Two-Story Van Life: Why the Super Pacific CloudCap™ is a Must-Have on Our Personal Rigs
When you’re designing a custom adventure van, every square inch counts. Balancing living space, gear storage, and a good night's sleep usually means making sacrifices—especially once you start bringing the family along. But if you want to maximize your footprint without driving a massive, hard-to-park rig or giving up interior luxury, adding an integrated pop-top sleeping loft changes everything.
At The Good Van, we don't just build these setups for our clients—we live in them. In fact, we love the Super Pacific CloudCap™ so much that it’s become a total must-have on all our personal vans. When paired with our signature Sierra and Pioneer layouts, the CloudCap creates a seamless two-story setup that completely transforms how you road trip, camp, and chase good weather.
Why the CloudCap is Built Different
The Super Pacific CloudCap is engineered for real-deal off-grid capability, but its clean, low-profile design makes it an effortless fit for just about everyone—from solo weekend warriors and surf-trippers to growing outdoor families. At just 6 inches tall when closed, it keeps your rig looking sleek, cuts down on wind drag, and still delivers 4-season protection when the weather turns.
The Ultimate Family Loft: If you travel with kids, this tent is an absolute game-changer. It turns your van into a true two-story habitat where the kiddos get their own private bunkhouse upstairs (which they unconditionally love), while you keep the main cabin free for cooking, relaxing, or enjoying a quiet moment down below.
Game-Changing Interior Access: Hands down, other pop-top tents with interior entry just don't compare. The CloudCap’s fully integrated pass-through hatch gives you a clean, weather-protected entryway straight from the main cabin. No climbing outside in the dark or battling the elements just to tuck the kids in.
Custom Layout Flexibility: We can orient the tent facing to put the entry hatch in the front or back of the van, letting us line up the access point perfectly with your Sierra or Pioneer floorplan.
Side-Sleeper Approved: Speaking from plenty of personal nights spent upstairs, the 0.5" Polypropylene Honeycomb panel architecture is shockingly comfortable. Even as a dedicated side sleeper who usually hates thin pop-top mattresses, I get a great night's sleep up there every time.
Essential for SoCal Sun & Beyond: Out here in Southern California, it’s pretty much endless summer. The CloudCap shines when the heat hits—you get awesome cross-breezes through the massive zippered mesh doors, plus enough roof space for up to 630W of solar and a MaxxAir fan to keep the whole family cool. Throw in marine-grade polyester, optional ThermaPuff insulation (R-3.4), and a 500 lb dynamic roof load capacity, and it handles everything from Baja beach dust to Eastern Sierra snow.
Great Support & Quick Turnarounds: With a fast ~8-week lead time and top-tier customer service from the Super Pacific team, we can get your CloudCap ordered, delivered, and integrated into your build without keeping your family waiting for months on end.
The Good Van Take
At The Good Van, we’re all about building clean, hyper-functional mobile spaces tailored to how you actually explore. Having put serious miles on the CloudCap on our own personal rigs, we can tell you firsthand that it’s the best pop-top on the market. Paired with our Sierra or Pioneer layouts, it bridges the gap between an easy-to-drive trail rig and a spacious, two-story beach house on wheels—giving you and the kiddos the ultimate setup for wherever the highway takes you.
