Rightline Gear Truck Bed Tent

This is from Alabama, where we tend to have more ice issues than snow. We may make the milk industry a ton of money every time snow is mentioned, but the ice is the problem. I was caught out in the past, unable to get home for days and with the same threat looming recently (today), I decided to prepare as best I could on a small budget.This tent fit the needs I had. If I had gear in my truck bed, I didn't want to unload everything first. I just wanted to set up the tent and be covered. That was the main focus. Digging through Amazon, this was one of the few options available. Reviews were solid and, in hindsight, generally accurate.My first experience with the tent is under the conditions I bought it for. I set this up, first time, in the wind and rain and sleet. Lessons learned, but actually really easy to accomplish. I probably looked like an idiot in my driveway, but best kind of practice is real world so I did it. Thankfully, this was not me being stuck away from home though.Set up was rather easy. Do the tailgate. Snug up the front. Come back and do the interior straps (important!). Then snug up the other straps. Run the poles. Done.The straps make setting up in the wind easy, just use the wind to your advantage. This first run took probably 15 minutes. Aside from hooking this to your truck, it's just like any other dome tent you are likely familiar with already.I'm sitting in it now, the wind is whipping up to some decent gusts pretty frequently. It's raining still, just as hard as it was during set up.No water coming through, no real breeze makes it in to the tent aside from through the bed rail where my truck has holes behind the stake pockets. Big gusts will let some wind in from there but it's really nothing. Probably a good thing since I am also running a buddy heater in here, give some ventilation.The frame holds up to the wind very well, but the fabric is a bit loose so it whips around a good bit, mostly in the tailgate area. I figure it's a one size fits most issue and I will look to see how I can fix that going forward. I did set it up under crappy conditions so I may have missed something.Headroom is great. At the peak, there is more than any topper will give you, except maybe a highboy. Makes for a comfortable sitting position, even almost to the sides of the bed.The tailgate being down gives you that much more room in this thing. Excellent design.I'm happy with the purchase. It is evident that this not a wholly Chinese endeavor. The instructions are clear and well written. The quality is really top notch. Fitment is good. Price was right and worth spending a few extra dollars.For my 2015 Silverado 1500, the 6.5 version is a great fit. If you are on the fence, rest assured this is a great option.

I'm 100% aware my truck bed is smaller then the advertised 5ft mid. Ford mavrick is 54.4 inches long, about 4.5 feet. I saw the discount price and figured $70 compare to 150+ tent is worth a shot to get and see If any adjustments can be made. I could return it or loose $70. I'm super glad I bought this.It's a start to my adventure ahead. It's priced right and used it plenty of times. There is a few tweaks that was made and be advise one down side I find but if your a easy going person then I don't see this bothering you too much. See list below if you have a ford mavrick.1) the straps are supposed to be tied down to the body frame but the unibody in the mavrick makes that part "difficult".... go ahead and open back doors and attached rear straps to the baby Lach bars in the backseat ( reach hitch is latched. ) the MID straps, I use a Ratcheting Tie Downs ( heads up!! kept mid strap snug not tight ). FRONT straps, well haha I usually extend them as far as I can and attach them under the rear number.2) the pole will rest on your bed frame fine. If you tights the mid strap to tight they won't though so remember * snug fit *. The tail gate poles has two inner orange strap. I use clip that to the inner hooks built in our bed frame .3) this is the only part to be advise on. You will have two small opening gaps where tailgate. I fixed this but simply blocking the small gaps, not a big deal but I'm very easy going and working on a budget but I know this may bother some people so be advise.Let's be real, this isn't ment for our truck size beds but it works !!!It can handle 3 hours of light rain. The right amount of ventilation, and overall just works like any other normal tent hahaHope this works for any fellow ford mavrick owners who is considering this style of camping . Hope you find the right tent for you. Have fun guys, Adventure is out there!!Ps.On those windy nights, it held its own pretty good. Wouldn't say as solid as a tent stake to the ground good but the structure held up nice 👌