Ours is on the road 9+ months a year so no covering other than shade at camping spots and random rotation of sun exposure.
Prior to this camper we had both a bigfoot and arctic fox parked in the sun. The arctic fox had decal damage after a couple years. The bigfoot faired much better and after 13 years has some decal fading but still looked nice where the AF had complete decal failure and looked terrible. The roof on the bigfoot was also superior in how it was flashed and sealed. I hate to admit this but I never serviced the roof on the bigfoot and after zero maintenance it never leaked after more than 10 years. Very well made camper. The AF leaked after 6 months old due to poor caulking around the shower skylight. One of the major disappointments we had with Northwoods...
If you are going to be leaving the camper parked into the elements and want to keep it looking nice a cover would be a good idea or if budget allows a covered canopy. The canopy has the advantage of being able to easily access the camper to clean it as well as not having a cloth flapping against the camper in the wind.
