Sunday, June 24, 2018

RV Covers again, National RV Covers 


DON'T ORDER FROM THESE GUYS UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY SURE WHAT YOU WANT. 
THEIR REFUND POLICY IS HORRIBLE!.

 

 I have a new Lance travel trailer now and I thought I'd try a different brand of cover this time. 
A friend told me he planned to try this place: National RV Covers
So I thought I'd give it a try too.
They're not crazy expensive but time will tell how they hold up. 
If they have the cover you want in stock, they ship fast and here in CA they will come in
a day or two. The place is near San Diego somewhere.
 The covers have some really nice features like straps to hold it down and zippers in all four corners also side zipper panel for door access. It has nice straps in the front and rear also.
They say 3 Year warranty but when I asked about it, it's not going to cover the wind ripping it or the UV from the sun destroying. Seems like they only cover it if the thing comes apart at the seems.
We'll see how long I can get out of it. I installed it June 16, 2018.  I'll post when It dies  ;-)

One (long) note of caution with this place, they say "Easy Returns" on their home page but I found it to be sort of a pain. 
Like most companies, they can suck the $ out of your account immediately but putting it back is not so easy. I made the mistake of assuming that the Lance info. on the trailer size was correct without measuring it. Lance says the "box" is 18ft but it turned out to be 20.
Originally, I bought an 18ft cover and it didn't fit. National said that sending a return authorization number would take two days, I finally got one in five. You also have to ship back at your expense and there's a restocking fee.  😕   This is no Amazon.
They got the cover back, June 19, 2018 and I haven't heard from them about a refund yet. 
 Today is June 24th. I'll edit the post when I get my money back. Refund Came July 9th, 3 weeks!!
Of coarse they didn't have the same cover I wanted in a 22ft so I ended up getting a 
more expensive version. Instead of the original $270, the new 22ft cover in the different version was about $350.
Instead of the "Expedition" I got the "Expedition S2". Don't ask me what the difference is, I can't tell. 
I needed to get something sort of quick before the really hot weather comes.
The larger 22ft size fits over the hitch on the 24ft OAL trailer. Here are a couple of pictures...

UP-DATE: This cover was pretty much killed by the sun/wind I threw it in the trash
9/20/19 I got a year and 3 months out of it. Pretty much like all the other cover places.
















 

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