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@@ryanthomas9081 Hello!! … and Thank you 🙏🏻 Yes it’s still working. I get a new discount code every Sunday night for the following week and i forgot to change it yesterday. I’ve just changed it now so head back to my choc chip travels website and click the new “copy code” button again to get this week’s code and it should work 👍🏻

@@iainmcglynn833 Thank you for watching 🙏🏻 😊

@@paulwoolnough3445 *in my best Palpatine voice* … “Do it!!” 😂

@@maidn1887 You mean when it’s folded up? It’s been in mine for over a year now, opened and closed many, many times. It’s absolutely fine

@@ChocChipTravels thx 😍😍

@@stephenmorrissey6463 Do you mean the little fold out table or the tire table?

@@ChocChipTravels at the end when eating your pudding, you have a chair and table, just wondering if you could drop in a link to them

@@stephenmorrissey6463 ah right yeah i know what you mean. I’ve added the links to my linktree for you. Just head to the link below and scroll to the bottom 👍🏻 linktr.ee/chocchiptravels

@@ChocChipTravels great, thank you!

@@iainmcglynn833 Haha, i’m glad I could contribute 😂 You’ll love it. Did you go for the sunset orange colour?

@@ChocChipTravels slate to match the car although orange was the original choice but I want more subtle 😎

@@jonathanmujahed9936 You might be okay. I just find at 6’3 my toes touch the bottom of the roof on the cargo. I found the classic perfect in terms of lying full length on my back. I couldn’t touch the other end with my toes and it was better than the cargo for that.

@@michaelwhite1446 Amazing. You’ll have to show me when we’re there 👍🏻

@@robtantum Thank you 🙏🏻 Yes, I’ve filmed everything for it. Literally just need to cut it together 👍🏻

@@jazminkovacs4544 how many of those do you have? Is there 4?

@@glenn-ub3nv Thank you 🙏🏻 Yeah it’s a canny bit of kit

@@KarenAdams-y4f Amazing!! Glad the videos helped. Have you got anywhere in mind for yourfirst trip?

@@ChocChipTravels will be heading up to the Highlanda for a night to get a feel for it, then doing the nc500. My tentbox arrived today... Yay!!! Can I ask how many people did you have to help load in onto your vehicle? Because the thing is wow... It's HUGE 😂😂

@@KarenAdams-y4f 3 people ideally. Easiest way is to have a mid point to put it on (like a table). Lift onto the mid point, adjust your hands and then lift up over your heads and onto the roof bars. The more people the easier it is 😊

@@Absolutepagan Hello 👋🏻 It just attachs to the centre bar in the middle. I’ve put the link below to my linktree and you’ll find the ipad link in there 👍🏻 linktr.ee/chocchiptravels

@@ChocChipTravels amazing thank you so much 🙏

@@workingmumsneedgin6505 Haha, yes add yourself to the long list of many. Glad you got sorted 👍🏻

Thank you for the info re: SOS 👍🏻 St Patrick’s day is an Irish holiday. There may have been some significant meaning a long time ago but now most people just use it as a chance to dress in green and drink A LOT of Guinness 🍺

@@polster82 Thank you 🙏🏻 I’ve seen a few people cable tie those foam tubes around the bars and they’ve said it helps

@@AdamBlackburn-s1j it’s from dunelm. It’s called the cooler than mattress topper. Superking size. Retails for £95 but is occasionally on sale with 20% off. It’s perfect 👌🏻

@@ChocChipTravels ordered thanks

@@ChocChipTravels do you need to take the topper off every time you pack the tent up?

@@AdamBlackburn-s1j not the one i’ve got from dunelm. I keep it in all the time 👍🏻

@@freddiemercerful Easily enough? No haha… but it is possible. The trick is to lift it off the ground onto a mid point (like a table), then adjust your hands and lift it up onto the car. If you can master that and you feel strong enough, you’ll be okay 👍🏻

@@ChocChipTravels got it thanks mate

@@piczoo Haha welcome to my world 😂

@@bolllochead thank you. Yeah i’ve found that helps a lot with space 😊

@@paulclare7477 Thank you 🙏🏻 Yeah mattress and topper both stay in. Generally for the most part, the topper folds away no problem. Every now and again it’ll stay folded when you open it, but you just sort it when you first go up in the tent. Since the topper is (almost) the same size as the mattress, it doesn’t slide about

@@ChocChipTravels Thanks for the quick reply Chris

@@paulclare7477 no problem 👍🏻

@@sifus187 is this when it’s rolled up? Apparently you need to message tentbox and they’ll send you something out in the post to roll it up 👍🏻

@@ChocChipTravelsYes for the rolled up... ok I already sent message but tentbox take long time to respond:(

@@tobythetankpienmash8129 No problem with that. If you’ve found something that works better for you pal that’s great news. As long you’re having great adventures along the way that’s what counts 👍🏻

@@ChocChipTravels yeah exactly I Swerved the ground tenting idea as I didn’t want a long set up and pack down time hence the Xl. But these trakker carp bivies are another level they do a tempest rs 150 UA-cam it it sets up even faster. Plus even with a 4x4 3 kids 2 small dogs the boot was always rammed. Now it all goes into the roof box boot is empty for the dogs. Another plus is no one can nick it of the roof. They do have their uses but it it’s incomparable too the new setup

@@trick700 That’s fair enough. When my wife and I lifted on our original cargo on the truck back in 2020, we snapped off my aerial and spent the whole day arguing. When the XL went on last year, thank god our neighbour saw us about to start and offered to help, otherwise that would have ended up much the same i’d imagine. So yes, I completely understand the value in a tent that’s easy to handle 😂

@@ChocChipTravels do you tend to keep your TentBox’s on the vehicle year round? Ours comes off during the winter months and when our sons borrow! 😂

@@trick700 It does come off here and there. It’s on whenever I’ve got a run of time with no weddings to photograph on the weekends so i can get away to use it. Other times i’ll take it off. Just depends 👍🏻

Wow, that's really nice of you to say, thank you. I'm glad you love your new tent. Have you been anywhere nice in it yet?

​@@ChocChipTravelswe have indeed - we were away up the Fife coast, including a lovely wee fishing village called Crail where we camped up at the beach; last week we were at Loch Lomond and the Trossachs and more planned for the summer holidays.

@@cblack879 Amazing. I fancy Loch Lomond maybe October time when the midgies have buggered off haha !

Thank you 🙏🏻 Yes, there will always be a loss of MPG. More so on the motorway I've found. I can't measure it accurately though as the truck isn't our main vehicle so I don't use it day to day. What I will say is that I did get decent mileage on the trip to New Forest where I made this video. I was keeping an eye on it and it wasn't a huge amount less than it initially estimated

@@ChocChipTravels Thanks

@@holsteincowboy it’s possible to mitigate some mpg loss by sticking to 50-60 mph or just by keeping off motorways altogether. Surprisingly it really doesn’t make that much difference to overall journey time, over UK distances. We’re quite enjoying B roads and finding some beautiful places we’ve never seen before! No need to rush. 💯% chill 😎

I've had the XL on a touran for a bit now and reckon it's a 10% reduction in fuel economy. Not insignificant. Investigating a deflector/faring type device to mitigate. The weight of the thing at 62kg is similar to having Manny Pacquiao in the passenger seat so I think most of the loss is through drag.

@@Dildaphone i can’t stop thinking about Manny Pacquiao sat on my roof bars now 😂😂

Second!!

@@CassGoldsmith No, not difficult to pack away. Once you’ve taking everything out, you’re talking 5 minutes give or take depending on your urgency. I’ve literally just filming and edited an updated 15 month review video of the same tent. I’ll have that online in the next 48 hours and that has all my updated thoughts and findings

@@PrawnBoxer hello! 👋🏻 It’s simply that what you’ve said… the additional setup time for the time you’re actually there. I guess if you were arriving early afternoon and staying for one night then maybe not bad, but if you were arriving somewhere 8-9pm and then leaving early in the just can’t see how it’s worth it. As for other options, haven’t found one yet, but the simpler option, if you wanted some cover, would be the universal side awning as that opens up very quickly. It would provide you shelter but not cover if it’s windy/rain. In those situations it could just mean keep it simple and have a night in the tent with no extras set up

@@clairepuntis1777 oh really?! Small world!!

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Haha I get asked this all the time. It’s Lancashire and North East England 😊

@@1972andyb Hello!! Yeah i’ve just had the cargo for two days to make a review video and it’s a great bit of kit. Looked so good on my truck. i’d be lying if I said i wasn’t tempted haha. Definitely keep an eye on the channel. Many more videos inbound 😊

Oh yeah i’ll just sort it now. Gimmie two minutes and then follow the link again 👍🏻

Should be sorted now buddy

@@ChocChipTravels thank you so much!

The tent itself weighs 62kgs, so anything that’s rated for higher than that. I use Cruz Aero bars if that helps

You could, however it might be easier just to remove the ladder. If you’re just talking about being down in the living pod and no one being up in the tent, you wouldn’t need the ladder to support the tent, so it might be easier to remove it temporarily than figuring out a way of strapping it up

Thank you 🙏🏻 No, not at all. I only push mine back slightly because i can. It’s more of an issue with the classic/cargo models as they’re a lot longer so you get more overhang. You could even mount it over the back bed on the navara if you wanted to 👍🏻

@@ChocChipTravels perfect. Thank you

No i just fold mine over and let it bend with the fold… if that makes sense?

@@ChocChipTravels ok was just unsure if could do it that way, wether it would place some extra strain on the folding hinges. Just got a topper today so gonna pop it in soon and fingers crossed it closes with no issues 😂

@@TomClare-so2bl i think it would be 6 and 2/3’s as to how it’s folded in my opinion as it’s still occupying the same space?

The awning you have is a slightly modified design. The idea is that the spikes help the post hold better in soft ground which means the awning is less likely to move about in the wind 👍🏻

@@ChocChipTravels So what happens if I need to put it up on hard ground? Does it just have to balance on the spikes

@@ow8661 Hmm… I guess so?? If it was then moving around too much with the spikes on hard ground i’d maybe look at making something to sit the spikes on when on hard ground. Not sure what exactly. I’d have to give it some thought but you get what I mean

Potentially, but i don’t think there’s anywhere to attach them lower down (from what I can remember without looking at it). I’ve used it again since and tried tightening the bottom. I’m still running into the problem. Either: a) i have it so everything fully zips up, but that means the fabric is loose. b) i tighten up the panels by pulling them out a little more, but then the zips won’t close all the way down. I think in my case, it’s the height of my vehicle. I’ve got the taller pod, but i think my truck is higher than a normal car (for the shorter pod) and lower than a van/defender (for the taller pod)… so i’m somewhere in the middle, therefore the fabric is looser. That’s where i’m at now. As for the pod, i used it in France last week when it was raining and everything stayed bone dry inside. It was perfect in that sense

Noisy, but that’s the same for any tent. I got caught on a windy night in my old cargo once and that was windy too. Never any worries about it going anywhere though. I just put my headphones in and drifted off to sleep. Living pod again was noisy, but it wasn’t going anywhere. More than up to the job 👍🏻

Oh that’s amazing!! Glad i could help and I appreciate you letting me know 😊😊

Thank you. Yeah XL’s a great tent, but the classic does have it’s pro’s. Decisions decisions 😊😊

Hello. Yeah they changed the design of the outer cover last autumn so there’s no outer straps needed anymore. I know a few people have been getting in touch with Tentbox to send out some extra straps that will allow you to roll the cover up, so it might be worth giving them a shout if you’re missing those, although i couldn’t tell you what you should be looking for as i’ve never seen what they are