Rugged adventures call for a durable yet comfortable sleeping solution. Just because the trails were rough doesn’t mean the sleep needs to be. deepsleep products are tenaciously designed with military-grade materials for off-road use and your best night’s rest on the backroads. You can also hit the road with confidence knowing we stand behind our products and we’ve got your back with personalized customer service.
We believe the overland life doesn’t need to break the bank. Maybe a rooftop tent or trailer set up isn’t in the budget right now, or you don’t camp enough to justify that. deepsleep gear is a pocket-friendly way to step up your adventure-mobile to get you out there! Time is money as they say. Save time setting up tents and get to enjoying your off-time faster! With deepsleep, you can set up base camp in your car in just a few minutes.
deepsleep products are quality-focused and not some wimpy, 1 season disposable. They're designed to last for many trips to come, overall reducing waste in the long run. We also put boots on the ground and regularly donate our time and sales dollars to trail cleanups, and efforts for public land conservation and access. Every deepsleep purchase supports our family business and trickles down to others as well as our domestic suppliers.
After we got our first offroad vehicle and discovered newfound love for camping and all things outdoors… we stumbled upon an under-served community.
It started with an infamous night where we burned a hole in our tent (embarrassing story) so we decided to throw the seats down and sleep in the back of our Jeep. It seemed like a good idea, until we woke up the next morning with a lot of back aches and only a little bit of sleep.
There had to be an option for the ‘inbetweeners’ – those who like to camp but don’t have the rooftop or trailer set up, but still want a better, affordable way to camp. And it had to be comfortable.
There’s no hired design or marketing firm behind deepsleep. It ultimately was built out of a lot of research, ingenuity, and commitment by people who sincerely wanted a good night’s sleep on the road.
After scouring the internet for better car camping solutions, we came up empty handed. There was a surprising lack of options back then… so we took the drawing board to make it happen! After a lot of hard work and many nights spent testing 4 generations of prototypes, we had our ‘goldilocks’ moment. We found the best combinations of comfort, quality and a good night’s rest on wheels. It started out as a project of our own, but if we were looking for this – others probably were too, right?
As a new and innovative product design, our deepsleep Jeep/SUV air mattress was published by Kickstarter in 2017. After receiving global backing from the camping community, deepsleep became the first-ever company to drop a contoured air mattress for an SUV, and the first company dedicated to the concept of car camping.
We didn’t stop there. An air mattress may not be everyone’s style, so in 2020 we brought to market the first self-inflating foam sleeping mat specifically contoured and designed for car camping and expanded our product line to fit over 1,400 vehicles.
We’re stoked to be the leading innovators and game-changers of car camping products that sparked a whole new industry. We remain a small team of 5 dedicated to making comfortable and affordable adventures possible with mindful, industry-leading quality. We’ll see you on the trails!
Nate is the primary product designer and patent owner for deepsleep. He works mainly in material sourcing with our domestic and international suppliers, and closely with our manufacturing team for quality control and environmental efficiency. He’s an avid hunter, camper and the office scotch aficionado.
Liz is our marketing and social media team. If you comment or chat with us online, it’s probably her messaging back! Liz also oversees our network of small business retailers worldwide, and our partnerships with charitable organizations and events. She enjoys camping, concerts, prefers bourbon, and loves animals (sometimes more than people).
Zach oversees our overall warehouse operations, order fulfillment, and also doubles as our repair tech. If you’ve ever taken advantage of our free repair service, he’s usually the guy fixing it! Zach is known for leaving small cartoon drawings around the shop in random places, and makes some pretty rad stuff out of recycled skateboards in his spare time.
Claire manages our front office. She handles most day-to-day front desk responsibilities and oversees most customer service. If you contacted us by email or phone, Claire was probably the first person you spoke to! Claire loves to camp, she's the most meticulous list-maker you'll ever meet, and she's pretty good at keeping us all in line around the shop. Fun fact: she hates it when we call her 'office manager', so if you ever need to email us or call in... please be sure to call her that :)
Olivia(Claire’s sister) joined the deepsleep team in 2021 and handles most of our packaging, order fulfilment, and manages inventory. If you’ve shopped with us recently your order was most likely packaged with love by Olivia. She describes herself as more ‘indoorsy’ than the rest of us, even though she’ll hike or camp if someone else plans it. She loves to read in her spare time. She has ‘many leather-bound books and her apartment smells of rich mahogany.’
Minka is our mascot and helps with product testing by making sure things are pet friendly and paw-approved! She loves to car camp, and attend expo shows with us. Her favorite game is stealing bean bags while we’re trying to play corn hole, and she'll never turn down beef jerky or cheese.
She helps our team advocate for our public lands by attending trail cleanups with us and she became the 1st 4-legged member of Tread Lightly in 2020. She is also a certified ‘Bark Ranger’ with the National Park Service.
As the world of overlanding and off-road adventuring has become more popular, the toll it takes on our public lands cannot be ignored.
Our team works closely with Tread Lightly to donate our time and a portion of proceeds to support their mission for responsible recreation awareness and education, protecting public land access, and nationwide trail cleanup events.
Another cause close to our hearts is charity: water. When we fill up our water jugs in preparation for our next trip, most of us often take for granted how cheap and easily accessible our clean water really is where the majority of us live. Water is a basic necessity that should be fairly and equally accessible to anyone around the world. For this reason, we’ve partnered with charity: water to do our small part to support their mission in ending the global clean water crisis.
“Be the change you want to see”.
