting an additional mattress topper on top of the Snuuzu? I’m wondering if that could make it even more comfortable, especially for longer camping trips.

Also, slightly off-topic: any recommendations for really good window shades for the Model Y Juniper?

Thanks! 😁

Looking for best options for attached car tent for me and my dog. Just need a small tent. Thanks for the help.

Hello Community !

I’ll soon work far enough from home that I’ll be on site from Monday to Thursday. I plan to sleep in a three nights a week, so around 150 nights a year, in my tesla Y (2023) without tent extension.

For anyone doing this regularly, or maybe doing some long trips : what lives where, and what did you get wrong the first time? Do you have (except for matress and sunshades) any additionnel tools/organizers you’d recommand?
What are your personal setups ?

Note that I won’t have any kitchen utilities, mostly it will be clothes, dry food (breakfast), water and hygiene stuff.

I'm particularly curious about two things : keeping clean and worn clothes separate (these ones prob in the frunck for the smell?) so the car doesn't turn by Wednesday, and whether the frunk stays dry enough over months to use as a wardrobe, or if i should use it for other purposes.

Thanks a lot !

Planning to visit Zion National Park and Monument Valley in December and have never taken a road trip in a Tesla. Accomodations will be in hotels of sorts (autocamp zion) and certainly going to route ourselves via Tesla Super chargers up to 100% each charge.

For those who have taken their tesla on such a road trip, what contingencies did you plan for? I fear that I'll have to stop at some hunk-of-junk charger and spend hours there wishing I had brought my spouse's Rav 4 hybrid instead.

thanks so much for the suggestions to make this first road trip a success!

How are you guys managing the rear seat slope for camping in the Model Y Juniper with a Tesla mattress? Any good hacks?

Back on July 5th I started a 100 day roadtrip (roundtrip) with my 2022 Tesla Model Y from Denver, Colorado, USA to the Arctic Ocean in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada. I suspect at this point the trip will be closer to 120 days. I posted a few weeks ago about the journey from Denver, Colorado to Vancouver, BC, Canada. This is part two. Vancouver, BC >>> Dawson City, Yukon. British Columbia was absolutely stunning. Due to fires and road closures, I had to divert my travel route a bit from Pemberton to Kamloops and up through Clearwater connecting back to Prince George, but I was pleasantly surprised with the new route!

Charging notes
Up through Prince George Tesla Supercharging was available, but after that I have been using BC Hydro for fast charging. Fast charging can be anywhere from 24kW to 180kW. Charging in British Columbia has been significantly cheaper than anywhere in the US. Averaging about .21 CAD/ .15kW USD
The BC Hydro chargers require CCS or ChadEmo connectors.

Highlights of this section of my trip:

-Wells-Gray Provincial Park (over 40 named waterfalls in this park!)
-getting a hood wrap and decals on my Y in Prince George. Designed this logo myself. It matches stickers I had made for my trip. The shop did awesome!
-driving the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. Saw one of the biggest glaciers I’ve ever seen in my life
-saw many black bears and a few grizzlies
-Saw a mama Grizzly with 3 cubs on the side of the road
-very pretty campsites
-sunsets are around 10:30pm every night and light lingers until about midnight to 1:30AM
-have seen the milky way through my glass roof twice
-have driven over 10,000km!!
-made it to the Yukon
-Dawson City famous SourToe Whiskey cocktail (yes, it’s made with a real human toe). Rite of passage here in Dawson. Disgusting, but was something I promised I’d do if I made it to Dawson. They give you a certificate and you are part of the SourToe Whiskey Cocktail Club. Over 130,000+ have done it over the years. There’s an interesting history to this you can google and read the story.

This journey has been everything and so much more than I imagined. The moments I’ve experienced, the stories I’ve heard, the stories I’ve shared with others. The people. The kindness. The excitement. I’ve met people who had never seen a Tesla, they didn’t even know what a Tesla was! I’ve met people who drive all sorts of EVs and are fascinated and excited to see the Tesla making it this far. I’ve started tracking the number of teslas I’ve seen. There was a stretch of 8 days where I didn’t see any other Teslas or EVs.

In just ONE day, I will start my journey on the Dempster Highway. I’m nervous, a bit overwhelmed, and also feeling incredibly supported and inspired by all the other travelers making this journey. It’s not for the feint of heart. The week ahead shows 6 days of rain and very bleak conditions. I will share an update from the Dempster when I finish in about 10 days!

Any questions you may have about this trip, I would love to answer! Until then, happy camping and traveling, Tesla friends!

Hi- wanted to get some advice from some experienced Tesla campers here. I’m on the east coast in the DMV area and I’m interested in doing some light camping in my ‘26 model 3.

After reading through some posts here and watching a few YT videos, I’ve gotten the basics- air mattress, window shades, and a lamp. Additional camping gear like an electric grill, tent and sub trunk fridge would depend on where I planned to go.

I was hoping someone here could give me recommendations for a camping spot or park along the east coast (that’s not at the beach lol). I was considering the Appalachians or somewhere close- I think mountains would be refreshing, but something friendly to a novice camper which will also be my first time ever camping. Also open to just visiting the wilderness to picnic as a quick day trip. Thank you in advance

Hi,

I hope experienced camper here willing to share their lists of campground that is safe for a family and also clean. We plan to go road trip from Vancouver BC all the way to San Diego using our MY. And just plan to stay on the campground.

Please let me know the places that we can stay all year round. We might even go during December.

Also because we're from Canada, we're not really sure how or where to book the campground. If you can give us some tips that'd appreciated.

Hotels nowadays are super expensive. That's why we choose to go to campground instead. We just using tent. No RV.

Thank you and sorry if this often asked.

Edit Aug 18 8:09am. Sorry I should mentioned, I can try to book far ahead of time. So just list your safest, cleanest campground around SF, LA and San Diego area please. Also your app or website recommendations. Also we don't need to charge at the campground as we can also charge at any supercharger. Thank you so much

I got my camping fridge from CarFrozen. It is a $269 unit for the Model Y. It is in the car and plugged in. Set it to 37 F. Want to see how much it drains the battery on the car when it hits the desired temperature.

UPDATE: I ran the fridge for 14 hours and 41 minutes and the car only lost 4% of its charge. The fridge was at 82 degrees F when I plugged it in the rear 12 volt power source and went down to 30 F and then maintained at 35-37 F overnight.

Since these are relatively new i wanted to make a video of the unboxing, how it fits, talk about some of the camping stuff i had to move around, and general overall impressions.

https://youtu.be/p4cEAwbItNU

We live in the city with lots of light pollution. On a whim, I wanted to see the Perseids Meteor shower. I didn't know the peak shower was just in a few days (Aug 12-13). Well timed with a new moon and clear night sky. I managed to find a park not too far from home with lots of astronomer reviews. I was fine with just driving in to watch the metero showed. But the park closes at sunset... unless you reserve a RV/camping spot.

Since this was the middle of the work week we had very little time to organize. Quick trip to Bass Pro Shops to get a tent and some sleeping bags. Mind you, I haven't been camping since I was a teen. That time it was a fiasco with mosquitos, lumpy ground, and weather. The Model 3 with camping mode enabled was a real game changer for me. The kids stayed in the tent that had a mesh roof so they could continue to watch the meteor shower until they fell asleep. I was asleep in relative comfort inside the car.

By 6am the sun was rising we packed up and left camp before the ranger station opened. And I was back in the office drinking office coffee no one being any wiser that we were just in the camping in the Keys.

Some takeaways:

• The camp site had 5-15 and TT30 plugs. The 5-15 was just enough to cool the cabin and charge devices. Plugged into the 120v we only gained 3% charge.

• Cabin lights. I don't know if there is a way to leave them off. But everytime someone opened a door it ruined my nightvision. I had to tap on each light to turn them off.

• Sleeping. I slept upfront by retracting the steering wheel, sliding the seat all the way back and resting my feet on the dash. Trunk was full of camping, beach, and first aid gear. And no way I'm fitting in the rear.

• A lot of thought went into camping mode. When you start the fire starts off small and grows overtime, like a real fireplace.

The beach we camped at was Bahia Honda Key. We were just a few feet from the ocean. It was an awesome experience and I might do it again. Though I wish we had a Model Y for the space, our 3 is almost paid off and it was plenty enough for us.

I have the tent. I have the mattress for sleeping inside the rear of the Y. I have a cot for my partner. I have a sub trunk fridge on order. Soon we will go camping.