Napier Backroadz Truck Tent

I purposely waited until we had a chance to use the tent before writing this review. We used this tent in an F150 with a BestTop roll up style bed cover. From the earlier reviews we did a practice run putting the tent up before going on our trip. The first time was slightly cumbersome, but not bad. Once we had it, it was easy the next several times we put it up and down. Quality was good and nothing broke or malfunctioned until the very last day. The string which held the green pole together broke the final time we disassembled the tent for the ride home. I'm going to try to get a replacement and will update this with the results. I'll I felt as if the bed of the truck was adequately protected.The experience of using the tent was great. We camped in Colorado with weather down to 40F and up to 85F. It rained multiple times during our trip. The tent never leaked. It did have condensate, but it did not leak. The tent has a net at the top. We used this to hold our iPad and watch movies at night which was fun. The interesting part of our trip was we had to use our truck every day during the trip. I built a platform for a bed in the truck which had to be removed before removing the tent. We didn't want to disassemble the entire setup each day so I simply removed the poles, unhooked the straps and folded the tent into the back of the truck then rolled the bed cover over it all. This worked great. It also allowed me to take down and put up the tent several times in this one trip. I became pretty quick at putting it up. With help it could pop right up in 10 minutes. All of the clips and straps held strong through all of this up and down with the tent. As mentioned before, the only issue with any hardware was the string on the green pole.Even with that one issue I think this tent is of very good quality and worthy of a high ranking. It handled the weather nicely, was simple to set up and take down and had as much room as one could possibly expect in a tent for a short bed truck. I'm happy with the purchase.One thing you'll need to get used to is everyone asking about the tent. We had a lot of people stop by and look at the setup.UPDATE:Napier customer service proved to be fantastic. They sent a replacement green pole quickly. We are still very happy with this purchase.

We've had this tent for a bit over a year now and have had it out half a dozen times, at least. Weather has ranged from hotter than Hades (+100F) to colder than... well, Hades (-6F). It's been windy, rainy, dusty, you name it. We camp two adult humans and three dogs, one of them a Mastiff-Rottweiler. This tent travels well, keeps the weather out, sets up easy (even with one person). We've been able to camp some rough terrain that wasn't feasible before with a ground tent. It takes down easy, and fits back into its bag! I only have two tiny gripes about it...Not very well ventilated. When the temps dropped to below zero on our camping trip last winter, we definitely had frost on the inside from condensation. It can get pretty stuffy in summer if you have the fly on, but no wind.The entrance "hinge" is on the bottom of the tent, along the tailgate. We've learned to work around it. Our initial fear that the dogs' claws might snag on the meshhave not been realized. It would be nice to have the "hinge" along the side, but not sure how you'd do it considering the design.Love this tent!

I used this tent on a camping trip with my girlfriend to glacier national park. Before we left we set it up in the driveway once, and after that it was easy to do. We set it up four times on the trip and I think we can do it together in 5-10 minutes now. Our preferred method was to lay it out on top of the truck bed and then put the poles in, contrary to the tip in the instructions. That way you don't need to try lift and maneuver it around with the poles in. The instructions are sewn into the bag and it gives a specific order for insertion of poles. We followed this order and did not have any poles break. A few tips of my own; don't loosen the straps to take the tent down, just stretch the elastic straps. That way they are the correct length for your specific pickup the next time you install it. The easiest part to screw up is the pole which forms an arch over the door. It needs to be assembled exactly as shown in the image for the product listing. The fabric goes inside of the tailgate support cables, and the pole goes to the outside of them. Otherwise it will get all stretched out funny in the front. You will realize if you make the mistake. Be careful when inserting the poles, and don't pull too hard on the shock cords, some people don't realize that all fiberglass tent poles can be easily broken if handled incorrectly and the shock cords will pull right out if you try remove the poles by simply pulling on one end. They must be pushed through to assemble and pushed back out to disassemble. The tent fits over the sides of the bed so the bed rails create somewhat of a shelf on each side that is nice for putting things you want to find at night. I bought a $7 lantern at walmart that was a perfect size for the tent, and the tent comes with a carabiner in the center for hanging just such a thing. I brought along a moving blanket and layed it out on the floor to protect the floor and our knees, it was the perfect size for it. I used my big cooler as a step for getting in and out with an outdoor rug in front of it for shoes. We stayed in two cots which worked out nicely, but they make air matresses for truck beds which would be nice to try. It fit fine in my regular box 2004 dodge ram 1500, and I had a tonneau cover rolled up in thd front while we used it. It fit over the rolled up cover and didn't seem to mind it. A few minor complaints would be that the elastic portion of the straps seems to be way too stretchy, to where it seems they wouldn't do much to hold onto the tent in a heavy wind. I would like to see them more firm feeling to be confident they will hold up and last a long time. Also the door portion assembles with 3 straps which must be dropped down in between the folded down tailgate and the bed, and fished out from on top of the bumper if that makes sense. The straps go all the way around the tailgate, parallel to the length of the vehicle, and getting them through that gap and around the bumper is a serious pain. I would have the girlfriend hold up the tailgate at about a 45 degree angle so I could drop them through and reach in and get them. It was a serious exercise in trust to have my fingers in there with her holding the guillotine up. I am also not entirely sure I am sold on the tent pickup concept yet. I would say that this tent would be absolutely ideal for a music festival or other trip where you would park the vehicle and don't move it for the duration. But if you are on a trip where you need to drive somewhere it means that every time you need to leave you need to take it down and then set it back up at the end of the day. On our trip we moved campgrounds all but one night, so in theory we would have only left it up once, but you also cannot get to camp early in the day, set up, and then go about your day to return to a fully set up campsite. Setting up camp is always the last thing you will do if you drive. Also you do need to remove everything from the bed to set this tent up, which usually I would do anyway as I like to set up camp...but it could be an issue for some. This tent certainly has its uses, and I dont regret buying it at all, but it's certainly worth a hard thought on what you are looking for in a tent.

Got this for my boyfriends birthday and he loved it. I just need to say make sure you check the bed size because there's maybe 5 different sizes. Putting it together the first times was a tad difficult, but after the first time it's a breeze. Only bad thing is that the tent goes over the end of the tailgate, so there's nowhere to stand while outside of it. We just purchased a step stool to help with that, so it's not an issue.Finding the right size is hard. Online it doesn't give the best description, but on the box there's a fabulous chart! I've attached pictures.

Love it , great price