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Offline xcvator

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What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« on: April 06, 2014, 03:50:15 PM »
On my Outback Camper " Tanami"  the travel cover is held onto the camper with press studs which can be a real pain in the thumb at times to do up  :'( I asked the maker if they could be changed to either velcro or zips to make life a bit more comfortable and easier, but he claimed that they would just gum up with dirt and dust etc.and be unworkable after a while  ???
So what is holding your travel cover on, zips, press studs or velcro and have you had any problems with them ? (apart from putting too much stuff under the cover and breaking the zip)  ::)
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2014, 03:54:18 PM »

Ours is held on with a zipper as well as Velcro all the wat around to keep the crap of the zipper.

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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2014, 04:00:14 PM »
Shock cord, Velcro and clip things I don't know the name of.

Edit - found the name Stayput fastener

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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2014, 04:09:18 PM »
Sail track n zip with flap that Velcro's over zipper
Go see Rob at Ozzie campers in Somerville, or as I did try blue in mordiallic...
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2014, 04:16:44 PM »
Quote from: V8CRSA on April 06, 2014, 03:54:18 PM
Ours is held on with a zipper as well as Velcro all the way around to keep the crap of the zipper.

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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2014, 04:22:44 PM »
Zipper and Velcro


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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2014, 04:55:34 PM »

Quote from: martyst on April 06, 2014, 04:22:44 PM
Zipper and Velcro


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x2, all the way around.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2014, 05:18:19 PM »
Quote from: martyst on April 06, 2014, 04:22:44 PM
Zipper and Velcro


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x3 with some a few press studs where it meets the extender staircase.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2014, 05:21:53 PM »
Same as the others, zipper and a flap all the way around that velcros down.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2014, 05:35:08 PM »
Same as D4D for ours.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2014, 05:44:56 PM »
Mines a hard floor ;D
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2014, 05:46:13 PM »
We have shock cord down both sides, the draw bar end the cover is in sail track and at the tailgate end we have Velcro and Stayputs.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2014, 05:55:58 PM »
My old camper was also zipper with a velcro flap that covered the zipper. After 5 years the velcro was losing its grip but the zipper never let in any dirt/water.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2014, 06:10:42 PM »
I am on to my second cover. The first was held on with zipper and shock-cord, but the zipper eventually failed (too much dust in Central Australia and Cape York  :'(). The new one has zipper, velcro and shock-cord. So far so good.

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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2014, 06:17:03 PM »
Quote from: JCAT on April 06, 2014, 05:18:19 PM
x3 with some a few press studs where it meets the extender staircase.


X4 works ok for me
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2014, 07:22:02 PM »
Quote from: martyst on April 06, 2014, 04:22:44 PM
Zipper and Velcro


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Same here. I could imagine how much of a pain the press studs would be though :cheers:
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2014, 07:56:24 PM »
If you get a chance, have a look at a southern cross setup, zip around with a Velcro flap and with big Velcro straps to stop flapping.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2014, 11:58:21 AM »
Mine has 2 zips that sip in opposite directions from pasanger side to walkup doorway.
 
then velcro all the way around
 
then 3 plastic clips on each side that takes the slack out of the top of the cover..and stops the flapping!!
 
to date no dust or water has made it under the cover.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2014, 12:41:06 PM »
Ours is zipper and Velcro but the Velcro is only at the front and back I think then down each side there are 3 webbing straps to do up to pull the sides down a bit.  We haven't had any problems with this type of cover except sometimes packing to much under it or not packing it the same way as last time it can be harder to do up.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2014, 01:57:13 PM »
Don't have a soft floor anymore but when we did my wife attached the travel cover >:D

Apart from that a zipper and Velcro

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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2014, 04:42:48 PM »
Zipper and Velcro flap. Has 3 straps on each side to take up the slack
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2014, 04:44:58 PM »
Quote from: #jonesy on April 07, 2014, 04:42:48 PM
Zipper and Velcro flap. Has 3 straps on each side to take up the slack

same.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2014, 05:02:51 PM »
Quote from: #jonesy on April 07, 2014, 04:42:48 PM
Zipper and Velcro flap. Has 3 straps on each side to take up the slack

yep, same here

our velcro is only front and back, not on the sides

never had any dust or other crap get in
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2014, 05:13:33 PM »
Heaslip has press studs with a shock cord over flap all the way around.
The studs are fine, so long as you don't try to stuff too much stuff under the cover.
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Re: What Attaches Your Travel Cover
« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2014, 06:04:19 PM »
Mine is only with that Velcro like gear 2 hook system. It's tough and has kept out dust and rain so far. It is hard work to press it all hard enough together by hand - I stole a Tupperware pasta roller out of SWMBO's Tuppa kit and that works a treat.

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