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PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:29 am    Post subject: Re: How to sleep 4 with a tintop Vanagon for $500 Reply with quote

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The famous $524 roof top tent that can switch to any car you have, and that comes off your tintop in minutes for its daily driver life.....

What's cool is we later discovered that it doesn't have to live on the roof and be secured against wind and weathering. It fits PERFECTLY in the cargo area. So now we leave the plywood base up there (also a cool place to sit with lawn chairs with a superb view) and toss it up there upon arrival.

It's much bigger than it looks, too. Note how far forward it goes, and it is probably 8" narrower than the factory rear bed. We've used it on the Cruiser, the Mitsubishi, the Vanagon and on the ground. We even contemplated putting it on the new Outback for fun to see if it works.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:52 am    Post subject: Re: How to sleep 4 with a tintop Vanagon for $500 Reply with quote

That really is a great idea. Thanks for re-sharing, Doug!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:05 pm    Post subject: Re: How to sleep 4 with a tintop Vanagon for $500 Reply with quote

I couldnt edit my earlier post. Didnt like the tone of my.post. Regardless of my fear of bears in bear country, this really is a stupendous idea. I

just cant justify a rooftop tent but this is multiuse. Set it beside the Westy if you have extras kids, on top of a tintop.or your subaru, whatever. I see a similiar product called Kamprite cot also. Wondering if it is the company which makes the profuct.

While thinking about this idea, I notice a similar one mounted sideways on a jeep. And there is a compact still double bed version which doesnt have the rail down the middle. More info here:

https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/tent-cot-collapsable-double.143211/

Here is another thread, again with the cabelas kamprite double tent cot mounted sideways, this time with the legs removed and the base of the cot mounted directly against the plywood.

https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/tent-cot-to-roof-top-tent-conversion.34869/

These videos are the single cot but you get the idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml6Wge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URk95O6-reE
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