Caboose 4 / Caboose 4P

I originally bought the floor-less Kelty. Returned it and bought the Vevor you show. The Vevor has a floor, fits snugly over the back of my Mazda CX5, and zips closed ( using the screen, and, or external closure). The less expensive Vevor, suits my needs, plenty of room to maneuver, and I can close the car if I want.

I am talking about gale force winds not minor breezes. I have camped on the edge of the north rim of the Grand Canyon in the primitive area of the Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument and watched the wind "fold" my Kelty SUV tent (has no floor so acts like a sail) almost in half. I use my Kelty when I move frequently (and sleep in my car) rather than stay someplace for at least 3 nights. Eventually, in the middle of the night, I exited my bed in my car and shut my car door on some of the tent material to make sure it did not go over the rim into the Grand Canyon. One of the aluminum poles now has an additional bend in it but that has not adversely affected my use of the Kelty. I have experienced even greater winds in the Colob Canyon section of Zion National Park (2 weeks ago) but fortunately I had no tent set-up there. I was set up in the only campground open in the NP on the opposite side of Zion. So far, none of my tall tents have had to experience those high winds. I have many stakes and guy lines for my tents (shepherd hook, steel screw type and Kelty sand stakes that also hold fairly sizeable rocks). Eventually as I keep camping in the windy SW of the US, my regular tall tents (with floors) will be subjected to gale force winds. This coming June, I camp throughout New England so maybe I will experience those winds along the Maine coast. Since I will be on the move throughout New England and frequently staying in different friends houses, I may only bring my SUV tent and may not have the opportunity to test out my regular tall tents. The storage bags of both the Kelty and the regular tents are "large" so I have to choose one. I can set up both tents by myself. GearLab claims that my Nemo equipment tent requires 2 people to set up. Well, I have set it up repeatedly by myself and it gets easier every time I pitch it. Any tent is easier to set up with help but it is not required to have help to pitch the Nemo tent. I am 5'7" so maybe someone who is several inches shorter would struggle getting the rainfly over the top of the dome.

I have a Kelty brand. It can fit over your SUV side in addition to over the back. It has no floor and needs to be staked very well in multiple places if you use it where it is very windy because it will act like a sail in the wind. Don't buy the cheaper version with the fiberglass polls because they can break much easier than the aluminum poles in the more expensive version. If you just want to change clothes and use a collapsible, portable potty, a pop-up shower tent will take up less storage space in your vehicle. The bad thing about pop-ups is learning how to take them down for storage. You have to stake them down well in windy conditions just like any other tent. If you camp in the Southwest, you need sand stakes to fill with rocks and shepherd's hook stakes with nail like tips to stake down any type of tent due to rocky soil.

https://preview.redd.it/yqx57nupyazg1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f8f559fe2f7f23b7eee2fcbc027e9a8aa1cea55 A ShiftPod or an ice fishing tent might be fine if you can afford it, but there are less expensive solutions as well. if you are willing to do some work. I camped for 10 years in the cheapest 3-person dome tent I could find at Big 5 Sporting Goods. It cost me $35, plus labor and materials to harden it for the Playa. That's cheaper than the cheapest insulated ice fishing tent I found on the Internet: $137.90 at Home Depot. I modified my cheap dome tent by sewing nylon cloth over the mesh windows to block the dust. If I did it again I would probably just glue the nylon fabric over the mesh windows, leaving just one corner to Velcro strips I could pull open to get some top ventilation in times of mild wind. To make it cooler, I added a Reflectix (aluminized bubble wrap) cover to the top and South facing sides to keep the sun and heat out. This has the added advantage of helping to keep the tent dry when it rains. Covering the tent with an opaque cover undoubtedly reduced UV sun damage that weakens the nylon tent fabric. The Reflectix cost more than the tent itself, but it was worth it for the heat protection. I set grommets in the Reflectix material so I could secure it to the tent and tent stakes. Some may get a fancy grommet setting kit, but I just bought the grommets and pounded them down with a hammer to set them into the fabric. This was very inexpensive. Then I got a thin dashboard sun screen to hang across the main door. I also replaced the puny tent stakes with 18" rebar, and the tent felt very secure even in the highest winds on the Playa. I surrounded the tent with some solar lights, and draped more solar lights over the top, hoping that this would prevent anyone from running over my tent at night. Does it stay cold all day? No, but it stays a lot cooler than the oven-like temperature I experience with no Reflectix cover. I can sleep in there until mid-morning if necessary. Does it stay dark inside? No, but the Reflectix blocks the sun very well, and it would be relatively dark during the day if I added a Reflectix panel to cover the door. There are some limits to this solution. On the tenth year, one of the corners separated from the rest of the tent. At that point I retired this tent, in favor of a 4-person Kelty dome tent (formerly used for family camping) that also is a good size for one person and all of their gear. After 10 years the Reflectix aluminized coating started dropping off and turning into moop on the Playa, so the next year I replaced it with an aluminet tarp that someone gave to me. When we had high winds during Build Week, some dust was blowing through the tent fabric. Still, for the price it can't be beat.

it fits my kelty 6 comfortably with space on the size. it was very tight with my kelty 4

I have had a normal kelty 4 man and the daydreamer 6. The 4 held up great for almost a decade of use (~6 trips a year with that tent) before we needed more space and upgraded. The day dreamer 6 is pitch black inside which is great for getting kids/dogs to sleep in later than sunrise. The thick fly to keep out light definitely adds a pound or two to the day dreamer vs a normal tent.