I'm a camper but recently bought a van that's been nicely converted into a camper in the back with fold down bed, sink, plumbing, electrics etc and its great.
I use it mainly to get my camping equipment plus mountain bikes into where they can be safely stored out of sight.
I'm now looking at getting a drive - away awning and wonder what you folks here use, think about and recommend and advise to steer clear of.
Having recently bought an airbeam inflateable tent, I like the idea of an inflateable, awning too and I see a few around ( Kampa, vango and maybe Outwell? )
Any ideas, thoughts, things to look out for and avoid all very welcome.
My van is ford transit, mwb medium roof with side and back doors.
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Winy, you little monkey. We all know about yawning in the awning and that mostly the excitement is intenTENTS,but this young man is obviously fit! and I don't think you or I can help him with his real advice ��
Hi
We have a movelite xlf driveway awning..
Its massive with an extra self contained bedroom annex (big enough for 2 double bedrooms.)
Fits extremely well to our van too. Which is over 2.5m high
Its not inflatable tho
Measure the height from the ground to the awning fitting rail or roof gutter (whichever you have), and ensure that what you buy is suitable for that height. Some are designed specifically for smaller panel van conversions.
We have one of these for our Vivaro campervan, it's a Kampa Travel Pod Midi, which fits up to 2.1m in height and has 3 fiberglass poles. It goes up really easy and has a built in groundsheet. We've only used it once so far but no complaints.
It is big. 2 bedrooms and stacks of space in the main area. It replaced our smaller old fashioned, heavy, leaking one. We have a large camping group. Its well made, we havent ripped it yet, and very waterproof with 5000HH and sewn-in groundsheet.
It might be too big for your needs but they do smaller in the same range. We studied them for a while and for us it has turned out to be the right choice.
Just bought a Outdoor Revolution Oxygen Movelite 2 ... 2016 model. Not had chance to use it yet, only pumped up the air beams and checked it out on the drive probably not see daylight again till next spring.
looks a nice piece of kit.
Nows the time to buy, I got this one of fleabay brand new... £404 delivered Winfields Great Outdoors.
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: Drive away awnings
