I posted a few comments about his build in my “unusual designs” thread, with links to all 3 of his videos.
My posts are at at these links:
https://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=64495&start=75#p1208679https://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=64495&start=75#p1211926https://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=64495&start=105#p1245434In case the links don’t take you to the exact spots, home in on them by the post dates:
Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:44 am
Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:54 am
Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:43 pm
Read the limited comments I have in the above posts, and be sure to expand and read the comment on Youtube pages.
The major issues I have with his design are the roof, setup and tear down in bad weather, and I would worry a bit about stability when opening in strong wind:
About his roofs, I don’t remember many shots of his tarp top, and dread to think of trying to install it in the wind or rain. I think his panel roof is actually the stuff used for green houses (poly-carbonate ??) as it seems to be clear and cost so much (did he say $400 with the aluminum parts??) Skylights are nice but a see-though roof would be WAY TOO HOT in the sun! Coroplast should be a good bit cheaper but probably needs more support.
If I were to seriously consider building it, I would spend a lot of thought on the roof. It looks like he has a very slight slope, not enough in my opinion. And if I went tarp, I would try to figure some way to insulate it and have it roll out fast and easy in wind/rain.
I always wondered what he did with the mattress etal when he flips the bed over. Also, older folk like me might find the bed a bit too high.
But there are some obvious draws:
lots of room, stand-up area, walk-in door with head room, and a big window for air at the bed.
When folded, not very tall and light weight too! Pretty hard to beat all that! Interesting.
