23Zero Launches Armadillo Horizon
October 1, 2025
23ZERO has launched their new side-opening Armadillo Horizon series of rooftop tent, the company’s most refined hardshell designed for trail warriors, weekend adventurers, and full-time overlanders delivering rapid deployment, rugged durability, and a level of interior comfort that redefines life on the trail.
The Armadillo Horizon represents a breakthrough in rooftop tent engineering, combining the most popular features from 23ZERO’s proven Kabari PRO, Armadillo X, and Armadillo A models into a single, aerodynamically optimized platform. The four-season tent features a truly unique shell design – handcrafted, sanded, and powder-coated into a single aerodynamic piece, contoured to complement modern rigs and withstand headwinds and harsh elements alike. The fully welded 14-gauge aluminum shell with rounded corners is engineered to slice through headwinds while maintaining trail-tough construction.
“We’ve taken years of customer feedback and real-world testing to create what we believe is the ultimate hardshell rooftop tent,” said CEO and Founder Justin Dowey, of 23ZERO. “What sets the Armadillo Horizon apart is the unique hand-crafted shell design, and innovative H-Frame. It sets up fast due to the self-deploying front weather cover and self-inflating mattress. It delivers comfort and functionality with inbuilt power, lighting, and storage. And our unique sustainable yet ultimately durable fabric with LST is unmatched – it’s what serious overlanders demand for extended adventures.”
The tent’s innovative H-frame design lifts up and out, away from the tent body, providing additional internal space compared to traditional side-opening rooftop tents. It means you can sleep with your head at either end and accessories, such as awnings, can be mounted much closer to the tent body. The gas strut-assisted H-frame enables swift setup and take-down, while the time saving, self-deploying front hoop eliminates assembly of separate and messy components.
The tent utilizes 23ZERO’s proprietary ECO13B fabric which is 100% certified recycled 900D Polyester Oxford. It’s produced using recycled PET bottles resulting in huge energy savings as well as significantly less fresh water, petroleum, and chemical use during fiber production. Subsequently, ECO13B is naturally more resistant to water, mold, stains, abrasions and tears. ECO13B also features 23ZERO’s revolutionary LST™ (light suppression technology), an advanced UV blocking polyurethane coating which reduces 99% of light penetration and maintains up to 15% cooler temperatures inside the tent. Keeping interiors cooler and darker means sleeping in while camping is now possible, even during peak summer conditions.
Learn more by visiting the 23Zero website at www.23zero.com and check out the video below to see more.
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