Pop top or High top - Opinions...

The Tardis factor (interiors , awnings, roofs etc)

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...As the title suggests - am looking to do a roof conversion and would like to hear of your experiences and prefs !

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High. I didn't buy a camper just to carry on sleeping in a tent...
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Pop. I bought a camper, not a double decker bus.

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But going on holiday in a double decker is the height of cool! Just look at that trendy young Cliff Richard chap and his groovy mates...
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Was hightop all the way, until i bought a westy pop top.
More storage in a hightop if your a family though
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Neither......you can't beat a tin top for looks!
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Everyone knows you have to be over 70 to legally own a hightop camper.

I prefer the ability to get into seaside car parks with height restrictions, and what I imagine would be better mpg.

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High.




and dills05 there's really enough threads on this site for you to use the search facility for even more reasons (some obscure ones even).

For sheer VW looks it has to be a tin top Aircooled panel (plaything)
For summer cool a pop top
For all year round camping without storage stress a high top
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Pop top....solid sided
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I have had both but prefer pop top as we like to sleep up top and we find the pop top bed has more head room
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kevtherev wrote: For sheer VW looks it has to be a tin top Aircooled panel (plaything)
For summer cool a pop top
For all year round camping without storage stress a high top

I totally agree Kev..........do you reckon I can convince Nige that we need 3 vans?
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You bet
next time we meet
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high all the way, where else would you store the ' swingball'. Not convinced that the mpg is any different on any of them.

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no-one mentioned a single cab pickup
It is by will alone that I set my 'van' in motion!

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Nah. Bit too chilly sleeping in the back.
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