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[spencerwood]

Hi,

 

I'm thinking about getting an Eglu. They look fantastic but I was wondering what they are like after a couple of years, do they fade in the sun?

 

Thanks

 

 

Spencer

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[Steve.]

They don't

 

Anyway, what's this 'sun' you speak of?

[The Dogmother]

Errrmmm, the pink does. I have a pink rablu (I know, not my colour choice but it was very cheap) and it has marked and faded quite badly. The purple and orange housing i have hasn't been affected though.

[Steve.]

Pink?

 

But Red is the best colour ...

[The Dogmother]

I know Steve, pink is soooo not my colour, but the rablu was evry cheap indeed and brilliant as a summer palace for the bunnies.

 

Luckily it has faded from a strident Barbie pink to something a bit more gentle.

[Hen Watch]

My green eglu is the same as the day I got it 2 years ago.

 

However, the same cannot be said for my run shade which is faded, ripped and tatty. But I have dispensed with that now and gone for corrugated plastic sheet on the run.

 

But the green is fine.

[Redwing]

I have a 3+ year old red Eglu and unlike the red cars of my childhood the Eglu had not really faded a great deal

[Egluntyne]

I have a pink Eglu and it doesn't seem to have faded. It is about 18months old.

 

I had heard that red ones fade, but got one anyway, and that is fine too.

[The Dogmother]

I think it's only the older ones that had faded - the first mark 2s. A friend has an early blue mark 2 and that's faded a bit too.

 

The old shades used to rip easily, but I have been told that the new ones are made of sterner stuff. My housing is in partial shade, so I hardly ever use a shade on it, but last summer was such a washout that I left the clear plastic on most of the time. The bunnies always have a shade on though - they hate being hot.

[snowcloud]

I have a yellow eglu - you can't get them anymore though (I tried to start a petition to bring them back, but we didn't get far). It is about 4 years old now and not faded at all, it seems to me. Interesting that some do and some don't - maybe it's down to the dye used and how it is affected by the sun. Hmmmm...

[Ain't Nobody Here]

My blue eglu still looks the same although it's only been 18 months! (And we haven't had an awful lot of sun .)

[TAJ]

My green one is very faded you can really see the difference in the colour when you take of the egg port - but my garden is south facing and it is in full sun. That said, you wouldn't look at it and think it has faded, it is just when you compare to the unexposed bits you can tell the difference.

 

Tracy

[Mrs Frugal]

My green Eglu is one of the earliest ones and is a proper pea green rather than the more sagey colour which is now made and it's not faded at all after nearly 5 years in the sun! If only it was a bit bigger as I do miss using it now I've got my Cube.

[Cooks]

oooh I love the pea green ones!

[Olly]

My hasn't faded ... although I've just realised I've only had it a year, was thinking it was still the original Eglu! I did have a Green Eglu that was nearly three years old, before I sold it on, and that didn't show any obvious signs of fading i.e. the inside still matched the outside.