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04-06-2024, 01:36 PM
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Montana Master
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anyone add exterior snap on sun shades
I was going to install a roll down shade over my kitchen table windows, but got to looking and there is only about 3/8 inch of little rod that fits the hanger device. Decided it would probably fall off going down the road.
So now back to square one. I don't want to put the shade on and off at each stop. So anyone with experience in this area?
Thanks.
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04-06-2024, 06:02 PM
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ShadePro (and others) make a pull down window awning that works very well (I have two of them)
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04-07-2024, 04:25 PM
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Thanks. I will look into it, but my windows are 4 ft by 5 ft and the top is 9 feet from the ground. So I will not be able to reach up too high to pull it down.
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04-07-2024, 05:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twindman
Thanks. I will look into it, but my windows are 4 ft by 5 ft and the top is 9 feet from the ground. So I will not be able to reach up too high to pull it down.
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04-07-2024, 05:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twindman
Thanks. I will look into it, but my windows are 4 ft by 5 ft and the top is 9 feet from the ground. So I will not be able to reach up too high to pull it down.
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I have two of theses shades for the windows on the passenger side. They supplied a long hook (the same as we used to have for our big manual awnings - which I still had). I also use a piece of stainless steel wire about 2' long which reaches the loop to extend the awning.
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Carl (n Susan)
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04-07-2024, 07:16 PM
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EDIT Just looked into these. Seems like they used to have various sizes, or is that Dometic???? Anyway, I found some that are the right width but only extend sloping out 30 inches. That wouldn't give a lot of shade once the sun is below about 2 pm.
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04-07-2024, 09:08 PM
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They do make various widths. I have two different width ones as my two windows are different in size. I could have got one big one to cover both windows but choose to go with two.
As for drop, the standard shade ends at the bottom of the window. Even a setting (or rising) sun can not get by the shade screen.
I am moving tomorrow and once setup I will extend the shades and take some pictures for you.
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Carl (n Susan)
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04-08-2024, 07:34 PM
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As promised, here are some pics of our window shades.
These are the windows we wanted to shade.
This is a fully extended shade on the window over the table. Note how low it comes down.
Management was not happy with how much it blocked her view out the window. I used a plant hanger attached to the pull down strap to reduce the coverage. The hangers come in varying lengths so you tailor the shade coverage to your liking.
A pic of the plant hanger we use.
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04-08-2024, 11:14 PM
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Thanks again. However my window(s) are 4 feet tall. I think the arms on the side are only 30 inches, so that would mean the bottom 18 inches isn't covered, as near as I can tell.
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04-09-2024, 04:13 AM
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Twindman - I did a quick bit of research on IRV2 and came across 2 solutions for “snap shades”…for price comparison to the roller shades like Carl posted.
Magneshade.com - these are attached with strong magnets and motorhome owners on IRV2 agree that they are the best, the easiest to put up and “very expensive”. The only price I saw in my short search was from a poster who stated he bought the basic 3 shades for $1200 which includes big front window + driver and passenger side windows. I will guess that much area is ~80 to 90 sf - so that would compute to $13 to $15/sf - again just my wild a$$ guess. You would need to contact them with the size of shade you need to get a real price and estimated lead time. I assume the magnets are installed on the RV by the purchaser but I am not sure. The screen shot below shows pricing for smaller motorhome side windows.
Sunguard.com - this company provides price ranges on their website - might be cheaper than Magneshade but they reference $18/sf as a guide. They have multiple attachment options - stainless steel snaps drilled into the wall or silicone-adhesive attached, twist locks drilled-in, or Velcro strips.
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