Do you actually use or need a pass thru window from camper to pickup?

[Dave in AZ]

There is zero way I'm getting thru that cab window, to escape from axe murderers or grizzlies. My 01 Tacoma cab access is barely big enough to get my head thru. I could get one arm and my head, but not my shoulder. So THAT possible use is removed!

I tried to get my daughter to try it, as we camp for hunting sometimes, and she is 125 lbs and 15y.o. She climbed in the truck bed, looked, and went back inside. My small wife wouldn't even go to the garage lol. So I got no one to help me escape that way... I'm just gonna have to carry heavy.

 

[Steve_382]

After 50 years of using vans I am not sure I can even live with a large pass through. I can get a cold water from the door of my fridge without leaving the driver's seat. I could probably get by with the pass throughs on the TerraNova or the Rossmonster Baja.

 

[waltermitty]

Widebody windows but too costly for me to consider. I'll just watch my waistline so I won't have to call 911 for their jaws of life

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[Dave in AZ]

Widebody windows but too costly for me to consider. I'll just watch my waistline so I won't have to call 911 for their jaws of life

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Hey this is an actual player lol! $500 is the same price most camper popups are charging to install a sliding window. I bet they'd charge less for just no panel at all...

 

[jchasse]

After 50 years of using vans I am not sure I can even live with a large pass through. I can get a cold water from the door of my fridge without leaving the driver's seat. I could probably get by with the pass throughs on the TerraNova or the Rossmonster Baja.

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[Mules]

Pass through or not?

Definitely pass through for me. In my situation, it is easier getting in and out of my camper through the back seat of the truck versus the tailgate.

I can also use the cab area of my Jeep Gladiator as additional living space in my pop-up camper.

 

[stevo_pct]

I have heard several people mention security with respect to windows in a camper/topper. If the thief is willing to break a window, couldn't they just break one of the front door windows and then hit the unlock button to unlock the tailgate? Or is the security more for visibility so that a thief doesn't know what's inside and might move out?

 

[Groverland]

Sure, if a thief is determined enough they can get into anything. My truck doesn't have power locks for the tailgate, but I know a pry bar is all really needed to pop-open the back panel that sits ABOVE the tailgate. I keep everything locked at all times and just hope the casual opportunist will see it's locked, can't see anything inside due to the lack of any windows, and move on.

 

[craig333]

FWC stopped offering them as an option due to the number of complaints about leakage.

 

[MR E30]

I have heard several people mention security with respect to windows in a camper/topper. If the thief is willing to break a window, couldn't they just break one of the front door windows and then hit the unlock button to unlock the tailgate? Or is the security more for visibility so that a thief doesn't know what's inside and might move out?

This is why I didn't want windows. I don't need the curious passerby to be able to confirm that valuable stuff is in there. My Canopy Camper itself doesn't have any obvious 'weak points' but a determined individual is getting in the side hatches without too much trouble.

 

[stevo_pct]

OK thanks all. So the security issue with respect to windows just has to do with a potential thief being able to look inside and see valuables in the back.

 

[Mules]

When I was building my camper, I was going to put windows in the hard sides. I'm glad I didn't, because they would have been below my belt line when standing up in the camper.

For Pop-Up camper designs, the windows can be in the pop-up tent section and not in the hard side. This way the camper is secure when traveling, and the windows pop-out with the top. It sure is nice to have a view when cooking breakfast on those cold mornings.

I do like the window at the tailgate, as I can see out it while driving.

 

[Rbardwell]

I'm in the same boat as you (considering OVRLND or Tune M1). I don't think I need a pass through, but I like the idea of rear visibility when driving. Seems like that might actually work for the Tune M1 - the window looks big enough to give some real visibility, but I haven't seen one in person yet.

You can see quite well out the back of the truck on the Tube M1. I was pleasantly surprised how well.

 

[Adventure2323]

I like the future options it allows us, still don’t know who we will use the space and have everything set up. plus if I ever needed to pick up very long materials I open up the rear slide have it inside the cab of the truck and if we opted out of the rear slide I would loose that option. Better to get it and not need it, and have it installed during build and install than having to try to add one later. Just my thoughts. Ps thanks for creating the other forum for tune m1


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[Trail Talk]

We paid OEV to close-up their pass-through before we mounted the cabin on a new cab & chassis. Three years on and we don’t miss it or even think about it except perhaps on those cold northern nights, warm in the cabin and glad not to have a large, useless hole in the envelope (or the truck for that matter). If we didn’t have winter travel as a priority I might think differently. But maybe not, with our layout the opening can't be made large enough to walk through without relocating the battery cabinet, plus surgery to the back seat of our supercab. Not enough benefits to justify IMHO.