Slide vs Tip Out Windows

CamperOnTheRoad wrote:
When looking for a new TT, many have the Tip Out windows that open about 3 inches. Benefit is windows can be open when it rains. Curious about airflow.

Most of the windows in our Freedom Express are slide but the one by the bed on the street side of the trailer is a tip out that also doubles as an emergency exit. Since our particular model doesn't have a vent over the main cabin in which I could have otherwise mounted a Fan-tastic vent fan I instead hang a twin blade, 3-spd reversible fan in front of the tip out window to provide a constant source of cooling air. We too rarely run the A/C, only when it's exceptionally hot & humid, and that would be the only time we'd close this window and not use the fan. It's so effective I even run it with an inverter those times we're without shore power. :B

We have tip out windows (frameless) all around except in slideout ends and we love them. Up in the NY Adirondacks we rarely use the ac and we leave the windows open all the time. We had severe rain storms where I've had to close roof vents even under vent covers to keep blowing rain spray out but I haven't had to close the windows.

Definitely on my must have for any trailer.

Ours has both. The slide out ends have the slider windows. Everything else is a crank-out window. I think the crank-out windows do OK, I just wish they did them like they use back in the 1960's where the entire window had several smaller panes (like Venetian blinds) and the entire window would open up that way. The new trailers have only half the window that opens, or sometimes, even less.

The crank-out windows ARE nice when it rains. The slide windows are NOT!

The slide windows let in more air, maybe because they open truly half the size of the full window.

When the wind blows, they both do well equally.