Your Retractable Tonneau Reviews

[Criss944]

I am upgrading my 22 XLT to a 26 Lariat. Currently, I have a Tuxedo Sentry CT tonneau. I love the look, relatively practicality and zero leaks-except at the tailgate. My previous truck had a 6' bed with a 2' toolbox. Going to 4.5' bed I picked a cover that could be easy to remove. In 3 years, it has not been off the truck.

Since the tailgate locks effectively locking the cover, I am looking for a retractable cover without locks. Both the X Xcover retractable and the Gator Recoil retractable tonneau covers meet this requirement.

I am looking for thoughts on these or any other retractable cover, from anyone who has lived with a retractable for any length time.

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[dumbcomputers]

I went from a quad-fold hard cover to this retractable cover and do not regret it! The retractable cover is 10x more convenient in daily life. The only downside is if you want to remove it as it's much bigger and heavier and is a 2 man job versus one.

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[Dave O]

I installed the Retrax Pro XR a few weeks after I got my Maverick in January 2025 I love it I just ordered BillieBars and a Yakima Warrior Basket to mount above it to carry my eBikes above it while maintaining the lockable and dry space below

 

[Timothyd]

I am upgrading my 22 XLT to a 26 Lariat. Currently, I have a Tuxedo Sentry CT tonneau. I love the look, relatively practicality and zero leaks-except at the tailgate. My previous truck had a 6' bed with a 2' toolbox. Going to 4.5' bed I picked a cover that could be easy to remove. In 3 years, it has not been off the truck.

Since the tailgate locks effectively locking the cover, I am looking for a retractable cover without locks. Both the X Xcover retractable and the Gator Recoil retractable tonneau covers meet this requirement.

I am looking for thoughts on these or any other retractable cover, from anyone who has lived with a retractable for any length time.

Researching hard covers, I couldn't make up my mind. So, as a stop gap, I bought the cheapest trifold on Amazon. Slight leak at the back window but it works so well I'm keeping it. Solid enough to use as a work table it's pretty handy.

 

[Edge Haley]

I too bought a temporary Gator tri-fold tonneau off the internet ($300) and thought I'd have rain leaks so added some 3M adhesive rubber strips from Lowes around the underside-bottom of the tonneau cover and around the tailgate and approaching 4 yrs on a 2022 Hybrid still have not had any leaks....have done two 4,000 mile X-country out West trips thru some downpours and still no leaks....but do get a little dust from bottom of tailgate on dirt roads...so added self-adhesive Rubber Strips all the way around the tailgate. My $300 Gator Tonneau still looks like the day I bought it.

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