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MarJay wrote: | But they keep you off the floor, away from snakes, scorpions, zombies etc. I don't make the thing, I just know the vague application for them. |
well, yes I can see how that might be of benefit in some inhospitable territories but this lot seems to be pitching them (pun unintended) at the European 'adventurer'..
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I'd be worried about that roof carrying up to 200KG worth of 2 adults and bedding, plus the weight of the tent and frame to be honest. |
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Weight is unlikely to be an issue if the mounting points are half decent; roofs are designed to hold the weight of the car these days so they don't collapse if a vehicle flips onto it's roof. The reason you see low load limits on car roof systems is due to dynamic forces, i.e. braking/cornering etc. - you can put a lot more load on them when they're not moving.
Back to the tents themselves;
Pros: they're probably better at preventing condensation as you're not on damp ground, nothing crawling in, no worry about finding smooth flat grass and possibly (ironically) greater privacy, depending on the height of your roof. Might even get a good view from campsites next to the sea/mountains etc. as you will probably see over walls.
Cons; I imagine they're cold as air can circulate underneath them, no shelter, ladder access for a 3am toilet break could be interesting, access back into the tent after returning from the pub at 2am could also be interesting, I imagine they're generally small and I wouldn't want to cook in one as if the thing caught fire, it's both going to be more painful than average to escape and it'll probably take the car with it when it burns down. You're also not going to be able to "set up camp" for a weekend then go out somewhere during the day, unless the car isn't moving.
I saw a lot of these in Iceland on top of Jimnys; I imagine to enable easy exploring of the F roads without having to worry about finding luggage space for a tent. Seemed popular so I assume they're acceptable, even in harsh Icelandic weather conditions (if you've not been, it redefines what we call "windy" in the UK). ____________________ TG. |
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Cool , how about a tent on a Fiat Panda?
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 188 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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