Fast-Top Traveler (all in one tonneau & soft topper) initial review.

This all in one is perfect for my needs, offering the utility of an open bed truck and the covered hauling my van provided. It's easy to remove with a cotter pin on each side and takes up minimal space when stored in the bed. It reminds me of my days as a flatbed and equipment hauler where tarps, bars, and straps could greatly change what a trailer could do.

Fas-Top, made by Bismarck Canvas, has a long history, primarily serving the heavy-duty trucking and agriculture sectors. This product has been around for 5+ years now.

For the 4th Gen Tacoma, the back of the cab lip reduces the gap compared to other pickups. My pivot needed to be 3/4 inch farther back than the instructions advised. While the instructions were good, they weren't specific to the 4th Gen Tacoma, requiring some tweaks during setup. I recommend getting the optional seal kit. The seal kit includes an adhesive rubber seal like those on car doors and seam sealant. It's something you could do yourself but convenient to have the right gasket pre-cut for the front and tailgate. I’m not using the tailgate seal for daily use, but it might be useful for future travel and occasional camping in the back.

Additional considerations: This setup doesn’t use the front mount rail, allowing for the addition of a front molle panel. The z-clamps might interfere with some side-mounted products, but most should work fine. They offer an accessory bag for their rail on the bed, and I opted for the screen. There is a YouTube review where the guy adding screens at both ends and some insulation.

Again, this is an early report but so far, so good. It is good tarp and metal work with a good design.

 

That’s kind of a neat design

Thanks for posting details

 

This is exactly what I have been looking for. I checked out the videos on the manufacturers website and the one question I have is about rain. If they are both rolled up and exposed to rain, will it cause the material to mold? It says its high quality canvas that is waterproof, but living in Oregon makes me question this possibility no matter what.

Have you had any experience with this?

 

I've only had this a week but know same kind of material from marine and trucking. I don't expect that to be a problem. The topper in the rolled/tucked mode has 3x had rain on the tonneau. The bed was only wet in corners and edges as happens with hard toppers too. It would be pretty easy to wipe and clean it.

The tonneau material has a print and a bit more stylized. The topper is exact same heavy duty coated material used in ag, truck and marine tarps or canoe and river runner type dry bags. Both are coated though they call it canvas. The seal kit is a bottle of seam sealer like tents use. The seal kit has strips of gasket pre-cut for front of bed and around the tailgate. The extrusions it all fits on have soft rubber on the bottom. No topper - metal or fiberglass - has in my owning experience been waterproof like buying a van if only because pickup beds and gates are not.

 

Update: Friday I took around 1500 pounds of building materials, tools, supplies & 3 mammals to our cabin site in strong headwinds and two downpour storms. The front of the bed was surprisingly dry. I purposely don't have the seals at tailgate and any moisture there made sense. Overall it was not much different than my last metal topper. Coming home with less stuff it was easy to go in tonneau mode.

Today I'll do a tiny tweak of pivot location because it looks like I can get front of soft topper 1/2 inch from lip on cab and front a tad lower without having a rub issue.

This solution might not be for everyone and both the tonneau and topper are wear items but wow I like the versatility.

 

The first thing I noticed is that when the tonneau cover is rolled up and against the cab, that it’s going to rub through the paint. Dirt and dust will accumulate and the vibrations of driving will act like sandpaper.

Cool idea that is useful for some people like your use case.

 

Do you have one that rubs? Did you see complaints or reviews where rubbing through paint is a problem? Mine doesn't rub but it is close. They've made these for years and it seems well thought out.