Tonneau VS. Canopy

Just picked up a 2015 Tacoma, loving it so far. Took it camping over the weekend with a bednet to keep all my gear down.

Would like to pick up a tonneau or a canopy in the next few weeks as on the way down the service road, it was so dusty everything I had was caked on with an inch of dust when I got home.

Im not a huge fan of canopies had one on my old truck and it mad life difficult to crawl in and out of. Looking at maybe a softopper? or similar? Also like the look of some of the hard trifolds out there.

Anyone have any experience with either system and your preference and why?

Thanks.

 

I went with a hard tri hold and here is why

1. I don't like the look of a canopy
2. I don't like how soft covers flap in the wind (some don't some do)
3. I wanted something secure and lockable (some soft toppers do some don't)
4. You could cut a soft cover
5. you have the same issue getting to the back of the truck with a leer 1 piece top as a canopy
6. you can stand on a hard tri fold

Hard tri fold FTW

 

Yeah I have to admit I don't like the look of canopies. But I wanted to give them their fair shake.

Didn't even think of the flaps in the wind, I live in the city so I need to highway drive to get to where I am going so the flapping at highway speeds would drive me mad.

 

Forgot to mention, they now make a power retractable bed cover. Brother in law has one and it really makes me regret not knowing of it before I bought mine. It looks like it could break fairly easily however it is amazing! worth a google

 

Thanks,


Yeah I have seen the power retractable covers. I am not a fan of the manual retractable covers so a power one is cool in theory but.... The canister for most of the retractable covers are like 12" and with the 6' bed and I use most of it I don't want to lose that much room for cover. I do have to admit I really like the ideas of the retractable covers they are just to expensive and yeah don't want to lose a foot of my bed length to a canister for my cover.

 

Sadly a tri fold for extended travel takes up 1/3 of your bed and even fully up takes up about 3-4 inches,you can however remove the whole thing in a matter of a 30 seconds, you can kinda see my tri fold cover in my build thread if your curious

 

That or looking at the Bakflip or the Gator which you can fold up "flat" to the cab wall.

 

Congrats on your new Tacoma and welcome!

 

Thanks