I have an Isabella sun canopy which I love - I don't think I have the required level of patience for a full awning.

I am thinking of buying the Isabella side panel but have a couple of questions. Does anyone know:

Will the side be too long for the sun canopy if used on a 2006 Troll. All the online pictures show it on much taller caravans where the canopy is at an angle. On my Eriba it's virtually perpendicular to the caravan side so I'm wondering if it'll hang correctly on an Eriba and will it trail onto the ground.

The side panel seems to come with a pole which I'm assuming gives the whole set-up a bit more rigidity. Is there only one pole provided? If so will this make the canopy a bit lop-sided?

Also, why is it so expensive? I know some people have made home-made side panels. What did you use for a pole?

Thanks.

Thanks Colin and Randa.

Colin, as good as the Sunncamp looks, my wife will call it an awning and veto it - she has a thing about awnings whereas I secretly want one!

Randa, yours looks amazingly professional - even the colours match the original. I'll have a look in Wilco. Where did you get the fabric and the ends for the pole from?

[quote="Randa france"|p65176]Hi Kam. I can't answer the question regarding the Isabella produced side panel but like you we were worried about it.

Therefore we decided to make our own using waterproof garden furniture material. It's just a rectangle after all. At the top of the recatangle we sewed in wide "belt loops" so that the pole could be threaded through it.

The pole? As always, we put our trust in a Wilko line prop https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-extend...wE&gclsrc=aw.ds (no surprise there ) and added a large cup hook at the bottom which hooks into the awning eaves fixing bracket.
At the other end we left the plastic hook that came with the pole and fashioned a loop to loop over the corner pole of the Isabella. There could be some improvements to this as there is a bit of a gap between side and roof which is good of course, to prevent wind damage.]



Or damage caused by drunken idiots at Eriba Eurofests.
Dave

Randa you are a man after my own heart but far more skilled!!!!!

When Kath and I took up tent camping in our 50s after a very long gap we bought a fabulous Outwell Bear Lake 4 which we loved. However it had a narrow canopy at the front which only worked to stop rain when there was no wind at all.

Needing somewhere to cook in the relative dry I conjured up all sorts of add-ons to extend this canopy to the floor. I used up all sorts of wind breaks mixed with lengths of canvas from previous tents I accept now that colour co-ordination was not one of my strong points. When each idea failed in some way (or Kath scornfully vetoed it) I went back to the drawing board and Stanley knife, filled with new plans.

Kath's despair ended when Outwell listened to its customers (how about that Hymer?) and produced a brilliant front extension that solved my cooking problems. However I did experience a certain sadness that my creativity had to turn to other things.

Your colour scheme looks OK but a length of 1960s bright orange Vango canvas at the top would have been inspired. it is a pity that Kath chucked photos of my past efforts so I can't share them with you. MikeT

Or you can get the genuine ten cate from here, very good and fast service.

https://www.esvocampingshop.com/en/tent-canvas/polyester/
Dave

Thank you for your help and suggestions. I'm going to wait until the spring and then embark on this little project.