This is a brand new tent. It’s never been out of the bag. $200+shipping.
New OEM Honda Ridgeline Bed Tent
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This is a pretty good deal, assuming shipping is reasonable. I already have one, and vouch for it. It can take a bit to set up (prectice helps), but is good quality and the trunk/outlet access and generous awning features are both very helpful. For those times when being off the ground matters, a bed tent like this one is a good way to go and MUCH less expensive than a roof top tent.
There is a zippered access panel sown into the tent floor right above and shape-conformed to the trunk lid, and another smaller one positioned right over the side panel coving the inverter outlet. You don’t have to reposition the tent to access either of them. Just unzip.
But how do you physically access the trunk when the tent is set up for camping?
The picture I included shows what the truck bed looks like with just an air mattress. Now imagine all of your other gear (sleeping bag, clothes, shoes, flashlights, ect) piled in.
You'd have to climb into the truck bed and shuffle around your gear in order to unzip the large access panel. Then what?
The tailgate is down, so you can't reasonably get into the trunk from outside the truck.
The only other option is from inside the tent, where you'd have to crawl under your air mattress/sleeping bag/gear, while balancing yourself on the open tailgate, to access the trunk.
Accessing the trunk while using this tent appears to be highly impractical.
It’s way easier than what you make it out to be. done it plenty of times. unless you bury the inside with so much stuff. then it almost doesn’t matter whether the tent is even there or not LOL. you are correct about the tailgate being somewhat in the way, but it doesn’t matter if you use just a twin mattress like I have migrated to, so the rest of the tent floor becomes available for your stuff, and is rearward of the trunk lid. Even with a queen, you just angle the mattress up enough from outside, then either angle the tailgate up to reach the trunk, or climb up and stay on the tailgate while you access the trunk. you are working under the angled mattress if it’s a queen, or the rotated mattress if it’s a twin. they don’t weigh anything, and in my case I don’t keep much in the tent while I’m sleeping there. just a pillow, comforter or sleeping bag, a few small things on the narrow shelf along the bed rail that the tent wall accentuates, or the integral tent pocket, or the attic. everything else goes outside the tent on the ground on a tarp and/ or in bins. protected by the awning and under the tailgate. so it’s easy to angle the mattress up for the few moments it takes to get your stuff in/out of the trunk. or absolute worst case you partially deflate the queen mattress. mine has an integral air pump so that takes like a minute each way. it all easier than it sounds. Like I said, once it’s set up it’s fine. LOL you REALLY seem to have a thing against bed tents. If you live in New England, tell you what I’ll loan you mine long enough so you can try it yourself.
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