Lanmodo Automatic Car Tent Winter Test and Review
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- Lanmodo Automatic Car Tent Testing and Review
I would not recommend this item.
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Great review! Definitely doesn't live up to the marketing.
Thank you.
I have one of this and I live in a tropical country, I got this on sale for around $200. No regrets for me. The key here is ensuring the straps are tight enough to the point where the straps are pulling the cover down already, never let them danggling around to secure the tent. This will ensure that it can survive on rough rainy season and windy days.
Definitely the suction cup will lose its grip, but because the straps are tight enough it will just slightly move but will not tumble and scratch any part of the roof.
What i do, before I remove the straps, I re-clamp the suction cup again so when I remove the straps and its windy, the wind will not carry it with it... as its back in position...
I'd say this is very practical if you leave your car outside and your garage has either another car in it or being used for something else...
Dude.... you completely destroyed the suction cup function the instant you placed it on the dirty ground. There's no way in hell that thing would stick to any surface after that.
When you started your demo you put the suction cup on the rough ground. Didn't help the suction properties doing that. But other than that it looks a bit flimsy as you say. Thanks for a good review.
Thumbs up for the review. Just realized - it's never gonna work on my two door Wrangler. My hardtop roof is not flat (has some ribs), and I have no rear door to secure the back. Temperature changes will probably affect the suction. Someone can easily steal it, and wind can seriously damage the vehicle with this thing on top.
I think you should have tighten the straps more. The suction cup leaned forward because the back straps were not tight enough. However, this is a very informative video. Thank you!
I was all excited about this product because I don’t have a garage and I need hail protection for my car. I won’t be buying after all. Your review has saved me from wasting a considerable chunk of money. Thank you!
Do you think this will fit on my 2017 four-door Tacoma with a aftermarket Yakima roof rack?
I think if it was 2 or 3 suction cups instead of 1 will made a huge difference. I really wanted to buy one of these us here where i leave we have too much sun... Hopefully they will improve in the near future
Thank you fir your honest review, i live out in extreme heat and I have the best ceramic tint but it is still not enough, it seems like it would be good for blocking the sun
Thank you for sharing this really useful and practical video. You help me a lot saving me lots of money. I think you did a good job even Lanmodo is trying to mislead that it's your wrong operation. I think your did everything right about the installation and it's really their product issue. The tent doesn't live up to its exaggerated marketing. Keep doing something good like this!
Hi there, AwkwardHamster. Just want to check with you, in your video, you did mention you cleaned the surface of the car prior to installing the Lanmodo onto your car. I do not want to assume, because you did not specifically mention whether or not you cleaned the suction cups prior to installing. As can be seen, at 5-minute mark, you did not clean the suction cup after placing it on the ground. Just so you know, I do not work for Lanmodo or anything like that, I'm another of their potential customer. Just that if I were to commit, it'd be over 300 dollars as I do not reside in the States; and you review is the most useful I come across so far. Definitely would appreciate it if you can do another test (it's ok if you don't make a video of it, but just testing again and sharing your result using words is good enough), with clean cup and the suggestion by lanmodo to adjust the windproof strap so that they are tight. Thank you.
Hi Tzuoh, did you end up buying this?
I also watched a few other people buying Landmodo and it worked great for them. I also agree it would have been better if you retest the product. You put a brand new suction cup on the dirty road a few times that makes dirt stick on it. That is probably why it failed to stay put.
The only con for me is the price.
Overall, great review.
Try using the suction cup on the sunroof... it shouldnt fail when on glass.
I bought the auto one of these on ebay. They sent out the manual one. They would be ok if you installed it on a vehicle that had a hard roof like a Jeep Wrangler and should be good if you are in an area that gets basball sized hail. Other than that maybe in a sunny area for extra shade. Anything else it would be usless.
Thank you sooo much , i was so close to buy this thing and now i am looking for sone other solution
Glad to hear this helped.
Same here. Thanks for the review! Found an alternative solution, by any chance?
@@kirinyamada830 check out another video. His does not have the front or back hooks attached. Also wrong size for the vehicle
@@Bionicbabyy I used mine for two days only.. Yesterday I went evening to the work it was sunny day I came back midnight then I found one of the sticks which hold the umbrella is, broken and few hooks got off, this item is weak cannot handle the wind it was 9 to 12 K/M don't recommend it. They should upgrade the material.
@@abdulssa3544 Thanks. :)
The suction cups don’t work in the winter! They can’t hold thier shape and end up freezing. I now cause I can’t use my car mount for my cell doesn’t stay. Only works in the summer.
When you showed the security strap (that fastens inside the cabin), it appeared to be very slack on the outside of the car.
Wasn't there a buckle or anyway that you could have taken up that slack prior to closing the doors?
It seems that if you could have tightened that strap, it may have prevented the suction cup mount from tipping all the time.
Anyway, thanks for the video!
security strap isn't for stability but the 4 straps at each corner of the car is for security
the front is not a firm strap, more elastic. the back buckle was tighten after the door was closed. It wouldn't be easy to tight it with the door open because the hook is against the door handle
I was about to buy it. Thanks for the feedback.
Thank You! For this video, I’ll save my money. I hope you got yours back.
excellent review, I am looking for something to protect my car from hail, which usually entails wind speeds above 35mph. This would not work :(
Hi, thank you for the good user review.
Now it's 6 months later, do you recommend this product to others? I am in Tokyo and have no worry about snow. Only sun heat is the problem.
I wouldn't recommend it if there are low winds at your location. At one point in the video I showed my weather report wind speed and it is lower than what this umbrella was rated for. This umbrella couldn't handle the lower wind either.
黒嵜潤一郎 not recommended at all, I bought this product on march 2108 and had battery problems which can’t be recharging now..it’s just completely stop working
黒嵜潤一郎 buy promate it is cheap price and good quality and size as described
@@tksalalahThank you guys,. Sizzling season has gone fore now. I will consider purchase next spring.
Hi thank you for a very honest review I was seriously thinking of buying one of these you just proved it doesn’t work thank you so much take care Ian stay safe.
thanks for this proper real world review! shame as I quite liked the idea of it. I had an idea the real world wouldn't be as good as the companies own short video clips. You confirmed my suspicions. Cheers
Thanks for the feedback.
I think the suction cup is only for installing. After that the straps should be adjusted to keep it on. Then pump the suction cup again just before collapsing. Your straps did not look adjusted. That's why only the back ones are stretchy. Hope that made sense.
Thank you so much i been waiting to see someone post a snow test review. saved me money from buying this cover. 👍👍👍
Thanks
The most honest review I've seen so far !
Thanks
It is not what the manufacturer sells. It is a fake product.
no shaker on this model?
Thank you thank you!!! This review was much needed!!!
You’re welcome
Our backyard is surrounded by the neighbor's walnut trees and we suffer more ding damage then if it was a hail storm during the fall when the nuts began to fall (we get tons of them). Nice temporary solution until we can get a carport built.
Great idea but how do you protect your shade from theves !
Good point. Just hope the thieves are noobs and mistakenly brought a scissor instead of pliers when they come steal this. Cutting the security cable with scissors would be more time consuming.
@@AwkwardHamster I think the answer should be..how do you protect your car from being stolen with the lanmodo on top of the car. "YOU CAN"T", all you do is slow down the thieves, Eventually if they're really intent on stealing it, a tow truck with a dolly works really well with any car...So quit worrying about something that may or may not happen..
Excellent Review! Thank you for helping us make a wise decision! We will find a better product.
Thanks
From what i can see, you made a mistake by placing the suction on the floor, which got dirt stuck to it, that's where you got it all wrong!, also for your car size, you would have gone for the 4.8 metre which stretched further and has more firmness to its use.. personally i believe this is a great tech, not perfect, but for the first time that someone thought of actually implementing such an idea, that deserves an accolades.
i am not paid for this but i appreciate good tech when i see one, the concept and reason for this product is solid. please if you want to buy first consider the size of your car. alot of customers are happy with their purchase, don't use your bad review on a great product. i will take it that you were not probably well informed before buying it, if you were, you would've gone for the 4.8 and applied caution about the suction which is where the magic of stability is.
buy this product it is a good product.
Thank you very much! This is a great review!
Thanks
You have to use it properly I think -- then it functions properly. Those straps aren't supposed to have all that slack, for one. The cold may have kept the suction cup from sticking.
thank u for explanation i plan to buy one but now i must find other thing
It's supposed to have automatic snow shaker, did you have that turned on too?
Their competitor has that. Lanmodo doesn't. Lanmodo instructions manual I showed at the start of the video also didn't mention that function.
I also purchased one of these tents and after the 5 inches of snow and a scratched hood on my 2013 Audi A8L, I sent it back. I watched their video at least three times before purchasing it. I also read reviews about the tent and some said that it wouldn't scratch the car, well that's not true either because my hood had huge scratches on it from the tent frame. So, I had to come out of my $600 plus and Lanmodo was only offering $150 to have my hood painted. Keep in mind if you try to contact them it'll be a couple days to weeks before anyone will contact you. So, customer service is out the window. To go to a small claims court would probably be useless to recoupe my money back from having my hood repainted. I wouldn't recommend any of my friends to buy this product. It may be good for those people that live in the areas where they receive snow, the tropical areas or Florida. I wished that I could show you all the pictures as to how miserable this product had failed. Good luck to those that have this product.
It may be good for those people that live in the areas where they don't receive snow like the tropical areas or Florida.
Thanks for the review, made me change my mind about purchase.
The suction damages the roof with a concave shape…
thank you for your review..
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this honest review, I was going to buy it, but I changed my mind.
Thanks
Thx for the review
You're welcome
Nice review man! Thanks for sharing - definitely needs some further improvements (not as they advertise.
Thanks for watching.
car windows are designed to hold heat in car....if you dont cover them car will still get hot unless you use reflectix or some other heat reflecting cover. Doesnt provide any protection for car sides. Too big & hard to handle for the amount of proteciont it provides esp when its wet, snow / ice on it, it will also be hot from sitting in sun (too hot to handle)
Seems to be some shills in the comment section. Anyways some things to add. Confused that they went for a plastic hook for the door handles with no coating. Some door handles come painted, and those hooks are bound to slide around. As you mentioned theres no support structure perpendicular to the length of the car. And I feel like the most noticeable mistake made by them is the theft protection. If people are constantly cutting bike locks/chains, they are most certainly going to be able to cut the one steel string that this product has. Honestly just seems like an over priced sun shade. Thanks for the review.
Thanks for the feedback.
Some cheapass door handles on cheapass cars are painted, which is a bit stupid, as no paint is going to withstand the continuous use a car door handle gets. Door handles are most commonly stainless steel or chromed. Whichever, steel is much harder than plastic. Plastic hooks are not going to damage a stainless or chromed door handle under normal circumstances. Still, a quick trip to the hardware store and you're home in no time with some liquid rubber... the kind you can dip your tool handles into to rubberize them. Dip the hooks, let set for a couple of hours and PRESTO! You've got rubber coated hooks.
Plus when you run the "theft protection cable" through the door, you are deforming and damaging the weather stripping... VERY bad idea!
where is the front hooks for the front of the car. I did not see you add the front hooks
The front are elastic type bands that goes around the side mirrors.
@@AwkwardHamster I guess I have something different because I have the same as you but with hooks for the front and back of the vehicle. I got mine from looking at someone else's video.....guitarmageddonzL1's video
Good review if this item. Was planning to purchase this item. Ill have to pass after this performance review. Thanks for showing!
Also the suction cup must have few drops of water between the roof the car and the tent you dont need to be genius. One thing i dont like at this tent its to much space between the tent and the roof car and i must argue with you @Hamster but your mistake was very simple: the strings had to be a BIT MORE tight, in this way you could see how strong it is for the wind..
Stings were tight. You can tell how tight when it was tilted with the weight of the snow towards the front of the vehicle.
For $200??????? Seems like a waste. Doesn't cover the car completely, you need a clean roof or the suction cup will leak, the mechanism could scratch the paint, NOT for me!
Thanks for the review... suggestion, try using a tripod sometimes.
Thank you for your honest review. I almost get my self buy this product,but after watched your video. No more. Thank you. Another falsed product with good advertisement .
TKS a lot for the review.
You are welcome
Thank you for the review , it is clear and hard working , we can see , and thanks for the suggestion , But there are some tips that when install Lanmodo car tent , better not put the car tent directly on the groud because the suction cup got dirty and it will not work so well , from the videos i can see you did it everytime before install on the car . also if there is too much dust on the car surface, better to clean it , then can make the suction cup work better . second need to adjust the 4 windproof ropes to make it tight , so can make the car tent stable on the car , from the video , the ropes not so tight yet . Thank you for test for snow , that is really helpful for us , we will continue improving our product ,if you have any question, free to contact us
It was mentioned in the video the surface was cleaned, twice, before application.
you moved the mount base from sunroof to car paint, why?
where? i didn't find it.
To prove if the glass surface have any negative effect but the whole concept is not working
I reside in Nigeria and the product perfectly meet my needs.As long as the ropes are tightly adjusted, it holds the suction in place because the major challenge for us is excessive sunlight and heat and the product helps very well in that regards.
has anyone seen why this was developed:; It was developed for intense sun damage, and to keep things cooler. It wasn't designed to be stuck out in the wind, or snow, even though it can be used; but for a sunshade, it works wonderfully. NO, I'm not an agent for lenmodo, but after reading through all of the material and watching the advertisement, and reading up on it, the Lenmodo should be used primarily in hot weather to keep the car cool, and things inside a bit more comfortable. So quit bellyaching that it won't work in Winter. I wouldn't use a product out in 17mph winds or 2-3 inches of snow. Even though the ads tell it can work in high winds, snow, would you really use it in bad weather?
Also no one has ever mentioned hot weather, only cold freezing snow which seems to me like a bunch of upper Peninsulans and easterners are unhappy. How about asking some of our Southwestern folks how they like the Lanmodo in the hot weather where the temperature is around 110-125 degrees, then tell me if they're happy...
Doesn't protect the front hood or the rear of the car! What's the point then?!?! For $200, it's a waste!
Who has used this??
Thank you for your excellent review of this product. Definitely not worth all the hype. A simple snow cover would work so much better!
Thanks. I also have been using the car covers more. Car covers or the windshield covers when I’m away from home.
owkey.. that means, this thing is not works for snow situation..
Hi, how much money you have paid to buy
It was $200. I don't remember if there was a shipping fee. Pretty sure there was no tax.
Snow shaker option?
they say is on sale for $275.00 on the web... is too much
Nice video..
Thank you
I totally agree with you👍👍 it’s very bad Car umbrella I have one same brand Lanmodo doesn’t stand on a light wind and it’s made of bad quality do not worth the price that I paid for it at all. It’s nothing like the Commercial advertising
Thank you, I was tempted to buy this item... but for your great review I'll pass.
Thanks
I do some research on this lanmodo car umbrella. They said "Hail Proof" and "Wind Proof". I think they say whatever they need to say to sale them. See this video th-cam.com/video/43yhyn_LHX4/w-d-xo.html
Putting the sanction cap on the pavement and mounting it on the car's roof without cleaning it, is the biggest mistake in this review. The size of the car tent is not for the size of your car. You should've made sure that you've read the manual carefully before using this product or have researched a little bit to know which product size best suits your car. Just a thought.
He did re- clean the area
Good review! I just think this product isn't worth the stress... I mean, this could give me a bad day...
thank you
How weak.? You could buy a foldup canopy type cover for $50. That would last you through 1 winter. what a rip-off.!! (*the suction might have worked better if you had wet it) But, whatever.? It did not do what it advertised. Thanks for this review. Saved me $200.!!
Way too bulky these need to be so that they attach to flush pod on roof and stay on roof taking it on and off is enoying and takes up too much space
Thanks for preventing me from buying this tent. Seriously.
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What and the hell is that for
Even our cars are spoiled!
Thanks for the review, definitely I will not buy this product.
dude you have a garage...
Not enough garage bays to park my cars.
Scott: I know right???!!! Geez he could have simply cleaned it up a bit and there you have it!! At least one car can fit!!
Super helpful. Gonna stay away from it. Thank you sooo much.
Not Recommended 4 The Oregon Coast.Wouldn't Last 10 Seconds.
Thanks for a great informational video. BIG FAIL
That good! I almost buy it.
Was going to order one of these, but after watching ur video I will not. Sorry that you lost ur money unless u got it refunded
I didn’t get a refund.
@@AwkwardHamster that ain't right. Report the company to FTC andBBB
reviweing the reviwer:
just find sometging else to do. i am sure there must be something you are good at.
Definitely not worth the hassle
Buyer beware! Customer service sucks. Company is saying I'm responsible for cost of return of a faulty product. What a joke. Too heavy, and will cause damage to most modern vehicles
Jesus yet another person who puts all kinds of stuff in the garage ......EXCEPT THE CAR!!!
so check out Isaiah's Reviews same car, same product different outcome.
bigdaddykurt
he didn't have any snow in his review. of course results are different.