Awning thats good for kippin in..!

[BognorMotors]

Give me a call tomorrow.

Yes it has a seen in ground sheet and sleeping compartment.

 

[Andrew]

So why did you not get a motordome admittedly you have to pay the groundsheet but the bedroom part has a sewn in ground sheet. We used one with the last Cali a few times and one was in Scotland. You waisted your money with the one you have it's not really for sleeping in.

To be honest - I was naive when choosing. I had visions of hot sunny days etc, when the reality turned out differently. I bought it without taking much advice and was sold on the quick erect reviews. I can't complain about my naivety and that I simply chose badly.. the quality however was poor but might have tugged on a section that was weak causing the rip.. My won't do that again and will take all the advice I can grab before choosing..

 

[Roadrunner]

Never had a problem putting mine up and they are quick to do but can be interesting if it's windy

 

[Wongo]

Move lite Oxygen are solid and supplied with enough tie downs for as the hurricane said to the coco tree hold onto those nuts this ain't no ordinary b**w job!

 

[Mojo80]

We've got a Vango Attar inflatable awning, which has an integral groundsheet and can fit a couple of sleeping compartments (according to the blurb). They are quite reasonably priced at the moment, but would have gone for the Galli if I was spending more.

 

[Andrew]

Hello all.

Well after plenty of investigations I have finally dragged my awning options down to 2. The finalists are the Vango Galli Low and the Outdoor Revolution Movelite T5. The idea is to buy the one I want which can be used for a long time. Both are a fortune but give me what I want.

Which bring me onto a question about how I fit one of these to my van. I don't want anything permanent on one side of the van as it'll do my head in but can't see a way of connecting it.

It has roof bars and no obvious way of connecting the awning to the van. Any ideas anyone?

A picture of the side with roof bars

 

[Mojo80]

I think you can run straps over the van and peg into the ground on the other side. We've got a pretty simple rail which is quite unobtrusive.

 

[Andrew]

Thanks @Mojo80. How does that fit to your van. It's it removable?

 

[Mojo80]

It's not removable, but to be honest I don't even really notice it's there. Thinking about upgrading to a Fiamma wind-out though, which would have an awning rail on the side for the drive-away, but they're definitely not subtle!

 

[Pauly]

Checkout camper essentials
They do a rail that fits under your roof bars and give you the channel to connect too

 

[DaveyB]

I wouldn't recommend relying upon the straps over the roof option; a good ole breeze will have them vibrating against the paintwork.

 

[Davenjo]

Our Vango has integral Velcro straps designed for attaching to roof bars - guess it depends how long your roof bars are and position relative to where you want the awning to sit but you may already have a solution to hand?