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Updated Review: Purchased for F150, this is nearly perfect with a couple minor flaws:The good:1. Is it strong and durable? Yes, this thing is no joke. As advertised, this cover is 1” thick, nice joints, and you can walk all over it. The shipping box was absolutely decimated by UPS, but the cover inside was still spotless. They probably could have shipped it loose and still arrived undamaged. Five stars here.2. Weather tight? No trifold is perfect, but this seals well. The weather stripping is triple layered and thick. Time will tell, but my test trip through the car wash resulted in a dry bed so I suspect it’ll hold up to rain just fine. Five stars.3. Easy to use? Again, confirmed as advertised. I had this out of the box and installed in five minutes with no help. I plopped it on the bed, lined it up (eyeballing it), tightened the four clamps, and that was it. No cutting, no rails, no parts, no hardware, or any other hassles the competing covers have. This is ridiculously easy to install, remove, and reinstall. There are zero parts to lose. I’d give this more than five stars if I could.4. Look: it’s low profile, the matte finish matches the OEM rail protectors perfectly, and suits the truck look just fine. Five stars.My only real complaint...5. Security: while the two cab side “jaw clamps” are solid aluminum and very sturdy, I was a little surprised the two gate side “patented jaw grip clamps” were just plastic. The design (use) is great (super easy to clamp into place in seconds), but they seem a flimsy detail for a cover otherwise built like a tank. I have no doubt this cover will stay put, but I suspect a casual thief could pry the end up without much work by applying leverage until the plastic clamps snap. I don’t think it would be too much trouble for the manufacturer to make these clamps a bit more robust at minimal cost, perhaps aluminum reinforced. I’d even pay for them if upgraded clamps were offered. With that said, I didn’t buy this cover with the expectation of getting Fort Knox security...nor is this advertised to be. It’s a far cry better than a soft cover and will keep out the casual thief, but I wouldn’t consider this high security if that’s your goal. A job site box under the cover would be recommended if you have valuable tools to store. Four stars here.Overall, the simplicity of this cover is fantastic and outweighs the minor beef I have with the clamps. I wanted a no hassle solid cover and that’s what I got. There’s literally two items in the box: the cover and the instructions. No parts to lose, no cutting, no drilling, lightweight but sturdy, easily installed and removed by a single person, and doesn’t interfere with bed liner.Worth the cost. I can’t stress enough how simple this cover is to install and use. Very happy with this purchase.Update 1: in researching covers, I found the topic of gas mileage frequently debated. Some studies claim significant savings, others report a negligible benefit, and yet others state covers actually hurt fuel efficiency somehow. Fuel efficiency wasn’t a factor in my decision to buy a hard cover, I just wanted a dry bed, but I thought I’d share my own fuel efficiency results for those that consider it a factor.I drove my full size f150 (super crew, 6.5’ bed, V8) for nearly a year before I got around to buying a cover and had a good handle of my actual MPG. I predominately drive at highway speeds (95% of the time). My routes and habits have not changed. My mileage is improved 1.1 mpg. My 12,000 miles per year under those conditions comes out to a couple hundred bucks a year, give or take. The cover will pay for itself in about four years, notwithstanding it’s other benefits like having a dry bed. For the few short local trips I do make in the truck, there was no noticeable difference. So, at higher speeds, this will certainly offset its own costs in fuel savings within its useful life. If I only drove locally at reduced speed, I would view that differently. Those are my findings, but your mileage may vary (pun intended).Update 2: I have kept the cover down to date as everything I’ve hauled fit under the lid. Today, I had a larger item, so I folded all the way back and used the two attached straps to secure it in the folded position. The one on the right clipped in solid. The one on the left would stay clipped. A light pull popped it loose. They are cheap plastic clips, so no big surprise. There was no way to get a bungee around it. I’ll be replacing these clips with something more secure.Still love this cover though. Staying dry.I bought this for my 2019 F-150 supercrew short bed. The good points are that it's exceptionally well designed, the hooks are built into the bottom of the cover and are spring loaded, there are no small fasteners or anything to keep track of. This makes install/removal a breeze, taking just a minute or two. It also seems to be solidly built. The downsides aren't so much with the product, but rather the delivery. When my bedcover arrived, the box looked like it had been involved in the Battle of 73 Easting. It was in rough shape, and unfortunately the cover was not completely unscathed, there were a few small dents in it. I considered sending it back, but because I needed for a trip the following week and the turnaround time would've been insufficient.It rests on top of the bed rails so installation is extremely simple. Because of that, it does not fold out of the way completely. It folds toward the from and covers the front third when open.Overall, I am pretty pleased with the cover itself. There reason for 3 stars will be divulged. This is my first truck and therefore only cover I have ever had. I installed it for a trip from TX to CA and have nothing to complain about really. I felt our stuff was quite secure, especially since the issue of the cover being able to be lifted has been resolved by Extang. We did some driving on a sandy desert roads. Of course from west Texas to southern Cal is virtually all desert, so there was leakage of fine desert sand into the back of the bed, but it could have been from around the edges of the tail gate as much as the cover, I don't know. Probably no cover would stop that fine sand from getting in.Now to the reason for 3 stars.... it's strictly to point out that the packaging design for this large, heavy item is terrible! The one I ordered from a third party was damaged when it arrived. Although I suspect, since it was an open-box item (supposedly in perfect condition), that it already had the damage at the vendor, but the vendor blamed it on UPS and filed their own claim. I got my money back and then bought it locally to try to avoid shipping damage... due to the poor design of the box. But it didn't end there. When I got it home and opened the box, I found that one of the foam securing blocks that is supposed to be glued to the box, had come loose and was glued/stuck to the top of the cover! Despite it looking like a small amount (see photo) , it was NOT EASY to remove the glue residue. It is very robust glue. I called Extang customer support and the girl was nice as possible and gave me a couple ideas on how to remove the residue but they didn't work well. In the end, it probably took me at least an hour, maybe more to clean it off, using a variety of safe cleaning products and a lot of elbow grease. (Couldn't use harsh fluids as they may damage the surface.) I was not a happy camper. Even when I finished, you could see a faint spot or two on the surface. In addition, there was also some residue along one edge that took a bit of time to removed. Disappointing to spend $1000 on a product and have to deal with something like that.In addition to the block coming loose, for both covers I had purchased, the packaging was just too long or the end blocks not large enough, however you want to put it. For that reason, the cover is not secure during shipping... too much empty space at the ends! How can you allow a 60lb item that big to slosh around in a not so heavy duty cardboard box and not expect something bad to happen? Extang should be ashamed of themselves. When I mentioned this to the rep, I think she heard me but didn't seem inclined to take it up with the packaging department and get it resolved by fixing the issue. Not surprised... a lot of people and companies just don't care anymore... especially if they only get a few complaints. After all, how can a few people be right? I called the store where I bought it and was shocked to hear that no one had ever complained of the packaging for this Extang product but they said they didn't sell that many of them. This was two bad out of two purchased for me alone. I wonder how many other folks have seen something and just not complained about it or returned them and went with something else.Anyway, if you can find one that isn't damaged when you get it, in my opinion it's a good product. I've had it for 6-7 weeks and I have no complaints about it's functionality. If not for the packaging, I would have given 5 stars.This is the best hard bed cover in my opinion. Clean design looks great. Super simple engineering. Crazy simply to install and remove if needed.Much more water tight than other designs.Not inexpensive, but worth the price.