Good to the point honest review thank you.

Great review!

Really good info ! Very well done review !

Excellent review.need to see how it was mounted. Could see in ur vid the bolts and brackets. Cheers

I have the same tent and opted out of installing the roofbars due to the possibility of cracking (and clearance). Instead I stuck a flexible solar panel up there that is strapped down from the edges and also stuck with double sided adhesive tape

@yallawallahalla

Жыл бұрын

With this particular tent I agree this is likely the best option. However, in other tents I would not use this option as ideally you want an air gap between the hot solar panel and the tent. Solar panels can sit at well over 50°C so sticking one to your tent will turn it into a heater. Where as even a small air gap underneath will have the opposite effect.

Do you know the outer/roof shell is made from? Our paint has faded and want to redo it

Damn good review

@InformMotivateInspire

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Appreciate it 👍

Would love to see one of these in person If youre in central vic and can help it would be fantastic Thanks John

@InformMotivateInspire

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in QLD so can't help unfortunately, hopefully you find someone with the tent nearby. 👍

Great review thank you. I have the same tent and have cracking as well do you have any instructions on how to remove the shell? Thank you

@InformMotivateInspire

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Joram, glad you liked the videos (saw your comment on the repair video too 👍) I don't have any video instructions on how to remove roof, but here is a bit of a rough guide: First you need to unzip interior roof lining so you can access nuts on the bottom of the 8 large bolts that hold the roof down. Once you remove these bolts (may take some pushing/pulling due to sealant) you then need to remove all the small bolts (found in pairs) around the entire edge of the plastic roof, they go through the metal edge strip and attach to a metal bracket on the other side, this metal brack is bolted to the frame and can stay attached at the frame end. There's not much room to access some of these small edge bolts, and I had to drill a lot of mine out as they were rusted anyway. I replaced them all with small stainless bolts and nuts so they are easy to remove in future (i.e. can get an open-end spanner on the nut on the inside) and won't rust. I hope that makes sense and is helpful.

So basically steer clear of this roof top tent.

Great video! Have you worked out how to repairs the cracks succesfully?

@InformMotivateInspire

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Luke! I have worked out how to repair the cracks. The top is made of ABS plastic so I'm using an ABS 'slurry' (acetone mixed with ABS plastic peices which turns to liquid) to fill the cracks and reinforce it, basically just painting on multiple layers. I'm making a video of the repairs and once its finished I'll post a link to it in the description of this video. Pretty happy with how the repairs have turned out.

@InformMotivateInspire

4 жыл бұрын

Here's the video of how I repaired the cracks using an ABS 'slurry'. Really happy with the repairs. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2iA0a-Dd8nOqso.html

Great review but you talked me out of it cheers

@InformMotivateInspire

3 жыл бұрын

Glad the review helped, it's not a bad RTT but the cracking problem would be a deal breaker for a lot of people I reckon. Hope you find a RTT that suits you better 👍

hi mate what is the brand/wattage/size dimensions of the Solar panel in this video? do you recommend it (the solar panel)? thinking of buying the same tent, hence i would like a similarly sized panel Thanks!

@InformMotivateInspire

4 жыл бұрын

Solar panel is 150W from Low Energy Developments, dimensions 148x67cm. I went a relatively inexpensive panel, was around $140 delivered from memory. If we did it again I'd probably go a 200W panel, as the 150W wasn't quite enough to cover our power use, so after about 4 or 5 days we'd have to drive the car to top up our 110Ah battery from alternator.

Hi mate .does this come with specific mounting bolts or fittings. Got 1 second hand in great condition but didn't have fittings . Any help be great

@InformMotivateInspire

3 жыл бұрын

It does come with 4 mounting brackets and bolts when bought new. The brackets are just a flat rectangular peice of galvanised steel around 5mm thick with a slight curve in the middle (plain flat steel would work as well), and the bolts are just a cup head bolt with square neck and can be bought at any hardware store. Long story short, it'd be easy to buy the required parts to mount this tent if it didn't come with any. Just check for cracks in the roof as its a common problem with these tents. Hope that helps. Cheers 👍