I finally began considering a retractable cover. TruXedo Sentry (CT) or BAK Revolver (X2/X4)įor my third, and current, bed cover I wanted to get the best of both worlds. For a good mental image picture backing up a trailer at night with 5% tint. Consequently, vision is 100% blocked through the rear window.
FORD SENTRY FULL
The only way to gain full access to the bed of the truck is to fold up all three pieces of bed cover. In addition, frustrations continued as we moved from our house in town out to our new property in the county. Luckily we were able to pull into a climate controlled garage long enough to get it thawed and accessible. The joints had absorbed water and the rubber seal had frozen to the tailgate leaving all of our luggage and hunting gear frozen and inaccessible in the bed of the truck. At one point in the 3rd winter we had to drive through an ice storm while visiting family. The problems I ran into began occurring after the 1.5 year mark when the joints began leaking.
FORD SENTRY FREE
I had a BedRug Liner, it and the contents of my bed remained dry and dust free during that time. So I decided to give the UnderCover Flex a try.įor every day in the city use the Undercover Flex was great for the first 1.5 years. Consulting a few friends I learned that I had an acquaintance who was a dealer for Undercover. An automatic retractable cover sounds amazing but I just can’t justify the additional cost. I immediately ruled out the full cab and 1 piece tilt up options due to limited functionality and flexibility. Hard top options included designs like 1 piece tilt-up, tri-folds, retractable, or a full cab. So I only shopped hard tops this go round. I had decided that the soft cover didn’t offer enough security or longevity. My second bed cover experience was on my 2011 Toyota Tundra. The only deterrent a soft top provides is keeping belongings out of sight from would be thieves. Anyone with a knife or box cutter could easily access your belongings in seconds if they wanted to. In addition, the idea of locking things under a soft top offers a false sense of security.
Before I knew it, the automatic carwash or highway driving would result in a cover flopping in the wind behind me.
The problem I had with this cover came years into its existence when the support poles began falling out and the Velcro started losing its holding power. This cover saved many softball road trips with buddies from wet and damaged gear and allowed us to lock things up out of sight overnight without hauling it all into hotel rooms.
My first bed cover was a TruXedo soft cover that was equipped on my 2005 F250 6-7 years ago. Read More History with a Soft Rolling Cover: Each of these bed covers served a purpose but eventually fell short and ended in frustrations for me. In the past, I have owned a hard tri-fold cover and a rolling soft top cover. My decision to go with the TruXedo Sentry CT was based largely based on the hard roll-up bed cover style. It not only protects our belongings from opportunistic thieves but also guards against the wrath of mother nature. With a young family and all of the gear I tote around for them and hobbies a bed cover is a necessity. This TruXedo Sentry CT Review is the result after months of research and debate about bed covers after purchasing my F250 in the Spring of 2019.
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