r-Dome Revisited

We went with super stick 2" Velcro on the flaps of the dome and stuck to the pod wall.  Some areas peeled - not cleaned enough? And some areas pulled the 'decal's ' off.  The other thing is the white Velcro is whiter than the pod coating, and it collects dirt. However, the flaps are stuck to the wall with no openings or drafts.  As I said in an earlier post, I made 8x8 blocks from 4x4's with a hole in the center for support pole which brings the front of the dome to the same height as the pod end.  We often use extra firewood to hold down the side and front flaps.

We've used our dome at least 30 times. It will withstand some wind (in Wyoming it's always windy), but we do take it down when the wind is extreme. It survived a 2", 2-hour hail storm last summer in the mountains like a champ, except we kept having to knock the ice off of the sagging roof area. Yes, we've had to play around with it to figure out the best way to get it through the track (like others, we filed things down a bit and it now goes in perfectly), had to figure out where to place the suction cups (the first picture on the first page of this thread is how we do it), and depending on the slope of the land it sometimes doesn't touch the ground the way we'd like (we also have the HRE), but all in all it's a terrific product. We sat in the R-dome at a campground in Myrtle Beach night after night when the big rig people were inside because the bugs were fierce, and we were just as cozy as can be. Let me tell you, those big-rig people were jealous, and many of them commented about how awesome it was that we had that screen tent.

The biggest trick is to seal it around the tire and screen skirt under the Pod steps and especially in the corners. We've managed to get it pretty tight in those areas. We do get an occasional mosquito; but for the most part, we're pretty bug free.

Sorry correction, 2014 178

The one delivered with my 2014 178 is Dometic #747FGN13.102.

Bob