The R-Dome ruled
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Topic: The R-Dome ruled
Posted By: mjlrpod
Subject: The R-Dome ruled
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2018 at 11:32am
I just spent 8 days camped at the beach in my 172. First of all, it was 100 degrees everyday, we were in open sun, and the R-pod performed awesome!!! But I was really impressed with my R-dome. I had the dome set up for all 8 days. It was priceless!! From bug protection (sand flies, and horse flies were horrible) to shade from the 100 degree sun everyday, and then the protection from 2 huge thunderstorms that blew thru for an hour or so, dumping tons of water. Infact I was totally shocked at how well the dome did in one storm, a microburst. A thunderstorm snuck up on us, and it was a doozey. The wind was whipping, I cringed in the dome, hoping it survived. The wind was blowing it up like a balloon and I waited for the pop, as i held onto one side hoping to keep it from flying away. Atleast 20 minutes of battering wind and rain fell. Suddenly, the wind stopped, then the rain stopped. I went out and looked around. The dome stood proudly, unscathed. So many of the screenhouses, and structures around me didn't fare that well. I can attest, atleast in this one instance, the dome absolutely is amazing. Nearby was a class A motorhome that had an awning, with the attached hanging panels to form a screen/rain room, his didn't survive.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding
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Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2018 at 6:45pm
Great to hear on your success! We have had numerous 'outings where our r-dome has fared very well. In fact only 1 time did a storm (Wells State Park, Cedar River in the U.P. of Michigan along Lake Michigan) succeed in pulling all the stakes out of the ground and pushed the r-dome so hard against the door that I struggled for nearly 10 minutes to get outside so that i could remove those 3 poles from poking a hole through the fiberglass skin as they were hitting like hammers during the storm. You must have replaced those tinker toy stakes that came with the dome with something much more substantial.
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 8:57am
I only had a few stakes in actually. The pod was on a cement slab, and I only staked the 2 front straps that reached the open ground. I do use 14 inch long stakes too. But i face the black lower diverters facing in, instead of facing out. It doesnt matter since the water will just run under it. But i use water filled blatters that are for swimming pools, and i lay them ontop of the diverters. It makes the dome stay put in light winds, and might have played a role in this storm. I would not be able to camp happily if I ever lose my dome.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding
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