Thanks for the info and time spent putting your informative videos together. I live about an hour from HF. Hopefully I can run into you there (not literally) one day.
Awesome video and I have been contemplating getting a besttop soft top but want it in Hydroblue and they don’t offer that color fabric. I might pull the trigger at some point as it is so much easier to go topless with your setup and I really like that. How long have you had it?
@@aacar4095 so all you have to go to flip the top back is unclip the front two clips (one just above each sun visor). Then flip it back! It takes 2 minutes. For Safari it might take another minute longer…but with no zippers, the rear windows all come right out very easily.
Soft tops are so much easier to remove, and store, compared to hard tops. It's a shame you can't roll yours up. I've had many different brands of soft top over the years, and I will say Bestop is by far the best option for soft top. They withstand the brutal Texas summers longer than others. They are better fitted, and have less gaps. Mine have all had zippers which failed at one point or another, but the Bestop zippers lasted years before failure.
That’s awesome. And mine is garage kept and doesn’t get many miles. So it will last a good long time. Bestop also makes conditioners and UV protective conditioners to apply to the fabric which probably will help. But it’s great. The not being able to roll the windows is kind of a pain…but no zippers to break either.
No flopping at all on the highway. It puddles just slightly when I wash it and run a hose over the roof. But it works well without them. As the top gets older I might need them. But for now it’s been fine. I do keep it parked indoors..so I can’t comment on heavy rain storms. But I assume that me washing it with a hose is more than even a heavy rain storm.
Not at all! It’s VERY easy to pop the bottom of the back window out and then pop it back in. I do it all the time. But the tailgate also opens and allows you to put smaller things in the back no problem without opening it.
In today’s day and time you must worry about theft more than convenience v.s. inconvenience. I to the National Forest and leave my Jeep unattended for hours hunting and thieves have been rampant stealing totes out of truck beds. Soft tops have been cut instead of unzipping the rear window. If a thief wants in they will get in but don’t make it easy. If they’re not going to work for it
Absolutely. It happens. And if that is your situation, the. A hard top makes more sense. But at the same time…windows are easily broken. Especially sitting abandoned in the woods with rocks all around. Pretty easy to just break a window. Bottom line, they want it…they’ll get it.
soft tops are way better in so many ways. less weight, more flexible off road, if you hit it on a tree all the points you check off. I had a hard top to begin but switched to a soft top not long after owning
Awesome! Thanks for the support! I completely agree. And tbh the road noise in mine is quieter. I think it’s because I have the twill too and it absorbs sound WAY better than the fiberglass shell that the hardtop is.
@@beachboy4928 with this particular soft top and my factory hard top…there is no comparison. Way quieter inside. Kind of surprising to me. It I don’t have a ton of experience with new soft tops. The only experience I have with them is the older TJ stuff. And those dont compare to the bestop one that I have now.
None what so ever. And I keep it outside 99% of the time. I know there are different versions of this top. Twill, vynil, etc. the frame too or the frameless top. Mine is the twill with the frame, so it’s their higher quality. Maybe leaks are coming from the cheaper ones?
@@WarPaintOffroad No the leaking has been mentioned on twill and vinyl in the NX Glide. Seems to be right where the back quarter windows meet the top corn of the door. BT seems to admit to it with some and sends updates. I just bought a used (1 year old) twill for my JKU for $500 and won't get it on for a few more weeks so I'm wondering who had issues...and not. I wonder if those having issues have the tension spring routed wrong.
Thanks for the info and time spent putting your informative videos together. I live about an hour from HF. Hopefully I can run into you there (not literally) one day.
That would be awesome! If you ever see me there say hi! Appreciate the support!
That is a nice top mine is the zipper style but it’s pretty new and works good
To be honest I kind of wish mine had zippers at times to be able to open and roll up the rear window.
@@WarPaintOffroad I guess I just don’t care for hard tops . I have several different tops and a cargo net .
Awesome video and I have been contemplating getting a besttop soft top but want it in Hydroblue and they don’t offer that color fabric. I might pull the trigger at some point as it is so much easier to go topless with your setup and I really like that. How long have you had it?
I definitely would recommend them. I have had it for about a year now. It’s really nice. I put it down all the time. It’s really simple as you saw.
How fast can you go folded back but not all the way into rear compartment? What about in safari configuration?
@@aacar4095 so all you have to go to flip the top back is unclip the front two clips (one just above each sun visor). Then flip it back! It takes 2 minutes. For Safari it might take another minute longer…but with no zippers, the rear windows all come right out very easily.
When it is all the way back how do you secure it? I'm afraid mine is going to fall off while driving
Soft tops are so much easier to remove, and store, compared to hard tops. It's a shame you can't roll yours up. I've had many different brands of soft top over the years, and I will say Bestop is by far the best option for soft top. They withstand the brutal Texas summers longer than others. They are better fitted, and have less gaps. Mine have all had zippers which failed at one point or another, but the Bestop zippers lasted years before failure.
That’s awesome. And mine is garage kept and doesn’t get many miles. So it will last a good long time. Bestop also makes conditioners and UV protective conditioners to apply to the fabric which probably will help. But it’s great. The not being able to roll the windows is kind of a pain…but no zippers to break either.
Great video! Has has it been on leaks?
No leaks at all! Had it in on now for a couple years.
Twill is a much better cover than the Black Diamond. Its thicker, better insulation, quieter, and the windows are 10mm thicker.
I didn’t know about the windows! But twill is definitely a much better material. I love mine being twill.
Good evening
Great review!
Thanks for the support!
I see you're running without the two aluminum arch bars. How's the rain puddling while parked & wind flopping on the highway without the 2 arch bars?
No flopping at all on the highway. It puddles just slightly when I wash it and run a hose over the roof. But it works well without them. As the top gets older I might need them. But for now it’s been fine. I do keep it parked indoors..so I can’t comment on heavy rain storms. But I assume that me washing it with a hose is more than even a heavy rain storm.
I love that top. Is it difficult to get in the back without the back window opening?
Not at all! It’s VERY easy to pop the bottom of the back window out and then pop it back in. I do it all the time. But the tailgate also opens and allows you to put smaller things in the back no problem without opening it.
In today’s day and time you must worry about theft more than convenience v.s. inconvenience. I to the National Forest and leave my Jeep unattended for hours hunting and thieves have been rampant stealing totes out of truck beds. Soft tops have been cut instead of unzipping the rear window. If a thief wants in they will get in but don’t make it easy. If they’re not going to work for it
Absolutely. It happens. And if that is your situation, the. A hard top makes more sense. But at the same time…windows are easily broken. Especially sitting abandoned in the woods with rocks all around. Pretty easy to just break a window. Bottom line, they want it…they’ll get it.
soft tops are way better in so many ways.
less weight,
more flexible off road, if you hit it on a tree
all the points you check off. I had a hard top to begin but switched to a soft top not long after owning
Awesome! Thanks for the support! I completely agree. And tbh the road noise in mine is quieter. I think it’s because I have the twill too and it absorbs sound WAY better than the fiberglass shell that the hardtop is.
@@WarPaintOffroad are saying that is quieter in the cabin of the jeep with the this soft top on vs. the hard top?
@@beachboy4928 with this particular soft top and my factory hard top…there is no comparison. Way quieter inside. Kind of surprising to me. It I don’t have a ton of experience with new soft tops. The only experience I have with them is the older TJ stuff. And those dont compare to the bestop one that I have now.
Any leak issues for you based on others reporting?
None what so ever. And I keep it outside 99% of the time. I know there are different versions of this top. Twill, vynil, etc. the frame too or the frameless top. Mine is the twill with the frame, so it’s their higher quality. Maybe leaks are coming from the cheaper ones?
@@WarPaintOffroad No the leaking has been mentioned on twill and vinyl in the NX Glide. Seems to be right where the back quarter windows meet the top corn of the door. BT seems to admit to it with some and sends updates. I just bought a used (1 year old) twill for my JKU for $500 and won't get it on for a few more weeks so I'm wondering who had issues...and not. I wonder if those having issues have the tension spring routed wrong.