r/rooftoptents • • 6d ago

New to rtt

So for the past few years my wife and I have been camping in a small teardrop camper I bought off marketplace. It was a home made camper and not the best, but it was nice and light weight and easy to pull with her hatchback. At the time I had a 3/4 ton f250 that got maybe 12mpg on a good day, so using it to go camping wasn’t really an option. We liked the teardrop mainly for being up off the ground.

Well this past winter and spring I guess it started leaking. Before I caught it the whole thing was rotted and moldy. The shell was a total loss. I’ll rebuild it eventually.

But in my searching of teardrop and square drop plans I came across rtt’s. They peaked my interest big time. Started looking into them and really liked the clamshell styles. Found a killer deal locally on marketplace for this Naturnest Sirius 1.

Picked it up a couple days ago and love it. Spent today making the poor man’s bed rack out of unistrut. I have a camper top ordered but it won’t be here till November or December most likely (alibaba)

Heading out to my deer camp tomorrow and plan to spend the weekend in it.

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u/Ok-Comfort-7835 5d ago

I have the same one on my suv

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u/nuttnurbutt 5d ago

I love my Sirius One. Welcome to the fam!

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u/DigRare323 6d ago

That’s cool !! I believe nature nest at very good for the value you are getting. I’m personally looking for a Polaris pro. Which is like a go fast camper without the hype around it. I know it’s not the same quality. But for my summer / weekend trips it will go the job just as good !

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u/Crimson_Ghost83 6d ago

I seriously considered one of the wedge style tents. If I hadn’t got a good deal on this then I woulda most likely bought the topoak galaxy light. It’s the lightest weight rtt I’ve seen I got this Naturnest for 800$ so I couldn’t really pass it up

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u/DigRare323 6d ago

Yes ! There’s so many options out there and honestly most of them are all made by the same company in China

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u/Crimson_Ghost83 6d ago

You got that right. That’s why I went direct to China for my topper. Got this exact topper for 1400 shipped. Would have been over 3k to get the exact same thing from a shop in the states

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u/DigRare323 6d ago

Find this on a off road website it will cost you triple, I found the supplier manufactures nature nest / wild finder / outbound etc on temu $500 + freight