Rpod 2020 192 windshield

Looks like a good suggestion. I also have my insurance company trying to get a response from Rpod about what and when they plan to do. It was kind of nice to hear that FR won't respond to their calls either. Today will be day 8 of calling FR Rpod in Goshen to try and get help.

Security film couldn't hurt and might help. A cover for use while traveling might help more.

Thanks for the suggestion. Any ideas for how to get Rpod to answer their phone? :-)

A better option for replacement of the tempered glass might be "safety glass" that they use for windshields.  It's the kind that has two sheets of untempered glass laminated with a sticky glue between the two sheets.  I've purchased it before when I had to replace a window that my son sent his skateboard through that was located next to a door.  It would probably stand up to the rocks and other road debris a little better than tempered glass.  

Tempered glass will shatter if it's surface is struck and scratched by a rock or other hard object. The rock doesn't need to penetrate through the glass and the glass can even shatter later from an earlier scratch.

This is because tempered glass has a thin layer that is in compression on it's surface while the interior of the glass is in tension. The two lavers balance each other. It is the compression on the surface that is squeezing the glass together making it strong. Once a scratch is formed cutting through the surface compression layer it releases all the internal tension and you get thousands of little pieces. This usually will happen right away but not always, it could take a little time for the scratch to work it's way down to the tension layer.

Bottom line is tempered glass is a great material for things like sliding doors but a terrible material for windshieldd which are subject to strikes by sharp objects. You never see car windshields made of tempered glass for that reason.

If you get another tempered glass sheet for the front window of your rpod it will break again next time it gets a rock hitting it unless you cover it with something to protect it. Or you can get a sheet of polycarbonate (Plexiglas), cut that to size, and replace the existing window with that. Much better in the long run, nothing will break that stuff.