Recently, someone asked me why you don’t have fiberglass roof top tents.
This question is the same as that I am using a smartphone to chat on WhatsApp, but someone else asked me why not use a Nokia 105 (an old phone for calling and texting only).
Then I replied to him.
Hi xxxx,
We used fiberglass as the top material before. But now, we changed it to ABS.
It was a hard decision because we had a stock of fiberglass at that time. And ABS’s molding fee is much higher than fiberglass.
But we have to change it to ensure our customer has a tent in good condition. And their customer has it in good condition, too.
Do you know the bumper on the vehicle? Most car manufacturers used fiberglass to build the bumper in the past. But now, they have changed it to ABS.
In our experience, the damage rate of fiberglass is much higher than ABS, because of its weak toughness. And you can even know it from its name: fiber and glass are both fragile materials.
Therefore, the trend is that ABS will be used more and more on hard-shell roof top tents.