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02-09-2018, 07:25 PM
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Junior Member
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Roll down windshield blinds
Who has installed roll down windshield blinds? What brand did you install? Any pictures?
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02-09-2018, 07:33 PM
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National RV Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Rice Lake, Wisconsin
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Plan to in the spring! Motorized! Will be a home brew brand!
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02-09-2018, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Fulltime, USA
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Beware of MCD shades. The motors fail often.
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02-09-2018, 08:21 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Blinds.com great workmanship
Sent from my SM-G930V using iRV2 - RV Forum mobile app
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02-09-2018, 08:35 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CampDaven
Beware of MCD shades. The motors fail often.
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We've had our MCD motorized cockpit shades since 2010. Not one motor failure.
Lori-
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02-10-2018, 03:39 AM
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RV LIFE Support Team
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We had MCD install cockpit blinds in 2015. Went to the facgtory.
Very happy with them, no failures.
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02-10-2018, 05:07 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
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I installed MCD shades myself last year so far love them.
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02-10-2018, 05:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Fulltime, USA
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Roll down windshield blinds
If you Google:
irv2 mcd shade motors
The issues are evident, and troublesome.
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02-10-2018, 10:45 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Mariposa, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hardy1000
I installed MCD shades myself last year so far love them.
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I installed my MCDs about 5 years ago and several have failed. No thanks. Wish I would have left my original pleated shades up.
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02-10-2018, 11:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida panhandle
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my MCD shade has gone up and down about 600 times in 8 years, no failure. Wonder why some fail???
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02-10-2018, 01:48 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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The OP doesn't have to get motorized shades. No motor=no presumed problem. Our windshield one is the only motorized shade we have. All the rest are manual. They also give us no trouble. I do have 2 that are slow to go up when it's cold, but that's just because I haven't gotten around to adjusting the tension on them.
Automotion is another brand posted about on iRV2 that seems to have a good following.
Lori-
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There is great need for a sarcasm font.
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02-10-2018, 02:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Mariposa, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NLOVNIT
The OP doesn't have to get motorized shades. No motor=no presumed problem.
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No motor=no presumed problem = not true
Mine are all manual & are hosed up.
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05-30-2018, 11:56 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
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I bought two roll up shades from Lowes. They are manual and roll up and down with a chain. Work fine since 2010.
2006 Kountry Star 3912 DP.
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06-04-2018, 05:37 AM
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Senior Member
Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 534
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NLOVNIT
Automotion is another brand posted about on iRV2 that seems to have a good following.
Lori-
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I have had the spring assemblies break on 5 of my Auto Motion manual dual roller shades in three years of use. The same plastic part, connecting the end of the roller to the spring, failed in each one. Sent a broken shade back to the factory for them to "analyze" and was told it was an "installation" issue, i.e. the tension on the roller spring may have been excessive, causing the plastic part to break. I requested instructions from them for adjusting the spring tension and never heard back. 
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