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Quote: Originally posted by SamandRose on 29/6/2020

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When we first bought our caravan the previous owner threw in some 'strap on' extended mirrors. Basically, they were worse than useless. The angle they fixed on at meant that, as Katy has described, you could not see the caravan through them at all, and also the straps did not do up tightly enough to stop the mirror from shaking at motorway speeds.

I left them on to look the part until we had got the caravan home, but straight after that they went in a skip and we bought a pair of Milenco Aeros. These screw to either the top or the bottom (whichever you prefer) of your car's mirror casing and can be adjusted pretty much anyway you need to get the right visibility.

The one note of caution I would give is that the screws need to be done up as tight as you phyiscally can. Leave them finger tight only and there is a possibility that - for instance - one of them may fall off into the inside lane of the M6 with no possibility of retrieving it. (Not that this ever happened to me, you understand ... )

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Quote: Originally posted by Monty15 on 29/6/2020

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As to strap on mirrors, my current car mirror shells don't really have a flat or bulbous section in the middle, they taper all the way from inside to outside edge, I was concerned that any movement would loosen straps sufficiently for them to just drop off, so I favoured the clamp on edge of shell type.

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