Hail damage prevention

[bellavite1]

https://www.hailprotector.com/

It looks completey silly, and wouldn't work for us because of the lack of an outlet nearby, anyhow.
The company demonstrates the toughness by throwing bricks from a 30-foot height, but I still doubt the velocity is the same. I'm wondering if there's some sort of padded tarp that's better than others? And if so, what have people found works for them?

As for the steel shed idea..if only! I would love than. Our yard does not cooperate- there's a significant slope and not really much in the way of room. We have a massive, heavy shopsmith. It just won't work.

Garage-wise, the vehicle would just fit (in theory) but it's not happening.

And we're not moving. I still haven't totally unpacked our stuff from our last move...and have you seen the prices of houses?!
Besides, we're pretty happy where we are.

5 min install???
More like 1 1/2 hrs...

[earplug]

Steel Carport.

[Irving]

That inflatable is better than I imagined. You're really selling yourself short with all the stuff you're saying you can't do. First and foremost is no power outlet near the garage. So what? Get an extension cord. If you're going through the effort of placing a huge inflatable car cover on in the first place, then running an extension cord is not a big deal. Isn't there an outlet inside the garage? There better be if you're using it as a workshop. Finally, even if there weren't an outlet on the outside, and wasn't one in the garage even, adding one would be less effort than building a shed or car port. Heck, adding an outlet would be less effort than carrying all the stuff in the garage to the basement and setting up shop there. Quit telling yourself you can't do things.

[CO Hugh]

You could move. I live in some sort of magic no-hail zone. My trucks have been parked parked outside exclusively for the past twenty years and I haven’t had one ding. Heck, even the roof on my house is probably about thirty years old.

We live a few miles as the crow flys from chatfield, we have missed many hail storms that have caused damage close by; neighbors insist its a lake effect.

Maybe for carport/shield idea try a canvas cover, similar to a Davis Tent.

[MarkCO]

Take the stuff out of the garage and park it in there.

[Irving]

Once you install an outdoor outlet, you're going to feel so empowered and proud of yourself, that you'll hook it to a wifi controlled RaspberryPi, write an app, and be able to control it remotely from your phone, just because you damn well can!

Here is some motivation for you to stop telling yourself "I can't because..."

[TheGrey]

If we get an outlet installed, it'll be a matter of calling someone to do it and then paying them. Not sure where the empowerment comes in...

[Irving]

I want to see that 30' extension cord in your Amazon cart by this very evening!

[SideShow Bob]

I was thinking about protecting a vehicle from hail with one of the semi-fit covers and closed cell foam padding several inches thick underneath.
But unless you keep it on anytime are not driving, you’d get beat senseless running out to put it on every time when the hail started.

[TFOGGER]

Oddly, the May 8 storm didn't put a single dent in my 1970 Powerwagon, while the 89 F250 looks like someone did the bodywork with a 3 foot piece of logging chain, and they were parked next to each other...