The sun wasn’t up, but I could see my wife’s eyes staring back at me in the glow of early dawn. In her expression, I could tell the previous dark hours had been as uncomfortable and consumed by the racing, disjointed thoughts of sleeplessness that I had endured. In the dark, alone - neither of us knew.
Between us was the cause. Swaddled, thick at the waist due to a reusable diaper with a soother clutched in her right fist. Astrid, our daughter, lay in the middle of the mattress taking deep, restful and rejuvenating breaths. Her arms were outstretched, forcing Michelle and I to lay on our sides with our backs against the aluminum bars of our Eezi-Awn 1400, 2 person roof tent. I smiled and said - “the only thing Astrid surrenders to is sleep.”
That cool fall night on the shores of a remote northern Ontario, Canada lake was our last night in the roof tent. We had outgrown it. We sold it, purchased an Oztent RV3 ground tent and occasionally, I fondly look back on our roof sleeping days.
While fondly looking back for the 10 ensuing years, I have searched the internet for new ideas and products in the roof top tent market. It has grown exponentially. Go Fast Campers is one brand whose build quality and designs routinely get me excited; especially their new Superlite RTT.
So, from the perspective of a Canadian road tripper with Latin American miles - why not offer my thoughts on the roof tent concept by reviewing the benefits of a product I have never seen.
The cons - roof tents are always expensive. The GFC Superlite, given all its pros, also achieves an attractive price point in the market. The biggest con for my family, is the size restrictions dictated by the surface area of the average vehicle's roof. GFC - please design an interior partition system, so the 3 of us can be marginally uncomfortable rather than 2 of us completely uncomfortable.