Questions for flippac owners?
I recently bought a used flippac to put on a 4x4 tacoma with a 6 foot bed.
I have a few questions for flippac owners.
How does the flippac tent fare in rain without a cover.
Has anyone tried using spraying or painting a waterproof coating for the tent --what did you use with what results? Would you recommend this.
Has anyone tried using a car or van cover to cover the tent in the rain.
What did you use, and how did you set it up, and how well does it work.
Has anyone used any type of protective coating on the flippac roof to protect it against sun.
If so what kind.
Has anyone bought a car or van cover to protect the flippac roof from the sun. . If so what kind will fit.
Can you use the same cover to cover the tent in the rain.
For information. My set up consists of the flippac with three 2 foot wide 3/4 inch plywood planks across the top of the truck bed. This to provide an adjustable floor/bed when with about 15 inches of storage space underneith, with all my supplies stored in 20 gallon rectangular plastic containers from Target. I keep food and heavy items in the containers in the truck bed under the plywood, and keep lighter stuff like clotehes and sleeping bags on the plywood floor in duffles. I used an extendable pole with a hook I epoxied on the top to retrieve the containers from the most innermost part of the truck bed, and to retrieve the duffles if I need to when the tent is not set up.
Because the floor is in three separate 2 foot wide pieces they can be stacked on top of each other if this is needed or useful.
This is a very simple set up, with no internal kitchen or freezer or microwave etc. Just a vehicle you can flip up the top and sleep in on the road or anywhere.
Very successful so far with limited use as the Tacoma 4x4 is a reasonably capable vehicle to get to isolated beautiful secluded spots on 4x4 dirt roads.and once I set up a folding table, and chairs, stove etc etc at the site outside the truck. I can create a comfortable campsite using the flippac simply to sleep in.
Very basic setup but very simple to set up and take down.
Don't know how well this would work in rain, as I don't know how well the flip pac tent will work in rain. Hence many of my questions above.
Paul from LA
I recently bought a used flippac to put on a 4x4 tacoma with a 6 foot bed.
I have a few questions for flippac owners.
How does the flippac tent fare in rain without a cover.
Has anyone tried using spraying or painting a waterproof coating for the tent --what did you use with what results? Would you recommend this.
Has anyone tried using a car or van cover to cover the tent in the rain.
What did you use, and how did you set it up, and how well does it work.
Has anyone used any type of protective coating on the flippac roof to protect it against sun.
If so what kind.
Has anyone bought a car or van cover to protect the flippac roof from the sun. . If so what kind will fit.
Can you use the same cover to cover the tent in the rain.
For information. My set up consists of the flippac with three 2 foot wide 3/4 inch plywood planks across the top of the truck bed. This to provide an adjustable floor/bed when with about 15 inches of storage space underneith, with all my supplies stored in 20 gallon rectangular plastic containers from Target. I keep food and heavy items in the containers in the truck bed under the plywood, and keep lighter stuff like clotehes and sleeping bags on the plywood floor in duffles. I used an extendable pole with a hook I epoxied on the top to retrieve the containers from the most innermost part of the truck bed, and to retrieve the duffles if I need to when the tent is not set up.
Because the floor is in three separate 2 foot wide pieces they can be stacked on top of each other if this is needed or useful.
This is a very simple set up, with no internal kitchen or freezer or microwave etc. Just a vehicle you can flip up the top and sleep in on the road or anywhere.
Very successful so far with limited use as the Tacoma 4x4 is a reasonably capable vehicle to get to isolated beautiful secluded spots on 4x4 dirt roads.and once I set up a folding table, and chairs, stove etc etc at the site outside the truck. I can create a comfortable campsite using the flippac simply to sleep in.
Very basic setup but very simple to set up and take down.
Don't know how well this would work in rain, as I don't know how well the flip pac tent will work in rain. Hence many of my questions above.
Paul from LA
