Great video. I’ve had mine for over 2yrs now. My best mods are -2 Ryobi compact fans with 2ah batteries hanging from the bar on the roof. We live in Cairns. -Sheets from Drifted Off. Brisbane company who see the top sheep onto the fitted sheet. -Tontine mattress toppers from BigW on top of the mattress. We own the 1200 wide so got a local sewer to cut then down. We like the tent as it’s not claustrophobic for my partner. Keep up the videos guys 👍👍
Thanks legends, looking for rooftop tents atm and this honest review has really helped. Nice watching a couple of Aussies getting straight to the point, so easy to watch
Great review, thanks for this. One tip to help with flapping flat straps is to twist them once or twice (if possible). Our tent on the trailer had flat straps for tie-downs and twisting them a few times (they were really long) helped immensely with the flapping and vibration from them.
I have this tent as well. Besides the wind flap which stops me from sleeping I'd say the worst part about that tent is that it zips open from the top. This means that if you need to go pee at night you have to unzip the entire thing instead of just slipping out the bottom.
Excellent review!!!! Can i confirm that you mentioned even with putting your own mattress and bedding in you can close it down effectively? That has been my main concern whilst we are looking for our next RTT. Cheers 🌞
Good one. Last year (2022) I was also interested in this RTT, mostly due to its low height when closed, and weight. But decided against it due to its lack of a hard floor - I'm not a fan of the slot system that this RTT uses as its floor, and I prefer a clam shell style RTT. So instead, I ended up getting the Darche Ridgeback RTT when it went on sale last year. However, the Darche is 200mm thick when closed and weighs 85kg (40mm & 20kg more than the Drifta), so I've always wondered if I made the right choice not getting the Drifta. But after your honest review, you just further reinforced that I made the correct choice. 'Coz other than a $39 mattress topper, I haven't had to spend a single cent to make my Ridgeback very comfortable and liveable.
Flapping straps. This is a hack from our boat. Put one or two twists in the strap and the flapping will go away. Because of the twist, air gets pushed in all directions causing it to stay put 👌
So basically the tents great provided you rebuild it and redesign it with poles, new mattress, 2 meters of Velcro, stay out of the wind and pack it down if you want to recharge via solar .
Sigh, this was at the top of my list, 1.4 and 65 kg with the side rails but perhaps not. Have you come across other campers that have raved about another rtt?
We know people with bush company, alucab and camp king and they all love them, if we were to do it again we would definitely be exploring those 3 oprions and maybe even the bushwakka, havent done much research on it but i like that the front pulls up too
the side flip hard roof..... you mentioned solar return from the angle whilst im looking at kayak mounted to roof.... a side flip would be better than a front flip
Just have to be careful that you can physically lift the hard shell, with just 2 solar panels mine is heavy enough to lift, i have seen people with alot more weight on the front fold
