This must be one of the most asked questions!!!. What is the best type of awning. Decieded to buy an awning for Dennis but have come from the old school of bag of seperate poles and a bag of canvas but as storage is rather limited what do we do. I have looked at the Kayham range and they look pretty robust and advice on these would be greatfully appreciated. Then the subject of how do you attach it whether it be figure of eight or secure the a pole to the gutter with clamps. Thanks Tim
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Cabin : Flight 001 Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K. Posts : 14341 Join date : 2009-09-27
Subject: Re: Awnings Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:05 pm
I had the same drive-away one that Danbury sell. Hated it as it leaked in rain and was a nightmare to put up by myself.
Khyam Motordome all the way. Superb.
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olive
Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
Subject: Re: Awnings Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:21 pm
Last year I replaced my first awning as it was too small with one from Just Kampers, they say they were designed to fit onto VW campers and they are right. Its easy to put up and down and I use the pole and clamp to the gutter method. Its a good size and stands well when you leave it on site.
olive
Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
Subject: Re: Awnings Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:33 pm
[quote="Tilly"]I have one of these:
Royal Traveller III
which I'm very pleased with, though a bit disappointed it wasn't available in purple! It works well enough and the slightly retro look goes will with the van. [/quot
I agree with you Tilly The Traveller is very retro
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Subject: Re: Awnings Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:42 pm
Looks just like the JK/Danbury Spacemaker I despise!
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I had myself one of these at first. [url=Mobil Camper]http://www.riverswayleisure.co.uk/acatalog/info_222300.html[/url] Rubbish. Hard to put up, rubbish in any wind above 10mph and broke the main pole on it's third use.
Got the same as Tim now. Awesome. Quick to put up and solid.
Cabin : Exec 008 Location : Central Scotland Posts : 1792 Join date : 2010-09-04
Subject: awnings Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:34 am
We have a khyam tourer, great awning not too big and and easy to load and store. The joke is that it takes 30 seconds to put up and 2 hours to peg down We use the pole and clamp method to keep it attached to the van.
Kyham motordome sleeper (4 people), great awning, use thye clamp method and has stayed attached in very stong winds. great having the tent already attached to the poles.
easy to put up, few mins to errect but as skytiger says if you want to use all the pegs it takes a while to peg down.
the kyham motordome sleeper that i have does come in one bag and is of generous size so it is not a squeeze to get the awning into......not sure on the exact size of the bag for this model, currently it is buried at back of garage but will give it a quick measure as soon as i can.
would recommend a bit of spray prrofing on the piece that connects to the van, as in stong winds it gets a bit of a hammering and if it is really wet can cause it to flick water a little as it flaps. I sprayed mine and didnt have the problem afterwards.
eddy
olive
Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
Subject: Re: Awnings Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:27 am
eddy wrote:
Dennis,
the kyham motordome sleeper that i have does come in one bag and is of generous size so it is not a squeeze to get the awning into......not sure on the exact size of the bag for this model, currently it is buried at back of garage but will give it a quick measure as soon as i can.
would recommend a bit of spray prrofing on the piece that connects to the van, as in stong winds it gets a bit of a hammering and if it is really wet can cause it to flick water a little as it flaps. I sprayed mine and didnt have the problem afterwards.
eddy
Hi Eddy,
We dont have that problem as the one we have once tied onto the van there is a tie pull which pulls it in tight and eliminates the flapping.
We dont have that problem as the one we have once tied onto the van there is a tie pull which pulls it in tight and eliminates the flapping.
That sounds a useful feature olive....looked at your awning and yes very retro! i used to have an old frame four man tent that looked very much like it, nice!
olive
Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
Subject: Re: Awnings Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:07 pm
eddy wrote:
Hi Eddy,
We dont have that problem as the one we have once tied onto the van there is a tie pull which pulls it in tight and eliminates the flapping.
That sounds a useful feature olive....looked at your awning and yes very retro! i used to have an old frame four man tent that looked very much like it, nice!
I dont have the Traveller retro looking one its Tilly, I have a just Campers tunnel awning
Cabin : Club Location : Cornwall Posts : 98 Join date : 2011-01-24
Subject: Re: Awnings Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:51 pm
I can recommend the Reimo Tour Easy which I bought from www.campershop.co.uk Have used it numerous times, quick and easy to erect and dismantle and looks pretty snazzy too.
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Subject: Re: Awnings Wed May 21, 2014 9:57 am
Sale now on at Campershop.co.uk
I think I will be getting one of these for myself.
I did have a problem with similar tunnel awning. Using it in very heavy rain the rain can sit in between poles and as you will see from the attached pic ours actually collapsed.
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Tallulah
Cabin : Flight 011 Location : South Somerset, UK Posts : 5101 Join date : 2011-06-05
Subject: Re: Awnings Wed May 21, 2014 2:55 pm
We have an 'outlaw' from campershop which has an additional support pole for the connection tunnel to aid water runoff and avoid pooling. We've used it in heavy rain a few times and it performs very well.
Although, we don't use it very often these days, opting for our sun canopy/windbreak/popup tent combination instead.
Our's I think was a Royal Traveller, it had two side supports but really didn't aid runoff and we had constant pooling so looks like the 'outlaw' might well be okay from Tallulah's feedback... Having seen Abs's Khyam we plumped for upgrading to one of those and we've been very pleased with it although like Tallulah says if the weathers set fair the sun canopy set up is a great alternative.
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