Voyager or Stormforce covers from Coverzone/Cover Your Car

[danyeates]

Hi,

I rent a garage which is a pre-fab jobby and it's often damp around the bottom of the walls as water can seep in between the concrete floor and prefab walls. There's never a puddle of water there but I can see it's damp at times. This unfortunately means condensation collects on my windsurf kit and kayak and metal roof supports above the car, then drips down leaving a dirty horrible mess on my nice clean car. This means I usually end up cleaning it before and after I use it of a weekend!!

So I'm looking for a waterproof breathable cover I can use in the garage. Any recommendations?

I've been looking at these:

http://www.cover-zone.com/product_range.php

http://www.coveryourcar.co.uk/

Has anyone used these? I'm still not sure whether to go for their Voyager (lighter weight water resistant) or the Stormforce (fully waterproof). The Stormforce is about twice the price and as its only used in the garage it may be a bit overkill. Having said that, if water seeps through the Voyager cover it will be useless for my needs! I think it would be ok, as it's only drips, not full on rain.

Thanks for any advice.

Dan

[danyeates]

Bump, anyone?

[danyeates]

Down to page 3 aleady! Someone must have used these covers?

[jkh112]

Why not use a waterproof tarpaulin suspended under the roof at a slight incline? Any drips will fall onto the tarpaulin and run off to the side/end. No need to use a car cover (which can scratch the paint, particularly if placed over a dirty car).

[danyeates]

jkh112 said:

Why not use a waterproof tarpaulin suspended under the roof at a slight incline? Any drips will fall onto the tarpaulin and run off to the side/end. No need to use a car cover (which can scratch the paint, particularly if placed over a dirty car).

Maybe. TBH, my car is never dirty! I only use it in the dry and it usually gets a clean after each use anyway so no real worries about the cover scratching the car.

Tarp may work though. Just might be a bit of a faff to get it rigged right.

[danyeates]

Still interested to hear from anyone else with these or other covers.

[andy-xr]

I haven't used either of those. I have used a couple of different covers before though, the joys of having a soft top car that leaks means you get to test a few out. I was probably 2 or 3 rungs up from the cheapest that Halfords had. They were breathable and shower proof, but not particularly waterproof. And when it freezes and the wind gets up I was a bit twitchy about what it'd do to my paintwork.

Appreciate you're going to be using it in a garage, so that last point may not apply

[matfinch]

Dan

I have bought 2 covers from Cover Zone - both Monsoon fitted covers. I've been really impressed with them for outdoor use, keeping the cars dry and clean. Easy to fit and don't blow off in high winds.

However, I don't suggest using them in the garage. I did this for a while and found that moisture built up under the cover, probably because the sun couldn't dry out the condensation. I think you would be better off going for one of the purpose made indoor Sahara covers, which are designed to breathable indoors.

Hope this helps!

Mat

[tamore]

i have the stormforce as we're renting a place without a garage at the moment. well worth it, if a bit fiddly to do the straps up.

[danyeates]

matfinch said:

Dan

I have bought 2 covers from Cover Zone - both Monsoon fitted covers. I've been really impressed with them for outdoor use, keeping the cars dry and clean. Easy to fit and don't blow off in high winds.

However, I don't suggest using them in the garage. I did this for a while and found that moisture built up under the cover, probably because the sun couldn't dry out the condensation. I think you would be better off going for one of the purpose made indoor Sahara covers, which are designed to breathable indoors.

Hope this helps!

Mat

But what about keeping the drips off the car? I wouldn't have thought the indoor covers would be any good at that, would they?