Roof Top tents?
#11
09-20-2007, 04:56 PM
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Re: Roof Top tents?
THAT made my day right there! hahahahaha! Silly Wabbitt, Hybrid owners don't do that, it would take time away from doing spreadsheets of cost analysis.
#12
09-20-2007, 09:23 PM
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Re: Roof Top tents?
I'm sorry... but this is one of the sillyest things I've ever seen.
Was that something that was kicked off of "American Inventor" TV show, but they built it anyway?
From a technical side, I think the FEH could easily handle the empty weight while you were driving it somewhere, but not the weight of people inside on top. Are they serious about LIVING on top of your car/SUV?
This seems silly, not to mention dangerous. I can easily picture the thing slipping off with people inside... short of welding it to the car. I would never ever trust such a mikey mouse design, and so I would never sleep.
Now, if it is used as a cool, quick, pop-up tent used on the GROUND once you get were you are going, I say go for it. I would love a tent with a floor, as there is alway that one rock that gets to you in a standard tent.
So this could still be very useful used in a more traditional sense.
Was that something that was kicked off of "American Inventor" TV show, but they built it anyway?
From a technical side, I think the FEH could easily handle the empty weight while you were driving it somewhere, but not the weight of people inside on top. Are they serious about LIVING on top of your car/SUV?
This seems silly, not to mention dangerous. I can easily picture the thing slipping off with people inside... short of welding it to the car. I would never ever trust such a mikey mouse design, and so I would never sleep.
Now, if it is used as a cool, quick, pop-up tent used on the GROUND once you get were you are going, I say go for it. I would love a tent with a floor, as there is alway that one rock that gets to you in a standard tent.
So this could still be very useful used in a more traditional sense.
#13
09-26-2007, 04:00 PM
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Re: Roof Top tents?
Actually, when I was on Safari in Kenya, i saw a couple of these on top of land cruisers. they're quite sturdy and not mickey-mousey at all.
#15
09-27-2007, 04:22 PM
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Re: Roof Top tents?
Has anyone thought about using a roof top tent? I've seen these: http://www.loftyshelters.com and they look really nice, but it seems like a lot of weight to have on the top of your vehicle. I mean, with two adults we're probably talking 300 to 350 lbs in addition to the weight of the tent. Would the roof stand up to this? Anyone have any experience with this kind of system?
I'm not afraid of heights, but I'd hate to roll out of bed from the height of my Escape Hybrid's roofline...ouch.
Edited To Add:
Of course, I manage to turn ordinary things into medical emergencies... I severed my ACL while carrying laundry downstairs (missed a step and landed wrong, *SNAP*). I have three nice long Ti (titanium) screws in my left leg now, and I stand by my assertion that doing laundry is hazardous to your health...so why risk it? <grin> Yeah...it didn't work on my husband, either, except for the 3 months I rehabbed the knee after ACL reconstruction.
Last edited by GeekGal; 09-27-2007 at 04:30 PM.
#16
09-27-2007, 04:26 PM
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Re: Roof Top tents?
Bah, even hybrid owners get freaky now and then and make little baby future plug-in and solar flying car owners (I can dream, about the flying car, shush!)
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