awnings

[Grandad Mick]

Hi All I am about to buy a bailey senator indiana series 5,unfortunatly it does not have an awning it's size is 1009cm and being new too caravaning I am looking for some advice on which one to buy. I will be using the caravan long weekends weeks ++.

Look forward to help from the experience caravaners

Kind regards

Mick

 

[Bannedtom]

Hi Michael

Awnings tend to relate to how deep your pockets are, we have a Isabella porch awning which is ideal for us but check out ebay as there are bargains to be had and my advice is to pay as much as you can afford and always, always go for the carbon fiblre poles, hope this helps

Tom

 

[Grandad Mick]

Cheers Tom. Much appreciated I'll have to tread or wade through all the options.

Regards

Mick

 

[Kitty1]

Hi Mick

We've found that the best combination for us is our full Isabella awning for longer stays but a lightweight porch awning for weekends. The porch awning being easier to dry out if it has to be taken down wet (not that we get any wet weekends in Scotland). It is also quicker to put up when we are just away for a couple of nights, but the full Isabella with fibre glass poles is hard to beat.

Hope this helps,

Sophie

 

[swpostie]

Hi Michael,

We bought our first caravan earlier this year and persuaded the dealer (Somerset Caravans - very pleasant and helpful) to throw in a new Sunncamp Mirage awning with two annexes.

I believe Sunncamp are towards the "budget" end of the awning market but we have been very satisfied with ours. The poles are steel and, therefore, heavy - but, as such, are reassuringly strong and stable in stormy weather.

We have subsequently bought a porch awning (Apache - simply because it was the only one we saw at the size we wanted) as the full awning is a bit of a rigmarole to put up if just the two of us go away for a weekend. We use the big one if we go away for a week or more and take the kids.

The dealer advised us that our awning was fine for the use we intended, and should last for years, but, if we wanted an awning to leave up on a seasonal pitch then we might want to consider spending a bit more.

I suppose a pricier awning might be a bit easier to put up - but, to be honest, I can't see how it could be a LOT easier, and it will possibly last a bit longer but, frankly, we've been very happy with our awning and really can't see how it could do the job any better.

So, my advice - get a cheap one and try it for a few years. If you use it so much that it wears out - get an expensive one.

Hope this helps.

 

[RobE]

Hi Michael

Like our other good friends on this topic I too own an Isabella awning, having owned other popular brands in the past the Isabella is by far the best quality but certainly not cheap. if you go with the Isabella definately go for the fibre poles as well. In fact any awning you go for, pay the little extra for the lightweight poles,

ps

if anyone thinks I can't sleep at night and am writing this at 2:30 in the morning, don't worry I'm out in the Gulf of Mexico at the minute, 6 hours behind the UK time and looking forward to some good caravanning when I come home towards the end of October

Rob

 

[Grandad Mick]

Hi Michael,

We bought our first caravan earlier this year and persuaded the dealer (Somerset Caravans - very pleasant and helpful) to throw in a new Sunncamp Mirage awning with two annexes.

I believe Sunncamp are towards the "budget" end of the awning market but we have been very satisfied with ours. The poles are steel and, therefore, heavy - but, as such, are reassuringly strong and stable in stormy weather.

We have subsequently bought a porch awning (Apache - simply because it was the only one we saw at the size we wanted) as the full awning is a bit of a rigmarole to put up if just the two of us go away for a weekend. We use the big one if we go away for a week or more and take the kids.

The dealer advised us that our awning was fine for the use we intended, and should last for years, but, if we wanted an awning to leave up on a seasonal pitch then we might want to consider spending a bit more.

I suppose a pricier awning might be a bit easier to put up - but, to be honest, I can't see how it could be a LOT easier, and it will possibly last a bit longer but, frankly, we've been very happy with our awning and really can't see how it could do the job any better.

So, my advice - get a cheap one and try it for a few years. If you use it so much that it wears out - get an expensive one.

Hope this helps.

Thanks very rupert good advice I'll look around some dealers for best deal.

Regards

mick