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Austin H.
I am a professional product designer so I'll break it down in that way. DESIGN is good. The tent is lightweight, aerodynamic and looks premium. When it's closed, it's very discreet in the way I have it mounted. It doesn't LOOK like a RTT. Mounting was easy and removal is not bad either. Many details have clearly been thought through during the design process. The small awning mounts are neatly integrated (particularly the front) and the interior layout is comfortable for myself, my wife and our 4-year old son. It's a little cramped for all of us, but normally, it's just me and my son using this RTT as we have an off road trailer for family adventures. QUALITY is great, All the materials seem of good quality and the construction is high quality as well. ERGONOMICS is where I dinged a star. Setup is easy and super-fast, but putting it away is more work. Still easier than other RTT designs, but not as easy as our previous setup. The issue is the tent fabric gets stuck outside the interior struts, this makes the "pull-cords" used for pulling in tent fabric kind of useless. You have to manually tuck in the material pretty carefully. Trying to close this unit with the insulation kit inside is a real chore. I have practiced many times and it's always a pain to close this easily. The latches do not make it any easier! Also, the interior side pockets are not great. Very basic organization and the pockets contact the lower frame. This is not good on your phone. COMFORT is not good. The mattress is just over 1" thick and made from very basic sponge foam. My hips and shoulders contact the metal floor and I weight 150lbs. We immediately replaced the foams with an inflatable unit from Exped and it's been way more comfortable. Also, by deflating the pad, it's much easier to close the tent up. Overall, I would certainly recommend the tent. We also got all the accessories and Annex as well. It's a nice system. We endured extreme winds on our first major trip. 30-50 mph gusts. I had to reorient the truck/tent and needed to use the strut braces. We also had to adjust the rainfly to channel the winds...but we all survived and there was no damage to the tent. The next few nights saw 70mph gusts...so we went home!
4 years ago
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