I always put up the curtains when camped, particularly the windshield curtain.  They really help with blocking light and therefore heat.  I have been known to throw a blanket over the outside of the windshield and use the doors to hold it in place.  Helps even more.  I don't see the need to pay GoWesty for a fancy shade.  mcneely

---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Does it impede your sight lines when retracted?   I assume it 'lives' along
> each windshield/Door pillar when retracted.  I try to "look through the
> corner" as I wind through the mountains and canyons rather than right down
> in front of the van...
>
> I have those window rain shields on my 'other' brand van and I found that
> having that tinted plastic extend down the pillar to the door sill was
> really blocking my sight line...Had to dremel off the down portion to
> minimize a 'semi-blind spot...  Might not be an issue with a vanagon..or
> with the shades of Go Westie?..
>    I use a fold up economy sun-shield in my vans and they really do help
> keep it cooler...Also, at night when camped near a highway or any street
> lights, they make sleeping better without having to have curtains...
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, those of you who poo-pooed Felder Industries' investment in the
> > GoWesty retractible sunscreen a year ago. After getting my new windshield
> > installed I couldn't wait to install my year old sunscreen I bought on
> > sale.
> >
> > Contrary to the theoreticians who said that it wouldn't do any good inside
> > the glass, but had to be outside to reduce heat, this thing ROCKS. I don't
> > know where you live, but where I live, the sun coming in like a military
> > laser heats the interior to an uncomfortable state, even with all windows
> > and hatches open. It isn't a greenhouse with all hatches open. It gets hot
> > because the sun reaches the interior. Period.
> >
> > Today, for the first time, parked in the sun my interior temps were a
> > couple of degrees lower than the outside temps.
> >
> > Wish I had bought this years ago. It has a very cool retractor on each side
> > that bring the folding silver curtains back to the edges of the windshield
> > when not in use. To use, it, grab the two tabs and bring them together in
> > the center behind the mirror and the velcro makes the seal. Cool in every
> > sense of the word.
> >
> > Jim
> >

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David McNeely