We were told to keep our pleated window day/night shades UP because otherwise they would "lose their pleats? Is this true??????? We are concerned about keeping their UP as it could fade furniture and wood.What do YOU do?

What? No. Ours are always down when we're not there because of the same fading concerns you have. The pleats are as good as new, and some are in direct sun.

We use ours all the time.about the only thing that will sooner or later be done is to restring them with a better string.

Day-night shades in RV are down when unit is not in use. No problem with pleats after six years. At home, day-night shades in one room are down every night. No problem with them after ten years

We keep ours up when traveling and only use the day shades the rest of the time except in the bedroom where the night shade is down all the time. No problem with our pleats.

Truth or Myth? Day/Night Pleated Shades | Good Sam Community

Kittykath
Explorer II
Jan 09, 2014
What? No. Ours are always down when we're not there because of the same fading concerns you have. The pleats are as good as new, and some are in direct sun.
2oldman
Explorer II
Jan 09, 2014
up or down.. no difference.
newman_fulltime
Explorer II
Jan 09, 2014
We use ours all the time.about the only thing that will sooner or later be done is to restring them with a better string.
RoyF
Explorer
Jan 09, 2014
Day-night shades in RV are down when unit is not in use. No problem with pleats after six years. At home, day-night shades in one room are down every night. No problem with them after ten years
jnharley
Explorer
Jan 09, 2014
We keep ours up when traveling and only use the day shades the rest of the time except in the bedroom where the night shade is down all the time. No problem with our pleats.
Oakman
Explorer
Jan 09, 2014
We keep ours down while traveling and when the unit is in storage. While the unit is in storage having the day/night shades down prevents sunlight from discoloring furniture and/or carpeting.
BB_TX
Nomad
Jan 09, 2014
Myth. Ours stay down when traveling and for months at a time when in storage. No problem after 7 years.
thomasmnile
Explorer
Jan 09, 2014
Gooselover wrote:
We were told to keep our pleated window day/night shades UP because otherwise they would "lose their pleats? Is this true??????? We are concerned about keeping their UP as it could fade furniture and wood.

What do YOU do?

What will I do? Waiting for the miserable pleated shades strings to fail so I can remove them and install roll up window shades in their place. In the meantime, mine are more down than up with no ill effects.
aruba5er
Explorer
Jan 09, 2014
Always down.Never heard that story. camper is 2003 so 10 years old. never even had a string problem. The only thing I had is that stupid plastic holder with a hole or two that broke.
Wiscampsin
Explorer
Jan 09, 2014
thomasmnile wrote:
Gooselover wrote:
We were told to keep our pleated window day/night shades UP because otherwise they would "lose their pleats? Is this true??????? We are concerned about keeping their UP as it could fade furniture and wood.

What do YOU do?

What will I do? Waiting for the miserable pleated shades strings to fail so I can remove them and install roll up window shades in their place. In the meantime, mine are more down than up with no ill effects.

FYI I've restrung a couple of mine and it's pretty easy. You can get the cord at a fabric store. Here's a couple links for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=398wcJoR8ws&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x65phuumy6o