Truck Tent Information (what you need to know).

Our truck tents are designed for consumers to use year after year.  We research the latest tent features and incorporate them into our designs. Ease of use, stylish designs, maximum tent volume are our design goals.

Some older design tents cover the bed and don't go out over the tailgate.  These tents are rapidly becoming obsolete and people realize interior room in a truck tent is important.  Most of the newer model truck tent require a tailgate and they utilize the additional "floor space" making the entire tent larger.

What about setting up a truck tent?  Many of the older models require poles both inside and outside the tent and they have so many poles, even with instructions, it's easy to put the wrong pole in the wrong place and this can be extremely frustrating when setting up a truck tent at night.  Better designs have fewer poles and poles and pole sleeves are color coordinated so it's virtually impossible to not set up the tent correctly.

Also, older style truck tents have floors sewn in them.  There are several disadvantages to this design.  First you have to completely empty out the bed of your truck before you set up this kind of tent.  Next, since the bed of a truck makes an excellent floor (easy to sweep out, up off the ground, duh) the main reason older truck tents had a floor was to keep the camper off of the wet truck bed when rain leaked in around the sides.

Camp-Right truck tents don't have plastic floors because they don't leak in the rain, so campers stay dry.  Truck beds are easy to clean compared to sweeping out a sewn in tent floor. One brand, Camp-Right offers an optional clip in floor if your truck bed is too gross to sleep on, and you can use this accessory as an awning, side vestibule, ground matt, or gear cover.

Ventilation.  Most all truck tents offer adequate windows and a rear door with no-see-um screen that you can adjust to let in the amount of breeze or night are you wish.  Old tent designs don't offer top ventilation which means when a sleeping camper gives of moisture while breathing, condensation accumulates on the ceiling of the tent and drips back down.  Wake up soaking wet after a night sleep?  No way.  Camp-Right has top ventilation to let out moisture and provide better lighting during the day.

Rain Fly.  Most truck tents offer a rain fly that you can put up over the tent if it's going to rain or be especially cold out.  On many hot summer nights many campers opt to leave the rain fly off.  A good rain fly has taped seams to keep the water out. It also has a door with zipper that aligns perfectly with the tent door.  Good rain fly will come all way down and cover the tent and not just go a tiny bit over the top.  Some old tent styles do not have a window in the rain fly so you can't see out.  Camp-Right's rain fly has clear vinyl windows so even in the rain, campers can see what's going out side.

Finally, the stuff sack.  Many mass produced and inexpensive tents have a stuff sack to pack the tent in, but once the tent is unpacked from the factory, campers can never pack the tent back inside.  Look for a generous sized stuff sack so no matter how the truck tent is folded, it, the rain fly and poles can easily go back inside.

Size to fit your truck.  Always be sure to measure the length of your truck bed and order the right truck.  Many models like the Ford F150 have three different size beds.  Camp-Right offers five different sizes to fit most any truck on the road.

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