Is it important to get dual pane windows?

[MookieKat]

We plan to live in our ours for 6 months stretches....in South GA and in Southern CA. Would we need the dual pane?

[Jack_in_Alaska]

Worth the money for all reasons explained above. Go cheap in your next life but go comfortably in this one.
They help keep the furnace and or A/C running time down along with the noise they make.

[davidaf]

I chose single pane windows for this rig after saying I'd never buy another w/o dual pane. My camper has duals my other 5th wheel has singles. My simple reason was weight. Since we full time I wanted the ability to carry extra water or whatever over the dual panes. Do I wish I had them? Yes, but I'd rather have something else. BTW, I also wish I had stone floors and this and that. Cost benefit where cost was weight. If I find a window that needs to be swapped out, ie right next to my head in the bedroom. I'll swap it for a dual pane but so far so good.

[luvglass]

We've had them for almost 8 of traveling and only 1 has fogged and it cost $240 to get it cleaned and resealed. I wouldn't be without them, they minimize the noise, reduce temp fluctuation and eliminate condensation.

[RV_wanderer]

justme wrote:

MookieKat wrote:
We plan to live in our ours for 6 months stretches....in South GA and in Southern CA. Would we need the dual pane?

No

I would agree you wouldn't need dual pane windows in So. Calif., especially if you park not far from the coast. Inland can get pretty hot. I fulltimed in So. Calif. for many years and never had dual pane windows on any RV. I always lived near the coast, though. Now, So. Georgia will probably get hot in the summer.

[justme]

MookieKat wrote:
We plan to live in our ours for 6 months stretches....in South GA and in Southern CA. Would we need the dual pane?

No

[alboy]

I have had 2 rv,s with single pane windows,got tired of wiping off the condensation on the windows so i could see out,cool air coming off,lack of sound proofing.Have had dual pane in the current( that solved all the aforementioned issues) rig for 6 yrs and over 40000 miles, love them

[MrVan]

txdutt wrote:

MrVan wrote:

txdutt wrote:
After my experience of having them in our last class A, I specifically DIDN'T want them again. After having 6 of them go bad over 3 years of ownership I had no desire to deal with them again....

For personal educational purposes could you explain what "go bad" means?

cloud/fog up by losing their seal & becoming opaque--considering the temp extremes we go thru here in CO thru the year, -20 to over 100- that probably played a major part in the failure...and finding out the replacement/repair costs made up my mind to never want them again

Thank You

[Us_out_West]

What make and year was your Class A?

[txdutt]

MrVan wrote:

txdutt wrote:
After my experience of having them in our last class A, I specifically DIDN'T want them again. After having 6 of them go bad over 3 years of ownership I had no desire to deal with them again....

For personal educational purposes could you explain what "go bad" means?

cloud/fog up by losing their seal & becoming opaque--considering the temp extremes we go thru here in CO thru the year, -20 to over 100- that probably played a major part in the failure...and finding out the replacement/repair costs made up my mind to never want them again

[Paul_Clancy]

The only issue I've heard of is losing the seal between panes and then fogging. How common? Unknown but like any mass produced item there can be bad batches. They certainly don't all have the same issue.

[MrVan]

txdutt wrote:
After my experience of having them in our last class A, I specifically DIDN'T want them again. After having 6 of them go bad over 3 years of ownership I had no desire to deal with them again....

For personal educational purposes could you explain what "go bad" means?

[txdutt]

After my experience of having them in our last class A, I specifically DIDN'T want them again. After having 6 of them go bad over 3 years of ownership I had no desire to deal with them again....

[RV_wanderer]

I don't have dual pane windows (I do fine without them) but I think another advantage might be external noise reduction (educated guess).

[cdlaine]

Don't even know if I have them.... how important
must they be ???

Charles