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LOOK around at any Land Rover show, greenlaning run or spares day and it’s impossible to ignore the number of vehicles that have roof tents fitted. It’s not just 4x4s either; it’s now not uncommon to see smaller cars and vans cruising around with roof tents on top; you may notice one of them isn’t on a Land Rover here, but a Skoda Yeti. The convenience of being able to park up and have somewhere comfortable to sleep in very little time at all is a tempting proposition, and with tents available from as little as £1100, roof tent life doesn’t have to break the bank. Their popularity is booming; to put things in perspective, while roof tents were once the domain of dedicated overland retailers, you can now buy them in high-street shops such as Decathlon and Great Outdoors.
If you’ve been living under a rock and aren’t au fait with what a roof tent actually is and how it works, let us explain. It does pretty much what it says on the tin – it’s a tent that goes on the roof of your Land Rover. They generally mount on roof bars or a roof rack with brackets or clamps, and look sort of like a roof box when packed away. When you park up, the tent either folds or rises out of the ‘shell’, with a ladder that is then attached or extended down to allow you to climb up into the tent.
In the morning, simply fold or remove the ladder and pack the tent away again until your next adventure.
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