They look great and they're handy for off-road adventures, but using them is a bit more complex and counterintuitive than you'd wager. The 2026 Subaru Outback has a very high, 800-pound static load capacity. Static load means what it sounds like: When the Outback's not moving, you can put 800 pounds on top. The dynamic rating is merely 110 pounds, the static one, a more modest 450 pounds. Massively reductively, a rooftop tent, like any load mounted on top of your rig, changes the way the thing handles.