I'm very tempted by these pop top straps as recommended by @AndyNichs:
www.sjb.design
Ever since I got my van, I've been thinking that there must be a better alternative to the usual long cam straps but have never found it - perhaps until now but read on. The two disadvantages that I can think of with this design are:
Ever since I first got the van, I've worked on the basis that the tighter the straps are locked down the better but I do sometimes worry that I just put too much strain the staples bolted into the van and roof (the latter in particular). How tight do other forum members do their straps up? I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to get enough purchase on the relatively short lengths of the Quickpops to lock them down as tight but just how tight do they need to be?
I tend to leave my current 2.5M long straps in place when the roof got up as they make it very easy to pull the roof back down - I simply stand up, wrap the straps around my wrists and pull down after that they are just rolled up and tucked away in the hatch cover. At just over 6', I find that I don't even need to stand fully upright to do it. I guess it would be easy enough to put a couple of shorter straps on to help and then just tuck them out of the way rather than having to reach up to grab the two handle fixed to the underside of the roof.
Any thoughts?
QuickPop
QuickPop is a simple and affordable quick release Pop Top strap designed to cut down the time spent releasing or tying down your pop top to a mere 4 seconds so you can spend your holiday time doing the important things.
www.sjb.design
Ever since I first got the van, I've worked on the basis that the tighter the straps are locked down the better but I do sometimes worry that I just put too much strain the staples bolted into the van and roof (the latter in particular). How tight do other forum members do their straps up? I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to get enough purchase on the relatively short lengths of the Quickpops to lock them down as tight but just how tight do they need to be?
I tend to leave my current 2.5M long straps in place when the roof got up as they make it very easy to pull the roof back down - I simply stand up, wrap the straps around my wrists and pull down after that they are just rolled up and tucked away in the hatch cover. At just over 6', I find that I don't even need to stand fully upright to do it. I guess it would be easy enough to put a couple of shorter straps on to help and then just tuck them out of the way rather than having to reach up to grab the two handle fixed to the underside of the roof.
Any thoughts?
