Alternatives to large Heki skylight??
Hi fellow TC'ers: I've been reading lots since my purchase last February (EC 1050), and appreciate all the expertise and time offered by everyone. My Heki skylight latches broke shortly after my purc...
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HMS Beagle wrote:billtex wrote:
What year is your EC?
I have heard the latest gen of Heiki is much improved...time will tell.
Bill
I have just seen one new in the box fresh from Heki. Looks exactly like the one on my 2008. Still a fail from an execution point of view.
I do wonder if the crank open version has a more reliable latch than the lever bar version.
IIRC these are now on Version 3.0
1.0 was completely different
2.0 and 3.0 are similar with different (improved?) latch ("lever bar")
Your 08 likely has version 1.0.
3.0 came out 2012/2013...
What you saw in the box could have been a replacement for a version 1.0.
I have no idea if the different iterations are compatible.
In any case, we live where there are many boat builders. If we ever have trouble with our Heiki I think I would go to one of the boat shops and have them fit a marine hatch to our camper. They are robust.
The Heiki....mehhh...too many complaints.
So far our's has been fine...but time will tell, it was the only hatch available on Eagle Cap.
Bill
