What Temps do you use your Flip Pac?

[Clutch]

I dunno. Seems like a lot of work for you flip-packkers if you want to use the whole truck. It's hard to argue with 20 minutes to off my TC and have a whole empty open bed. Without either some form of crane system, or some extreme carpentry work to just go ahead and 'make it a slide-in'. I think I'd do what I did, and buy an inexpensive used pop-up TC of some sort and give it a try. It's going to cost you about the same as a new flip-pack, and it will probably already have a heater and a fridge in it - so you've hit several birds with one stone.

In my case, my camper is actually larger than my truck bed, so in some cases I can fit more crap in there with the camper on than without (depending on the type of crap, that is)

Just leave the FP on full time...use it like a normal shell. I have a open trailer for anything too big to fit in the truck bed...takes minutes to hook up a trailer.

I have owned pickups for 26 years now, they all had toppers...think I pulled the topper off for about a month on my current truck...didn't care for it and slapped it back on. Nice to have that closed in space for a variety of things. I just toss my camp gear in and go.

Unless you're living full time in a TC...you'll get your money worths out of a FP if you use daily as a topper. TC's generally sit storage waiting for the next trip.

 

[kpherzog]

We are located in Grants Pass.. use our Flip-Pac pretty much year-round, though rarely in the winter in Oregon (spend spring & fall in the desert SW). We have camped in temps as low as 20 degrees or so, do not use supplemental heat but do have good winter sleeping bags. We have had our Flip-pac close to 20 years now, and love it. I would not recommend it for extensive periods of rain.. it gets pretty damp inside from the inevitable condensation. It will weather a couple of days OK, but beyond that we bail for a motel. On a Alaska trip several years ago we had showers & drizzle every day for a month.. it was livable but only because it was Alaska! I have found it impossible to put the fly on after the tent is open. It's pretty easy to put it on as the top is opened, especially for two people, but one can manage. You may have to position the truck into the wind while opening/closing if it's windy.. no problem in just breezy conditions. Once up it stands pretty good wind gusts with little problem, though it can be noisy & will bounce around a lot.

 

[Costman13]

I have never owned a FP, but do have a FWC Eagle. I will say having a FWC is almost too nice. You really don't feel like you're out camping. The idea of a FP still being a tent, is pretty awesome. However the ease of going out with a FWC is unbeatable. All that needs to be loaded up is food, the rest is in place and ready to go.