Is it important to get dual pane windows?
We plan to live in our ours for 6 months stretches....in South GA and in Southern CA. Would we need the dual pane?
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From my prospective the three most important reason to have dual panes in this order is:
1. Condensation - Cool outside, warm inside creates condensation on the inside of the windows. With dual panes you will not have to wipe the water off the windows in the morning. In our old trailer it would drip on fabrics. I was concerned about mold. With the dual panes we have been in 18 degrees while warm inside with NO condensation on the windows.
2. Sound suppression - We find that we can park near RR tracks, highways, other campers and I don't wake up with the dual panes.
3. Insulation - I'm sure it does help some, but 1 and 2 I can definitely tell! Those are the real reasons I bought the duals, and would buy them again!
I had every salesman tell me I didn't need them because they would only add an R-1 insulation factor to the rig. I got irritated explaining my reasons, and letting them know unless they were purchasing my rig for me it didn't really matter what they thought!
Funny thing is right after I bought my Cameo, I took the factory tour in Indiana (I ended up buying it in Grand Rapids, Mi). The tour guide explained the best reasons to buy dual panes and gave my same reasons in my same order! I told her they needed to educate the dealerships! :)
Brian
1. Condensation - Cool outside, warm inside creates condensation on the inside of the windows. With dual panes you will not have to wipe the water off the windows in the morning. In our old trailer it would drip on fabrics. I was concerned about mold. With the dual panes we have been in 18 degrees while warm inside with NO condensation on the windows.
2. Sound suppression - We find that we can park near RR tracks, highways, other campers and I don't wake up with the dual panes.
3. Insulation - I'm sure it does help some, but 1 and 2 I can definitely tell! Those are the real reasons I bought the duals, and would buy them again!
I had every salesman tell me I didn't need them because they would only add an R-1 insulation factor to the rig. I got irritated explaining my reasons, and letting them know unless they were purchasing my rig for me it didn't really matter what they thought!
Funny thing is right after I bought my Cameo, I took the factory tour in Indiana (I ended up buying it in Grand Rapids, Mi). The tour guide explained the best reasons to buy dual panes and gave my same reasons in my same order! I told her they needed to educate the dealerships! :)
Brian
