To cover or not to cover that is the question, whether it’s nobler to suffer the bird poo and leaves or take a cover.
From what I’ve heard one or two people say I gather covers can rub, I don’t know how soft some are? From reading various posts on various eriba dealers is a little depressing on some that have had window seals replaced & leaked and various other damp problems. My eriba is mint and would like to keep it that way, if I cover after a wash & polish hopefully it will stay clean dry and last for years with no worries? Or am I being naive. My previous caravan 15 years ago was an Abby and the local caravan dealer ( big local long established) was an absolute lying scum bags and it leaked and countless other faults from day one. Eriba caravans cost a fortune & I hear on here that they are superior build quality etc etc BUT I also hear horror stories of new ones costing a fortune & taking there pride and joy back to various main dealers ( and long journeys to drop off and pick up) for work which they haven’t done properly etc etc.
Is a cover the lesser of the two evils to keep our pride and joy mint, I have never used one and don’t know much about them hence the post, its just the more I hear of caravan dealers the more depressing it gets

I know nothing about covers......
We keep ours in a rented space. A great big barn of a place with individual internal spaces. It's dry and airy. Our Betty is 21 years old. I especially think that if I'd paid out for a new van, I'd want it protected by more than a cover all winter. Jmho. It costs about 250e a year and worth it.

I have used a Protec cover for six years now and have no evidence of scratching. Last winter I did not get the opportunity to get the cover on and it stood out in all the elements. The cleaning and polishing in the Spring was hard going. Cover, cover, cover gets my vote.

Stewart

I don't really have anywhere to store my eriba inside & would like to use right through the winter months ( with the cost of them i want value for money) being self employed i can't go for weeks, just one or two nights here and there & thought the cover would keep it clean and dry + + when i just want to grab those precious moments away from work its just whip the cover off and go with a clean dry caravan.
Never having used one before made me put my original post on here for opinions of experienced cover users on eriba's

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We purchased our 1992 Eriba Puck in 2001 after many years of searching to find the right one.

After getting it home and through our, 50 foot long 7 foot wide 10-foot high driveway that passes under the upper bedrooms, it then fits just right under the caravan port I converted from a sand-stone outbuilding. Front wall down, slate roof off. 2.5-inch box steel welded up to carry the front of the roof and things soon took shape.

For many years I never used a cover, due to the last time I looked there was no such thing for the puck on the market. For years I had to clean damp green moss type stuff out of the rippled panels, this due to how damp and wet it gets having a north-facing rear garden in the winter. This year I said to Angela enough is enough, I'm getting a cover.

Not thinking by now there is such a thing on the market I went off a brought the smallest normal sized van cover, man it drowns an Eriba Puck, Angela said your a plonker Rodney, as I may be, then found out there is such a thing now, twice as much as norm I mit add.

As my health is not getting any better, if it saves me working a very soft-haired car brush in a circular motion for hours, trying to remove that damn green stuff each year, it's worth it.

I'll find out next spring.

We Cover it after good polish,Carnauba Wax ,looks good as new when uncovered in spring

We always cover the van in the winter but this year so far we not been able to because of the rain . Given a couple of dry days which must come adventually to wash and polish it and get the cover on ,hopefully it will be done . This year so far we have had rain every day in October maybe this might change during the half term holidays .

Cover - no doubt about it. I have an AL cover for my Triton - fits where it touches and does flap a bit at the sides in wind. However it comes out as clean as it goes in. It does take about an hour going round the roof seal and getting the roof clean before hand, plus another hour for cleaning off the rest of the outside beforehand - but come April it's worth it. I do like to roll the van half a turn on the tyres a couple of times over winter just to change the load. I also have 3 USB fans that run on a timer inside about 6 hours a day to keep the air moving.

With my modified AL cover I can roll up the front and back temporarily to enable the windows to be opened on a good day to air it out. Like Tomored, waiting for a couple of dry days to wash and dry before storage. It is fairly clean having just come back from its service, just need to rinse the road dirt from towing it back.

The million dollar question. who make the best covers, both in material & fit ?

Protec

Protec.

Stewart