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Topic: Advice on airbeam driveaway awning.

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silvercamp

05/8/2019 at 7:55am
Location: Leeds
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Just ordered my first small van conversion a 2009 Toyota HiAce Fieldmaster which will be converted by Poplar Motors in Chesterfield. I currently have an airbeam tent and like the concept so I'm looking for advice on a similar design as a driveaway awning suitable for the van. It will be fitted with a 3m Flamma wind out awing if this helps. I know this topic has been covered previously but products change and new designs are being introduced all the time.

spiritburner

05/8/2019 at 8:30am
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We got the 3 Fiamma side panels which were cheaper than their Privacy Room. It's not so sophisticated but for the amount of times we use it (0-2 times a year) it was enough. It's not driveaway though but I'm not a fan of them. Had one with that came a VW many years ago & it was a PITA. We've only had our van converted this year but have used it for last 3.5 years for camping & we just parked beside our bigtent & used the Fiamma canopy to bridge the gap. We'd sometimes put one of the Fiamma side panels on as a windbreak. As we already had the tent there was no additional cost & there was no faffing on aligning the van when we came back & the tent was dead easy to seal up & remained streamlined against high winds more so than a slab-sided driveaway. If it was just me & the lad we sometimes took the small tent & pitched it so the porch was under the awning. As far as pitch fees go we were always booked in as campers rather than campervan plus tent.

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silvercamp

09/8/2019 at 7:17am
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Thanks for responses, decided to purchase a Vango Kela V as we picked up an ex-demo one for a good price from local Winfields.

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