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Now that @lawndart is on this site, how tall are you and how do you fit in the AluCab tent? I can't imagine that I would fit in one but I really like that style of tent.

 

About 6'1, and it fits very comfortably. Plenty of space for 2 people and a dog. Or in my case myself and my dog and a sizable amount of crippling depression.

 

Sweet. I'm 6'2." so that means I'd fit. I tried to check it out at expo but couldn't find your trailer.

 

Trailer was in the overflow camping area, while the truck was in a booth. But it's a great tent, but there's some stuff you kinda have to fix before you start using it. The ladder...is built well, but it sucks in that it's too long so you can't store it anywhere. The mattress also needs some memory foam to make it comfortable. And I really wish the doors/flaps zipped upwards rather than downwards. The views are better in an Auto Home, Magolina, James Baroud, but the speed of setup on the Alu-Cab is pretty awesome.

 

If you haven't already gotten memory foam, costco has memory foam mattress pads. My girlfriend used to have one and we cut it to fit the tent. It's great. The bed in the tent is more comfortable than our bed at home.

I'm looking to get a hardshell tent next. I'm tired of folding it up every time we want to drive elsewhere. If I had a trailer, it would be no prob, but hardshells seem to be easier to set up and take down. I like CVT's new hardshell a lot.

 

I think you'd be happy with a James Baroud or Magolina. The CVT's are just them buying more Chinese copies of the Auto Homes/Magolina design. They were trying to build their own design but I guess they just gave up.

And yeah already replaced the foam. Makes a big difference.

 

Tell your lady friend to bring it east

 

you're supposed to stop wanking when it hurts bro

 

On top of the civic?? Haha

 

I saw one on a Honda mini van a few days ago.

 

I've seen them a Subarus that aren't much bigger than a civic. Guess it's the lack of desire to have it on a civic.

 

Yeah I've seen them on civics in Yosemite. People rent them. I think I'm gonna sell it to her brother. Find a solid ground tent until I can afford a hard shell and have a daily driver so I don't have to take it off/put it on constantly to fit in structures in LA

 

Or it's time to get my trailer built

 

Are they huge folded up? Worried about interior space

 

my friend has an ozark and it compares 100% to my coleman. Even the colors haha

 

Awesome. The thing I dread most about going back to ground is carrying an air mattress

 

i have a double thick queen mattress for my boujie ass and i fill all my camping gear in two large tupperware style totes. Stove, cookware, tent, poles, stakes, mattress and pump. Mucho easy.

 

I think that Lindsay and I would fit nicely in this tent.

 

the double thick ones are nice. I over inflate it so when i get up to piss in the night she doesnt roll to the center.

 

My wife just texted me that my Mavic pro was delivered. Damn, now I wanna get out of work early.