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Tri-Fold Tonneau Covers. Everything you need to know.

I'm not really one for semantics, but I do believe that when it comes to tonneau covers, people should be told the truth and not mislead. between all the hype and competition that exists online, it's hard to know what to believe anymore. That's why I have the urge to shed light on the Tri Fold Tonneau Cover issue and hopefully get some feedback and opinion from you.

Here's the way I see it: a TRI FOLD TONNEAU COVER denotes that it folds three (TRI) times. It doesn't mean once, twice, or four times, but unquestionably 3 times. Hence the words TRI FOLD. Well, in doing my research, I cannot find one single tonneau cover in existance, outside of BakFlip tonneau covers, that are actually tri fold tonneau covers. BakFlip, because of it's patented ability to fold 3 times or more is actually a tri fold cover. It folds 3 times.

Let's look at some of the tonneau covers out there that advertise themselves as being tri-fold. First, take a look at the Extang range of so called Tri-Fold tonneau covers out there. How many times do they fold? Yup, you got it........They fold up twice. They are indeed bifold tonneau covers. If anyone can explain to me why I should consider any of these covers to be called Tri-Fold, I will gladly consider it, but until then, I chalk it up to sneaky and quite honestly, misleading marketing. What happened to just giving people the real truth? Nobody is calling any of their products bad, we're just asking for some truth over here!

Bi-Fold Tonneau Cover

There are a plethora of soft folding tonneau covers that call themselves tri-fold as well. As if they too can jump on the bogus band wagon and ride the coat tails of a category of tonneau cover that they don't even make.

Folks, this is the reason why I choose to blog about tonneau covers. I am intent on sharing the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so that when you ever need to make a decision about buying a tonneau cover, you don't get duped.

if you're looking for Bi-Fold cover, then start shopping for a tri-fold, because the truth is, 99% of the robots out there selling tonneau covers can't tell the difference between 2 and 3. Maybe I'm just blowing off steam, but when an entire category of tonneau covers is based on a clear and blatant marketing lie, I just feel I need to step in and correct the record. If it's not a BakFlip Tonneau Cover, it's NOT A TRI-FOLD!

This is a BakFlip. It has 4 panels and folds 3 times. It is a Tri-Fold Tonneau Cover.