Product review (5 stars): Great dryer vent
I have not installed this dryer vent yet but I bought it to replace a vent just like it that got broken in a really bad hail storm the last day of August 2013.  I like the vent because it is near impossible for anything to get into the vent & therefore into the house!  I bought the original vent in 1994 & have loved it every day since.  My house was white so I did not paint the first one.  They resided the house after the hail & it is now brown so I am going to paint the vent to match the house.  I think that the paint will help keep the vent from getting sun faded & brittle.  I would buy it again & recommend it to anyone wanting a secure closing dryer vent.