Sometimes you are in a situation where you might need some basic covering and shelter whether you are in the wilderness for professional reasons or on a camping and wilderness trip. In cases when you have your truck, SUV, or Van, naturally you would want to take advantage of the size of the vehicle and create a sort of leaned to tent or covering that is supported by your vehicle. It can be rather difficult to find such a specific type of carport or covering, considering most wilderness stores and retail locations won’t carry what they consider to be a fairly “niche” product.

Thankfully, there is a reputable company that deals in this exact type of product, and that is the Kelty company, specifically their Kelty carport. This carport is sold on their website as the carport deluxe model, and at the time of this writing can be purchased for about $330. This product is essentially a carport that attaches to the back or side of the roof rack on a standard SUV or minivan, it is also compatible with a number of large trucks as well depending on where the roof rack is located.

This carport shelter comes with a wide variety of different features:

• Fits minivans and SUVs
• It has a Clip-sleeve construction
• This also comes equipped with taped seams
• Complete coverage retractable side panels
• A large closable mesh window
• Closable side windows
• And a Nite Ize F9 guyline adjuster

Here are the primary specifications for those of you who may be interested:

Fly Material: 75D 450mm polyester taffeta

*Image courtesy of Kelty.com

Fits to mini-vans and SUVs
Seasons: 3
Capacity: NA
Minimum weight: 9 lb. 9 oz. / 4.3 kg
Packaged weight: 10 lb. 3 oz. / 4.6 kg
Floor area: 113 ft2 / 10.5 m2
Vestibule area: NA

Dimensions:
Length: 126″ / 320 cm
Width: 116″ / 295 cm
Height: 0″ / 0 cm
Number of poles: 8
Pole type: Six 16mm DAC Press-fit aluminum poles + two 16mm staff poles
Number of vestibules: 0
Number of doors: 0
Packaged diameter: 8″ / 20 cm
Packaged Length: 27″ / 69 cm

Be sure that you inquire about any warranties or return policies with Kelty.com before making any final purchases so that you can return a defective unit should do happen to get one. Also make sure you do plenty of comparison shopping on multiple websites to make sure you get the best possible deal. For those of you who are interested in checking out the product information on the company site and ordering from the Kelty store directly, you can order this product at this URL:

http://www.kelty.com/p-125-carport-deluxe-large.aspx