Are rooftop tents worth the money? We slept in the Thule Approach for 6 nights to find out.

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Rooftop tents promise a more comfortable sleep experience and ultimate convenience. However, with a price tag of thousands of dollars, it’s an obvious question: Are rooftop tents worth it? We slept in the Thule Approach for six nights to find out.
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@JakeLuke308 9 ай бұрын

For road trips these things are fantastic. I've used mine since 2018 and although I usually bring a backpacking tent as well. As for the MPG issue, I have mine mounted on a below roof height rack on the back of my truck. No noticeable effect on gas mileage.

@sebcw1204 9 ай бұрын

This is supposed to be a news channel.

@JakeLuke308 9 ай бұрын

@@sebcw1204 agreed, but this was of interest to me. Why did you click on it?

@sebcw1204 9 ай бұрын

@@JakeLuke308 to dislike and leave a negative comment. There are lots of channels dedicated to reviewing products. CNN is supposed to be news. This is an absolute waste of their resources.

@Mububban23 9 ай бұрын

@@sebcw1204 one guy filming by himself is hardly straining CNN's resources

@smellybearc7411 8 ай бұрын

I don’t know man. In my experience, these things take as much time to set up as a two person tent and more time(and energy) to take down and pack up. Besides, you can’t drive your car once you’ve set them up.

@aurathedraak7909 9 ай бұрын

That's something I would actually buy not for trips, but extreme emergencies, and it goes excellent, with my power station and solar panels

@Derrick-wx4jg 9 ай бұрын

As a near homless person looking for options this is nice.

@johnroden3431 9 ай бұрын

We love our Tuff Stuff Alpha rtt. We did add a soft mattress topper due to mattress was super firm, but it sleeps perfectly now. Worst part is bathroom breaks in the middle of the night lol. We also put ours on an adventure trailer so we can run errands without breaking down camp.

@Holywood07 9 ай бұрын

Experienced a rooftop tent in outback Australia. Since then: it's my goal to own one!

@erichouck9487 Ай бұрын

I just took a 3,800 mile trip to watch the eclipse and it worked out great. When I got tired I would pull off in a rest area set it up and go to sleep. The hardest thing is closing it up, getting all the flaps tucked in and zipping the cover back on. I have it on a 2019 Ford Ranger crew cab and it is mounted on the bed CAP and I haven't noticed mush fuel economy drop, .5-1 MPG.

@decide2think 9 ай бұрын

Informative review. Tho I would also like to know what's involved in attaching/detaching the tent from the roof when not needed for months, etc.??

@ferretsmiles 9 ай бұрын

You disconnect the crossbars and then remove the tent. Kind of self explanatory. Probably requires two people unless you are incredibly strong or incredibly weak.

@LeechyKun 9 ай бұрын

Wow, this looks pretty useful and easy to set up and take down.

@smellybearc7411 8 ай бұрын

The up and down motion is there because the ladder was not set up correctly. And when you put enough weight on it for long enough, the tent gets damaged, and potentially the mounting structure.

@regs3836 9 ай бұрын

I have been considering a rooftop tent, but the idea sort of looses my interest when talking 2-3 miles per gallon.

@scottdevitte4209 9 ай бұрын

That thing is flapping away in a slight breeze, how do you sleep in it?

@randallthomas5207 9 ай бұрын

Huge disadvantage is that you can’t set a base camp to return to, and explore the surrounding area. Tried them for hunting, and decided thay suck.

@randallstewart1224 7 ай бұрын

IMO if you are not using this type of tent at least 30 nights a year (a lot of camping), it's not worth $3,000. Of even less value is the new Thule version which folds up into a box shape and stores across the rear of your vehicle, mounted to the trailer hitch, priced more than $4,000. If you are really attracted to this style of tent camping (out of an SUV), I'd rather look into the style which folds up like a normal tent and stores inside the SUV, but folds out to make a larger tent combining the bed of the SUV with a larger tent attached to the open rear of the vehicle. This gives a much more useful, all-weather tent.

@SATVRDAY 9 ай бұрын

Nice ...it can be installed on camper van as well 😋

@DannyMancheno 9 ай бұрын

Why does he say he slept in it for 3-4 nights like he forgot? I’m skeptical he slept a night in that

@smellybearc7411 8 ай бұрын

If he did, he’d know the tent was not set up correctly

@Derrick-wx4jg 8 ай бұрын

Im 360 lbs what is the weight capacity? My roof rack is rated 100lbs. What can i do?

@Derrick-wx4jg 9 ай бұрын

Any four season roof top tents?

@smellybearc7411 8 ай бұрын

Yes. Most of their canvas rtts are rated four season. But you will need to buy insulation if you are camping in below freezing temperatures.

@howtoitall76 9 ай бұрын

Rock underneath your wheel?

@gmwilliams4314 9 ай бұрын

I like it! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🇯🇲

@mikemorton6219 9 ай бұрын

Not ideal for those who get up to pee in the night. Anything on top of your vehicle will hurt gas mileage due to increased wind resistance.

@jadewulf3625 9 ай бұрын

This is exactly why I sold mine. Pee pee is a problem for a 68 year old. Lol

@darylwalton1646 9 ай бұрын

And its hard to climb into after a few to many beers and easy to fall off the ladder

@6Haunted-Days 9 ай бұрын

Christ can’t pee in a cup….hell if you’re a guy a bottle?

@6Haunted-Days 9 ай бұрын

@@darylwalton1646if you’re that drunk you deserve whatever happens ……can’t stand drunks who need to be babysat 🙄😮‍💨🤤

@JoeBuck-uc3bl Ай бұрын

I would much rather descend a latter to piss, than by default have to dirt nap my tent on the ground. And any rain whatsoever and it’s an automatic mud bath. A wild animal is much less likely to rip my throat out while I sleep if I’m up a ladder. An animal isn’t gonna lift its leg and piss all over a roof tent. And whether it’s pissed on or not, CLEANING a dirt nap ground tent compared to one that’s always up off the ground is night & day. I can also fully clean & dry a roof tent while it’s up, but I see a problem with cleaning a huge tent ON the ground when I usually clean things BECAUSE they have been on the ground haha. You don’t have to stake roof tents down. LMAO and who can’t climb a ladder drunk?? Yes, say goodbye to tenting in extreme weather with a roof tent though, unlike a Hilleberg tent that is fine even in a hurricane. That’s the main negative for me. So in a violent storm I would be forced to lock things down and rough it in the car. I’m taking that trade off with ease!! For me, the smaller the ground tent the more likely I’d be to buy it (because I think of the nightmare of cleaning it). A Hilleberg Staika is on the small side, but if you gotta clean it it’s gonna seem humorous!! The Staika’s the largest one I’d ever consider (but you can’t even find the inner mesh for sale anymore and it’s pissing me off).

@lowjack100 9 ай бұрын

Yikes totally a Thule ad. The Nemo is so nice.

@kennylin4067 9 ай бұрын

I am skeptical if it can withstand heavy rains and gusty winds .

@johnroden3431 9 ай бұрын

They are well made, we have been in storms where the hinge point was blowing our legs up and down as we slept lol, but I'm sure I could have anchored it down if it wasnt raining so hard lol.

@robvance4414 9 ай бұрын

How do you get the thing on and off the roof?

@johnroden3431 9 ай бұрын

They clamp on to your rack or cross bars, normally 4 clamps and a 2 or 4 person lift to remove it from your vehicle.

@flipside1963 8 ай бұрын

I’m not getting any audio with this video. 10:32 4:34

@hi9580 4 ай бұрын

Other cons: high centre of gravity, more likely to rollover when offroading, worse handling around corners. heavy weight needs crane or two people to install/uninstall. Can't enter a lot of parking (shopping, office, hospital etc.) with 2.1 metre height restriction. Very loud (hearing damage) wind noise at high speeds, especially in less insulated vehicles like jeep wrangler or toyota hilux/tacoma. Only useful for people who regularly go camping or overlanding (time saved adds up quickly especially with hardshell roof tent) and are ok with the many drawbacks.

@grumblewoof4721 9 ай бұрын

They look interesting but I would worry that I had left the hand break off or a tornado would strike. Result, like a scene out of an Indiana Jones movie... Cue the music...

@JoeBuck-uc3bl Ай бұрын

Impossible for me, I have parking break OCD and haven’t parked without using it for 25 years.

@travelnewsbeneficialknowle3020 9 ай бұрын

👍

@carmenneumann9479 9 ай бұрын

Guess 20 somethings have this kind of $ to ..rough it.. in 2023

@DarthWaffle. 9 ай бұрын

$12,000 get real

@onikin 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the paid advertisement for Thule?

@T_Time_ 9 ай бұрын

Because of inflation, if I could drive to other places(city for vacation), and if there would be safe parking lots, where I wouldn’t have to deal with crackheads, I would use these to save money, probably could save a good 900 - 1500 an trip and could squeeze out more weekend trips a year.

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

Too bad you don't live here in America, inflation is lower here than anywhere else

@T_Time_ 9 ай бұрын

@@rogerout8875 I live in America, before Covid I could find an cheap flight to Vegas for about 240 in March, prices went up you can find a price for the cheapest flight to be under 400. , that is almost twice. My paycheck didn’t go up twice since then. Maybe only like 3 dollars.

@fuglong Ай бұрын

Lmfao you can't set up a tent in any city without attracting crackheads. Tent + city makes you the crackhead in a lot of people's minds

@fuglong Ай бұрын

@@rogerout8875yeah, but the price gouging accounts for it 💀

@youtubeuser5402 9 ай бұрын

I thought cnn was a news channel, not a review channel

@kencook7924 9 ай бұрын

CNN home for truth about tents i thought this was a news network

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

If you didn't want to see a video about a tent, why would you click on it?

@kencook7924 9 ай бұрын

@rogerout8875 this is CNN's channel right you know the news but selling overpriced cars with a tent on top makes sense their viewers will have to actually live in them cause they can't afford a house

@sirenloud 9 ай бұрын

These tents are going to be a problem in the urban area watch

@J.M.415 9 ай бұрын

Bums and government moochers aren't going to buy a $3000 tent. It's too heavy to steal as well. Only yuppys can afford this. Hippys and surf bros prefer a camper or van.

@sirenloud 9 ай бұрын

@@J.M.415 I seen some of the ones on Amazon for like $1,000

@t.r.campbell6585 9 ай бұрын

If you are homeless, these rooftop campers will get you off the street and up in the air.

@clam371384 9 ай бұрын

If anything happened while camping in the middle of the night, YOU CAN’T just drive off. So for that reason alone, the roof top camping is just a bad idea.

@ferretsmiles 9 ай бұрын

Its not. If you get a hard top they fold away in about 2 minutes. And the situation where you are so desperate for those 2 minutes is rare enough to not warrant a huge consideration. Its like those people that just need to carry a rifle on their person at all times instead of just a handgun. Sure its possible that it might someday be needed but the most likely situation is that its not.

@JoeBuck-uc3bl Ай бұрын

If you’re in a situation that’s so desperate that you’d just abandon a $3000 Hilleburg tent, then screw it, just likewise drive off immediately and let your $3000 rooftent gradually rip off and fly away lol

@fuglong Ай бұрын

What kind of trips are you taking lmao

@tr3vorb438 9 ай бұрын

CNN’s solution to the homeless crisis?

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

Why on Earth would you look to CNN for a solution to anything??

@UptownMarty 9 ай бұрын

Just sleep in the car 🤦🏾‍♂️

@stanbyme7874 9 ай бұрын

Yup

@JoeBuck-uc3bl Ай бұрын

That means forget about all of the things that can be packed in the car, since that cargo area’s no longer available since it’s your sleeping quarters. And this thing is quite roomy, Kareem Abdul Jabbar could stretch out freely and not be cramped up, it’ll take quite a vehicle to match that space.

@largemouthbassman5628 9 ай бұрын

Cnn doing rooftop tent commercials now 😂 low ratings

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

I didn't catch the manufacturer's brand, whose was it?

@sinoperture 2 ай бұрын

"Partner". Business partner? Work partner?

@fuglong Ай бұрын

What's it to you goofball

@loserpunks766 9 ай бұрын

Outside of politics, is this informative? If it is yes, then watch. If not, you don't have to click on it. Some might want to watch it, because it is informative to those who are interested in it. This is a segment outside of politics, not a political segment. So if they do a segment on anything else, they are not a news organization? Ahhh, here's a segment on Wallstreet, ahhhh crap it's not the lies on Donald for me to bitch on! But I'm going to anyway and still call out CNN for being a fake mainstream media! Talk about hypocrisy. Why watch at all then? There are other news outlets for your kind of narratives.

@carmenneumann9479 9 ай бұрын

Pee breaks + Ladder = no thanks

@ELPRES1DENTE45 9 ай бұрын

Possibly the dumbest accessory ever created.

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

You sleep with the snakes and scorpions.

@ELPRES1DENTE45 9 ай бұрын

@@rogerout8875 - You know they can easily climb shit, right?! 😂🤣

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

@ELPRES1DENTE45 No? I slept many a night on the top of an M2A2 Bradley, and no snakes.. unlike the guys sleeping on the ground.

@alexduarte7 9 ай бұрын

CNN running out of news.

@Jp0102 9 ай бұрын

😂

@regs3836 9 ай бұрын

Early worm gets the Troll…

@georgie5620 9 ай бұрын

CNN has news?

@sebcw1204 9 ай бұрын

Another dislike for me. CNN, seriously, stop it. This is not news.

@trumpsmum9210 9 ай бұрын

You can’t find Fox News?

@sebcw1204 9 ай бұрын

@@trumpsmum9210 why would I watch fox "news"? It's even worse than this type of content.

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

@@sebcw1204if you didn't want to see a video about a tent, why would you click on it??

@sebcw1204 9 ай бұрын

@@rogerout8875 I want them to stop advertising products. Hence the dislike. Can't dislike without clicking the video. If there was a way to express opinion without doing so I would.

@rogerout8875 9 ай бұрын

@@sebcw1204 you know if you didn't click on videos you didn't like, you wouldn't get so triggered, right?