Rooftop Tents

[Sawsalesman]

Takes 5 minutes to set up! Go to www.cartopcamper.com and watch the video.

[schaney]

Sawsalesman, great looking setup

One advantage of the fold open rooftop style tents is the amount of sleeping space they have. A poptop's bed is about 6'-1" x 47". Sawsalesman's family size unit is 8' x 71" and a standard size model, such as the one on the below Syncro, is 8' x 56".

There is also a changing room available, this hangs down below the portion of the tent unit that folds over making a nice side tent.

If you're near the Salem Oregon area and want to see one of these in person let me know.

Disclosure statement; I'm the owner of Compact Camping Concepts & Top-Tent.com .
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[BusterBrown]

You guys; these kinda look like tree houses. I'm sure the kids love them!

But also looks like a falling hazard. I worry about falling from the upper bunk in my poptop westy, when climbing up and down!

Ah, to be so young again.
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1978 Sage Green Westfalia (Happy Trails, SOLD)
1977 Transporter

Life is short. Can I have some of yours?

[Sawsalesman]

Scott,

Just so you known I only posted the other site because it shows a video of the set up. Your service was excellent and we will be sleeping in it this Friday night.

[schaney]

Sawsalesman, no worries, we have some new youtube videos in the works. Look forward to hearing your perceptive on being Tent Topped after sleeping in your new tent unit for a few nights.

BusterBrown, It's funny you mention falling, I get may people that ask, “Don’t you worry about falling out in the middle of the night?”

My answer is; While sleeping in a ground tent, when was the last time you woke up in the dirt outside your tent? This excludes times when excessive alcohol consumption was involved and you don’t remember how you got there in the first place. The likelihood of ripping through the side of a rooftop tent is extremely small. Also remember the tent bows act as bed rails and keep you safely inside the tent if you roll up against them.
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[RIOMX]

[schaney]

Here is another one for our folding tent unit that a customer has setup on a VW ...

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[Sawsalesman]

Scott,

Enjoyed my tent for a full week. Very comfortable with the built in mattress and I even had enough room to put an oscillating fan up there to keep us cool during a couple of warm nights. Going to Maine this weekend and try it out there as well. Should be interesting to see what the hurricane does but it looks like it is calming down and will only bring a little rain and 20MPH gusts tomorrow night. I think the drive to Maine in the morning will be more interesting than the actual camping later that night. Looks like it's going to blow past pretty quickly. Bring on the steamed and fried clams!!!

[fastwagens]

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[airkooledchris]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=553284

this is the same thing, but brand new.

[Hippie]

[TomWesty]

[fastwagens]

[notchboy]

Best replica of a Amescador rear tent.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/720562.jpg

Here are some shots of the whole Dutch conversion with the rear tent.

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[Desertbusman]

[jasonious]

I have an orginal Westfalia one.

[Desertbusman]

Nice
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71 Superbug
71 Westy

[notchboy]

Dude your stacked! Very nice. Ive been thinking of a back tent. Might as well get it all from the 70s camping era. I have the westfalia side tent as well but that back one is sweet.

Stacked Amescador

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[schaney]

Sawsalesman, Glad to hear you Tent Unit is working out for you! They can handle wind and rain just fine, although I won't want to hurricane test one

The rear door tents look like a great option for gaining a some extra space. I've seen the one from Flyawaydesigns, they are just up the road from me, nice heavy duty tent.
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[ccpalmer]