Day night shades

In 14 years I’ve restrung 2, when I did I added plastic grommets to the openings in the metal that the line goes through, and rubs against (stupid design). My shades are typically down in the day mode.

Removed shades and had short curtains made of ultrasuede (which is totally light blocking). Now they can be pulled over all the window or a portion can be left open for breezes. We left top wooden valance but removed side valance so they stack nicely when opened without covering any portion of window. No holes for light to seep thru and the very best part is they can be easily removed to be washed in machine (which they do very nicely)so we are not traveling the next year with the dust that got embedded from Arizona snowbirding. I never could figure out how to get the shades totally clean. One extra bonus is that the material curtain also functions to give a sound deafening effect to the inside and adds a layer of coziness. It has been a win-win all the way around.

obgraham wrote:
Once I got rid of the "strings" in favor of 65 pound test braided fishing line, all the fraying and breaking stopped.

Good tip!
Will use that if I need to replace them. :C

We replaced our day/nite shades (4) quite a few years ago. Just a PITA....we never seemed to get it right...strings dept breaking. After the 4th time, took them down, went to a local "Blinds to Go" and they fixed us up with plastic mini-blinds for around $130. (Like I said,,,years ago, around 2002, 2003).
Wonderful. Never break and look good.

Been there done that. We replaced ours with MCD shades 4 years ago and we love them!! No problems and work every time. A little pricey but well worth the money.

rockhillmanor wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
My last fiver had strings that were bad.. I was just going threw the steps of learning how to restring when I traded it in..

My current fiver has

day/night rollers

.. I will not have blinds in an RV again after having these!

Never heard or seen this type.
Where do you find day/night rollers? Is there another name to search for them? Tks

Forgive me for calling them what they may not be known as..... each window has 2 rollers... 1 is a screen for day ... 1 is black out for night .. day night rollers... thats what I call them.. Perhaps MCD’s???? Whatever you call them I love them

Once I got rid of the "strings" in favor of 65 pound test braided fishing line, all the fraying and breaking stopped.

FIRE UP wrote:
I've been dabbling in looking at MCD roller shades . . .

My experience with MCD roller shades . . .

I installed 7 MCD manual roller shades in 2011/12. After 7 years . . .
- one of the shades has to be clamped down to stay down
- three of the shades have to be "helped" to roll up

BTW, they're a couple of threads on IRV2 about failing electric motors on the MCD motorized shades.

I've performed several adjustments per the MCD manual, but they still malfunction.

I wish I had my original strung shades.

ford truck guy wrote:
My last fiver had strings that were bad.. I was just going threw the steps of learning how to restring when I traded it in..

My current fiver has

day/night rollers

.. I will not have blinds in an RV again after having these!

Never heard or seen this type.
Where do you find day/night rollers? Is there another name to search for them? Tks

Ours are 17 yrs old and we have never restrung them. We travel with them up also. Or, maybe it's the quality of the string used.