I LOVE this tent! I waited for a year with it on my "Wish List" but it was worth the wait!

When this tent arrived, I assembled it immediately to make sure I could (I'm a 50yr old woman in decent shape - NOT athletic). I had it completely assembled in 30 minutes indoors and broke a light sweat. If you follow the instructions that are attached (and WATERPROOF) inside the bag, you'll be fine. It seemed like the poles would break at first but with a little maneuvering and shifting, they locked in OK. I was able to assemble it in 15 minutes at the campsite with almost no help (my sister pitched in at the end because she was bored). I was able to take it apart by myself both indoors and at the campsite in just a few minutes. It fit back into the carrying bag with all parts and room to spare.

I measured my truck bed then followed the sizing guide and it fit great in my Nissan Frontier. There was plenty of room for me and it would fit two med sized adults with a little room for storage. The wheel wells were never a problem because they were toward the front of the bed. My sister bought the same brand for her full size Chevy and it was HUGE inside. She used the air mattress with the wheel well cut-outs and it was easily big enough to sleep two adults and with lots of room for storage.

The only bad thing I noticed was the windows can't be closed from the inside on smaller size tent. My sister's big tent had zippers on the inside so she could close her windows for privacy. I had to put the rain fly on, but it blocked the breeze. Both nights I camped were cool so it wasn't a huge problem and I had also bought a small fan/LED light combo to hang in the center of the tent. I'm a seamstress so I plan to make simple window coverings to velcro on the inside.

One of the tent tailgate straps was completely not attached . I didn't notice until I was fully put up and went to do the tailgate straps. Instead of going through the hassle of sending it back i put it back on myself. (Needle thread ). If you're going to sell to Americans at least run your products through some sort of quality control because this was a stupid mistake to have been overlooked. Or at least put "some assembly required" because of poor craftsmanship and lack of caring . My only hope is next time you buy something online it's made by the same people . Other than that it's a nice tent.

I used this tent on a camping trip with my girlfriend to glacier national park. Before we left we set it up in the driveway once, and after that it was easy to do. We set it up four times on the trip and I think we can do it together in 5-10 minutes now. Our preferred method was to lay it out on top of the truck bed and then put the poles in, contrary to the tip in the instructions. That way you don't need to try lift and maneuver it around with the poles in. The instructions are sewn into the bag and it gives a specific order for insertion of poles. We followed this order and did not have any poles break. A few tips of my own; don't loosen the straps to take the tent down, just stretch the elastic straps. That way they are the correct length for your specific pickup the next time you install it. The easiest part to screw up is the pole which forms an arch over the door. It needs to be assembled exactly as shown in the image for the product listing. The fabric goes inside of the tailgate support cables, and the pole goes to the outside of them. Otherwise it will get all stretched out funny in the front. You will realize if you make the mistake. Be careful when inserting the poles, and don't pull too hard on the shock cords, some people don't realize that all fiberglass tent poles can be easily broken if handled incorrectly and the shock cords will pull right out if you try remove the poles by simply pulling on one end. They must be pushed through to assemble and pushed back out to disassemble. The tent fits over the sides of the bed so the bed rails create somewhat of a shelf on each side that is nice for putting things you want to find at night. I bought a $7 lantern at walmart that was a perfect size for the tent, and the tent comes with a carabiner in the center for hanging just such a thing. I brought along a moving blanket and layed it out on the floor to protect the floor and our knees, it was the perfect size for it. I used my big cooler as a step for getting in and out with an outdoor rug in front of it for shoes. We stayed in two cots which worked out nicely, but they make air matresses for truck beds which would be nice to try. It fit fine in my regular box 2004 dodge ram 1500, and I had a tonneau cover rolled up in thd front while we used it. It fit over the rolled up cover and didn't seem to mind it. A few minor complaints would be that the elastic portion of the straps seems to be way too stretchy, to where it seems they wouldn't do much to hold onto the tent in a heavy wind. I would like to see them more firm feeling to be confident they will hold up and last a long time. Also the door portion assembles with 3 straps which must be dropped down in between the folded down tailgate and the bed, and fished out from on top of the bumper if that makes sense. The straps go all the way around the tailgate, parallel to the length of the vehicle, and getting them through that gap and around the bumper is a serious pain. I would have the girlfriend hold up the tailgate at about a 45 degree angle so I could drop them through and reach in and get them. It was a serious exercise in trust to have my fingers in there with her holding the guillotine up. I am also not entirely sure I am sold on the tent pickup concept yet. I would say that this tent would be absolutely ideal for a music festival or other trip where you would park the vehicle and don't move it for the duration. But if you are on a trip where you need to drive somewhere it means that every time you need to leave you need to take it down and then set it back up at the end of the day. On our trip we moved campgrounds all but one night, so in theory we would have only left it up once, but you also cannot get to camp early in the day, set up, and then go about your day to return to a fully set up campsite. Setting up camp is always the last thing you will do if you drive. Also you do need to remove everything from the bed to set this tent up, which usually I would do anyway as I like to set up camp...but it could be an issue for some. This tent certainly has its uses, and I dont regret buying it at all, but it's certainly worth a hard thought on what you are looking for in a tent.

The Napier Backroadz tent has impressed me! I used it this past weekend in some nasty weather and it held up admirably. Set up took about 15 minutes the first time... just because I was trying to be extra careful. I fully expect future set-ups to be considerably shorter. It fit my full size Ram 2500 pickup very well and kept us dry through a very rainy and windy weekend. I paired it with a Full size air mattress since Queen sized will not fit between the fender wells. This allowed an area between the end of the mattress and the tent door for shoes, clothes and the Dog. I would definitely recommend this tent!

I purposely waited until we had a chance to use the tent before writing this review. We used this tent in an F150 with a BestTop roll up style bed cover. From the earlier reviews we did a practice run putting the tent up before going on our trip. The first time was slightly cumbersome, but not bad. Once we had it, it was easy the next several times we put it up and down. Quality was good and nothing broke or malfunctioned until the very last day. The string which held the green pole together broke the final time we disassembled the tent for the ride home. I'm going to try to get a replacement and will update this with the results. I'll I felt as if the bed of the truck was adequately protected.

The experience of using the tent was great. We camped in Colorado with weather down to 40F and up to 85F. It rained multiple times during our trip. The tent never leaked. It did have condensate, but it did not leak. The tent has a net at the top. We used this to hold our iPad and watch movies at night which was fun. The interesting part of our trip was we had to use our truck every day during the trip. I built a platform for a bed in the truck which had to be removed before removing the tent. We didn't want to disassemble the entire setup each day so I simply removed the poles, unhooked the straps and folded the tent into the back of the truck then rolled the bed cover over it all. This worked great. It also allowed me to take down and put up the tent several times in this one trip. I became pretty quick at putting it up. With help it could pop right up in 10 minutes. All of the clips and straps held strong through all of this up and down with the tent. As mentioned before, the only issue with any hardware was the string on the green pole.

Even with that one issue I think this tent is of very good quality and worthy of a high ranking. It handled the weather nicely, was simple to set up and take down and had as much room as one could possibly expect in a tent for a short bed truck. I'm happy with the purchase.

One thing you'll need to get used to is everyone asking about the tent. We had a lot of people stop by and look at the setup.

UPDATE:
Napier customer service proved to be fantastic. They sent a replacement green pole quickly. We are still very happy with this purchase.