A friend of mine has a Retrax one that he likes quite a bit. I was talking to him about it this morning, but he did say if he had to do it over he might end up going with the BAK. He wasn’t crazy about how big the box that the cover goes in to on the Retrax was, but other than that he’s pretty happy with it. I live in the middle of nowhere with a garage as well but my wife wants to get one so we have a place to put luggage and stuff when we go places. More convenient than stuffing things in the cab. I’m certainly not going to argue with her because I like the looks of them anyways.I looked at them when I bought my 2019 F150 and ultimately did not get one because I park in the garage - I really don’t have problems with weather or need to secure items in the bed of the truck. Most all the covers I looked at would take a portion of the bed when opened.
Retrax offers a tonneau cover I was interested in:
I’d been looking at the F1 pretty seriously, but as you stated with the MX4, it seems people were still having water issues. I ordered mine with the factory spray in bed liner. Any idea if the retractable style would be more water resistant?
Any comment in regards to the water resistance of it? Is there anywhere that you know of where you can get a particularly good deal on one?
I've never had any bed cover of any type be completely water tight. It always gets in somewhere. That said, I'm not talking about a ton, I'm talking about drips. And I also do a spray in bed liner with a rubber mat. Those spray in bed liners are really slippery.
Thanks for the input. Wish I would’ve known that about the factory spray in. I wouldn’t have done that had I known. My last spray in was not factory and it was really thick and nothing moved around on it at all. I thought it would be easier to just have it done at the factory, but maybe mistakes were made. Glad to hear that about drips of water. That doesn’t sound too concerning. I just didn’t want suitcases and things of that nature getting really wet.
Keep them away from the tailgate corners! I don't think you'll be displeased with the spray in bed liner and mats are cheap. Rough Country sells one I like better than the ones Ford sells. The only Rough Country product I'll ever own...haha.
Yeah mine is scheduled for 10/18. I was afraid if I tried changing anything it might delay my build date. My dealer did tell me they were having big problems with getting them shipped after they were built. If that’s true then the bed liner delay would make sense. Having one more stop the truck has to make before it gets to the dealer with a driver shortage. I might have to ask them about that.
You should, I hear it's about a month wait after it's been built.
Just sent them an email. I’ll let you know what they say.
Well I already got a response. According to the dealer, once the vehicle has been “serialized” there’s no changing the order. I guess it is what it is at this point and it’ll get here when it gets here. Should’ve had my thinking cap on earlier in this process.
My understanding is that a big part of the delay is in regards to the trucking. Regardless, you’d think that everything at this point would start moving faster.
Sounds like putting stuff in tubs may be the answer. I was hoping there was a solution out there that had the water shredding capability of a single piece hard cover and the convenience of a retractable. I guess technically there is and it’s called a Tahoe lol.
