Great follow up, thank you for taking the time to post your experience with this cover.

For under $700 I can live with a little water encroachment. Sure beats paying $1100+ that the others charge (truxedo/bakflip/OEM brands) - especially in this economy. The one annoying thing is the lack of full bed use with the cover in place, but luckily you really only have to unscrew the 4 tighteners on the first section to remove the cover. Good review as always man, watched your pros and cons video then this video back to back.

Great review and great attitude towards the defects. It has recalibrated my expectations. And for the money I think the Gator is well priced.

Whew! Man I feel ya on the heat! It’s been miserable down here in Alamo. My bed cover is exactly like yours, just a different brand name, Bakflip I think. I learned when I first got it that it wasn’t waterproof. I keep everything in plastic tubs when I’m on the road for work. Don’t think I’ve ever seen the seals on mine move like that, but I’m sure gonna check it now. I know with mine the manufacturer suggests that you close the tailgate first and the drop the last panel down to keep from wearing out the tailgate seal prematurely. I know if I go through the car wash, mine will leak around the tailgate, but I use mine more for security than anything. Have a good week, thanks for the video.

This cover is going to be absolutely amazing for me. I live in the desert, it NEVER rains here haha.

Just installed mine on my 2020 Tundra. Had some hard rain going on here and only got a couple of drips on the tailgate corners. I am very pleased.

That's another one of the things for my project is to get the cover for the back of my truck. Definitely got your truck looking good bro thanks for sharing

Great video & gorgeous truck!

I feel you on the heat man.. its been triple digits for 2 weeks straight out here in So Cal. I got the Proven Ground Tri Fold Hard Tonneau Cover for my 2018 F150. I've had it about a year and haven't had any water issues, but also only a handful of storms lol. Only thing I don't like about it is I gotta take it off to go through the carwash cuz I don't wanna risk damaging it

Awesome video! 💯🔥

Here at the premiere. 💪🏽 I like that it foldable, but my husbands truck cover wasn’t. That’s a dang good cover. It was hard cover. It used to have very minimal water.

Thanks for the video. Thinking about the Gator EFX for my Ram 1500.

I believe the picture inside the truck bed starting at 9:10 shows daylight showing through the upper corner just to the left of the knob ! plug it ! Great Video

Great content. Just decided to get one like yours. I'm an f150 owner also.🤘🏽🔥🔥🔥

Nice follow up , alot of covers are saying water resistant now but is probably what the gator efx is. I want to check the Lund version of this, if doesn’t look to good the gator will be my go to

I had a Tundra with a BakFlip cover. My thoughts: Water will always find a way in. The issue is how much is acceptable. I solved that by using plastic tubs with covers. I agree with you (from previous video) that you lose a lot of space if the last flap doesn't lift. That's a dealbreaker for me. Thanks for your review.

As always bro, awesome video. Throw that old one down in the yard. Show it who’s boss. 🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for the reviews. I am shopping and comparing covers. Just looking at their installation videos and it doesn't look like you have the weather strip installed correctly. It is not supposed to extend out outside of the track. Perhaps that is part of your leak problem?

Great video and great follow up. I’m deciding between this and the rough country low profile, a lot of the problems I’m seeing with both bed covers is installer errors. At 6:00 your foam weather stripping is supposed to be cut flush, the fact the foam weather stripping is hanging out is creating a gap between the rubber weather stripping that’s supposed to lay on top of it. But from what I can see this is a very good bed cover.

I have had a cheap soft trifold off Amazon on my silverado for 5 yrs. I have never had water in my bed. But I want a more flush look, so I am looking at the gator and the Rough Country low profile.

I invested in a couple of plastic tote bins with tops from Home Depot($10-$12) so even if water gets in my important stuff will stay dry. Haven’t gotten my cover yet but I’ve watched enough tonneau cover vids to know it’s a high probability water will get in so I want to be ahead of the problems. Good vid! I’ll be testing my cover once I get it the same way you did.

After buying several covers from 2,000 dollars to this one at 700 dollars I have not found one yet that is 100% waterproof some let in less than others but a lot has to do with installation and how much certain parts are tightened down that water is minimal even compared to way more expensive options I have tried

3M makes black weatherstrip adhesive to keep the strip from sliding instead of rigid JB Weld.

I have a feeling it was raining so hard that the gutter and that small tube weren't enough to get the water out fast enough. when you're driving, it fly's off. stationary it fills the gutter and overflows. that gasket being pushed back likely didn't help either :D

I recently installed the gator roll up cover and haven't had any water issues

That water is super minimal, I would say that's a solid cover. I've been researching for a month and I think im just going to rock with this. If you had to you, you could prob seal these off with power grab soft flexible silicone or caulk, would also keep the rubber seals in place. Thanks for the solid follow up!

Just installed the Gator Fx3 on my truck, and noticed that the truck bed has a gap on each side up front at the top, between where the cover sits on cap in corners, that would be enough for that amount of water to come in. I'm going to try and seal mine up someway.

you do good vids , when you did your install did you have to trim your drop in bedliner at all ? i saw in comments online that some had too . just ordered one last night and was curious . Thanks .

I’ve had the same problem, I live in Texas and it was condensation that dripped down

Drill some holes in your slide in bed liner up front. You bed has drain holes, if not it will still drain out the back under the bed liner

Every tonneau installs video that I have seen shows the gasket upfront fitting between your sides. I don't know if that might help, but the water might be coming there. It also was coming from the loose gasket. I almost ordered the same cover today but after seeing it I don't know, I don't like that gasket just coming loose. Great video though, Thanks

Read my comment from the last video. Some of the issue is where the bedliner and the rail cap has a gap. You have plastic caps on the rails of your bed. Then you have a plastic bedliner that comes up and over the front of the bed. These 2 do not meet together and water comes through

Good good

Do you know if there is an obstruction in the drain tubes at the front near the cab? I can't help to notice that the truck is parked facing the street and the driveway is sloped toward the street too. I am thinking that that the majority of the water that enters the channel/guides on the sides. Then the water makes its way toward the cab and into the the drain tubes. If the drain tubes are not flowing enough water, maybe its overflowing inside the channel/guide thing causing the issue? Only other thing that I could think of is an obstruction inside the tube limiting water flow. Or just there isn't that great of a "seal" around those corners.

Make sure your frail tubes aren’t clogged up.

1. It's always hot in Georgia no matter what. 2. I felt you when you said ita harder to jump up cause we're old 😆 3. Upgrade the tonneau cover haha jk

If you can identify a specific spot under that front section, maybe you can uninstall it. Add some well concealed silicon. That sliding piece of rubber maybe a little epoxy on a toothpick in there in a couple spots. They are the most affordable looks like. I doubt any will keep you bone dry.

Could you solve your problem? Do you need remove this gasket sealant tape, only use it if don't have bed liner. I think that position of your truck help the water get in your bed because it's inclined.

Hey bro I installed mine today on my F150 and I found I didn't need the bulk head seal strip. If you remove that the cover will fit flush in that area and keep water out.

Do you have anything more to say about this cover since youve had it awhile? Im now in the market and unsure what to get 😂

While parked, is the back of the PU higher or lower than the front? If so the drains will be effected positively or negatively.

How did you get the cover to sit flush on the tailgate, I have a slight gap on mine

i dont think there is a tonneau cover on the market that is actually "waterproof", the closest thing to it is probably the hard fiberglass tonneau covers and even those probably leak to some extent especially over time. i have a tyger soft tri-fold (i prefer the look of a soft cover vs the hard cover personally) on my 2015 f150, it does leak, but i put it on more for looks than anything else. i dont really keep anything in the back of my truck so it really doesnt matter to me if some water gets in

The drop in bedliner causes leakage in the front while using covers

That Cover is Horrible as it will continue to deuterate and the manufacture should not b expecting customers to have to be glue their poorly manufactured product.....Many Thanks Brother for your Honest and Thorough Review.

the website says 5.7 bed size but mine is actually 5.5 which one is this?

Its rubber its going to shrink with heat

This cover is bar none the best at the price point..sure you can get a BakFlip but literally nobody wants to spend $1k on a fucking tonneau cover. 🍻