I used my Falcon for the first time in the Nevada desert. We camped in a secluded valley that developed high 30-40 mph winds that came through all night. I woke up a few times. But the tent held up. My buddies smittybuilt took a beating and he had to sleep in his truck.
Loving the low profile design. It really blends seamlessly with my 2007 Dodge Ram. I did not even drop any highway MPG with my Leitner/roofnest setup.
I am so glad I paid the premium and went with a quality tent vs the other guys.

Falcon XL is a fantastic roof tent, well-built and super comfy mattress (better than my bed). I’m very happy with this purchase and the convenient of just park my jeep in any nice spot and open and close it in a minute. My small dog loves this tent.

There are primarily two reasons why I went with a Falcon over my initial inclination to go with a Sparrow. One is the extreme rugged durability with a solid metal case. The other is that it’s very tall at its peak so if you want to sit up or get dressed there’s a lot of height in that one area. It’s roomy in some ways but it’s also tight at the front point where it’s narrowest. The other advantage that I’ve discovered as a pleasant surprise is that it’s very solid in bad weather, especially when you point it into the wind. winds up to 20 mph are not even noticed when you’re inside and it still holds up very well to wind speeds much higher than that. last of all, it’s easy for me to close by myself since I’ve only gone solo camping with it.

I recerched a lot of roof top tents for four months and picked the Falcon XL. My wife and I talked about getting a camper but I didn’t want to be tied down with a hauling a trailer, so I started looking into roof top tents. I was out west once before and saw them around which is where I got the idea. I don’t think us east coasters have grasp this great camping alternative yet, you don’t see them around here much. I recently retired and took a 32 day road trip around the country and traveled 10,000 miles. I went hiking, biking and visited a dozen of our national parks. I was selling on the roofnest, everywhere I went people were asking me about it and taking pictures of it. I loved my Roofnest. I’m planning another trip this summer. The only complaint I would have is the latches. They are impossible to open and close. I solved that problem with a quickgrip and release clamp. I was also a little worried about thunder storms. The tent looks great on my gray f-150 after I found a compatible rack and tonneau cover. Once I get my friends to help me put it on the truck this spring that is where it is going to stay until winter. It only rained two times while on my trip, but seemed to be nice and dry inside. If I leave early in the morning to go somewhere after a rainy night I just stop somewhere and its easy enough to just pop it up and down to let it dry. Great tent Roofnest, I’ll keep selling on it
Just wish I could find a way to send you a couple pictures because i’m not on face book.

I mounted the Falcon XL on a Gobi Stealth rack on a ’21 Rubi JLU and it is the the rig of my dreams. The instructions were so so and it took four of us to get the tent on top of such a tall rig but I have no more road noise than I did without the tent, and that’s with the bars and a yakima ski rack with four pairs of skis on top. In the cold (like 10 degrees F), the gas-powered shocks are a little less help than when they are warm so I have to really push the thing up with all those skis on ii, but no big deal. I feel like these temps are testing it. Even with venting the doors a little, anything below 15 degrees and the tent fills with ice but I guess that’s to be expected. If it ends up being a sunny day, I leave the tent open in the parking lot of whatever mountain I’m at and when I come back, it’s dry as a bone. This set up has allowed me and my son to chase powder all month and it’s truly been the best.