I need to figure out what I am doing to do with the bed. I love having the convenience of an open bed for doing work, but not having the dry storage space a canopy offers kind of sucks. I’ve had a canopy before and it was a love hate relationship to say the least. I’ve thought about a Softopper but I’m not to fond of how it interfaces with the tailgate. Velcro is kind of lame.
I’ve racked my brain about this quite a bit. On one hand, the very large dry and secure storage of a shell would be great. But there are always those instances where I need an open bed to move large cargo.
Option 1 was to look at an aluminum shell. Much lighter than fiberglass. But still a pain to take off and store.
Option 2 was Softopper. Offers the large dry storage but no security. And looked kind of cheesy.
Option 3 was a tonneau. Not as much storage but not bad. Secure as well. And very easily removable and stores in the corner of the garage. I ultimately settled on a tri-fold model. Wish there were a go go gadget shell. For now, a tonneau cover works.