I swapped from a Eezi Awn used in two long trips to a a Columbus Variant:
Columbus Variant roof top tent | Autohome Official Columbus Variant
The Eezi Awn is a nicer tent when up space wise, but in all other ways the Columbus is better for me. I'd recommend it's triangle shape over the rectangle of the ones I thing you are looking at. At 6ft I can almost stand up in one end, much easier for putting on/off clothes and intimate gymnastics is also much 'easier' with the triangle shape - try doggie style in the rectangle one.
30 Seconds to put up and about 1 min to put down. When you do it for 1,000 days in a row like I did thats a big consideration as you don't start/finish the day with a sweat and dusty hands etc as I used to with the Eezi Awn.
I built an extension to my roof rack out the back so I could climb up the roof rack ladder at the back onto the platform, take my shoes off and easily get in and out. Great for night time game viewing also - easy to swivel around and jump inside when the Lions see you.
Highly recommended piece of kit for me.... park facing the wind and its as good or better than my Eezi Awn was....
Last edited by roamingyak.org; 13 Apr 2015 at 00:11.
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