SUPER High Wind Gizmos
I ordered a set of super high wind gizmos last night. I plan on testing them out on the FORTH.
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We had the High Wind Gizmos for our ROO. IF there was a weakness it's that the little clips didn't hold well enough and for a long enough period of time. Problem solved with a trip to Harbor Frieght for a canister of assorted colors - buy 2 canisters, they come in handy for a ton of things. We never had a problem with ours sliding down. We always took a 4' ladder as part of the standard camping equipment and that got us us plenty high enough to use slightly larger, stronger clips at the top...as far under the lip of the opening as possible. Then just worked our way down - usually about 5 - 6 clips per side. The bungies simply wrapped once around the bumper and clipped back onto itself. Never had a problem.
We always put our blue side up in the cooler weather and the silver side up in the summer. I know Bob says that it makes no difference, and I'd bet he's right, but at least we "thought" it made sense to us, so we did it. They made a world of difference in moderating the temps.
The ONLY time we took a gizmo off due to wind, was with 50+ mph winds hitting straight onto the back bunk. It was taking a beating and rather then try to chase it down later, DH just went and took it off. The front gizmo stayed right where we put it. They're worth their weight in gold.
We always put our blue side up in the cooler weather and the silver side up in the summer. I know Bob says that it makes no difference, and I'd bet he's right, but at least we "thought" it made sense to us, so we did it. They made a world of difference in moderating the temps.
The ONLY time we took a gizmo off due to wind, was with 50+ mph winds hitting straight onto the back bunk. It was taking a beating and rather then try to chase it down later, DH just went and took it off. The front gizmo stayed right where we put it. They're worth their weight in gold.
