Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Your Roof Top Tent

[pray4surf]

Yes, they stack some, but still hold the cover up pretty close to the base, here is a shoot. Would be interested in seeing shoots of what you did.

Took me way to long to get the RTT back out in the field, but I did snap a pic of my cover straps


Same as you did - what threw me was seeing yours stowed with the tent in the 'folded/closed' position..

 

[T-Rey1]

My tent has the 3 straps that go over the cover when put away and I see others only have 2. Is 3 really needed. It Shure would improve my tent if I only used 2 straps instead of 3

 

[compactcamping]

Same as you did - what threw me was seeing yours stowed with the tent in the 'folded/closed' position..

Yes I pointed mine in towards to tent so they would flop into place easy when closing.

Tmreyes1, the center one holds the ladder down and keeps it from bouncing around. Tents like Tepui have a strap under the cover for holding the ladder down.

 

[Rattler]

My Mombasa has 3. Somewhrer back about 100 pages or something you can see the replacement straps I made too. Much better than those cinch buckles!

 

[teotwaki]

Based on all of the information here I updated my straps for the cover and added two to where the ladder goes. The extra ones in the center stop ladder bounce as well as stop the cover ballooning up while driving. The wider straps are much nicer than the skinny OEM straps.

more pix at the blog: http://suntothenorth.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-02-16T18:04:00-08:00&max-results=7

 

[T-Rey1]

Yes I pointed mine in towards to tent so they would flop into place easy when closing.

Tmreyes1, the center one holds the ladder down and keeps it from bouncing around. Tents like Tepui have a strap under the cover for holding the ladder down.

I see. Thanks for that. Ill look at my friends Tepui

 

[Limbwalker]

I have a couple upgrades on order. Firstly, the velcro on the straps of my Tepui is a joke and falling apart from cinching down a 0degree bag inside, so I ordered some snap buckles off amazon that I think will work.
Also found a little stick-on battery powered Led light that wont be awesome, but adequate. We dont really hang out up there, so dont need a ton of light... Just enough to get ready for bed
Cheers
Scott

 

[parapyropig]

300lb 1" fastex buckle with 1" biothane webbing.

 

[Tigglebitties]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MODXVO8/ref=pd_aw_sbs_1?pi=SS115&simLd=1&dpPl=1&dpID=41eN2cj++lL

Anyone think this would work in the floor of a tepui RTT?

 

[parapyropig]

Has anyone tried substituting ratchet straps to replace the cover straps? I see the cover on my Tepui billowing & flapping around in my sideview mirror - all that movement has to create a pressure differential inside the folded tent that could pull in moisture into the tent.

 

[captwoody]

Harbor freight triangle LED Lights

Harbor freight has these little LED triagle lights for around 3 bucks. they have red LED blinking,red LED constant good for night vision and white LED which put out enough light in a tent to read by. Plus if you buy 3-4 of them you can use them instead of flares in the red mode

 

[prharleys]

Car trunk net used as a shoe hammock

I used the net that came with my car for organizing the trunk by simply sliding it over the tube that extends the overhang of the tent. Of course this only works with the tents that have the overhang.

 

[Rattler]

Has anyone tried substituting ratchet straps to replace the cover straps? I see the cover on my Tepui billowing & flapping around in my sideview mirror - all that movement has to create a pressure differential inside the folded tent that could pull in moisture into the tent.

I got some webbing and used these instead. I think I had a pic posted a ways back here.

http://www.strapworks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSRB-ABLK

 

[Expedition.Report]

I got some webbing and used these instead. I think I had a pic posted a ways back here.

http://www.strapworks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSRB-ABLK

I used something similar as well, seems to be holding up well


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[Tigglebitties]

I scored some free foam mattress pads and put two of the 1" pads under the stock mattress. Makes it harder to close, but I think the foam will compress after a while and get easier.
In the meantime, I haven't slept this well in months.