I am about a week away of taking home my first Fifth wheel with 4 slides. It does not come with awnings over the slides, but I noticed it is prepped for them with the bracket holders on the slide and the track on the wall. Other than keeping rain off the top of the slide, what other purpose do they serve and are they worth the added cost of ~$350 per slide to install.

I think they are a must have. Leaves and stuff fall off when you close the slide you don't need to climb up and clean them off.

I'm a fan of slidetoppers.Way cheaper to have them installed at the factory.

They are great when new no need to brush off slides if your under trees with pine needles, pine cones , leafs or acorns however when they get older and stretched out they tend to flap in the wind and become annoying especially on a bedroom slide out . We currently have them because our unit came with them , they do make life easier, used to carry a ladder and brush to clean off all four slide on our last fifth wheel which did not have slide toppers. Now window awnings are very useful keeping the sun off the windows and helping keep cool as well as opening windows in the rain, we don’t have them but someday maybe.

Rain, leaves, bird poop, pine needles, snow.We wouldn't be without them.Seriously, I'm not about to try to climb up there somehow to remove leaves or rainwater before I run the slides in.A

Good points, something I now have to add to my breaking camp list. Glad I asked, didn't even think of the leaves dropping up there and breaking seals. Thanks, will add to my list of upgrades. I found hardware kits, and fabric rolls, and can pretty much make my own for far less than what the full kits cost, so thats a plus. Thanks

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Devocamper
Explorer
Jul 04, 2020
They are great when new no need to brush off slides if your under trees with pine needles, pine cones , leafs or acorns however when they get older and stretched out they tend to flap in the wind and become annoying especially on a bedroom slide out . We currently have them because our unit came with them , they do make life easier, used to carry a ladder and brush to clean off all four slide on our last fifth wheel which did not have slide toppers. Now window awnings are very useful keeping the sun off the windows and helping keep cool as well as opening windows in the rain, we don’t have them but someday maybe.
bikendan
Explorer
Jul 04, 2020
I'm a fan of slidetoppers.
Way cheaper to have them installed at the factory.
K_Charles
Explorer
Jul 04, 2020
I think they are a must have. Leaves and stuff fall off when you close the slide you don't need to climb up and clean them off.

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