Pop top or High top - Opinions...

The Tardis factor (interiors , awnings, roofs etc)

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anaconda wrote: No such problem with a 'proper' tin top camper though.

IIRC the French have a clear definition as to what can and can't stay on Aires .... now whether le gendarmerie can be asred to enforce it is another matter.
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anaconda wrote:As said though each to their own, and ultimately the real beauty re these things is that we can style whatever model we prefer to our own spec.
Couldn't agree more. I wasn't giving a thumbs up for one over another; just pointing out the high tops 'inner beauty'.
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Ian Hulley wrote:
anaconda wrote: No such problem with a 'proper' tin top camper though.

IIRC the French have a clear definition as to what can and can't stay on Aires .... now whether le gendarmerie can be asred to enforce it is another matter.

To be honest its not something we've really considered. We tend to stay at campsites/munis en route but its definitely worth knowing. Cheers
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Everybody's said "somewhere to store the bedding" as being one of the pro-high reasons - it sprang into my mind (not yet having seen a pop-top, let alone owned one) whether it's feasible to use something like a cargo net inside the closed pop-top...?

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AdrianC wrote:Everybody's said "somewhere to store the bedding" as being one of the pro-high reasons - it sprang into my mind (not yet having seen a pop-top, let alone owned one) whether it's feasible to use something like a cargo net inside the closed pop-top...?

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with a bit of creativity you can do anything, having used a poptop for seven years or so, that includes spending six weeks in france with 3 kids on more than one occasion fluff and i have now decided to go the fixed top route. fixed top? its closer to the factory hitop dimensions, you cannot sleep up there but it has all the advantages of hitop but a bit lower. check it out on www.vwcamperroof.com. as for looks/style you kinda get used to it if you know what i mean, i am a funny looking fella and my totty says she loves me . whatever you do enjoy your camping.

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AdrianC wrote:Everybody's said "somewhere to store the bedding" as being one of the pro-high reasons - it sprang into my mind (not yet having seen a pop-top, let alone owned one) whether it's feasible to use something like a cargo net inside the closed pop-top...?

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I would have thought it should be possible, the net would simply rise with the top when lifted. I did see one fixed to a tintop roof. Its a nice idea.
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