Rightline Gear  Midsize 5' Short-Bed Truck Tent

All information about this tent says it fits a 2021 Ford Ranger Short Bed but it is not as precise as it should be. I tested it out at home before my first outing and found the bed of the truck is actually 5'1" and that 1" makes it more challenging to get the tent in place. However, I don't give up easily, and with some repositioning of the straps was able to get it to fit well enough. My first outing with it was on a blustery, wet overnight. I got it up just in time for the winds to reach about 20-25 knots with gusts to 30 kns. Knowing that rain was coming and not trusting the fact that there is no rainfly over the door, which is over the foot of your sleeping bag, I tucked a small tarp under the edge of the rainfly, securing it to the tent poles with rope in 3 spots then just let it hang over the door. The rain started in the wee hours of the night and didn't stop until midday. All night I was warm and dry. My gear was dry. In fact, there were no leaks anywhere. I think the design could be improved upon in a couple of ways. 1. Add a rain fly over the door. Even if the door doesn't leak, getting in and out while it's raining would only allow water in because the door is slanted. 2. Lengthen the tent slightly as there is no slack whatsoever 3. Heavier duty elastic straps or just make them woven nylon without stretch. I expect the elastic straps to stretch out quickly, they're showing signs of it already. All in all, for the price, it is a descent tent.

If you sleep on any kind of elevated platform in the bed, beware. The sloping fashion of the tent door will constrict your length to less than when the tailgate is down. I have a nissan frontier short bed for reference. Also the door is not very waterproof. I used this many times on a roadtrip and when it rained the water quickly caught on the door and started to build up. Then we did not want to re use because the rest got wet when we needed to store it.