Great value tents, cannot be beaten on price, had mine about 3 years now so I'll point out some minor points that could be improved for little money.The tent itself would be far better with Double D ring fasteners on the strap as the velcro fittings tend to 'load' and become less effective over time, I took off the external tie downs as one would keep undoing and flap along the car, I used small ratchet straps instead, the looping rings should be stainless or better plated as they can rust, a little vaseline stops thisThe windows toggles that you use to hold down the flaps one has frayed and needs a re-stitch and seal.ImprovementsSlightly wider toggle straps or tougher material.The cover could be fitted with some eyelets along one edge, this is to add some cord to help pull the cover over the top when packing up as if it is windy the cover tends to try to blow back and makes this a two man job. these can be added by the owners.Annexe........to adjust the 'hang' some tension straps could be added to adjust for drop height, tension straps are fitted to the main tent to adjust the fly tension Im fitting a couple of self adhesive loops to the door side to guy out the corners to make the door more vertical at its baseI have added some riser bars to lift my tent off the Roof bars and placed the tent off the centre line so the Annexe hangs straight. Overall the Ventura cannot be beaten on price but could be improved with some very minor changes to its design, most problems are very minor and can be fixed by the owners very cheaply, the annexe would be greatly improved by adding tension straps as not all cars are the exact correct height, I have had my tent fitted on the roof of a Fiat Panda, too low for the annexe but you can use the space under the tent to sit and eat or hang waterproofs, I have just added a thermal liner to my tent and this make the inside almost pitch black, it is quieter off the ground and the liner should improve this.It can take about ten minutes to decamp but basic set up (without annexe) is just about 3 minutes, mostly to remove the cover the tent itself just swings out in seconds and you use two guy lines to pin down that edge and you have a dry space.There are faster set up roof tents but the quickest (hard shells) have little space and mostly you cannot get out of your wet cloths without soaking your bedding, the Ventura, even the basic one has a space under the tent when swung out you can get out of your outer clothing under shelter and quickly climb up and dive in, when its wet and windy its a vast difference when you climb in from outside.With the windows closed down the Ventura is snug and draft free, when you need ventilation it is really open and not close and muggy like in some tents I have used, as I mentioned it is quieter off the ground, warmer but more air movement to ventilate.I would buy this model again, I drive a VW Touran with 120mm of extra height added to the roof bars.ENJOY
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