Question about types of shades

Interesting!

soos wrote:
The "old fashioned" roller shades that have a black out (white) shade and a sun shade are actually a fairly expensive upgrade. Ours were made by MCD. They raise all the way up with a simple jerk on the shade. No pushing or pulling. No broken strings, no fighting to get both sides of a large window shade to go up at the same time. No one can see in at all when the shades are down. We've had these and day/night and these are 100% better, IMO.

But there are "old fashioned" roller shades out there that are fairly cheap. Like the custom, cut to fit ones, from Lowes.

We have the day/night shades and I like them. Yes cords do break, we have 8 of them and over the past 9 years I have replaced the cord in 4 of them. It gets easier each time. I would also like them to be darker.

I like the two levels of shade, day is semi transparent and night blocks the vision. I find them easy to raise and lower but my DW finds the dinette shade difficult to raise at arms length, reaching over the dinette.

We have the single pleated accordion shades. DW made matching shear curtains for the LR and hung them using tension rods. It looks so much better now. The rod across the large rear window does fall during transit so I need to secure that better. It's on the list.

We have the day/night version and have not had a problem in two years of use. They do require some push to maneuver but work. The biggest problem I have with them is the one located at the bay window side will bang against the wall when up and someone uses the stairs to enter.
In the back of the toy hauler we have two windows with grey vinyl covers that snap on with 4 snaps. I really like them as they are easy and fast. I have a window that is across the hall from the bathroom which has an open window with no blind. I am going to have a similar cover with the snaps made for this area.
In the bedroom we simply place a towel over the window shade for more darkness. I marries a vampire so no light is allowed to enter the room even though her eyes are closed.
I have one blind assembly over the kitchen window and I do not like the string hanging down after it is open. The string and ends are in the way and get wet at the sink. I am not irritated enough to do anything about it but don't like it. I do remember having these in a truck camper with small kids and had lots of problems shortly after.

We have D/N shades in our new trailer and they seem to work well. First rig we've had with these type shades so time will tell.

Keep in mind there's really no such thing as "RV" shades, just home shades that are adapted for RV use. Just about anything used in a home can be adapted to RV use so get what you like.

soos wrote:
The "old fashioned" roller shades that have a black out (white) shade and a sun shade are actually a fairly expensive upgrade. Ours were made by MCD. They raise all the way up with a simple jerk on the shade. No pushing or pulling. No broken strings, no fighting to get both sides of a large window shade to go up at the same time. No one can see in at all when the shades are down. We've had these and day/night and these are 100% better, IMO.

I agree. Plus people cant see your lights on at night. Ours also has a sun screen that pulls down on the inside of the MCD shades.