It's been a year since I started Using this Car Cover from Amazon. At $68, Just how well has it performed? Is it really Waterproof? Does it Protect the Car? How has it held Up?
"They can send a man to the moon, but..." The "but" in this case means they can't make a car cover that lasts over about a year, _regardless_ of price. Or rather, they _won't_ make a cover that lasts more than about a year, due to something called "planned obsolescence." I ran through (read: "wasted my money on") two of those custom-fit $250 outdoor covers before I wised up. You know - the ones that look and feel like a thick Bounty paper towel, that are waterproof for no longer than about a month, because the waterproof coating wears off after about that amount of time. Feral cats in the neighborhood found the second one literally overnight after it was first installed, and started using it for a scratching post, so there's another fun thing I had to deal with. So _they_ got some great use out of it. But both of them started disintegrating (ripped/tore/dry-rotted) after about a year anyway. These covers - again, regardless of price - are a disposable product, and as noted above, you're best to spend something like no more than $65 to $75 for that one year of use. They _could_ make a cover that would last much longer, but it would cost much more than even $250, and makers aren't willing to explore that price point. And why would they, as long as they can rip people off (no pun) by cranking out gobs of cheap-to-make product? And Amazon reviews are as unreliable for outside car covers as they are for anything else, due to the high number of fake (paid) reviews - so you can take a lot of those reviews with a grain of salt. Having said that, if you pay attention to all the negative reviews, you'll notice lots of pictures of short-lived, disintegrating car covers. Believe those!! -Thanks for the _honest_ review.
TYVM for very helpful video. Shouldn't need to double down with tarp over cover. Same, here it takes 3 mins to hose down your car.Most reviews make me laugh, never the slightest breeze, not even 10mph. Im in tropical sun, high wind area. I also bought a Kayme, with high wind straps, which at Kayme arent the junk bungees, but they do subject the edges to hook stress. I hope mine does better than 1 year. I dont drag cover on ground as some do. I'll hope to get more than a year.Your assessment is well thought out.👍🏻
Thanks much for the review. Greatly appreciate your honest review! In my experience, seems sun weakens many covers within a year. I had and heavy duty Oxgord Motorcycle cover that was pricey for a MC but has stayed flexible and study with no noticeable weakening over 2 years and has dealt with sun and snow equally well. Only disagreement with your review is that somehow the weaking is partially your fault, I disagree. It is false misleading advertising that has us spend good money on items they know will not last. Impossible to know honesty from lie on internet EXCEPT for people like you. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Thank you for making this video. Maybe an ebay person sent me the wrong box a few years ago. Granted I purchased a car cover and they sent an RV Cover LMAO. Anyway that damn thing was if my memory is correct 5 times thicker or a hundred times more rigid than the 9 layer I received a few weeks ago from an ebay purchase. It really has me perplexed and yours has door zippers, this one doesn't. It doesn't even have mirror cutouts or the weird looking headlight area. It just looks like the gray portion only.
@@mikeshorsepowergarage7577 okay from the message you left it tells me that I'm not completely stupid. I've only ever seen 2 auto covers in my lifetime and about 3 years apart. I mean the one I just put on my 1985 Z28 Camaro and the RV COVER I got when I purchased the Christmas Present I mentioned above. I mean my memory says it was thick like moderate cardboard. Not a cereal box and not the heaviest stuff known to man. But the time span kept making me feel like I didn't remember correctly.
great review i have gone through 5 covers in the last 5 years and all sucked. im going to try the kayme this time. i had the same problem with all others as you did with the car getting covered with a powder after a few months.
I really don't think you're going to get a whole lot more life out of an expensive cover. Plus any cover is going to get beaten up with dirt and bird poop after time outside. I wound up putting my car in a storage unit close by so I've cut back on my use of a car cover. If I'm not going to drive my car for awhile even though it's in the storage unit, I put the cover on to protect my car from the inside dust which IS a problem. I broke my leg in January and couldn't even get to my car for 2 months. Obviously, I couldn't get it covered. In March, I got the go ahead to walking and driving again. When I went to my storage unit, my car was a mess with dust ... after just 2 months. One thing I do is keep a feather duster handy to dust off the car cover while it's on the car. I don't believe in washing car covers as Mike went over in the video and using a feather duster on the cover when it's on the car really helps keep it clean. Whatever my future needs are for a car cover, I won't buy a cheap one because the material for the lining is usually poor quality and will scratch your paint. I won't buy an expensive one either because I don't believe they hold up long enough to pay for themselves. I think the happy medium is a $70-ish cover than you plan on replacing once a year.
He's right about not washing a car cover. Always wash your car (or hose it off and dry it) before putting on a car cover. Once a week go over the exterior of the car cover with a soft feather duster to get rid of the dust on the exterior of the cover. Otherwise, great video.
I am just going to have to expect that care covers are disposable, designed to be replaced as I am sure they want to continue to sell you more covers. THIS is not a warranty issue so you are out of luck. Thanks again.
Hi Mike, Best honest review I’ve seen, thank you. Have you been able to find a replacement for the Kayme car cover? I’ve started searching and have found a lot of car cover manufacturers with a lot of price points and warranty claims. Maybe just stay with the Kayme and figure on replacing it yearly will be money ahead. Take care.
I haven't been able to find a car cover that I feel good about trying. There are many that cost around $200 with good warranties but they don't look any better constructed than the Kayme. Will let you know what I find. I'm in the market for a cover now. Thanks for Watching!
These are good for the price but the sun will eat it up, if you have shade or garage it will last you a long time but it's definitely not for sun exposure
Hmm, that tear is very close to where that cat cut into the other areas. Is it possible the cat made a weak spot there and that grew into the large rip when putting it back on? I want something new because my covers also show dust through them now and I never washed mine.
I don't think the cat punctures were a factor. The cover material was separating all over. They seem to any last 1 year out in the sun. Thanks for Watching!
I can't seem to find anything that will last for years. Even a $300 cover only lasts about a year outside. So I look for one around $40 and know what to expect. $40 seems like a decent investment to protect my babies for a year. Thanks for Watching!
@@mikeshorsepowergarage7577 You’re right though, if I get one year of protection from the elements I still think it’s worth buying one. I’m undecided between this one, the iCarCover 18-Layer, and the CoverKing Hybrid $60 from Costco. Have any experience with these?
It seems if you spend $25 or $600 all seem to fall apart/Does this have a metal zipper and does the zipper lay against the car / I'm also looking for something that can handle the blazing California S U N let me know if you find anything
All these covers on Amazon advertise "six layers!" "eight layers!" "seventeen layers!" They all seem to lie. I can't find any honest review that pulled the cover apart and found all those layers.
They make them so they can only last so long they need repeat customers or else they’d go out of business lol sad but it’s the truth with a lot of things now a days
@@mikeshorsepowergarage7577 The fact that these manufacturers consistently lie about the layers is enough to turn me off. They need to be put in prison for fraud. America needs to start holding scam businesses accountable.
compact displacement disapproved ; for VW lover's that avoid there after compact not similar and throw tree stems in windshield crevices. every area not favored though cleaner
Surprisingly none. I tried to keep the underneath side as clean as possible. I only put the cover on after the car had been washed. Thanks for Watching!
