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Ned drives a 100 Series Land Cruiser to Mexico for beach camping. The garage door at his Mexico house is too short. With his old Alucab tent setup, that meant deflating his tires every time he wanted to park inside. Routine. Annoying. The quick-release mount plus a Roofnest Falcon 3 fixed it. He told us about it on camera.
A note on the customer quotes below. Ned recorded these quotes in 2024 when the company was still operating as Vanultra (now Stark Side Gear). His verbatim words are preserved exactly as recorded. Editing customer testimony would be putting words in his mouth.
The garage-clearance problem nobody markets a fix for
Most rooftop-tent marketing leads with adventure. Ned's actual blocker wasn't an adventure problem — it was a parking problem. His LC100 with an Alucab RTT couldn't fit through his Mexico garage door without deflating tires. That's the kind of friction you don't see on a product page.
Ned's words:
"I love having a roof tent, but my low garage door in Mexico made things tricky."
The fix is a low-profile tent that comes off in minutes — not a different tent for the garage and a different tent for camping.
What changed when he switched setups
Roofnest Falcon 3 (low profile) plus the quick-release mount. The combination did two things at once.
First, the tent itself sits low enough that the LC100 fits the garage with full tire pressure:
"The tent is absolutely as low as it can be."
Second, when even that's not enough, the tent comes off in minutes instead of hours:
"I never thought of the mount as a feature—until now. The fact that it's easy to remove and reinstall the tent is a game-changer."
That second quote is the one we don't usually hear. Most people don't think about their tent's mount. Ned ran a setup where the mount was the limiting factor — and noticed when that changed.
How fast it actually is
"You can drop it on, suck it back to the mount, and Bob's your uncle!"
Translation: drop the tent down onto the rack, slide it back into the fixed front mount, clamp the rear. That's the install.
Compare to his old experience:
"I used to spend 2 hours fiddling with my old mount just to get it off. With Vanultra's quick release system, it's a breeze."
Two hours to minutes. Same vehicle, same garage, same Mexico road trip — different mount.
Why it holds up on Mexico's beach trails
Quick attach is one variable. Stay-in-place on rough terrain is another. Beach trails in Mexico are not graded. Ned's read on the hold:
"The mount feels really secure. It's on rubber with tension, which means it's stable and I don't have to worry about it coming loose."
Rubber-tensioned design holds through bad roads. He's run it; he says it holds.
What this combination is for
For LC100 owners — or any full-size SUV driver — who fight low garages on the road, the same setup Ned's running is the Slipstream.