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"It was an idea sparked from a real labour of love"

Pete Staniforth

Managing Director

Our story

How it all started

Founder Pete Staniforth and his wife bought a semi converted camper and set about putting their own stamp on it. The learning curve was steep, and the project was a real labour of love, but they managed to complete the self-build project and enjoyed the process so much, they formed a business idea and a product concept that would shape their future.

Vanshades was formed in 2015., offering real choice to the customer with a product range built for the custom camper enthusiast and professional converters who want to offer their customers a stylish privacy solution whilst saving installation time.

Our screen covers and Window Pods are available in a wide choice of colours making your camper van as individual as you are.

A new concept in camper van privacy

Window Pod® - Privacy with style & functionality

★★★★★ 5/5

“Made up with our Vanshades. Excellent fast service & communication. We love the colour and so easy to fit. Cosy and dark even in full daylight – we can’t get away and test them properly!”

Cass Davies

★★★★★ 5/5

“Bought a set of Vanshades recently. Outstanding quality and super easy to fit. Would recommend to anyone. Best product on the market. So worth it. Customer service team were even better. A1.”

Matt Cornwell

★★★★★ 5/5

“Vanshades… I don’t think there is another product that even comes close to these, the design and quality is amazing and we won’t build a camper without them at Custom Campers Ltd”

Chris Smith

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Introducing WINDOW PODS®

A brand new premium finish for your WindowPod® in a huge range of RAL colours, brought to you by Vanshades. This new high-grade OEM finish is the perfect way to add colour and quality to your interior build.

5a Ashroyd Business Park,
Hoyland,
Barnsley,
S74 9SB

Vanshades is committed to improving our manufacturing processes and minimising our impact on the environment. 100% of our waste plastic material is recycled and converted back into useable materials.

Google Rating

4.9

Based on 258 reviews

VanShades

4.9

Marc Newton

21:14 29 Nov 24

Fantastic company to deal with, great communication and superb range of products - highly recommended!

Andy Griffin

15:38 22 Nov 24

I just wanted to share my exceptionally excellent experience in working with Vanshades, a truly customer-focused company.From visiting their stall at the NEC Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show in February, right the way through to collecting my custom splashback (based on a photo I took whilst holidaying in New Zealand), and including all the steps in between, I can honestly say I have not worked with a better company.Their products, help, guidance and support, speed of respond and the accommodation of specific custom-type requests were first class.Thank you Vanshades!

Lee Smith

14:55 19 Nov 24

Josh Fall

09:34 30 Oct 24

Carl Sealby

00:42 30 Oct 24

Well where do I start, from a quick email to Eve with a query, to a few days later having a drive down, meeting Richard, Zak & Jake, who looked at van, and decided blinds could be fitted, and as I'd travelled quite a distance, set too and fitted them for me, and then I proceeded to order the pods for the other windows, from Louise, what a transformation they make, from crappy black curtains, to stylish and easy to use blinds, i would definitely recommend Vanshades to anyone with a camper. Then we met Jack, before we left who was helpful in explaining things to me, and sorted me out with a little cosmetic issue i had with my van. It was a pleasure to go there and meet everyone, so extremely friendly and very very helpful from my very first email, thank you 🙌

Andy Hattigan

14:53 25 Oct 24

Great Company to deal with, Great product and super helpfull. What more could you ask for. Have got VanShades in my T6.1 and they are simply brilliant. They are very effective and dont intrude on the inside of that van, and when they are closed they stay closed unlike curtains which can get caught and opened accidentally. Highly Recommended.

Mike Thomas

17:19 24 Oct 24

Excellent service from a first class company, took my time and fitted them myself, really looks the part and they are very practical as well, cutting out the light completely, had an issue with one blind ( self inflicted), contacted Vanshades who repaired the shade quickly and efficiently all within one week, would definitely recommend Vanshades to anyone thinking of fitting Shades to their vans.

steven massey

17:04 24 Oct 24

Amazing service and product fits perfectly, Fitted really easy with quality supplied instructions and fixings

Craig Hibbitt

20:44 20 Oct 24

Great product and service, any issues they are happy to help, so much superior than curtains. Do not hesitate to have these in your van, and really easy to fit.

Lee Jones

12:30 16 Oct 24

Fantastic product and great quality. Really made a deference to my camper

Matt Peers

12:37 15 Oct 24

Fabulous product

Stephen Barnes

12:32 09 Oct 24

Fantastic shades ! Top quality product. Well made and well worth the wait.Well done Van shades.Thank you !!!!

Diane Webster

13:12 01 Oct 24

Had our van shades delivered recently, very well packed, complete with all the screws required.Have only fixed one in our van and it went in perfectly. If the others go as well as the first, everything should be great.Very happy with the product, excellent advise from Van Shades, would certainly recommend to everyone who wants to put Van Shades in their Vans.

Ken Cornish

09:41 28 Sep 24

I called into Vanshades as I was passing, and was really impressed with the staff there,it's refreshing to come across staff with enthusiasm and knowledge of their products.As for the shades, I can't fault them, all fit,easy to fit,just look at the on line tutorialThe bottom line is they look great, and work well

Lisa

13:27 27 Sep 24

Fantastic customer service , great quality blind pod which makes our ford custom van look awesome,We would definitely recommend Vanshades.Big thank you to Louise & Jake

Margaret Taylor

12:50 27 Sep 24

Delighted with our blinds for our Ford Transit Custom Devon Firefly. I’ve had a busy few days recovering and adding more insulation to the door panels to match. Hubby was impressed with the fitting of them, well worth the 5 week wait

John Siddle

14:38 24 Sep 24

Absolutely outstanding after service from Van Shades, had a string broken on a blind, popped over to see them and got it all fixed in 15 minutes, good old fashioned customer service and even got a cup of coffee (nice) while I waited. Louise was charming and Zac did a great job. Keep up the good work with your outstanding products. I’d give more stars if I could.

David Morgan

09:40 19 Sep 24

Excellent quality really pleased with my storm trooper blind

Mike B

12:16 13 Sep 24

On the plus side the window pods look good when carpeted and seem to work well so far, on the minus side, my pods took 6 weeks to arrive ( not sure if this because I made a slight change to my order ) the carpeting video online only shows how to carpet the simple pod, It would be better if the video covered the pods with cut outs such as the sliding door as this is more tricky to carpet, also the location for screws to retain the barn door pods is not clear ( it is quite important to get these in the correct position ) and finally I didn't receive screws to fit my barn door pods when they are shown as included, not sure whySo if you purchase these pods remember to allow plenty of time for your order to arrive!

Viam Mercer

10:39 10 Sep 24

Fantastic product, fitted them all in about an hour which included removing the old curtains and cleaning up. I highly recommend that anyone building a van or who is looking for shades check these out.

Wayne Burke

23:40 07 Sep 24

Difficult to review! Still waiting to receive my order!

Steve Bryan

19:32 02 Sep 24

From first contact to order completion, Vanshades have been a pleasure to deal with. Quick response times from emails and they actually called me back when they said they would. Makes a refreshing change from other, not so 'customer focused' companies. I'll definitely be returning to purchase a WindowPod A. Thank you Vanshades!

william newman

13:36 29 Aug 24

Barn door window were bought to replace existing curtains the pods were well made look great and were a really simple fit couldn’t be more pleased with the look and fit well done Vanshades thanks very much

Mathew Haslam

11:18 28 Aug 24

I am new to VW Transporter's so finding my way!The website is clear , the assistance by telephone also helpful . I wanted Vanshades to fit my shade and chair pod and they did that with no problem too. Game set and match business for me!👏

Martin Donald Smith

14:35 27 Aug 24

Very impressive product! Well designed and produced. Fitted a set of these into my Ford transit custom today - barn doors and then a duo blind behind the driver and a duo blind behind the passenger on the sliding door. Easy enough to fit if you take your time. I’ve seen videos saying 90 seconds per blind but in reality you take longer. They look great, are ergonomic and really block out the light well. Took 5 weeks to arrive but the website does advise of lead times when ordering. Well worth the wait.

Mark Bunton

09:05 13 Aug 24

Just fitted my van shade, and it looks great.The quality and finish is excellent many thanks to everyone 👍

Madelaine Taylor

19:02 24 Jul 24

What a lovely company to deal with, from start to finish we experienced exceptional service, nothing was too much! A lovely friendly team. I would highly recommend their window pods, we absolutely love the end product, great quality and addition to our VW T5.

Benoit Rousse

09:36 24 Jul 24

I returned my window for a small technical problem and the return of the product is clean and more than functional.Efficiency / speed / attentive... from after-sales service to the mechanic, top-notch work!Thank you all, professional work!I highly recommend it, you can go there with your eyes closed!Thank you so much!Happy summer to you,Benoit

Jonathan Case

11:31 22 Jul 24

Great quality blinds whether for contents security or sleeping over. Highly recommended product with superb customer service and support.

Steve Stuart

09:59 15 Jul 24

Ordered a set of J & K Duo silver Carpeted Blinds for our new VW T6, waited patiently for about 5 weeks for them to be delivered which was fine as I am prepared to wait for something decent.When they did arrive I was really impressed with them until I started to fit them....On opening the boxes I noticed there was a long piece of L shaped plastic on one of the flyscreen's that was loose, that only lasted two long weekends in the van before it fell off ! I managed to repair by dismantling the whole thing and re fitting 3 small screws that had been very roughly thrown in position by whoever assembled it at the factory.The shades fit OK but their not as seamless as you would think, the build quality of my set was pretty poor, the carpet on the external edges was not folded over onto the back as it shows on their "How to carpet a Vanshade" video, which means there was an ugly black plastic 3mm visible border around the perimeter which looks terrible against the other carpeted panels. again this was something I spent a day rectifying, while I was at it I also relived the handle cut out for the sliding door which was just too tight and was binding with the handle trim.Gripes aside the do work really well and look great when carpeted properly, but when you are paying nearly £600 for a "finished product" you don't really expect to spend a day and a half sorting out issues that could have been sorted with 5 mins of care & attention at the factory.Would I buy them again ? Probably because their a great design and work really well, but sadly for me anyway, let down by poor workmanship.Knowing what I know now I would just order the Naked Duo Vanshades and do the carpeting and QC myself.

Callum Cooper

14:44 12 Jul 24

Very good product, the best looking out there and very easy to install, buzzing with them! Eve was extremely helpful with any questions I had, 10/10 customer service!

Dave

19:01 04 Jul 24

Excellent service and product.Will be using again for sure.

John Todd

16:44 30 Jun 24

Graeme McBride

08:18 28 Jun 24

Start to finish the team at Vanshades have been excellent. The quality of the product is second to none. I know there are some cheaper alternatives out there but, there's a reason they're cheaper. As the saying goes "you get what you pay for". Really are top quality blinds made easy to fit.The customer service is some of the best I've experienced in my life from regular emails to updates etc. Couldn't have asked for better.I would like to particularly thank Eve who went above and beyond to answer all my queries and sort me out with fantastic looking blinds.

Mervyn Shone

11:00 25 Jun 24

The window pods these guys do are top notch and look awesome once installed. I have to also big up the customer service as they were extremely helpful and polite. I messed up on the installation of one of the pods and ended up breaking it… The asked me to send it back and they would repair for free… How good is that !!

Jamie Mitchell

16:21 24 Jun 24

Fantastic product. Just what I was looking for. Great website where you can see exactly what you are installing.

Omar Baldaccioni

09:19 21 Jun 24

Purchased a set of window pods for my T5.1 and had to have the order sent to France, instead of my original address in the UK. Received excellent customer service throughout, thank you Eve! The Window shades themselves are fantastic, everything I wanted them to be, great product!

Paul Paintin

07:15 20 Jun 24

I cannot recommend these guys highly enough. The products are incredible, the WindowPods have transformed our VW T5, and I can finally bin off the sucker based thermal mats I've spent years sticking and unsticking to the windows...After a perfectly avoidable self induced issue whilst fitting one of them, I was invited to their HQ in Barnsley, where Rich, Jack and the team really looked after me, fixing the problem I'd caused myself, and going above and beyond in terms of customer care, even diagnosing a completely unrelated head scratcher of an issue, and pointing me in the right direction to get that sorted.If you're even remotely considering a purchase, stop dithering and get it done, you won't regret it.

Angela Buckley (Angela Buckley Co.)

16:06 02 Jun 24

I ordered the tailgate window pod for my T6, and although the delivery took a while, the wait was absolutely worth it. The craftsmanship is exceptional, with meticulous attention to detail even on the parts that are not visible. The quality is outstanding, making it well worth the cost.The customer service was also fantastic. When I reached out to inquire about the delivery timeline, they responded promptly with a personal and kind email. It’s evident that this product is made to order, and I would gladly wait again for such high-quality workmanship.One very happy customer here!

Lewis Noble

17:18 16 May 24

I collected a Loc8 sliding door table for my T6 today from VanShades. Excellent customer service, from Eve on the phone to a manager who clarified fitting advice and answered queries. And the Loc8 table itself? Very good, much better than the table fitted by our converters and in some ways better than the table fitted in the California we used to own. Very pleased. I might write another review specifically of the table after we have used it on a proper trip

Jacqui Hampson

09:48 15 May 24

Great Product, Great Service, Great People. Having bought a set of Pods for our new van conversion, In my mind, there is nothing on the market that can compete with the Vanshades Product and Service.

Darren Greaves

19:41 06 May 24

Vanshades the guys there are super helpful if you got any problems they get it sorted and keep you informed as for the vanshades for my vw t6 they were fantastic and straightforward to fit make a big difference to any van highly recommend 👍

Ian Parfitt

15:54 30 Apr 24

Highly recommend these excellent quality blinds, they always say you pay for what you get and these are definitely worth it! 5 Stars to all involved ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Michael Holmes

14:45 29 Apr 24

I have had a great customer experience with Vanshades. Their products are of a very high quality and a lot of thought and care has gone into their design and final products. When I contacted them to inquire about products and fixings their staff couldn’t have been more helpful. I would totally recommend this company and their products.

Daniel Yates

12:53 23 Apr 24

Firstly, the product, I have the pod and blind system fitted to my VW transporter T5-they are brilliant, smooth operation, look fantastic, as if they were fitted at the factory.They are especially important to me, as I use them in the summer to keep the interior of the van cool for my dog.Now for the best bit; customer service, second to none, if something goes wrong with a product, and I must stress, this was not through poor quality, the measure of a good company is how they resolve that matter.Van shades are amazing, item posted back to them, and returned as good as new in 3working days-exceptional customer service, great communications from Eve, and a very happy customer. Don’t entertain any other inferior products, buy Van shades!

Mum Thompson

17:25 21 Apr 24

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for our fantastic pod's. I must admit we didn't manage to fit them ourselves due to our van not being standard. Vanshades expert fitters did it. Customer service by Eve was brilliant, and being able to meet the expert fitters was a bonus (lovely guys).

Golf Spikes Direct

09:54 12 Apr 24

Top Class customer service from Vanshades! The product is as good as it gets! Quality and finish along with attention to detail makes Vanshades worth every penny.

Claire R

19:15 03 Apr 24

Fantastic product and customer service. Not only are the blinds a high quality product the customer service was exceptional. Unfortunately one of the blinds was damaged in transit. However upon emailing Vanshades to confirm and explaining that the van was due to go to the converters imminently they dispatched a replacement immediately and it was delivered the next day. Eve in particular was brilliant, highly professional and efficient thank you!

Ellie Rhodes

13:23 21 Mar 24

I've had Vanshades pods in my T5.1 for a few years now and I love them! They're super black out, but they're also amazing at insulating the van - which I never knew about them!I've recently been back in touch with them to have a fly screen fitted and they were so helpful. Eve was really fast at replying and very friendly and the team fitted the fly screen so fast. They're a great company that obviously care about what they do.

Dave Chappelow

10:24 21 Mar 24

I've had my binds filled over 4 years with no faults.Contacted customer service requesting a new blind handle as one was damaged by Bertie the dog chewing it only cosmetic damage.Eve very quickly responded sending a new handle out next day at no cost.Great Customer Service and support well done to all at Vanshades.

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