long slide toppers

We have two long ones and only one sags and catches water. I think it needs tightening but I don't see us attempting it, so we just let it dump the water when we bring it in or have even brought it in before leaving to reduce the weight on the topper.

I imagine with that long of a slide topper the rain will indeed pool in the center, it's just too long not to. But so what? Ours is a little over 12 feet and the water pools some in the center. But we don't worry about it and don't do anything about it. The water either evaporates or gets dumped when the slide comes in. We simply don't do anything about it and it hasn't caused us any issues. I'm not going to put things under the topper simply to stop the water pooling, I bought the toppers to lessen the amount of work, not add to it.

I've seen where people have commented on this "problem" and still fail to see where exactly the problem lies. This is our second 5th wheel with toppers and the only thing to watch out for is to not stand near the slides when they are going in after a rain. :) You will get wet!

Our slides have toppers...the long one (16 feet) does pool water but it causes zero problems. I only bring in the slide and dump the water when we break camp.

There are a number of techniques to avoid the pooling if it bothers you....beach balls, ropes/straps, air noodles, etc.