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    Posted: 24 Feb 2017 at 4:50pm
I recently purchased a Pahaque slide cover for my 178. It
did not come with any instructions and the storage bag they advertise was a large zip lock bag. The video on their website says it installs in seconds, we have different kinds of watches. First the cover is very difficult to put in around the RPod downspouts on you slide. Once installed I saw that the Keder rail material on the cover is about 34" wider than the Keder rail on the Pod. So you have a lot of excess, it is NOT custom made. That excess material weighs heavily on your downspouts. because there is no way to route it under you downspouts. Within a day it has dislocated my downspouts. I removed it and trimmed the keder rail material form the cover, to the point I could tuck the ends of the cover inside the downspouts at each end and not have them overhang and bend the downspouts down. I repaired my downspouts, worked at securing the cover, and am reasonable convinced I can use the cover without further damage to my Pod. Just a heads up In my opinion it is not a good purchase for a $100 bucks unless you are prepared to make it fit.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Feb 2017 at 9:00pm
Agreed. I had to modify (cut) into my downspouts to get it to go in. It was floppy and unstable in even the slightest breeze. I had to haul a step stool in order to reach to install it. It just wasn't worth it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2017 at 8:30am
My homemade slide-out cover was made to just fit between the two downspouts. It does not have the additional material to fold over the edges like the the PahaQue cover has, but I don't have to worry about it breaking the downspouts. I do carry a folding stepladder to be able to install it and the homemade awning. I would like to get an automatic slide-out cover, and will likely do so eventually. However, my homemade one cost a whole lot less. Pictures are in my mods.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2017 at 9:04am
SH,

I used your homemade as a pattern to trim my Pahaque. BLUF is it has to fit between downspouts and not put pressure on them. It is not a ready to use product when it comes from manufacturer. Thanks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2017 at 12:05pm
I flared the feed end of the keder rail. No problem here. Works good. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2017 at 7:46pm
Originally posted by mcarter

SH,

I used your homemade as a pattern to trim my Pahaque. BLUF is it has to fit between downspouts and not put pressure on them. It is not a ready to use product when it comes from manufacturer. Thanks.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Feb 2017 at 10:12am
We started out with the Pahaque cover, but installing it each time was a pain. We now have the automatic Slideout Cover made by Carefree of Colorado and couldn't be happier.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Feb 2017 at 5:40pm
I know they make 2 different sizes so maybe you got one of the big ones by mistake? The scuppers do get in the way so I just took mine off altogether. Can't see how they're doing any good any 'ol ways. We thought about getting one of those nifty retracting sliding covers but they were $400... And they don't protect from the sides. So it seems you still have to get under it to clean after every trip which kind of defeats the purpose. With my pahaQue I paid a quarter of the price and didn't have to have stuff drilled into my trailer and it has side flaps which the fancy auto-retracting contraption doesn't. No brainer in my book.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Feb 2017 at 5:49pm
Carl,

Good points. Nope, as you know the cover is based on keder rail size and model of the RPod. I trimmed mine to not interfere with my stock configuration. I didn't want to add something that caused me to remove what my Pod came with. My issue was it didn't attach as advertised. End of the day, I can use it, agree 400 is excessive to fix, but we all have our opinions. Always a brainer here:)
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