Certainly better than letting it sit on my pole, with an abrasive line running through the middle of it, letting the UV kill the snuffer bag, and letting acid rain pool inside the spin.
Well i have heard everything.. from flake it... to flaking causes weak spots along the folds.
I have tried removing, washing drying and flaking (which is interesting living in an apartment on the 3rd floor) and only to rip it on my furler...
I do have a tarp over my boat and most of my snuffer. I cover the mouth of the snuffer with a dacron cover i made (from an old jib) that keeps most of the water, bugs and bird poop out.
Since i sail every weekend... and use the spin every weekend... the time savings is tremendous.
Last weekend i spent 30 minutes rigging it... only to find it was wrong (during launch) and had to mess with it 2 more times to get it correct....
Yes i will probably have to replace it a little sooner than if i babied it.. but as much as i use it... it doenst seem that big a deal to me.
