Has anyone else thought that this roller blind cover is a bit cheap?

I noticed that as soon as I had removed it once, the plastic end caps seem a bit wobbly in the mountings and it now rattles a bit. The main annoyance I have is that the retracting action seems very weak, and you almost have to feed the blind back in rather than rely on the mechanism pulling it in on it's own. Pathetic

Is it just mine and perhaps I need to have it replaced or are they all this pants? L319 D4 HSE

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Have you noticed this only since removing it? I haven't had to remove mine yet and don't have any issues with it. It's certainly more sturdy than the Freelander retractable cover.... that flies about all over the place.

A colleagues E60 5-series Touring retractable load cover suffers a similar issue once removed and re-fitted, so maybe it's a manufacturing "feature" of that sort of design.

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Steve 

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Amazingly, my Dad thinks the design is much better on the sport than the fixed/hard version found in all his Range Rovers..... he finds it a pain to remove/install each time he puts the dogs in. He would sooner have this type but of a better quality. 
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I agree, it's better than the 'bigger' range rover but it's still not anywhere as good as in other european touring models such as the BMW 3, 5 series - these are 1) mounted at the same height and directly attached to the rear bench AND also have a vertical net for preventing cargo to fall forward. - Robert

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Again ,I would agree with that. Even the Audi Avants have a retractable cargo net that is similar in design to the big RR ie. pulls up towards roof. This is great for keeping dogs noses from peering into passenger quarters.
LR could have spent a little more time thinking this area through, having said that , there's always room for improvement. 
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Forgot to post that I had it replaced by the dealer for the one in their demo SC. The difference was astonishing, mine was obviously bollxed. I now have one that works and pulls strongly as it should do.

Before, with my old one , if I lay a suit jacket on the blind it could barely support the weight! Rubbish. L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB