With the gradual warming of the weather, I believe that many friends have been unable to restrain their desire to travel. With the growth of travel experience, many travel friends have discovered a lot of valuable experience, which makes the whole journey more interesting. Among them, for some areas with pleasant scenery, if you can come to an outdoor camping, the experience is simply not too happy. However, in some unfamiliar environments, many travel friends worry that snakes, insects, rats and ants on the ground will enter the open hood at night and cause disturbance to themselves. As a result, "car roof convertibles" have gradually become popular in the travel circle. If you don’t know much about car roof convertibles, you don’t know if your car can be retrofitted? Today, the editor will talk to you about adding The topic of installing the roof convertible.

1. The problem of roof load-bearing

For travel friends who want to install a roof tent, the question that everyone cares most must be whether my roof can bear such a weight? Is it only an off-road vehicle that can be installed? In fact, at the beginning of production, every car The country has strict requirements on the static pressure bearing of the roof. Among them, the Chinese national standard requires the maximum bearing capacity of the roof to reach 1.5 times the curb weight, which is equivalent to standing on the roof of 27 adults weighing 150 catties. The American standard requires three times the requirement, which is equivalent to standing 54 adults of 150 catties. Therefore, even if the car that we can see on the market adopts Chinese standards, the roof strength has reached 1.5 times the curb weight. It is worth placing a mere tens of kilograms, but the roof tent of a hundred kilograms, don’t worry at all.

The weight of the vehicle body varies greatly depending on the form of the vehicle chassis. Generally, family cars and SUVs use load-bearing body structures. The body weight is about 1 ton. According to 1.5 times the body strength, the roof can withstand about 1.5 tons. pressure. In general, a tent can accommodate no more than 4 people. One person is calculated at 150 catties, and 4 people are no more than 600 catties. Adding a 100 catties tent, the total is only 700 catties. So, you don’t have to worry about whether the roof can withstand such a weight. In addition, like a non-load-bearing car body with a beam, the roof strength is higher, and it can generally withstand 4-5 times the curb weight, and the strength that can withstand is also higher.

2. What are the requirements for installing a roof tent?

After understanding the strength of the roof is no problem, the most troublesome problem for travel friends is how to install the roof tent? We all know that the common roof racks are generally divided into two types: vertical separation and horizontal separation. But no matter what kind of luggage rack, if you want to install the roof tent, you must install it on the load-bearing luggage rack, and it is best for special vehicles. Generally, the single strength of this kind of luggage rack is more than 100 kg, which can carry more Much weight.

Among them, the horizontally separated luggage rack can be directly installed on the roof tent, and the longitudinally separated luggage rack must be equipped with guide rails before the tent can be installed on it.

3. What are the types of roof tents?

At present, there are three common roof tents on the market: the first one is manually opened and needs to be built manually. The biggest advantage of this kind of roof tent is large space and high scalability, but the construction process is relatively cumbersome. It takes a little longer.

The second type is a fully automatic roof tent. First of all, this type of tent is very suitable for two people to live in, and even if you have poor hands-on ability, because of the assistance of the motor, we only need to unlock the safety buckle and use the remote control to control the switch. The lifting can be completed, and the whole process only takes about 10 seconds, which is quick and easy. Of course, the price of this kind of tent is relatively high, the overall cost-effectiveness is not high, and the need for purchasing budget is relatively high.

The third type is the hydraulic straight-up automatic roof tent. We can understand this kind of tent as a semi-automatic type. It not only takes into account the advantages of electric roof tents that can be opened quickly, but also is more acceptable in terms of price and relatively cost-effective. Also higher. However, compared with a fully manual tent, its accommodating space is also relatively limited, and only two people can live at most. For families with more people, you can only choose a manual roof tent.

In short, these three types of roof tents have different functions and prices, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars. You can buy them according to your needs and capabilities.

Summarize

The magical yearning for nature makes us want to go out and travel. Compared with traditional tents, the emergence of roof tents not only looks higher, but also has no restrictions on the installation location. As long as the car is parked, the roof tent can be raised, and there is no need to find a piece. Worried about installing tents in a flat open space. In addition, for ladies and children who are more afraid of snakes, insects, mice and ants at home, the roof tent can dispel their worries and make the whole journey more relaxing and comfortable.