Pop up roof tent anyone use one on their van ?

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Pop up roof tent anyone use one on their van ?

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They look awesome !

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Would look fantastic on my tin top !
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So long as you've got a good spread of weight through the roof bars/roof rack and a good ladder you'll be ok. Seen a lot on landys they do a really good one that fold out and is huge!

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very nice but serious cash well over £1000 new
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A friend of mine has one for the kids on his sunroof syncro and he loves it :)
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Still cheaper than a pop top and no cutting the roof open !
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sternal wrote:Still cheaper than a pop top and no cutting the roof open !

But you'd still be stooping whilst cooking the bacon and eggs and getting dressed. :roll:

The wind whistling between the roof of the van, and the tent base at 60-70mph might also be pretty annoying.

Too expensive to take seriously IMO, although a cool novelty item for infrequent usage, by tin-top owners. But then bolting it on and off the van would be a bind.

I think the Martin Walter company got it just about right in the 1890's with his first Dormobile roofs on carriages, which have been copied ever since by plenty of converters of camper vans.

A proper pop up roof system, or a tent strapped to your roof rack?

I know which one I'd choose.

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