Subaru Forester Roof Top Tent 🚙 ⛺ Thule Roof Box On Top and Cool White Roof!
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2021
- I love to take road trips and camping in my Subaru Forester. I recently customized my aluminum rooftop tent with heavy lift gas struts, a white roof wrap and a bunch of other goodies. A large comfortable roof top tent without giving up all of the space in the Thule roof box! It's all mounted on my 2019 Subaru Forester Sport. Check it out and let me know what you think!
Aluminum Clamshell Rooftop Tent with Heavy Lift Gas Struts and Matte White Vinyl Roof Wrap 
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Such a great video!!! I love your whole set up, so cool. I feel like there’s so many rooftop tent outback videos, but not as many for the forester. Love your forester sport btw!
Thanks!!! I have a new forester now and a new build. I'll have to make another video soon
@@AlfredoAve got another forester already, or did I read that wrong? Lol. I keep going back and fourth if I want the forester or the Outback (when I can get another car). So torn!!
@@jackmankins2520 they're both nice cars, just depends on if you want more vertical space (forester) or horizontal space (outback) inside, japanese-made (forester) or american-made (outback), more touchscreen controlled-stuff (outback) or more physical buttons and dials (forester) and obviously other stuff too. I did get a new forester, unfortunately the forester sport in the video was totaled in a hit and run about a month after I filmed this. It protected me and my dog so I decided to get another.
@@AlfredoAve I do love the physical buttons in the forester so much more AND the CD player. Hahaha.
Oh wow!!! So glad y’all were kept safe and that you were able to get another car so soon. Which trim level did you end up getting?
@@jackmankins2520 I ended up getting the Wilderness, because I thought maybe I'd want to tow a trailer sometime and for all of the other features, but in hindsight, I wish I'd bought another Sport and just put all terrain tires on it again. The gearing on the wilderness really kills MPG. I think the Sport is still the best value and I could get over 28 MPG at 65 MPH even with the tent and Thule. Now with my wilderness I have no tent, only a Thule and a roof rack and I'm lucky if I get 23.5. It also sags in the back with 2 ebikes on the hitch so the extra tongue weight capacity doesn't really seem to make a difference for me
I’m sorry to hear about the accident man. Glad you’re safe. You had a sweet setup and I wanted to ask about the bumper step you had on this?
Thank you so much for the kind words. That's actually my 1UP Super Duty bike rack in the up position. Survived the crash and is on my new Forester now
hi nice setup, can you tell me what the bike carrier is please thanks. and the white vinyl wrap on the box top makes a lot of sense, surprising more people dont do it. from australia
Thank you! The bike rack is a 1UP USA Super Duty Single. They are great racks! Can even hold my 84 pound ebike
Hey I love the setup! I have a very similar tent with roof bars! How much does that all weigh on top of your car if you know?
Thank you! Probably almost 250 pounds. I know the rails aren't rated for that much dynamic weight. I usually keep speeds 65 or under and never had a problem
I love the setup. Sorry about the accident... I wanted to ask how much do you think your roof top tent weighs? 175lbs?
Thank you. I'm not sure of the weight. I'd guess somewhere around 140 based on mounting it a few times
Thank you for responding! I hope you'll post more Subaru videos! @@AlfredoAve I am going with Malone just like what you used on yours... and the tent I saw is about 180lbs. I hope my 2018 forester can handle it haha
What roof bars you got there? Nice set up.
Thank you! The bars are Malone Airflow 2 aerobars. These are the 58 inch version. Love these bars! No problems ever over 80,000 miles. Never moved or loosened or anything. Easy to install. Less than $200, I see no reason to spend $500-$600 on Thule or Yakima
I finally have my setup it is the same crossbars and roof top tent like yours. I wonder how far you had your crossbars from each other? I did 31 inch apart.. I am a little scared driving on the freeway@@AlfredoAve
Hi can you let me know what static load you have had on the car. I'd like to get an aluminium clamshell tent for my Forester but the 80kg max stated load of the Forester means I can't carry anything on top of the ones I've been looking at.
Hi, the static load (when the car is parked) is not an issue. I think the owner's manual states 700 pound limit. The dynamic load limit on this forester is listed at 170 pounds. Dynamic load indicates when the car is in motion. This setup was probably about 180 pounds with the roof box empty, but I drove at least 40,000 miles with the roof box full of gear so the total dynamic load I had was probably 230 or 240 pounds. I just made sure everything was mounted securely, checked it periodically, and drove conservatively - no sharp turns at high speeds, etc... I usually drove at 65-70 MPH to keep my fuel economy decent. I never had a problem.
Hey there I just got a forester and want to set up a rooftop tent on top of the car. Yet none of the outdoor stores in Perth (Australia) sell roof racks / bicycle bars that can be mounted on the existing rails of the subaru (they only sell those that can be clamped). Did you have to drill yours into the rails or did you just clamp them?
The crossbars clamp onto the Forester's roof rails. I'm not sure if they're available in Australia, but they are great crossbars and a much better value that Thule or Yakima. The bars are Malone Airflow 2, they're available in aluminum or black color and 50, 58 and 65 inch lengths. They are priced at less than $200 in the US. No drilling required, they clamp onto the roof rails and lock in place. I've used the Malone bars on 2 Foresters and they work great. I've had heavy loads of well over 200 lbs dynamic (while driving) and 500 lbs static (while parked, camping) on the bars and they've been just fine.
@@AlfredoAve Ok that's reassuring. Thanks for the reply !
So I have a '21 Forester Sport like you, with the OEM roof rack and crossbars. I see you have the Malone cross bars; can you link me to the exact ones you have? I'd like to get them, since I'm looking at rooftop tents myself! Thanks for all the info.
The bars are Malone Airflow 2. They come in 50, 58 and 65 inch versions. The bars in this video are 58. This car got totaled in a hit and run - the bars actually survived, but I accidentally broke the key in the lock rushing to take them off in the towyard in 10 degree weather (my fault) and didn't have it in me to go back again and try to drill them out while I was still recovering from the accident, so that was my fault. On my new build on my 22 Forester Wilderness (video coming soon) I'm using the Malone 65 inch bars. Very happy with them.
You can find them at a bunch of retailers. First set I bought from Dicks, the 2nd I bought from Backcountry.
Here's a link to the Amazon listing for the 58 inch version like in this video (affiliate): amzn.to/3TwR1WE
@@AlfredoAve Is there a specific size you liked the best for the tent? I'm looking at the 58" or 60" as well. Not sure if it really matters?
@@87_North it just depends on what you plan to put on it, if you do/don't like the look of wider bars, if you want extra room to add stuff, etc. Hitting your head is NOT an issue if you put the bars in the right place on the rails (if you can see where mine are in the vid).
The bars in the video are 58 inches. That tent was 55 inches wide and 58 inch bars are actually just about 55 inches (they count the black plastic endcaps in the length and they are 1.5 inches each i think)
Before that I had a 50 inch wide tent and there was room to mount an awning on the 58 inch bars as well.
The 65s I have now are definitely pretty wide but I'm glad I got em.
@@AlfredoAve I see the bars have a very low weight limit ... I must be overlooking something.
@@denniss1211 dynamic load vs static load
Any update on your new setup yet?
Sorry for the delay! Coming soon!
How much does the tent and cargo box weigh total?
Probably about 180 pounds empty and 230 or 240 pounds when the box was loaded with gear. I know it's above what it's rated for, but I never had a problem. Basically, you just don't want to take curves at high rates of speed or slam on the brakes and jerk the wheel around. It's how I drive anyway. I usually kept my speed around 65 MPH with this setup for fuel economy anyway.
What inflatable mattress do you use?
The one I got is no longer available. You wanna look for one that is about the same size as the pad that comes with your tent/the size of your tent floor. This one is similar to the one I had www.amazon.com/Double-Sleeping-Pad-Extra-Thick-Built/dp/B0CYSS27NL
This style is supposed to be really comfortable, but a bit pricier. This is what I'd get if I were to buy another one www.amazon.com/Vaneventi-Self-Inflating-Mattress-Sleeping-Comfortable/dp/B09CG827ND
@@AlfredoAve thank you!