Yeah I ended up switching to the new X Cover they have but I love the black fabric on the new tents they have.

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback!

That’s awesome! Congrats! Im fine with my ikamper 2.0 right now but I may one day upgrade to the 3.0 or maybe the X-Cover 2.0

What is the upgrade exactly and if you just had the factory 3.0 mattress, could you fit 2 sleeping bags and 2 pillows inside closed?

@@bradleyolson5793 iKamper sell a custom fit set of air mattresses that are made for the 2.0/3.0 SkyCamps. We bought those and put those on top of the stock foam ones. You can fit bedding with the stock foam mattresses. Pillows are a 50/50 depending on how thick and how much they compress. Put them in the center of the mattress right next to where the folding section lands (not under the folding section when closed) for maximum chance of clearance.

Would you say the inflatable upgraded mattress pack away smaller than the factory mattress, allowing for more bedding ?

@@bradleyolson5793 That’s hard to say. Stock foam mattress compresses as you’d expect foam to compress. If you take the time to properly deflate the air mattress (we use a rechargeable inflator / deflator) to suck it flat and when done properly is about 1.5” tall. The trick IMHO is finding exactly where to place bedding and extra mattresses to allow the folding piece to close to its lowest point and having the extra bedding right next to it when it’s closed. Since it’s all inside when you close it, it’s kind of a best guess and trial and error. Using a rechargeable inflator also makes set up a lot faster if you use the upgraded air mattress as you can fill it so much quicker, at least for us. Again this is all my opinion in our experiences with our gear so hopefully others can also provide experiences.

Yeah I don’t even know where the metal poles are for the side windows lol. I just either roll them up or put them down. Would make it nice to have the blinds though. The upgrade might not be worth it to me either but if you were starting without a tent I don’t see a problem with going to the new one as it has all the upgrades and in theory it’s only 20% more $$.

@@OXFOOT hahaha yeah exactly. I must speak to them about zip toggles. Would be great for glow in the dark so I don’t have to turn the torch on every time. Oh yeah. I drilled a hole through both my 1.0 and 2.0 to be able to charge USB inside and for outside down-lights. It’s not as daunting as you think 😁

​@@OXFOOT 20% is alot my friend when we are talking about 3K+ tents. 2.0 4 person is on sale for $3100 right now and I might pull the trigger. Minor upgrades on the 3.0 doesn't justify the price difference.

Awesome! Glad I could help with either information or at least entertainment!

Sparrow on a Crosstrek sounds sketch as f

@@jobean5073 No they only weigh 130 pounds. They were made for the smaller cross overs. I would never let him put a big tent on his Crosstrek.

Yeah the badges were so damn easy since my old ones busted I had no choice but to upgrade to the new ones. The inside part is really cool that they offer that upgrade now. I ended up switching to the ikamper X Cover but switching out the guys to the tent is really cool that you can do that now.

Having a daily is the way to drive one of these things. I went from a forester to this and the mpg change was rough but I’m used to it now lol.

Oh yeah go 4Runner all day! Can get to way more places and lots of room!

I get like 350km on a full tank in my. 4runner

Woah, how was it free? The design was free or the whole thing?

@@OXFOOT I contacted them about a deal or sponsorship. Next thing i knew, custom matress sent ... never was able to contact them again and they haven't tried to contact me. Strange ....

@@GoXplr hm thats wild, did you make a video in exchange for that or they just gave it to you?

@@OXFOOT not yet , guess i should in some form. Wouldn't know how to address that as far as a review. I'm sure contact was lost along the way of emails. Is that good or bad ? Any suggestions ...

So the set up I have connects directly to the crossbars from the tent track mounting rails without any ikamper mounting brackets involved. Since the track for mounting on the 2.0 and the 3.0 are the same it should fit no problem. The company is outgear solutions, if you order from them make sure you let them know it’s for an ikamper, they have to include something else I believe.

I don’t actually know, you can find him in IG I believe I put his handle up there

I have a whole video coming but for the most part it boils down to space and being able to store my bag and pillow in the tent at night.

Can you store 2 bags and 2 pillows when closed in the 2.0?

The one I had in this video didn’t but you can add it for like $30. I added it to my new iKamper Xcover. I’ll send the link.

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Yeah roof top tents are for sure a lot of money and only if you go at least 10+ times a year. I go quite often so I can logically buy one as I’ll use it enough. There are for sure cheaper ones though no doubt.

@@OXFOOT I have one too. I use it a couple dozen times a year, but definitely didn’t spend $4k

My previous message seems to have gotten deleted but it’s a tough process to remove all the sticky stuff when you remove the old ones. Use goo gone. It’ll take some time, don’t scrub too hard or you’ll dull the rocky black finish. You can get them from customer service email and I think they were like $34.

@@OXFOOT I appreciate the info. This will be my next project. 👍🏼

@@OXFOOT I actually reached out to ikamper via email and ordering a new 2.0 skin / rainfly bundle that replaces the burgundy trim with red and has pockets under the interior windows. I was quoted $550. Just an fyi

@@skiddism Oh wow, maybe I'll just do that. Thats not bad at all. Certainly better than buying a whole new tent. Got no complains with the shell, just the faded fabric. I wonder if you could just get the new fabric... probably not since the fabric is bigger than the old one I'm sure.

@@OXFOOT I'm pretty sure you can order just the fabric / canvas. I opted to do the fabric and rainfly bundle since my window on the rainfly is pretty oxidized.

Mine is the outgear solutions loprofile crossbars. Gets rid of the factory hardware all together. You will have to lose the shark fin antenna on your 4Runner but it’s by far the lowest crossbar option for the 4Runner.

The 3.0 has the uptop alpha rack and my 2.0 has the outgear solutions low profile crossbars.

Yes you have to remove that shark fin. Easy to do but honestly I’d just get a prinsu/uptop rack. I noticed that the outgear rubbed the roof and scraped a bit of paint off the top.

I think it’s uptop overland Alpha Rack

I’m not sure but I’ll comment on here to bump your comment up so if someone knows they’ll see it. I think it won’t because the tent is taller but I don’t know the right answer.

@@OXFOOT I spoke with iKamper the other day and was able to get a confirmation that the 3.0 canvas unfortunately does not fit the 1.0. 😞 I went ahead and ordered the 2.0. I’m not in love with the brown but it will be a welcome replacement for my original 1.0 canvas that is literally falling apart. 👍

It does fit but the gobi rack is one of the most narrow racks and the ikamper is one of the wider tents. It fits but it might look funny.

@@OXFOOT Decided to try it out. You are right it looks a bit off because of the width but I think with some side mounted accessories it will clean up the look some.

It doesn’t really hinder me washing my car at the self wash spray car washes. I don’t think I’ve ever gone to a drive through car wash even way before I had roof tents.

That’s what I always think when I see red and yellow together lol

Oh yeah

Yeah luckily I got mine used. I love it but the only thing it’s missing is a way to mount my crossbars so I can have my ski rack up there.

@@OXFOOT ya im coming from Adventure riding and this cost more then most the gear i carry lol.. so do they not make racks togo on top, seems most add atleast solar panels.

I justified it. "Sugar daddy." Lmao 🤣

I use gear aid zipper lube. I picked it up from REI I believe but you can find it on amazon. I liked it because it had a nice brush to it and it didn’t roll on chunky like a lot of the zipper lubes that were sort of chapstick-like.

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@@OXFOOT Awesome thanks man! Love the content. Keep it up!

I’d look at the roof width of the vehicle and see how it compares. I have an ikamper X-Cover now and it’s much more narrow. Might look better on the Cherokee since I think it’s a more narrow roofline?

I’m not sponsored by them in this video. I just like the tent. I don’t really remember what’s in this video though, did I say that I was biased towards my tent or something?

I didn’t install them, previous owner did. But they just look like regular carpet, nothing on the backside but glue.

It doesn’t. He added those after. I need to add some to my new one now that you bring that up.

There’s tons of options in amazon. I would say just type in roof too tent light strips and you’ll get a few good results.

@@OXFOOT sounds good. See what I can find

Uptop Alpha roof rack with the color matched sides.

He’s using an uptop roof rack. I now have a Sherpa Crestone for my new X Cover from iKamper. Really any rack should work.

It’s just the sticky battery LEDs you can get on amazon or Walmart or anywhere. I’ve also got this that I really like that’s like crazy brights:

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@@OXFOOT sweet! thanks a lot for the link! 🤙🏾

Might be a few years but I’m sure it’ll be cool

Pretty much the market standard unless you go with all the cheap Chinese built ones that are popping up.

I’m not sure I follow

@@OXFOOT when you were describing the map, you said "still the same map, same planet" XD

@@logik1677 oh yeah, sorry it’s been a while since I made that video and I didn’t remember that till you said it lol.

Baseline these days

It’s pretty common for people who camp at least once a week year round. Now the people that do it and camp once a year… that’s wild.

I just don't see the reason why you have to stay on top of your vehicle that's bullshit.

You do realize that $4,000 for some of us is like $100 for you....