Gust Strap Car Cover Wind Protector - Protect Your Car Cover from Blowing Off in High Winds - Works with Most Cars, SUVs, Trucks, Vans, and More! Universal Fit. Complete Wind Kit.

I have a fitted CarCovers.com cover for my car but find it comes off way too easily in even light winds. The wind gets under the edges at the passenger door area, inflates it and eventually pulls it loose. The area I’m in (Hawaii) can have strong and unexpected winds up to 60+ mph (so far). This kit looks to be the answer as I wouldn’t trust any cover in those winds although I’m a bit disappointed even less than 10mph is enough to pull it loose.This was super easy to install. Four ratcheting clips grab the edges of the cover at the front/rear corners and then bungee cords span between the clips to keep the cover in place. I haven’t seen high enough winds to be sure yet but it seems pretty solid and secure. Also pretty easy to remove the cords when I use the car. The real test will be how it all hangs together when the high winds roll in again.

This is a great wind gust tie-down strap for an external car cover. I live in an area where wind gusts can reach up to 26 mph. I just checked the weather forecast and this is what is expected today, starting in an hour’s time and last up to 3 hours. Given the above scenario, I just went out and applied these straps.I gave a “great” review because when I was installing one of the first batch of straps, one of the black clothes-pin-like clamps broke - just one of them. I immediately reached out to Amazon and was promptly sent out a replacement. Since I installed this batch, it has been problem-free for me. I returned the defective batch to Amazon as they requested.

I bought these to replace ones I had before, exactly like them. The ones they replaced wore out- stretched out and broke. Hoping these last longer, with other reinforcements. Note that the ones that wore out were used in Florida, outside. Ones I use in the north have lasted for years.

You will NEVER have to worry about losing your car cover in moderate to high winds with this kit. Innovative and doesn't require a college degree to install. Installs literally in seconds. The bungee cords supplied are seriously heavy duty! Install points: In front of front tires and behind rear tires once your car has been covered. I actually did this type install before I knew this kit was available. I put grommets (I had to cut holes in my cover) in the locations above and made my own bungee cords. My self install worked exceptionally well, HOWEVER, with this kit, again, it literally takes seconds to secure the cover over your car / SUV for moderate to high winds. I have two vehicles: A small roadster and an SUV. This kit is remarkable. I do not, nor have I ever used the center grommets that come on most covers to lock my cover to my cars. If you think someone is going to steal your car cover here is something to think about: All they need is a pair of scissors / knife / razor blade to bypass the locking systems on most car covers (just cut around the points that secure the lock cable to the cover. This kit is NOT an enhancement for keeping your car cover safe.The clips are similar to alligator clips (only plastic). These LOCK / CLAMP that grip tightly to the cover. Phenomenally simple and exceptionally well made. Nothing to rust or break. This is a permanent solution to your worries of keeping not only the car cover in place in moderate to heavier winds, but bird poop, sun fading, minor abrasions from passers-by, dust, paint over-spray or any airborne contaminants etc. from ever damaging your car's paint. I cannot recommend this kit high enough. Secondary thought: when the bungee cords are not securing the cover to your vehicle, they can be used for other purposes. They are exceptionally strong and well made.

These Work. Two sets of two plastic clips and two bungie cords. Don't let the word "plastic" scare you away, they are robust, hard plastic.The plastic clips are designed to increase pressure as you click through the little teeth until the grip is so tight on your car cover that you can't click further. Once they are on your car cover, they stay on. The eye of each clip is a generous-sized O that makes it easy to hook the bungie cord into without frustration (especially since you're usually groping without looking, after the first try).The bungie cords are good quality and just the right size for my mid-sized sedan (though I believe they would stretch across a suburban as well). Crouch down, put the hook in the eye of a clip on one side of the car, hold the cord firmly and stretch it as you crab to the other side to ease the hook into the eye of the opposite clip, and you're secure with a tight fit.The fact that they provide clips and cords for both ends of the car is a plus: I've come outside too many times to see my car looking like a girl with her skirt blown up, with the mid-car locking cord. This is neater and more thorough.I live by the curve where the Atlantic meets the East River, so we have some pretty hearty breezes, and we recently had 3 days of snow. My freshly-washed car sat through it all on the street, nicely tucked in against the weather. The snow melted off, the sun dried the cover, I rolled it up and put it in the trunk and drove off to run errands in my still-shiny, dry car. Really glad I bought this product. And such a deal.HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Using these straps are good in theory to make sure the car cover is securely in place, however, not sure if I can recommend this product mainly due to the fact the straps basically stretched and deteriorated after 5-6 months. Now, the seller did send me another pack, for free, however, I am pretty sure the same result will happen again. This is probably due to the outdoor elements.If you live somewhere with warmer weather, or where the outside elements are not such a big factor, this can work just fine, but this was not my case, thus, it wore out significantly in the time I had.If the straps get worn out, I would surely look into replacing them, because a strong, continuous gust of wind can leave the car cover lop-sided (unless there is a center strap)