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Hi guys
Anyone thinking of purchasing a roof cover for your Cali but also need a roof rack? Then this review may be useful.
After much deliberation and reading of other member’s views on this forum, we were very tempted to buy a Pucer cover. However, when Comfortz announced they were developing a Roofless Cali Topper, I emailed Nick Wilmot at Comfortz for information. Nick rang me to tell me they were still developing the Topper but should have one ready for our Cali’s first camping trip .We were to be the first paying customers! I have to say that from the off, the service from Nick & Comfortz has been great, and true to his word we took delivery of our new Roofless Topper last Thursday, the day before setting off on our trip.
To avoid looking like too much of a plum at the camp site, I decided to try a test fit of the Topper on my drive. After a couple of minutes studying the instructions, the Topper was up in about ten minutes, very easily and single handed. The fit is excellent and the quality feels good, there’s the added bonus that it looks smart too. You have to stick a length of self- adhesive Velcro to the underside of the rear edge of the pop up roof, which some may find a little fiddly, but it really is not a problem. You need the Velcro to attach, what is effectively, the rear rain skirt. I’d wondered, before delivery, how they’d overcome the rain run off issue and the solution is quite ingenious. The removal of the Topper is probably even quicker than putting it on and it folds away easily to be put back in its bag – I thought the bag itself was a nice touch. The Topper can be put in place and removed with whatever you have on your roof rack in place - it’s one long piece of material which wraps around the roof and attaches at the back, rather than having to be thrown over the top.
When we arrived at our camp site, late, it was dark, but the Topper was still very simple to put on, even after only one test run. The next morning we were glad of the Topper as it had rained overnight and continued for several hours. There was no evidence of any rain getting onto or through the roof bellows. We also had fairly strong winds for about 24hrs but the Topper remained stable and didn’t need any adjustment. There are eyelets on the top edges of the Topper so that you can stretch two, supplied, bungees across the roof for extra stability. I put one bungee in place, mainly because the roof was already up and couldn’t reach the top eyelets without lowering. The one bungee did the job but I’ll probably do both next time for peace of mind.
All in all we are very happy with the Roofless Topper , it fits well, looks good and has the quality to hopefully make it durable. We wholeheartedly recommend mend it!
Regards Geraint
Anyone thinking of purchasing a roof cover for your Cali but also need a roof rack? Then this review may be useful.
After much deliberation and reading of other member’s views on this forum, we were very tempted to buy a Pucer cover. However, when Comfortz announced they were developing a Roofless Cali Topper, I emailed Nick Wilmot at Comfortz for information. Nick rang me to tell me they were still developing the Topper but should have one ready for our Cali’s first camping trip .We were to be the first paying customers! I have to say that from the off, the service from Nick & Comfortz has been great, and true to his word we took delivery of our new Roofless Topper last Thursday, the day before setting off on our trip.
To avoid looking like too much of a plum at the camp site, I decided to try a test fit of the Topper on my drive. After a couple of minutes studying the instructions, the Topper was up in about ten minutes, very easily and single handed. The fit is excellent and the quality feels good, there’s the added bonus that it looks smart too. You have to stick a length of self- adhesive Velcro to the underside of the rear edge of the pop up roof, which some may find a little fiddly, but it really is not a problem. You need the Velcro to attach, what is effectively, the rear rain skirt. I’d wondered, before delivery, how they’d overcome the rain run off issue and the solution is quite ingenious. The removal of the Topper is probably even quicker than putting it on and it folds away easily to be put back in its bag – I thought the bag itself was a nice touch. The Topper can be put in place and removed with whatever you have on your roof rack in place - it’s one long piece of material which wraps around the roof and attaches at the back, rather than having to be thrown over the top.
When we arrived at our camp site, late, it was dark, but the Topper was still very simple to put on, even after only one test run. The next morning we were glad of the Topper as it had rained overnight and continued for several hours. There was no evidence of any rain getting onto or through the roof bellows. We also had fairly strong winds for about 24hrs but the Topper remained stable and didn’t need any adjustment. There are eyelets on the top edges of the Topper so that you can stretch two, supplied, bungees across the roof for extra stability. I put one bungee in place, mainly because the roof was already up and couldn’t reach the top eyelets without lowering. The one bungee did the job but I’ll probably do both next time for peace of mind.
All in all we are very happy with the Roofless Topper , it fits well, looks good and has the quality to hopefully make it durable. We wholeheartedly recommend mend it!
Regards Geraint