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Review on Protect Your Jeep From Heat With Magnelex Windshield Sun Shade & Bonus Steering Wheel Sun Shade - 240T Reflective Fabric For Effective Sunlight Blockage And Foldable Design For Easy Storage by Justin Bradford

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Almost but not quite.

I bought this specific sunshade because Best Buy's "garage" feature said that it would fit my car and the reviews were good. While it's a decent shade, it's not a great fit for my car (Mazda CX-5) and the sewing is sloppy, with loose threads everywhere after just a few days of use. Specific to my car, this shade is slightly too wide so the 2 flex hoops have to cross each other, screwing up the fit in the corners and around the (that's meant to be covered by slack material in those spots.) It's also too short top to bottom and needs to have another 2 or 3 inches to cover the whole window area.The "steering wheel cover" is completely useless. There's a tiny 2 inch deep pocket (at its deepest) straight across the top edge that's meant to hold it to the steering wheel - it'll need to flex to wrap around the top edge of the steering wheel and, since the pocket is so narrow, it pops right back off. If you can get it to balance across your steering wheel, it might be useful but I've never managed it. If they'd have put a piece of elastic across the back (like the kind they used on the shade, for when you fold it to store it,) a little further down than the pocket is sewn, it might have actually had a prayer of fitting properly. I've actually found it to be more useful as a door window shade to block the bright sun coming in the driver's side window of my car during the day (just wedged it inside the frame, against the glass - it flexes but stays in place.) The "storage bag" for the shade is useless, just go ahead and throw it out. Once you've pulled it out the first time, getting the shade folded back just so to slide back into the bag is an irritating waste of time. Yes, it can be done but not quickly or easily. A very slight increase in the bag's size or just an adjustment of the shape (it's rounded so the opening is fairly narrow in relation to the bag) would make this easier but, as it is, it's a waste of material since the elastic attached to the shade does a good job of keeping it folded and flat(ish.)As far as heat reduction, it does a decent job, certainly as well as similar shades I've used in the past. It won't work miracles, it'll still get hot in your car, but there's a noticeable difference between using it and times I've forgotten to put it in. The elastic on the shade won't last forever but, for the price, I suspect it'll last long enough for me to feel like I've gotten my money's worth.

Pros
  • Works great. No Sun
Cons
  • The shade might not be able to keep the interior of your Jeep cool enough