Adco tyvek cover review

Grumpa,

I have to think there is something going on with your cover - agree, take it back under warranty.  In your photo it looks almost like dry rot.

We're in the second winter of using our ADCO cover, and we don't have anything like that.  We do have a hole worn in the driver rear corner, but that's because I haven't padded it well enough.  Going to take a closer look at it tomorrow.

Please let us know what you find out from ADCO.

Don 

Update: I called the adco hotline, they asked that I e-mail pics which I did on the 18th and there claim dept. called today and said they would send another cover out to me.

So there warrantee is good and I have no complaints.  (cept maybee that when I took a pic of the warrantee label on the cover it said..... you guessed it. Made in china.) 

Great news!    Although should be expected with a warranty.

Too funny (but not) about the "Made In China".

GRUMPA,

   Just happened to be looking at the old post about your ADCO cover and you being in Mojave.

   My cousin lives in Lancaster, he has a 5er and uses an ADCO cover he got from CW. He padded all areas before covering the rig. His cover lasted about 2yrs also. Same as you, he had to send pictures and got a new cover within 2 wks. They told him the next cover would have to go through CW since he got the extended warranty there.

My 2nd cover is holding up fine and should last untill I get my RV port installed.

It's been another year and the warrantee replacement cover is showing its age too, mostly wind damage but considering the thin material and price it's been a good cover.

Thankfully, Adco sent me another patch kit so I should get a bit more use out of it which is good because the plans for the permanent RV port are no where in sight yet.

I should add that the E6000 adhesive Jeff advised has saved me numerous hours of sewing and it works real good.  It's like Shoe Goo in a smaller tube with lighter viscosity.

Our 2285 is covered and stored for the summer just over the mountain from you in Bakersfield. Not as windy as you are, so I'll be interested to see how it holds up.  Some pretty ratty looking covers in the storage lot, but the Adco's still look better than the run of the mill.  We'll see.

Thanks for the report!

When we had a popup, we kept it covered.  We had Adco, and some other brand I can't remember.  2-3 years was all we got out of them even with patching them.  One no-name lasted 3 months and literally fell apart.  We got a refund and bought an Adco.  We decided that even though we like to protect the finish, on a cost/year basis and the fact that it is kind of a PITA to uncover and recover it every time we use it, we decided to not cover our Lance. We'll see in a few years whether we think we were smart or not.

I got one this fall from Camp World while it was on special. I put it for a few months during the winter. Took it off for my first camping trip, and so for we gone out twice and I'm not exactly sure when I should be putting back on again?

To whom that have one: do you put yours on all the time when not in use, or only when it's not in use for an extended amount of time? This means a camping trip every other month. I find it a PITA specially when I got to cover the things on the roof with baskets. For the first time I used duct tape to hold the laundry basket that covered the antenna , not a good idea! It left an ugly tape residue on the roof. What did others use?