RV Wind Skirts vs RV Skirts

A few months back we look at RV skirting vs camper underpinning, spoiler they are more or less synonymous these days. What about RV wind skirts? There are two components, RV wind skirting the product and RV Wind Skirts the company. We addressed the product side a bit in the aforementioned underpinning post

Although the focus of this post is on underpinning vs skirting, I wanted to make a quick note about wind skirting. Similarly, RV wind skirting is used by most interchangeable. When digging for a nuanced difference between RV skirting and wind skirting, I’d say wind skirting is going to skew towards being a wind barrier with little if any insulating properties, while RV skirting should skew towards both being a wind barrier AND insulator for the underbelly of the camper. (Read the full post: ‘Camper Underpinning vs RV Skirting: Are They The Same Thing?’

Wind Skirting vs RV Skirting, Are They The Same?

Traditionally the key difference between wind skirting and other RV skirting solutions, is that wind skirting is primarily designed to block wind from blowing underneath campers, however, they might not necessarily have specific insulating properties to ensure protection of underbelly pipes and warmer floors and interior environments. With that said, modern “wind skirts” are often simply vinyl RV skirting being described different. Colloquially, RV skirting and wind skirting can be used interchangeably, though RV skirting is far more popular and gaining with popularity each year.

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AirSkirts Inflatable RV Skirting vs RV Wind Skirts

As the company level, there aren’t many still using the “wind skirt” verbiage, it’s barely in our lexicon here at AirSkirts. RV WindSkirt (rvwindskirt.com) still is as it’s baked into there name.

Let’s take a quick look at AirSkirts RV skirting vs RV Wind Skirts wind skirting.

AirSkirts

RV WindSkirt

Shopping: RV skirts are modular kits, simply match your length and ground clearance using our simply ‘Kit Selector’.

Material: Each tube is constructed with super-durable PVC Tarpaulin and heat welded to withstand years and years of use. All of our inflatables are similar in construction to military-grade inflatable watercraft and feature HC inflate / deflate valves. A 0.7PSI pressure release valve also prevents accidental over-inflation. Our skirt tubes also feature welded D rings on both ends so you have the option of securing them together.

Weight: Tubes weigh 4-14 pounds, so they’re easy to handle.

Installation: No drilling, no adhesives, simply place and inflate, tubes take between 30 seconds and 3 minutes to inflate. Installation times are ~30 minutes after first installation. Guaranteed fit.

Returns: 30-day return policy (see: ‘What is your return policy?‘)

Shopping: pieces sold individually, “Measure the perimeter of the area you want to enclose in feet and divide by 9.5 feet and/or 5.5 feet to find the number of skirt panels you will require.”

Materials: Made of a durable light weight vinyl material with a polymer backing

Returns: 72 hours