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Roodeberg:
Opinions please! (and apologies if this should be in a different forum)

If you suddently had £1,000 to play with......... what would be the roof tent (with or without awnings) of your choice????

Thanx :D

Darren:
Maggiolina. Robust, easy to erect and pack away, have a useful capacty when closed and are at least vaguely aerodynamic. The biggest downside is that they take up more rack space than the fold out varieties.

Budgie:
Given the choice I'd go for Howling Moon.
Good quality, good backup and they are the only one's I've seen that have an awning where you exit the roof tent inside the awning. All the others I've seen you have to go outside to get into the awning.  :?

DurtyDisco:
I've got a Hannibal 1.4 Deluxe, smashing bit of kit, for about £75.00 you can get an extended flysheet (nene overland call it a 1.6 Jumbo tent if you buy both bits together) that means when you put your awning round the bottom, you can enter and exit in complete privacy....

Ideal for those 3 am pee's..... :oops:

Ahem, I mean to save the ladies blushes you understand.....

http://www.rooftent.co.uk/webpages/hannibal/rooftent.html

Bulli:
think carefully before you buy one. I have had 2 and do like them but they have major drawbacks.
The thing that i like is you are off the ground and comfortable, they also set up pretty quickly.
the major drawback is that you must pack up camp every time you want to use your truck....which is one reason i often leave the rooftent at home.
For what you will pay you can get a multi bedroomed vango ground tent with enough space to stand and cook as well as entertain 8- 10 people, a decent fridge, campbeds, all your sleeping bags cooking gear and still have change for a few trips away...food for thought.
Dont forget they also have an effect on the offroad handling with the weight so high up.

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