Towing Mirrors

[Nick21]

Could anyone out there enlighten me in regard to the type of towing mirror. Should I buy flat mirrors or convex mirrors. I have heard good things about Milenco Grand Aero mirrors but am unsure which to buy flat or convex. Your views would be appreciated.

Thanks

Nick"G"

 

[Chrisbee]

Nick, I expect you will get answers from three distinct groups. Some like flat, some convex and some one of each. Me? It has to be flat so I get a true image. However, I also have a small convex clip-on blind spot mirror for the nearside.

 

[bigbilly]

I use the Milenco Grand Aero mirrors and I am very pleased with them.

I always have used flat mirrors to get a 'realistic' image of following traffic. Some people do prefer convex especially on the near-side.

Bill

 

[GraShe]

Hi Nick2

I use the Milenco G.A. mirrors and use flat for correct vision. These are excellent, used on continent and at home with no problems. Any blind spots, I find are covered by my car mirrors, ( Land Rover Disco TD5)

Happy Towing

Graham

 

[WatsonJohnG]

I was surprised when PC mag gave the Grand Aero mirrors a good write up but 2 people on here also like them

I drove about 1/2 a mile from the shop and turned round and took them back as they shook very badly on my X Trail

It just shows that you need to try things as they are obviously OK on some cars as posted above

I previously used Smat door mirrors for over 10 years with no problems and now have the Milenco Aero(smaller ones ) with good results

 

[David_374396455]

I have the Giant Milenco mirrors, only recently purchased. and used for a couple of hours, but vey pleased with them, fitted well to my Smax, no real shaking, and good vision, I like flat as I get a better perspective.

Dave

 

[ThePlotter]

As a trainee driving instructor can i put forward my thoughts on flat or convex.My suggestion is that you have whatever combination you have on the towing vehicle,the reasoning behind this is simple when you drive you look or should look very fequently into your mirrors and your brain is attuned to interpret the image that you see for this reason if you have the same glass in your towing mirrors your brain will correctly interpret the image.If you have different then you will not correctly interpret the image.I hope that makes sense

 

[Lutz]

As a good compromise between maintaining a true image on the one hand and having a respectable field of view on the other, it's best to have a flat mirror on the driver's side and a convex one on the passenger's side.