Bed tents

For the first outing a hose at an RV hookup for future the water supply setup they have. But it not available until Sept.

 

That's really nice. Over here the ORV parks don't have anything but primitive sites. You're completely on your own. Water and electric hookups would be killer. A bath house would be awesome.

 

Yeah, I backpack and want to cut as much weight from my back as possible but a shelter without a floor is not an option IMO. I hate annoying bugs.

Edit: Oops quoted the wrong post. Someone else mentioned a floor being a must.

 

Hey all, definitely trying to decide between the Napier and the Rightline. Does anyone know if either of these would work with my bakflip MX4 tonneau cover without having to take it off? Like if I just fold it back all the way would it be fine?

 

The rightline should work since it has no floor. Any bed tent with a floor would be blocked by the cover even folded up.

 

lol ! Great picture with the geese in front of the tent! Awesome!

 

Check on Napiers website about what works and does not.

https://www.napieroutdoors.com/shop/truck-tents/backroadz-truck-tent-19-series/



Will the tent fit with a tonneau cover? Our Truck Tents will work with certain types of tonneau covers only; they are not compatible with all. Please see the list below for specifics:

• Retractable Tonneau Covers: Yes, these will work.
• Folding Tonneau Covers: Will NOT work; the tonneau cover will need to be removed.
• Hinged Tonneau Covers: Will NOT work; the tonneau cover will need to be removed.
• Roll-Up Tonneau Covers:
  • If the rolled-up tonneau cover is less than 6” high, yes you can place the truck tent over the tonneau cover.
  • If the rolled-up tonneau cover is more than 6” high, you will have to either remove the tonneau cover completely or place the truck tent up against the tonneau cover. If the tent is placed up against it, please note that rain could find its way between the truck tent and tonneau cover since there will be a slight gap between the two.

 

Photographer unknown!! It was just too cool to pass up.

 

this is super helpful. Thank you. I think I’ll go with the floor less rightline then.

 

50+ years of camping here. Pretty much seen and tried it all, except that floating tent! Would like to give that a try. All this stuff, it is part of the learning experience as to what fits your level of set-up/clean-up tolerance. As you mature your camping experience becomes more about time. Ease of use: What amount of time do I have to appropriate to get set up, then get to settle into that chair by the campfire with a beer? I leave a 32-foot Southwind motorhome in the shop when I go now because it is just too cumbersome as far as care, PM, trip make-ready, site setup, breaking camp, clean-up upon return. I can level it easily with electric jacks, so I sleep level unlike most of the options shown here, but the rest surrounding its use is just too much hassle. Just a couple of degrees of unlevel sleep surface will ruin a camping trip. I've cured all of that by going to a hammock. Best rest I ever got camping. Best time management. ALWAYS automatically perfectly level without wasting a second of time fidgeting around to get it level! And I can take it places I can't take a tent. Ten minutes as most set up time. All this stuff ends up owning you and your time. Take a que from the ultralight backpacking crowd like I did: go light. I am having more fun in my old age because its now about the camping, the fellowship, not the camping stuff.

 

@tonykarter What hammock setup is that?

 

It is Dream Hammock's Sparrow. Spendy, but cheapest route is to buy the best first and don't look back. Don't make the hammock mistake I did and try to po' boy it. I unnecessarily spent an ocean of money, have many marginal hammocks trying to do it on the cheap, none of which approach the Dream Hammock in quality, unlimited customization, lay-flat capability...and SLEEP COMFORT. Most hammocks will ruin you on hammocking. To wit: any ENO, the usual entry-level hammock for most. Don't do it. As previously stated, buy the best first and save a bunch of money and don't get your one shot at hammocking ruined and go back to tenting. Better picture:

 

Is that an A/C unit in there?

 

Ya I’m confused what the advantage a bed tent has over a normal ground tent. The ground tent appears to serve the same purpose with much greater versatility. I don’t always want to camp right next to my truck and, when i do, my bed is probably full of all sorts of mud, garbage, and gear.

 

For me its due to water, bugs, cold ground, lumpy ground, and trying to stand up after laying on the ground thats a problem. Bed tent fixes all of those things.

In the winter we use the tent as a warming house for sledding. Put a space heater on the power outlet, start the truck every once in a while and it stays nice in there.

 

I’m not trying to prove you wrong, but how is a bed tent better at keeping water and bugs out? As far as cold lumpy ground is concerned, I use a Thermorest. I would probably use the same thing in a bed tent because the corrugations of bed don’t look comfortable. I must be missing something.

 

Well keeping water out is easy when you 2 feet off the ground. Bugs will have a harder time getting into the bed tent as they would have to climb the tires, then to the axle, then up the leaf spring, then onto the bed, then climb around the bed and find a hole to get into. Ground tent they can bypass the first several steps and just find a hole (flying bugs can find a hole no matter what kind of tent you use)

When I was a kid we tented on the ground, but now that I am older and have a hard time getting up from the ground, having my tent up higher is great.

 

Hmm. I’ve never had any issues with non-flying insects or ground water getting into my tent, but then I’ve generally had decent quality tents with no holes and good water proofing. The only insect I worry about in Minnesota is the mosquito. None of the other ones bite. Most of my camping has been canoe camping in the boundary waters and bicycle camping along with occasional boat camping and car camping. I have 3 tents of varying size from my 2 pound backpacking/bikecamping tent to a 4 person car camping tent. It has never occurred to me to get a bed tent until this thread.

 

I fear the mosquito too.... Last year I got west nile from a mosquito here in burnsville... paralized me for a bit, spent 11 days in the hospital, still have a hard time walking because of it.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/i-almost-died-in-my-truck-yesterday-with-video.625724/

 

My old Napier, just collects dust these days. Have to use the big family sized tent now with the wife and kids.