I was away last week and see one on a Unicorn and was not very impressed as we had high winds one night, cliff top site,and by next morning after a lot of flexing it had been taken down, so they went without it for the next 3 days.The only awning on site to be packed away.
We have a Kampa air pro and it is very stable in strong winds, But at a pound under six hundred I think that I would also take it down its a lot of money to lose
Thats six hundred for a 260 porch awning and they use a completely different type of material.We had a folding camper before the van and its full awning was made by Isabella and they cost over a thousand pound. The Kampa Air Pro material is really heavy duty not the nylon light type used on others so I would expect to get years of service from it
I must admit I might get one if we change the van next year as planned. The isabella is a great awning and there is nothing wrong with it after 12 years continual service. Even been up on seasonal pitches for two years. But it is getting hrder to put up as we get older.
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With ours being the thick material its heavy so feeding the first bit through the awning channel is hard work. If you look in my gallery you will see what ours looks like the pitch was not level so it doesn't look its best
Hi Camcroft - I too own an Elddis Xplore 302 and am now looking to buy an awning for it. I've looked at your gallery and noticed that your awning doesn't quite cover the window. Is it possible to move the awning along slightly so you can open the window, or maybe flex the inflatable pole to allow the window to open.
Also, how concerned are you about water leaks as mentioned in your other posts.
Well ive just bought a Kampa Pro, but not inflatable. More stuff to go wrong. How on earth would you find a leak?? And the pump must weigh 5kg on its own.
Having been in tents for a few years we were looking for a new tent about 2 years ago and had a visit to Go-Outdoors at Southampton.
Whilst we were there it was blowing a gale with a horrible cross wind but we still went to the outside section to take a look.
Out of all the tents on display there were 3 which were clearly standing up a lot better to the wind and were showing very little signs of movent unlike some of the dome style tents which had flattened by about 50%
The 3 tents holding there own were in the Vango Airbeam range (inflatable) so if the caravan awnings are as reliable as the inflatable tents I would say you are onto a winner.
Simple in the event of a puncture just pump up as hard as possible.
Close all the isolator valves if one tube goes down unzip it and repair with tenacious tape or similar.
John
Quote: Originally posted by beebole on 18/7/2014
Hi Camcroft - I too own an Elddis Xplore 302 and am now looking to buy an awning for it. I've looked at your gallery and noticed that your awning doesn't quite cover the window. Is it possible to move the awning along slightly so you can open the window, or maybe flex the inflatable pole to allow the window to open.
Also, how concerned are you about water leaks as mentioned in your other posts.
Cheers, Bob
Hi. No its not the inflatable poles are rock solid but we use the front and other side windows anyway
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