Screwing items into the bottom of a pop top bed/base
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I put a couple of strap handles in mine to help bring the bed base down whilst I’m in the loading area. The near to cargo net only gets used when it is up.
I would bang my head on every single one of those handles/hooks...100% 
I've got one of these ROKK items with a fixing point on both the underside of my bed-board (see image below) and the top of my sliding bed-board cabin cover...
ROKK Mini Universal Tablet Mount Kit with screw down base - Mobile / Media Accessories - Transporter HQ
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...with the idea being, I can attach the bracket for my tablet either down below or up top. The image above shows the fixing point 'recessed' in the cushioned bed-board, cos like @DXX says, you'll be surprised (not) at how many times you'll bang your head on everything in the van
I've also got a suction-cup for the same bracket so that it can be used outside of the van:
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Not a cheap bit of kit (I seem to use that phrase a lot when it comes to my T6 money-pit)...but it's very handy
Buying this RIGHT NOW!! This looks an awesome bit of kit
Like the look of those cargo nets. Do they just wrap around the black fittings or are they permanently attached to them?
Bluey22
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I’m going to have a think about this for sure. The road roar on the motorway is excessive.
They wrap around, I use 5mm elastic cord and learned how to make them from utube, it’s just a series of reef knots, the difficult part is making them from one continuous length. They are so useful, I put them everywhere. The mushrooms are low profile and lower than the rails the board slides along, so not a problem. I used 5mm riv-nuts on the doors and the supplied self tappers for the bed base.
Love your strapline @Pant Terrors ...am just ever so slightly self-conscious now. Haha
Enigmasdream
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Can a Ceiling Mounted Tv with 19" cello tv/dvd be screwed straight onto pop roof bed underside/ ceiling?
want it to be placed at drivers end, so can be watched in bed etc
will it hold ok or does the bed need additional support for the weight?
Any advise would be grateful for
Cheers
want it to be placed at drivers end, so can be watched in bed etc
will it hold ok or does the bed need additional support for the weight?
Any advise would be grateful for
Cheers
It depends on loading on the upper bed when in use and how much flex occurs - this will be more critical than the actual weight of the unit I suspect.
Could end up popping the TV casing or ripping out screw holes if flex is excessive.
We just bought a mini projector for home use but it can be USB or even battery pack powered (and use the mobile as a hotspot) so we talked about putting it on the van floor pointed at the ceiling (the underside of the pop top bed). The projector is HD, has a great built in speaker and can go to a 100” effective screen!
The ceiling is gloss white - might shop round for some matt white, or even pale grey, vinyl to reduce reflection and potential eye strain.
Beauty of having a portable projector is we can use the it wherever- in the house, van, garden, tent...
Enigmasdream
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The upper bed doesn't get used at all and never will. Always used the lower bed.
Sadly funds don't allow me a nice projector etc
Sadly funds don't allow me a nice projector etc
Then I don’t see it would be an issue mounting the TV. Our upper bed supports two people (does flex a little bit always returns to a flat board) so a TV wouldn’t trouble it weight wise.
One question about your projector pls is is it a smart version if so can you watch and down load Amazon prime and channel 4 as your can’t mirror or extend your phone to use it on a projector with these apps
Yes it has built in channel including Prime, Disney+, Netflix, along with iPlayer, ITV+, four and five. You can also cast your phone/tablet screen to it directly and it works full screen.
It’s proven really popular at home because of all that - so much so the little TV hardly sees any use (that was an older LG smart TV so misses some of the channels the projector has).
The projector is a Samsung called ‘The Freestyle’. I’m not normally a big Samsung fan but this is impressive and although not cheap it has everything you’d want a projector to have.
Thanks for the reply don’t know which model you have by any chance ? Also does it mount to a ceiling bracket the standard screw type or is it stand only ? Thanks
It’s this one.
Just has a flat plate on the bottom so needs to go on the counter top or the floor in the van depending on where you want to view it from.
Would one of these work??
