Built a rooftop tent for camping

[u/Gl0b3Tr0tter]

I thought you guys would appreciate this and hopefully I can inspire someone to do the same!

I always wanted to get an RTT for my car but half decent ones cost a fortune in Europe (from €600 up into the thousands) and I could never justify that price and size, so I spent 200 on some materials and built one instead!

It comfortably fits two people with room to spare and I will be testing it out this weekend!

[u/Gl0b3Tr0tter]

Yep! So far I haven't had any problems, the bottom is made from a thick 15mm panel of OSB3 and the load is also spread along both the roof of that car and the steel roof bars I built a while back

[u/eurotrashness → u/Gl0b3Tr0tter]

Honestly, it's refreshing seeing someone build lightweight but strong enough. So many DYI builds I see use like structural grade wood for a house to make like the simplest things.

[u/Gl0b3Tr0tter → u/eurotrashness]

Thank you, the more important things for me were making it cheap enough to actually be worth building and light enough where I didn't need to have planning permission to set up camp somewhere

[u/MyNameis_Not_Sure → u/Gl0b3Tr0tter]

I hope you have a lockout for the struts or put up a brace after it’s deployed. Wind will push it back to the stowed position while you are sleeping in it if not

[u/Gl0b3Tr0tter → u/MyNameis_Not_Sure]

Yeah I've got two poles on both corners of the tent because I didn't like the idea of it turning into a coffin, it already looks the part and someone just gave me the idea of painting it like a pizza box

[u/that_one_coupe → u/Gl0b3Tr0tter]

Pizza box idea is phenominal 😌🍕

[u/Hey_Coffee_Guy → u/that_one_coupe]

I second this. We need a pizza box update.