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ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Has anyone installed ShadePro day/night shades? If so, are you happy with them?
Ready to update, but am unable to find any reviews for their product.
ShadePro
Christine & Jimmy
Nomadic, Full-time Life in Progress...
1997 U295/36/C8.3
600 AH BB-LiFePo/1080 Watts Solar
2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
** Social media: curiosity-in-motion

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~Dorothy Parker~

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #1 –
We did MCD shades a few years ago, installed them ourselves and have been very happy with them. When you want to raise a non-motorized shade you just pull it down a bit and let go. It goes up slowly by itself and stops at the right place.  It looks like these are maybe just roller shades.  Let em go and flap flap flap? These are probably less money.

If I was doing it again I would use motorized night shades in the bedroom where we have window sills.  Day shades can be manual.  The motorized shade gives you a more precise control of the down stop point.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #2 –
We have Slow Rise by Erving Shade and Door window shades. Likely the same thing. Not a big issue to install them. Been great for 5 years now. I personally don't think there is any difference in the actual operating mechanism in any of them.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #3 –
Quote from: Roger & Susan in Home2 –
We did MCD shades a few years ago, installed them ourselves and have been very happy with them. When you want to raise a non-motorized shade you just pull it down a bit and let go. It goes up slowly by itself and stops at the right place.  It looks like these are maybe just roller shades.  Let em go and flap flap flap? These are probably less money.

If I was doing it again I would use motorized night shades in the bedroom where we have window sills.  Day shades can be manual.  The motorized shade gives you a more precise control of the down stop point.

I have MCD shades as well, and agree with Roger on the motorized ones. I have the motorized one for the front window only. Wish I had them for most or all.
Thinking of adding a cellular shade in front for light filtering during the day and using the MCD for light blocking during the night or during a movie. With my Valances down now might be the time to do it.
Bob
'99 U320 40 WTFE
Build #5462,
1500 Watts Solar 600 amp Victron lithium
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Hemi
Instagram bobfnbw
Retired

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #4 –
I have Shade Pro. Easy to install, work great. Also way cheaper than MCD. Shade Pro advertises that their mechanisms are metal as opposed to plastic in MCD. In fact, I also have 2 MCD's also and like the Shade Pro better.
1994 U280, Build 4490
Deming, NM.

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #5 –
I had them installed last year at Quartzsite throughout the coach and I am very pleased with them.
Rick Barna
St. Petersburg FL.
1998 U270 36'
Build # 5232
1972 CJ 5 Jeep

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #6 –
We also had the Shade Pro shades installed last year shortly after BarnDog had his done. They are working fine and after sampling some of the shades from MCD at the FMCA ( Indio ) event,, I would say ours work every bit as good and just maybe a millimeter better. 
  The installation of the shade pro shades however ,maybe less than perfect.  They ( S.P. ) had to make some slight modifications in the valances and I later ended up re modifying some of the work. So there's that.

  Bottom line , I'd do it again.
Robert and Susan
 1995 36' 280 WTBI 8.3 3060r
 1200 watts on the roof, 720 Ah of lithium's
 Build # 4637. Motorcade # 17599
        FMCA  # 451505
        18  Wrangler JLUR

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Twig –
I have Shade Pro. Easy to install, work great. Also way cheaper than MCD. Shade Pro advertises that their mechanisms are metal as opposed to plastic in MCD. In fact, I also have 2 MCD's also and like the Shade Pro better.
Quick question... do the stay against the window pretty well? We are redoing our valences and would like to do away with the sides.
Christine & Jimmy
Nomadic, Full-time Life in Progress...
1997 U295/36/C8.3
600 AH BB-LiFePo/1080 Watts Solar
2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
** Social media: curiosity-in-motion

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~Dorothy Parker~

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #8 –
Quote from: bbeane –
We have Slow Rise by Erving Shade and Door window shades. Likely the same thing. Not a big issue to install them. Been great for 5 years now. I personally don't think there is any difference in the actual operating mechanism in any of them.
Found their website, but see no cost info. Do you know if the are around the cost of MCD or more along the lines of ShadePro?
Christine & Jimmy
Nomadic, Full-time Life in Progress...
1997 U295/36/C8.3
600 AH BB-LiFePo/1080 Watts Solar
2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
** Social media: curiosity-in-motion

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~Dorothy Parker~

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #9 –
Less than MCD, don't know about Shade Pro.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #10 –
Shade Pro had a special going on, not sure for how long, but all shades, no matter the size  were listed at $179 a set.  We had Erving in our fifth wheel and like them, but have also had MCO and thought they were better!  I getting ready to order the Shade Pro shades.  Hope this helps!
Joe & Dottie Allen
Sold!  December 2023.      2000 U320; build # 5645
Our coach " Maxine"
Motorcade #  15922;  Escapee 150950; FMCA F330833; Boondockers Welcome;  Harvest Hosts;  Thousand Trails
'98 U320 from 2000-'06
USAF '62-'66

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." ―Epicurus

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #11 –
Quote from: Vossx2 –
Has anyone installed ShadePro day/night shades? If so, are you happy with them?
Ready to update, but am unable to find any reviews for their product.
ShadePro
Here are some reviews on ShadePro.
John M.
https://m.yelp.com/biz/shadepro-spring-valley
John & Carm Morales

"We travel not to go anywhere, but to just go.  We travel for travel's sake.  Our great desire is to move."

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #12 –
Anybody in the Orlando area that has shades and would like to show them off?
Christine & Jimmy
Nomadic, Full-time Life in Progress...
1997 U295/36/C8.3
600 AH BB-LiFePo/1080 Watts Solar
2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
** Social media: curiosity-in-motion

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~Dorothy Parker~

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #13 –
Quote from: Vossx2 –
Quick question... do the stay against the window pretty well? We are redoing our valences and would like to do away with the sides.
I don't have side valances. They work well.
1994 U280, Build 4490
Deming, NM.
 

Re: ShadePro - Day/Night Shades

Reply #14 –
Regarding the side valances, we have a rear window that was factory installed but without side valances.      The shade pro blinds work fine on that window,, but there will be some light getting through around the blinds on the sides.
  I will be keeping the side valances but upgrading them.
Robert and Susan
 1995 36' 280 WTBI 8.3 3060r
 1200 watts on the roof, 720 Ah of lithium's
 Build # 4637. Motorcade # 17599
        FMCA  # 451505
        18  Wrangler JLUR