Stowing during rain

[Deur]

Picked it up before the weekend, and had to use it first night. Snow and rain in Glacier NP. Worked great, everything was perfectly dry the next morning. Second night it was dry, so we decided not to use it. Big mistake - hood not only keeps you dry, but also warm. Third night - with hood - was great again.

Putting it over the normal RTT was a breeze - it just slides over the tent. Removing was just as easy.

We have our RTT on a rack over the bed of an F150, so not as high as it used to be on the FJ, but still at around 6'. If you can open all the windows on your tent, you should also be able to use this without much of a problem.

BTW - for everybody that is now worried that RTTs are not warm - if it gets to the low 40s you need to think about your sleeping gear and not blame the tent

 

[MANUCHAO]

back when I used to have a Eezy Awn. I set it up under pouring rain and put it away under the same conditions.. camped like this for a few days out of one month.
I never got any water inside and never worried about it getting smelly, but did get it to dry whenever possible.....

 

[grogie]

This was the first night of a first real trip with the Tepui. It rained most of the night. At 6 am it was lightly raining, and radar said it was going to be raining harder in an hour. So the wife and I got out, and by the time the water was boiling for coffee I had it closed up. We didn't open it up again for two nights and everything was dry inside, and with the air flow it always drys quickly. That's when I really fell in love with how quickly an RTT closes up to be on the road again. A big ground tent would have been a mess to deal with. (As I recall.) Still, I could see having a cover for a lot of rain, but then I'd probably find a motel.