Safari Straps 3pc Netting System Product Review
By: USMCDoc14
21 MAR 09

I love open top vehicles to the point I have sold off ones I could not remove the roof from. Its addicting, the sun on your skin, the wind in your face, your favorite hat getting sucked off in a cross wind and drug into oncoming traffic.

Ok maybe that last part kind of sucks, there are ants at every picnic. While I am at it let me list the other annoyances:

• Having random important stuff get sucked out at highway speeds.
• Trying to keep your dog in the vehicle.Any sort of security to walking by hands.
• "Yard sale" when off roading.

Luckily Safari Straps (www.safaristraps.com) has this covered and looks great doing it. Safari Straps sells a netting system of polypropylene webbing with rings and powder coated cam buckles that looks like a lightweight version of the netting system we use in the military to hold cargo to pallets, but much cheaper and much more user friendly. Pre-fit for Jeep TJ and JK models it covers the areas that are open with the top off. You can even get dividers to keep pets/gear in the back area and out of the drivers seat. You should ALWAYS secure any gear in your vehicle prior to off-roading but this is great for those soft items such as sleeping bags, pillows, clothing, backpacks, small woodland creatures, ex-girlfriends and tow straps from flying around and irritating you.

I am kidding about the small woodland creatures, leave mother nature alone while on the trail.

Here is the unsuspecting victim, my 2007 4dr JK.

Everything that is needed is included in the box: 2 side nets, 1 main net, instructions and any other straps needed. Included as well are little plastic retainers to keep the extra strap lengths contained from flopping around in the wind, I appreciate this little touch as it looks much better than electrical tape that I would have used. I picked up a couple of spare straps with cam buckles so I can secure the net to the last roll bar hoop and flip up the back area without anything moving.

Everything is well constructed with solid stitching and sealed ends. All connecting points are bar tacked and Xed so nothing should ever come unstitched or frayed.

Installation is as simple as placing the main net over the cage and threading the cam buckles. The directions give you pictures of placement and threading for the straps. Start one side first and just halfway tighten them till you get the other side so it lines up nice and in the middle.

The only "modification" needed is for the side netting where it connects behind the seat at the door jam.

By "modification" I mean if you want a nice clean install like in my picture you should make a small cut in the carpet so it installs back where it was before. You could not do that I suppose, but its only carpet and this looks much better.

Well here are the money shots. I can tell you all the details of the construction and the ease of installation but I know what you want to know: "So how does it look?"

It looks kick ass, let the pictures tell the story.

As you can see it covers the entire roof and is very nicely made all in one piece.

All of my "hard gear" is strapped down but ropes and tow straps are left out for ease of access. The Safari Strap netting keeps that stuff from bouncing out on the trail or growing legs in a parking lot. Yes its not a true "security system" but it’s a visual deterrent, and visual deterrents help keep honest hands honest.

Last time I checked they also have an alliance with Blue Ribbon Coalition. For every purchase made through Safari Straps nationwide, 10% will be donated to Blue Ribbon Coalition.

So not only do you get a well made product that looks great, you also get to preserve the reason you purchased it in the first place.