Bumpyroad
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keyhole51walleye wrote:I would get the dual panes cause they are a lot quieter and there is no interior condensation on the glass, there is on the metal frame, not to mention resale value and energy savings.
what % of your original investment would you recover on resale? how many would have to go bad before you are in the hole?
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We had two without. We got them on this one and will never be without them again 
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Big Katuna wrote:and both RV's I have had with them had one each fail.
That is the problem. When they fail, they have to be replaced. They fog over and look very bad. Expensive to replace. Now some years from now, one fails, you want to replace it. Guess what? That size is no longer manufacturered. Now this starts to get VERY expensive. Dual pane windows for me? Thanks but no thanks.
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NC Hauler
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I have had them for a total of 5 years, a buddy of mine purchased the 04' Coachmen Somerset that I traded for sig. 5er, which also has them, to date, absolutely no problem with the dual pane windows on either of these 5er's. From what I gather, IF and when they "go bad", IF they don't leak, they STILL afford more quite and still give you a little more "insulation",(so to speak), then a single pane window, even if they have condensation between the two panes. Sig. 5er weighs 180 lbs more with the dual pane windows then it would weigh with the single pane windows, definitely not a "deal buster" in my eyes. I'd highly recommend them.
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Bumpyroad
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NC Hauler wrote:I have had them for a total of 5 years, a buddy of mine purchased the 04' Coachmen Somerset that I traded for sig. 5er, which also has them, to date, absolutely no problem with the dual pane windows on either of these 5er's. From what I gather, IF and when they "go bad", IF they don't leak, they STILL afford more quite and still give you a little more "insulation",(so to speak), then a single pane window, even if they have condensation between the two panes. Sig. 5er weighs 180 lbs more with the dual pane windows then it would weigh with the single pane windows, definitely not a "deal buster" in my eyes. I'd highly recommend them.
If they have condensation between the two panes, something has gone wrong with them already.
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Here's the thing, if offered as an option on a lighter trailer without some form of compensating suspension to reduce road shocks and vibration I'd maybe consider more carefully but my own personal choice would still be "get 'em".
Tongue in cheek here; if you frequent KOA's and their traditional "right beside the tracks locations" you will still get a good nights sleep with the reduction in the train noises afforded by the double glass.
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Plain and simple..........GET EM !...you won't regret it.
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NC Hauler
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I agree that if condensation is between the two panes they have lost their seal. What I was saying was that EVEN IF condensation gets between the two panes and that is all that has happened, you still have two panes of glass as opposed to one, which will STILL keep it quieter to some extent inside, as well as outside(from noise coming from the inside), and will still have better "insulation" then a single pane of glass. When I had single pane windows and went camping during early spring, late fall to early winter, I spent a lot of time wiping condensation off the windows, literally soaking a towel at times. I've yet to have to do that with dual pane windows. I believe that the general consensus among those who have had both single pane and double pane windows is that the "majority" of those prefer the double pane over the single pane window
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I wish we had them on ours. It's not often that you get something that pays for itself. If it saves on propane when heating then I'm for it. If it saves on electricity when cooling then I'm for it. Oooh they cut down the noise too? Labor to replace about the same as single pane and sooner or later I put the cost diference back in my pocket?? What's not to like?
Of course there are always the grumps that don't have them, so they must be bad. I'm sorry dudes, dual pane windows just don't have the problems they used to have and they are getting better all the time. Heck, I got surplus dual pane slide-ups on my deer blind (nope no fogging).
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Glen41 wrote:I wish we had them on ours. It's not often that you get something that pays for itself. If it saves on propane when heating then I'm for it. If it saves on electricity when cooling then I'm for it. Oooh they cut down the noise too? Labor to replace about the same as single pane and sooner or later I put the cost diference back in my pocket?? What's not to like?
Of course there are always the grumps that don't have them, so they must be bad. I'm sorry dudes, dual pane windows just don't have the problems they used to have and they are getting better all the time. Heck, I got surplus dual pane slide-ups on my deer blind (nope no fogging).
since all of my electricity for cooling comes from my basic site cost anyway, that doesn't factor in. If one did a lot of winter camping, it might make more sense to me.
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