Gracie4Camping
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Do you travel with the blinds in your RV down and closed, or up? If so, is there a reason why? Thanks in advance for your response.
Travel with blinds up or down?
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brianharrison
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When I had the pleated day/night shades I would travel with them down - keeps sun out.
Now that I have the wood blinds I travel with them up - they are not anchored at the bottom and slam around in the side valences - knocked one side valence off on one trip.
Brian
Now that I have the wood blinds I travel with them up - they are not anchored at the bottom and slam around in the side valences - knocked one side valence off on one trip.
Brian
Ray LeTourneau
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We leave the shades down, just easier and keeps the UV out of the interior. Since we've replaced some of the shades with wood blinds, we keep the blinds up and secured with foam in the side valances to keep em from floppin. No reason other than to lessen the movement during travel. The day/night shades are held in place by the cords.
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creeper
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Shades up for southern states, states near boarders and crossing boarders. I was stopped crossing from canada and in ohio and asked if i was smuggling people and or drugs. In ohio I was detained for nearly a hour on Rt. 70 while they searched the RV. Since then I travel with the rears open and some of the sides.
Marge
All who wander are not lost.
The only blinds we had were behind the kitchen sink and I put up an extension rod and hung up some nice little curtains, because the blinds drove nuts.
But when they were there, we kept them up while going down the road.
The pleaded blinds are usually up, except the one by the bed.
But when they were there, we kept them up while going down the road.
The pleaded blinds are usually up, except the one by the bed.
katkens-DW
Founding Illinios Chapter Leader-retired
We travel with the shades down.
JohnDar
Prolifically Gabby Member
We pull the pleated blinds down, but since the rear ones are now vertical blinds, they are open and tied (rubber bands) for transit so they don't swing all over. By next summer's season, all of the blinds will be replaced with verticals. Easier to operate, better light regulation, and the cat's love being able to stick their noses through them when they're closed.
On the subject of pleated day/night shades and adjusting the tension of the strings. While repairing one with a broken string, I found that simply loosening the screw on the tensioner knob was not enough since whoever installed it tied a knot that was nidden in it on both strings. No way to loosen the string without disassembling it and untying the knot. The only place a knot might be needed is near the end of the cords just so they don't get pulled completely through the tensioner and the blinds fall off.
On the subject of pleated day/night shades and adjusting the tension of the strings. While repairing one with a broken string, I found that simply loosening the screw on the tensioner knob was not enough since whoever installed it tied a knot that was nidden in it on both strings. No way to loosen the string without disassembling it and untying the knot. The only place a knot might be needed is near the end of the cords just so they don't get pulled completely through the tensioner and the blinds fall off.
Silverado23
Iowa Chapter Leaders
Here is another thread on this same topic if you want more opinions.
//heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/32405-Shades-Blinds?highlight=blinds
//heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/32405-Shades-Blinds?highlight=blinds
Sometimes with blinds up, sometimes with blinds down.
No reason other than that was the way they were when departing from the last campsite or other stop.
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