I have for sale a CVT Mt Shasta (2+ Person) Extended Version Rooftop Tent with Stargazer Roof option. This includes the annex (change room). I am also including a CVT Standard Pioneer Awning and lockable Thule Crossroad racks for easy installation and extra security.
This all retails for around...
I currently own a CVT soft shell so I can chime in. I'll be upgrading to a hard shell for the following reasons:
1. Set-up and pack-down times. It takes me maybe 5-10 minutes to set up, maybe 15 to pack down. Not too bad, but it SUCKS when it's cold out in the morning to be packing up and can...
Currently laying in my CVT RTT close to Mammoth Lakes and there's no chance I'm sleeping tonight with the way the flaps on this rooftop tent are moving about. The noise is crazy. Looking to potentially upgrade to a James Baroud hard top... is the noise difference in wind significant? Also, does...
Nice rig! Interested in the reasoning behind the foldable solar panel when you could attach a panel to the rooftop tent? That's kind of the main reason I'm looking at upgrading from a CVT fold-out to a James Baroud wind-up, because I don't know where I can put solar panels when I'm not at the...
Yeah the Kodiak is probably in the lead for me right now with the Goal Zero 100W flexible solar panel (because I have one 40% off Goal Zero coupon). I do like the Renogy suitcase 100W but the price difference isn't huge once I use the coupon code on the Goal Zero one and the ability to hang it...
Good to hear, thanks for the input. Sounds like if I did decide to go the larger route, I'd go the Kodiak over the Yeti 1250 due to the portability and lithium. Also it's cheaper. I currently live in Colorado but I may be moving West to the Seattle area next year... so the larger Kodiak may help...
What wattage solar panel would you recommend for my needs? It seems like people are keeping an ARB 50 topped off with about 60+ and a good battery, so with the extra items I need to charge maybe go a 90 or 100? I need to keep the ARB 50 going, a laptop (editing photos on the road possibly for...
This new solution is actually sounding pretty damn good too. All the inputs needed and it's cheaper than the Yeti 1250 which is weird considering it's lithium and when you factor in that you could drain the battery a lot more it seems it would have more power? Any idea why it might be cheaper...
Yeah Solar is definitely looking like the best option. Partnering it up with some kind of battery solution, preferably one with monitoring controls like the Goal Zero or Ark. So when you say "my 60 watt panel can charge a single battery back up with normal fridge use in a few hours", are you...
Wow really interesting. So you are finding the Yeti 400 +100W of solar powers the fridge indefinitely? That's great. I'm tempted to go the Yeti 1250 route so I have extra juice to power the laptop and camera batteries as well without worrying about taking up juice for the fridge. I have a 40%...
Appreciate that. Is there a way to put some kind of "permanent" fixture on top of the bag for the CVT tent? Obviously the bag could in theory be removed but I'm hoping that's unlikely. Also, how would the solar panel attach to whatever device it's being used with? I'm assuming there's some kind...
Interesting, I didn't know the limit was 50%. I'm assuming that's the same with devices such as the Goal Zero Yeti etc? Good to hear about your panel. Do you have it permanently mounted on the roof? I'd love to do that but I have a CVT rooftop tent on there right now and thus no room to really...
I would love to buy a large solar panel and mount it permanently on the roof on a bracket that can move, but I have a CVT rooftop tent on top already so it's not going to fit.
I didn't end up doing anything. My fridge has sat on my porch not being used because I haven't had any money to fund a...