What Are the Advantages to a Rooftop Tent?

[Brocked]

I’ve never pitched a tent in a roof.

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[coolrain]

 

[radprez]

Thanks for the info. I live in a condo and removing it all the time would be a hassle. And there's no space to store it except the UHaul store across the street.

 

[Rick Astley]

With a rooftop tent, you never roll over in the night onto a fat wad of uncomfortable cash in your pocket.

The rooftop tent took care of that for you!

 

[VelocityBronco]

PRO: Just think of all the exercise you get climbing up and down a ladder all night to piss after you've been drinking at the fire.
Con: Have to close the tent down any time you want to drive your vehicle...

 

[FATHORSE]

SNEK, BERS, and Not having to set up a Tent on unknown ground level or conditions. I have never owned one or even been in one. But you can get one with a memory foam mattress and not worry about rolling in or packing it away in your cabin space. Which in the 2 door you pretty much don't have. I look forward to buying one some day.

 

[FATHORSE]

PRO: Just think of all the exercise you get climbing up and down a ladder all night to piss after you've been drinking at the fire.
Con: Have to close the tent down any time you want to drive your vehicle...

I have a good aim, just need to zip the fly down 2 inches! LOL!!!

 

[Kino]

Not spending $150 to $250/night at a hotel in many places. I do like to travel.

 

[MacHudson]

Roof top tent - every campsite is near a waterfall, at least once in the middle of the night.

What? Hey, I ain’t climbing down no ladders in the dark. Didn’t you read? There’s snakes out there!

 

[jboes13]

How easy is it to steal one of these off the roof? Any locks or something?

They're pretty heavy. (100lbs+) It would take all of two people to steal one. Which is not out of the question. I just imagine it would be awkward. I have done quite the research on what would be the best one out there. CVT offers a good range of tents. Pricey! Although good quality. I plan on getting one, although the factory static and dynamic weight limits worry me.

 

[jboes13]

110 Dynamic, 450 Static. I weight in at 240. Being 6'4". I may need to lose weight, or find an upgraded roof rack ?

 

[Razorback]

If you have one, you would have to switch out the tent for roof racks from time to time? Certainly if you use a cage tray? I wouldn't want to drive all the time with the tent but would like to have the roof racks to give a taller look.

 

[AZHUND]

I thought the big reason was you can have a big/fancy RTT and not lose valuable interior cargo space for the tent (and whatever you leave in there - like pads). That is a big plus on space-lacking vehicles like a bronco.

Also, they look cool and get more instagram likes.

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