> Date: 03/25/2000 2:50:35 PM CDT
> From: speakerdesign@USWEST.NET (Jeff Hammerstrom)
>
> Has anybody seen the sliding door screen from Go Westy? Any
> comparison to the one Bus Depot sells? The Go Westy one is a
> bit cheaper. I want to buy a tent for my '90 Westy and was
> curious which one is better.
> Thanks

Not quite what you asked, but I have a screen from Triad Magnetic
Van Screens.  It has flexible magnetic strips around the edges,
(plus a little velcro), and it attaches to the outside of the van.

I kind of liked it at first - it's a lot better than nothing - but
now I'm a lot less sure about it.  The magnets stick poorly.
It often falls down when we try to open (unzip) it - we've started
clothespinning it to the drip rail.  It's hard to store - the magnetic
strips don't fold well, and after about 2 years they've now broken
where we folded them.  The way the screen fits, you can't close
the door with it on - if you want a few minutes of privacy in the
van (to change clothes, for example), the screen has to come off.

Better than nothing, but not a design I'd reccomend.  (I feel rather
bad saying that, since the woman who makes them at Triad is so nice.)
It's one of the least expensive options, though - about $50 or 60,
shipped.

On the other hand, I have the Triad screens for the two front
side windows - same basic magnetic-strip-around-the-edge design -
and they work fine.  The difference is that nobody's trying to walk
through them, the windows can be rolled up with the screens on,
and there's a "tab" on the top that's clamped between the door and
the frame, so they don't fall down.

I got the window screens from J.C. Whitney, and the door screen directly
from Triad.

                                     -Steven Sittser