Does your Tesla need a Sunshade?
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- In this video I discuss whether or not you need a sunshade for your Tesla, and my experience with owning a retractable sunshade.
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Other reviewers have not mentioned the rattle/noise downside of this expensive sun shade. THANK YOU for pointing that out!!!!!!
There’s sunshades on amazons for tesla around 40 dollars or less. Pretty easy set up although u cant just slide it open and close.
There’s also not any rattle I believe
Have the roof sunshade from tessories, works great and have used it all summer to keep the temperature down. Easy to take down and fold up, I keep it in the sub trunk. Have just taken it off now that it's cooling and its great to have the natural light in while driving around :)
A must in summer. My M3 is an oven otherwise.
I also live in Northern NSW where temps head into the high 30s during summer.
Removed them as week ago and no probs with temps into high 20s. Nice to have the glass back again!
I put custom fit window blockers on my side windows and windshield so this shade is amazing. It saves your interior and battery life since Tesla's run the AC when temps hit to high (unless you turn this off)
I got a full roof shade for my Model Y and it really helps with blocking out the heat on hot days. I also agree regarding the xcar rear shade, it was a waste of money as you can't see anything out of the back window. It's really false advertising as they claim you have visibility when you actually don't. I used the rear shade a couple of times when I first purchased it and haven't used it since.
I'm not a fan of glass roofs. I wish they were optional. Tesla should include a sunshade, built-in, like almost all other manufacturers. If there's an aftermarket solution, it's obviously possible and there's a demand. While they're at it, put the damn shift/signal/wiper levers back in the other models!!!
A video that isn't 10 minutes long. HALLELUJAH!!!
Thanks for the very honest review. I just love my open glass but agree this is the best solution if you need a shade ❤
Living in Brisbane, I use the Tesla sunshades for my M3 between Sept - March and highly recommended them. Did a road trip between Brisbane and Melbourne at Xmas and we’re glad I had the sunshades fitted.
How did charging go on that trip?
I’m 197cms and I can say without any doubt that a sunshade is an absolute must for my model 3, I even tinted over the Tesla tint to make it darker on the glass roof. I’ll preface the comment by saying I live in far northern NSW and not Victoria where it’s significantly cooler, on average. I might add though that I only bought the shade for the front glass panel. I’ll take it off for Winter. I use the Tesla ones, they are great.
Yeah that’s fair enough! Glad to hear you’re liking the Tesla one. Thanks for the comment mate
I don't even take off for winter. It's too cumbersome. I think it's better to have the shade than having glary view of the sky.
You can try electrostatic sunshade,it’s for sunroof,my friend has one
100% agree that the glass roof is a beautiful aesthetic that i prefer despite the heat.
It's hot alright when you park the car out in the sun during Aussie summer days, yeah your AC can cool it down eventually but it's still uncomfortable when you have kids in the back seat as the rear AC isn't that effective, so a shade is definitely a must and would have been better if Tesla designed and offered that as an option.
I got ID4 just because of this reason because NY weather reached 100F in August and Sept. ID4 comes with a built in sunshade and a full panoramic glass.
I bought shades from Amazon. There’s a silver cover which fits onto a matched white fabric interior cover. The reason I bought one was because in direct sunlight, the top of my head was roasting. Since fitting the screens, hardly anything. The downside is that they’re always there. Teslas have awful AC and the blower is noisy, so overall sun screens were a very useful accessory and helped conserve energy. Buy screens and then tell me they’re pointless.
We have a model Y with two kids and have never felt the need for a shade in Victoria. Use the cabin overheat protection and have tinted the windows and it seem to be just fine.
I never thought about a sun shade for the glass roof, but I guess that would be handy if you were camping inside of the tesla, as that would block out light as you are sleeping.
Nice Vid! Additionally i want to point out that the radiating heat from the Glass-Roof doesn't come from the Sun burning through the Glass. The Sun just heats the Glass up because it's so heavily tainted and this heat radiates, but if you precool it down longer/ drive with AC, it cools down and than you don't feel anymore heat radiating from it! That means that on a longer drive you have no Problems at all, even with kids or dogs in it, and i feel no difference to all the other cars i had without any Glas Roof
Yep, true !
Thanks for this video, was waiting for a review of this.
I do wonder when el nino hits is over the next few years whether it's going to be needed to keep cooler during a proper long hot summer that we haven't seen for 3 years now.
Live in Newcastle. Absolutely need a sunshade in summer for my 3 and Y. Having said that the weather has just cooled down here and I took the shades off. Happy days! The glass roof is just beautiful.
Depends on where you live. I live in Phoenix AZ and definitely do better with the shade during the summer. Don't need it when we are in San Diego.
I have regular sunshades on the roof model3. It helps a TON when you have the car parked out in the full blast sun for a long period. Yes you can pre-a/c the car before going in. But i find i dont have to use much a/c (most times i dont even need to use the a/c while driving. Just crack the windows with full tint including front windshield tinted and roof shades. This is while 85-95F (30-35c) outside.
In Spain is a must have in summer.
yep I bought the oem tesla branded sunshanes they work well but I plan on never removing them, but I like the idea of the open and shut sunshades too.
Try a white vinyl outside looks ok will help
I love my block out shades in our Model 3. They are great for heat and sun protection. I am either driving or the front passenger. If you were in the 3 rear seats the block out shades do make the car feel smaller.
I live in Florida so I will definitely be getting this with my Tesla!
I can not deal with extra noise! Tinting it soon for heat rejection, not thinking about shade just yet.
Not really a need for these. Much better just to enjoy the full sky view.
Last Christmas we drove it out to the northwest of New South Wales around Narrabri. 35 degree days.
Totally ok with air con around noon.
Sure a warm top of head, but nothing like standing in the sun.
Model Y is more tinted than model 3. Don’t need a sun shade. Drove to the Goldcoast in summer and it was fine
With the link above the price came down to $499 - Not bad.
Oh that's awesome to hear ! Thanks for letting me know
Still waiting for my Tesla MY but anticipating that the glass roof will make it very hot on sunny days. I had previously seen some reviewers say that the Tesla MY air-conditioner was not as effective in cooling as other cars. So I ordered the Otrifowd shade a few days ago as they were having a sale (although not as good as this discount), after having seen several favourable reviews on CZcams who said the shade does not rattle. Disappointing to hear that is not case.
I just came back from a trip in Melbourne and I missed Melbourne already!
I'm in western Sydney and will be painting my model 3 roof as the radiant heat is horrific. Tesla should make it an option from the paintshop.
Just cover it with a vinyl wrap. Much easier than paint, and it's reversible.
Good to see an honest review, respect.
I appreciate that!
The heat becomes an issue only if you are parked and stationary- You can hardly touch the glass because of the heat. But once you are in motion, convection air over the glass roof cools it down significantly and no sunshade needed.
So dont park outside, got it... 🙄
I had a 3 for 4 summers and had the roof tinted. It wasn’t optional in QLD. Picked up a Y recently and tinted roof again.
Have you considered just ceramic tinting the sunroof with a dark shade? This way, you get to keep the clean OEM look but barely any light will pass through
Good suggestion.
..or when you have sun allergies. The sun allergy is not through the visible light, I had to put tin foil in my room windows to block the radiation.
Thanks for the video. We thought we’d try one summer without any shade and see how we went.
We’ve actually been ok. As you say, the aircon cools the car really fast and being able to trigger it before we get to the car is lovely.
Finally, whilst the space directly under the roof can get pretty warm, we are all so short that we never get close enough to feel it. 🤣
I could be wrong, but my theory is this. I think having a full glass roof, and no sunshade, is about reducing fatigue. Having a full glass roof allows for more natural lighting into the interior of the cabin. Though the roof is heavily tinted, it still allows more light into the cabin than a non-glass roof and significantly more light than from the side windows alone. In theory, especially during a long drive, if the interior lighting of the cabin is even slightly darker than the outside light, then the human body might think it's nearing end of daylight time and naturally starts slowing your metabolism down ready for sleep. Which could bring about that fatigue feeling. So, having a glass roof allows more light into the cabin to reduce fatigue.
I've done a few long road trips with my Tesla M3, and haven't felt as fatigued as I used to get in my old ICE vehicle. I firmly believe this is due to the cabin gaining more light with the glass roof, as well as a couple of other factors.
I think one other reason why Teslas don't have a sunshade for the glass roof is to allow you to have visibility above-vehicle in addition to ground-level surround. In the past, I always wished I could see through the roof of my car, just so I had some "awareness" of what is above me. For one reason or another, think how many of us have had to lean forward over the steering wheel close enough to the windscreen in order to look up or dangerously stick our head out the side window in order to look up. The front & rear windscreens and side windows only give a ground-level surround visual, but sometimes we find ourselves driving in environments where we need a better visual awareness of what is above us. A glass roof enables this. So it kind of adds to your spatial awareness and safety.
Like I said, that's just my theory.
Unfortunately yeah, during Australian hot summers, the interior can get quite hot fairly quickly. Though even here in South Australia there are still a lot of car parks that are open-air. But hopefully in the near future, all these open-air car parks will be covered in solar panel roofing to provide both shade & charging for EVs as well as electricity for nearby infrastructure.
No.
Bunch of nonsense lol
Why not a stock metal roof with sunroof as option? Less weight, no glass hazzard.
We have 2 Y's on order - I was bit worried that it would be too hot in Perth so will get my tint guy to tint everything rear window side windows, roof with dark tint. Hopefuly that will do it. (big step for me Mustang GT is going and Toyota RAV4 to be replaced by 2 Y's)
Thank u for the video 👍👍.. Greetings from Germany 🙂
Probably need a sunshade more in the Model Y than the 3, as due to it being raised higher, the Y is closer to the sun
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"closer to the sun" ?? Surely you jest!
@@birreboi 😏
This is one of the reasons preventing me from getting a model y. I'm not really a fan of moon roofs.
There's a number of things giving me pause. The odd-looking shape, the glass roof, the lack of an instrument cluster, the lack of a wiper lever. I'm sure I can think of a few other things, but those are the biggies off the top of my sunburnt head.
That shade looks great.
Not $600 great.
Great review.
Thanks!
How did you get that flat surface in your car @1:40? Did you fold your seats all the way down or remove the backseats?
I have a Model 3, was thinking a movie night inside at night would be killer.
Great video 🔥
Thank you mate !
Good, take on the issue. And I miss you very good luck for your wedding.🎉🎉
Thanks legend !!
Good thing I can remote start my tesla and cool it down
😉 very true !
Just get electric shade you can get them online
Yeah I like to look of them
Oh no the Otrifwd shade rattles? I notice the rattles in my Y already. It does look great though compared to the pop up shades that I have.
I think it is depending on person and where you live. hot summer in Arizona and Texas.. yeah you do need one for sure. also, there is one more option for roof sun shade - electric one: some electronically controlled shade(like sticker) can be attached to roof glass. It is like having tint but you can control of blockage rate.
You should just be able to buy them without a glass roof. After 2 weeks the novelty has worn off and from that point onwards there are only downsides.
Keep driving it ! Novelty worn ? How big is your world ?
Tesla model Y or Y juniper needs roof as stainless steel is away sun is heat than glass roof is heat from people are complain and me too. I did not like Tesla's glass roof instead of stainless steel protect away sun or wind cause rock a little hit glass roof will be crack a little. Can you think about Tesla model Y or Y juniper or 3 model's stainless steel is safe than glass roof is too heat from sun from people are not happy.
Hey Ryan, could you please make a video on phantom braking? Or a short? whatever works. Should we worried about it?
I've never had phantom breaking and I've been driving my Y since September 2022. I've found a phantom warning sound location which mistakes a pedestrian sign as a pedestrian and beeps at you, but it doesn't force break. And yes I have the emergency breaking system turned on, I've just have had it engage, phantom wise or normally.
I get phantom breaking at least once every trip I take on the M1, that means daily which is a bit of a worry - mainly for passengers. For me at least, it seems to happen when there is an off ramp leading to a red set of traffic lights and I am in the left lane continuing straight. The car seems to see the lights break suddenly, then realises is okay, then keep going. I know now where it tends to happen so I allow for it, the ones I’m not aware of are the scary ones, especially at 110kmh. There was a period last year when it didn’t happen for months, but has increased of late with updates.
@@AndrewThomson888 have you tried just disabling the break at Red lights open for that? It's one of the extra cost options so I don't have that turned on, just standard here.
@@TheTruePhoenixAU no, but definitely will 🤟💪🏻
I have the same aftermarket sunshade for my 3 and Y. I do not have any rattle noise at all with these sunshades installed. These sunshades are must have even in my Fremont CA area. We only have mild Summer weather and temperatures, but still on a day that is above 80F, the head feels being cooked. And, instead of using 7-10 fan speed of the AC, we use only 3-5 fan speed now with the shades installed and they save us much energy and, in turn, give us more range for both of our 3 and Y. I also wish that the glass roofs were openable even if they do not have automatic sunshades like other luxury cars do. Tesla used to have openable sunroofs such as the ones on Model S. In the name of saving costs, Tesla remove the openable sunroofs for 3s and Ys and also killed the idea of automatically retractable sunshades for the glass roofs. Cost-cutting is in their plans and Tesla also does not hire enough people for quality control. With the quality control costs saving, getting a new Tesla is a hit-and-miss experience where some brand-new Tesla cars have minimal panel gap problems and paint problems, while other brand-new Tesla have more panel gap problems and paint problems. My 3 has paint problem and interior panel not fitting well problem with some mild exterior panel gap problem, while my Y has almost no paint problem and interior panel fit problem, but does have the rear bumper left side and right side not equally spaced from the side panels of each side. Come on Tesla, do a better job of quality control, you are a 16 years old company now since the day I watched Elon talk about then "the upcoming Tesla Roadster" in 2008.
Would pre-conditioning the cabin reduce the need for a shade and that radiant heat?
Yep 👍
Thanks Ryan. Looking ahead - any thoughts as to what types of tyres to get once the ones that come with the car need replacing ?
Thanks mate. Good question, not ready to answer that yet haha - most people just let Tesla replace them from what I can gather. It's obviously a must to get EV specific tyres in my opinion.
@@RyanCowan thanks
I am looking g at this for my M3 but why is it only $199 AU is it the same as yours? Don't want to waste money if it's now inferior quality.
Absolutely no need. We drove from Brisbane to south of Sydney, all day driving, never got burnt. Even on really hot days I noticed it but no more than any normal roof. You can turn on the climate control a couple minutes before you head to the car on super hot days so I really don't see the need.
Totally agree ! Better without it, unless you're like us and have a doggo
We have doggos but have yet to leave them in the car using dog mode. Only time I would think we would do that would be super short timing anyway so a couple minutes of extra sun would be fine (with dog mode on obviously).
How do they do when you have windows down?
How much roof height do you lose by having the shades? I ask because I have a tall seating height (long neck), to the point where I sold by Audi S3 8Y being so frustrated not being able to sit low enough.
I'm 6ft, haven't noticed this being an issue once. But it probably takes away 4cm I'm guessing
3:17 Is leg shaking mandatory before entering into the car 😅😅 as shown in the video ?
🤣 I just noticed this ! Trained her well !
Hi Ryan, this is a bit off subject but I was speaking to another Model 3 owner at a Byo cable charger in Adelaide. He said he does not trickle charge at home as not all the electricity makes it to your car as if there electricity leakage or something. I trickle charge all the time at say 16kwh per day average but is this guy trying to say I’m actually using more than that on my electricity meter? Thought you might be best to ask.
Hey mate, yeah this is a fair point ! If it's properly wired in (like a Tesla wall charger) you'll waste less electricity. It's not a big enough concern for me, but we do plan to get a wall charger at our next place.
@@RyanCowan Thanks Ryan, so I guess the only way to really check how much loss there is would be to switch everything off in the house overnight and see if the usage on the meter in the morning matches the amount used on the app? Any idea how much the leakage is? Hope its not more than about 2kwh's?
@@andrewmee8136 Yeah that would be a great test ! I imagine it's less than 2kwh during a full charge.
It depends on the accuracy of the current transformers (CT) that are sending the power data to the App
Your home energy meter has to be a tariff class metering device that will be a standard accuracy depending upon where you live. The extra CTs installed when you get an EV charger could be accurate enough for charging but not as accurate as your home energy meter that is used to bill you for electricity.
It is hard to find any specs on accuracy for EV chargers and their Apps.
Also, non linearity in the CT curve will affect accuracy. The CT curve is not necessarily a straight line, depending on the type of CT.
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Should have been automatically applied? Hopefully you got it working-sorry about the slow reply !
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Way too expensive. I won't buy it.
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