Cabinet Door Support Strut

[lake49068]

Was really unhappy with the spring-loaded door struts that came with my coach and changed them all out for the "fancy" combo spring/hinge style that are continually failing.  Was at the Fort Myers RV show over the weekend and one of the "for sale" units had what looks like a superior support strut.  Does anyone know whether the grey one pictured is spring-loaded or pneumatic?  Source?  Nothing similar on eBay or Amazon.  It looks so much more robust than the OE struts that came with the coach.  I kept the old struts and hinges and will reinstall them unless I find something better.  Have found 6 1/4" pneumatic struts on Amazon but not sure whether they may be overkill...but perhaps promising.

 

Old style spring tube (removed long ago) and "newer" ones that constantly fail.

 

Adam, 2010 HR Neptune 37PBQ, 2019 Jeep Cherokee

[Brad Loehr]

How did these RV cabinet door struts work out for you?  Do they hold the cabinet door open properly?  Any trouble closing the door and keeping it closed?

[lake49068]

I did install pneumatic struts on the majority of the cabinets.  Issues were size (several of the cabinets were too small/too short) and getting the correct pressure.  Did this in 2022 and checked my Amazon orders and can't figure out which were the ones that were perfect.  The coach and left over struts are 100 miles away...the Neptune is in Elkhart consigned for sale!  The struts were great, light/low pressure worked best.  Amazon sizing tables with the various struts offered were very helpful making the buying decision.  They are very inexpensive so "went back to the well" to get the right ones after a little trial and error.