Roof tent

Roof tents special tents for automobiles. They are often fully equipped with mattress and interior lighting (cable with cigarette plug ) and nowadays usually set up in a few seconds on gas cylinders, or a crank mechanism.

In the GDR there was very early on a very simple roof tent for the Trabant, according to the producers as a miller - Car roof tent called (popularly Sachsenruh board or canvas villa ). Nowadays roof tents often resemble a large roof box; The shell of the roof tent is easy to set up, and this creates a tent with enough space for two people. The shells are usually prepared either from GRP (glass reinforced plastic), or injection molding. The tent fabrics are stronger than normal tents, and high-quality roof tents a separate outer and inner tent is used to prevent condensation inside the tent is created. Modern roof tents usually have a sophisticated ventilation system. In this case ( trays or tent fabric ) are placed vents in the upper region of the roof rain, so that the ascending heated and moist air can escape and be replaced by fresh air.