ADCO Designer Series Tan/White Tyvek Class-A RV Covers

ADCO RV Cover Review.

Talk about planned obsolescence!  A decent cover should last more then a couple of years.  Each of the ADCO product covers I have purchased have disintegrate in about three years.  The cover I have now, this model, with the white Tyvek roof has a major design flaw. http://www.adcoprod.com/Universal-RV-Covers/Class-A-RV-Covers#cover51

According to Material Concepts a reseller of Dupont Tyvek 1460c, Dupont rates the product to lose half of its tensile strength in 24 months.  ADCO is selling a product that will fall apart by design, this cover has absolutely no long durability past the warranty period.

The Tyvek roof panel is not a single panel it is actually three panels of Designer SeriesTyvek sewn together, see pictures. Beyond the limitations of Tyvek, the cover is manufactured with two seams on the roof surface.  These seams are continually exposed to the sun. All the weight of the sides goes through each of the white panel seams, the Tyvek (white part) is much lighter weight then the side panels and it cannot handle it because the thread used is not rated for UV light and the elements and it rots.

Tyvek is not designed to last exposed to UV light past two years, couple that with rotting thread and in a couple of years and this cover is off to the landfill.

Bottom line: I paid good money for this!  My cover is falling apart and ADCO planned it that way, I consider that fraud.  ADCO is using a product, Dupont Tyvek, that will not last for this application.  My experience with their warranty department is their goal is to up-sell into a custom cover.

If you are OK knowing this is a disposable cover, then by all means.   I feel ripped off.

There has got to be something better out there, get it together ADCO.

I fixed my cover with a $10 roll of Tyvek Tape from Lowes.  Tyvek Tape is patented because it bonds to the Tyvek and becomes Tyvek.  I taped up all the failed seams almost nine months ago, it is still holding strong.  ADCO could have suggested this, but then again their goal is to keep selling disposal covers.