To cap it off, the staff at BOS are very friendly and extremely helpful. What’s more, it has removed what was, for me, the greatest source of annoyance on our caravan. Our BOS jockey unit has been utterly reliable since the day I first fitted it, and it has survived the harshest of conditions. It only a cosmetic issue and it certainly hasn’t affected the performance of the product.
I don’t think its UV rated and ours has faded over time. There’s not much wrong with the BOS jockey unit, but if I was forced to point out any issues, it’s with the red colour of the gearbox housing. It has easily coped with the heavy 350kg towball weight of our caravan and it has never extended itself while travelling along the road, even after driving hundreds of kilometres over rough off-road tracks. We have been using the BOS jockey unit on our caravan for more than four years in all types of conditions, and it has never failed us yet.