I bought my truck off the lot and it came with the factory tri-fold. My previous truck had a soft roll up cover which i liked alot and I was worried I wouldn't like the tri fold as much. I even considered replacing it with a soft roll up but I decided to live with it a bit and see how I liked it, and I'm glad I did. There are advantages and disadvantages to each.
Soft roll up - Pro's
- always on the truck
-when rolled up allows full bed access
- can act as kind of a cargo cover in a pinch if load isn't too high
- my soft cover was able to be opened without opening tailgate by simply slipping your fingers under the rear seal and hitting the latch.
- provided very good protection and kept my bed very dry.
Soft roll up - Con's . (not many)
- bit of a PITA having to jump into bed and having to roll it up.
Tri fold - Pro's
- Easier to fold back and secure ( this is a very big pro)
- Easy to remove the entire cover ( 4 quick release latches and you're done)
- So far seems to provide good bed protection
Tri Fold - Con's
- when flipped back it doesn't provide full bed access.
- if you need full bed access, it has to be removed. (Not hard to do but now it's got to be stored). So if your going to drive several hundred miles to move your daughter back from school it stays at home. If your you're gonna drop off a quad for service and want to put it back on right away you can put it in the rear of the cab as long you don't have rear seat passengers.
- I have to open my tailgate to unlatch the cover, not a big deal but not as easy as my old cover.
Overall if I had my choice from the beginning I would have probably choosen a soft roll up again just because it's what I was used to. But the reason I haven't replaced the trifold is the more I use it the more I like just flipping it back twice and I'm done.
Hope this helps.
Soft roll up - Pro's
- always on the truck
-when rolled up allows full bed access
- can act as kind of a cargo cover in a pinch if load isn't too high
- my soft cover was able to be opened without opening tailgate by simply slipping your fingers under the rear seal and hitting the latch.
- provided very good protection and kept my bed very dry.
Soft roll up - Con's . (not many)
- bit of a PITA having to jump into bed and having to roll it up.
Tri fold - Pro's
- Easier to fold back and secure ( this is a very big pro)
- Easy to remove the entire cover ( 4 quick release latches and you're done)
- So far seems to provide good bed protection
Tri Fold - Con's
- when flipped back it doesn't provide full bed access.
- if you need full bed access, it has to be removed. (Not hard to do but now it's got to be stored). So if your going to drive several hundred miles to move your daughter back from school it stays at home. If your you're gonna drop off a quad for service and want to put it back on right away you can put it in the rear of the cab as long you don't have rear seat passengers.
- I have to open my tailgate to unlatch the cover, not a big deal but not as easy as my old cover.
Overall if I had my choice from the beginning I would have probably choosen a soft roll up again just because it's what I was used to. But the reason I haven't replaced the trifold is the more I use it the more I like just flipping it back twice and I'm done.
Hope this helps.