Velma's Dad
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For myself, I don't find it a problem to stand with my head sticking up into the roof space while lowering the pop top, as the control panel button is still close to hand. I find that way I can keep an eye on the bellows at all corners until the roof's nearly fully down.
If I still have any doubts when I have to withdraw my noggin, I then jump out and run around the van. But by that stage the folding stiffeners are already well-folded inwards so it would be pretty hard for them to spring out the wrong way again. (I should mention that although we have T5 SE, it had acquired a T6 bellows when we bought it one year old and I think the T6 version has stiffer stiffeners.)
Watching from the inside is also a good way to mitigate 'Bangor's problem' (see above) involving bananas or indeed any other fruit items. Or leaving the dog up there.
I still have a bungee though, as it seems a cheap and useful belt-and-braces. The aesthetics of it don't bother me particularly, although it might do if you're keen on a pristine look to the van when the pop top's raised.
If I still have any doubts when I have to withdraw my noggin, I then jump out and run around the van. But by that stage the folding stiffeners are already well-folded inwards so it would be pretty hard for them to spring out the wrong way again. (I should mention that although we have T5 SE, it had acquired a T6 bellows when we bought it one year old and I think the T6 version has stiffer stiffeners.)
Watching from the inside is also a good way to mitigate 'Bangor's problem' (see above) involving bananas or indeed any other fruit items. Or leaving the dog up there.
I still have a bungee though, as it seems a cheap and useful belt-and-braces. The aesthetics of it don't bother me particularly, although it might do if you're keen on a pristine look to the van when the pop top's raised.
