Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Smittybilt has been hit or miss for me. I've bought a bumper, flares, CO2 tank and other stuff from them. The bumper didn't fit well, the flares rusted within two weeks but the CO2 tank worked great. I was a little nervous about the quality of the tent but the reviews I found online looked promising. This is the XL tent by the way, it's about twice as wide as the standard Overlander tent. After looking at other tents this size I decided the price of Smittybilt was worth a shot. We got the tent delivered freight on a large pallet (it weighs around 140lbs) and the box was a little damaged but the tent was fine. We unpacked it and opened it up in the living room to check it out. It looked great overall with just a few small dents on the bottom of the tent floor from shipping. We folded it back up and mounted it on our tent trailer we're putting together and got it all set up. Every piece of hardware was there. All the seams look great. It has plenty of room for 4 people, maybe 5 if they're small children. It comes with a 12V cig lighter adapter, extension cord and LED light that velcros to the roof of the tent. They say the rain fly is removeable but it's definitely sewn around the upper support poles so I don't see how. The XL is relatively new and the instructions are for both the regular and the XL so they can be a little confusing. There's a special section for the XL that's randomly placed at the end of the instructions out of order so read them the whole way through before setting it up. If you need a large rooftop tent and don't want to spend $2000+ on a Tepui or Cascadia than the Smittybuilt Overlander XL is a great choice. Edit (9/16/16): We have camped out in the tent once in the backyard to try it out before we take it on a long trip. We have had the tent setup for about 2 weeks so the girls can play in it and we can make sure it can "weather" a decent storm. It had stayed dry through 4-5 heavy rain storms with winds gusting 25-35 knots. Also, we figured out how to remove the rainfly so it is for sure removeable. However, with the tent being elevated...it's probably not something you'all want to do regularly. You can open the "skylight" flaps on the roof under the rainfly and still get some good ventilation...just without the view.