Update your RV by installing the MCD American Duo® Day / Night Shade System. This is the same shade system featured on 2010-2011 models from manufacturers including Winnebago, Itasca, Newell, Tiffin, Foretravel, Silver Crown, Fleetwood, NuWa, Triple E, Four Winds, Mandalay, Renegade, Monaco, Holiday Rambler,  Newmar, Born Free, Gulf Stream, New Horizons, and others.  The MCD American Duo® Shade System can be custom made to fit your current RV.  Imagine….the latest in shade technology… 2011 features….in your coach, 5th wheel, Class B or C, or trailer.  Many owners install their own shades or you can have MCD or one of our Dealers do the installation for you.

The exciting MCD American Duo® Day / Night Shade System is an advanced window shade innovation designed to provide both Solar protection and 100% Light-Blocking capabilities in an attractive, compact, user friendly package.

Easy to operate and easy to clean.  This system eliminates the types of service problems commonly associated with conventional day / night pleated shades.  This new shade product takes the place of curtains, pleated day / night shades, expensive cellular, Vienna and Silhouette shades, power visors, Venetian blinds, conventional roller shades and other dated shade efforts.

The Day shade utilizes MCD’s exclusive ClearView™ Solar Sun Screen to provide superior outward visibility, unsurpassed daytime privacy, and outstanding heat protection.  The Night shade is 100% Light-Blocking and is available in different colors, patterns, and fabrics to compliment any décor.  Power and manual versions are available.

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Customer Installation Feature Page. See how MCD customers installed their own window shades or documented how MCD Innovations or one of the MCD Authorized Dealers did the product installation for them.  Click on the links below to read their articles.

Mark Quasius - RVcruzer.com
Documented his stay at the MCD factory and the entire installation process on his Tiffin Allegro Bus.

Paul and Margery Zeller - Blog Entry - Motor Home Project: Replace Day/Night Shades
Self installation of MCD shades in their Tiffin Motorhome

Jane and John's Place - No Pleated Blinds Allowed!
Jane and John Canfield document the replacement of their old pleated shades with MCD shades in their 2005 Itasca Horizon motorhome.

Remodeling Your RV's Interior - Blog Entry - RV Shades, finally something better!
David and brother L.J. Ast, owners of Dave and LJ's RV Interior Design, describe a coach makeover utilizing MCD Shades.

MCD Shade Installation - Blog Entry - MCD Shades
Tom and Lucy order and install MCD Shades in their 2006 Tiffin Allegro Bus.

A Look at MCD Shades from an Installer - Classic Coach Works - Window Treatments
Classic Coach Works is located in Lakeland, Florida and is an MCD Authorized Installer of MCD Products.
 

MCD SwayShade™

One of the latest products developed by the MCD Research and Innovations Group (R & I) is called the MCD SwayShade™.  A number of manufacturers are designing coach models to be more aerodynamic by slanting the windshields further back than in the past.  These designs typically cause cockpit side windows, especially on the driver’s side, to be considerably wider at the bottom than at the top.  A traditional shade, moving straight down, cannot and will not cover the front lower corner of these new, more angled windows.  Several OEM coach manufacturers facing this dilemma asked MCD if we could resolve the problem they were facing with their newly designed cockpit side windows.  OEMs know that MCD has a sterling reputation for being able to come up with innovative solutions to solve virtually any problem situation.  And, once again, MCD delivered!

The patent-pending MCD SwayShade™ was an invention of necessity due to the more aerodynamic shape many coach manufacturers are working to achieve these days.  As if by magic, the new MCD SwayShade™ is actually able to not only travel down but also sideways at the same time providing coverage needed for the lower forward corner of the window on these newly designed motorhomes!  This new shade design has an adjustable, designed-in, “kick forward” feature which enables the shade to completely cover the window providing full privacy and sun protection.  The "kick forward" can be as little as 1" to as much as 12" depending upon the particular requirement. 

Initially, this shade design will be a designed-for-OEMs-only type of item produced in both manual and powered day/night shade versions.  Production is already underway; MCD is currently supplying this new innovative shade system to a number of different OEMs including, but not limited to, Winnebago and Newmar.  Look for this mind-blowing product in numerous 2011 models from a number of OEMs. Again, the SwayShade™ is provided to RV manufacturers ONLY, not direct to the consumer.

To give you a better understanding of how the MCD SwayShade™ works, take a look at the short video below.  The light black line coming straight down from the front edge of the roller shade assembly represents the path a conventional shade would travel when pulled down.  The red outline represents the shape of one of these new types of windows.  Note how much of the lower forward corner of the window would not be covered with a conventional shade which as shown in this particular video is 4".  Now watch what happens as the new MCD SwayShade™ travels down.  Notice that as the SwayShade™ is lowered, it also moves forward so as to cover the gap in the lower corner of the coach window. When retracting, the SwayShade™ moves up and aft as it winds back onto the roller shade.  Pretty interesting, don’t you think?  One of those “How in the world does that do that?” moments. Just another example of MCD leading-edge innovation.

Take a look at the short video below, and stay tuned for more innovative products coming from MCD!!