Awnings

I got mine last week for $350 from these guys:

Gordigear - Roof Top and Trailer Tent Experts
CAR ROOF AWNING - For camping or as a tent replacement - eBay Other Tents, Tarps, Swags, Tents, Tarps, Swags, Camping, Hiking, Sport. (end time 22-Feb-09 10:58:32 AEDST)

They also do roof top tents and trailer campers.

Main reason I got it was they they are local to me on the Coast here and I popped in and had a chat and a look around. They were also one of the best priced.

Hasn't been used yet but looked as good if not better than the Polaris and Gunyah IMO.

BTW: Tell them Anthony sent you and they should knock some dollars off :)

Bushie
our's is Gunyah brand we have had it since '05 and it has done the rounds in thunderstorms to sunny days...you can drop a leg in heavy rain for runoff and it has a sail track along the front to slide a tarp in

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/07/271.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/11/695.jpg


Mrs ho har:angel:

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Originally Posted by Redback

What I like about ours is the size and price, ours is 5.0 X 2.5 and it is good quality, most of the others are half the size or double the price with crappy alloy locking poles in the same size as ours.

It's made by Bob Burrage in Wollongong.

$385 3yrs ago

http://forum.australia4wd.com/upload...1105658883.jpg

Baz.

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mine is similar to baz's, umm maybe not quite as long its around the 4m mark i think, mine has been made out of poly tarp material and is a bit of a handfull by yourself. for quick overnight stays i just pegs it to the ground i.e. no poles much like a lean-too, the two poles slide into the end bit and roll up

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Originally Posted by weeds

mine is similar to baz's, umm maybe not quite as long its around the 4m mark i think, mine has been made out of poly tarp material and is a bit of a handfull by yourself. for quick overnight stays i just pegs it to the ground i.e. no poles much like a lean-too, the two poles slide into the end bit and roll up

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Kelvin I'm the same, 2 poles and a spreader bar, no ropes and peg the end into the ground, not as many ropes as in that photo, I don't have a photo of mine set up.

Baz.

EDIT found a photo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/DSC06718.jpg

very timely post
thanks

I have been considering an Eezi-awn awning
cost approx $800 but looks very sturdy / retractable
anyone had experience or seen one fitted ??
Sth African made


supposed to have no guy ropes /pegs (- assume you would need in high winds)

Dolium Pty Ltd


for a D2 will 2.5M wide be too long or just a 2.0M was hoping to hang out a bit at front

cheers
Nobby

I think you'll find it will need ropes and pegs in a not to windy situation. There's a couple getting around town, but I haven't seen one in use.

I would think a lot about getting one that protrudes past the front of the roof. I've noticed a few people in town here do this with their ARB awnings as they adapt them to a half length roof rack. It looks odd but I suspect that it would make bush driving with lots of overhanging scrub rather more challenging:eek:

For reference, my Hannibal awning is 2.4 metres along the roof and 2m wide when open.

Anyone have any experience with this product?


I'm attracted by it's size, 1 person operation and integrated legs


Roof Top Tents and Side Awnings for vehicles - Manta 270 Eezi Awn Awning

Thanks for pointing this out, I see they have the option of a gutter mount kit, which means I can avoid a roof rack. So far this is the only solution I have seen that offers this.

( low car port)

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Originally Posted by AndyG

Thanks for pointing this out, I see they have the option of a gutter mount kit, which means I can avoid a roof rack. So far this is the only solution I have seen that offers this.

( low car port)

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Have you seen this thread: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/camping-tu...d-awnings.html

What I was going to do on my County was to pop rivet a length of sail-track directly to the roof above the alpine window. My Fiamma awning just slides into the sail-track and would have just hung over the window. I use a modified version of this on my Rangie - the sail-track is not pop riveted to the roof but to the back of a length of Unistrut bolted to the side of my roof rack.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...15/01/1104.jpg

Here's how I've done it:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

And if you want to go cheap and have a set of roof bars, the following post shows what I set up a couple of years ago.:):)

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...le-awning.html

Cheers

Steve