When the virus lifts we hope to be off travelling. We have a 2007 Eriba Touring Triton 420 and were thinking of buying an Isabella awning. Does anyone know which Isabella awning will fit or are there other even better more suitable awnings?

Thanking everyone for their advice - keep safe

Jon and Julie

Having had a Vanderhorn, I would agree a superb awning but prone to roof pooling in heavy rain, with our present Eriba we have a Walker touring+, water has never pooled on the roof, and once up has withstood a fair amount of very bad weather, its made in 2 heights for pre 09 [low rail] and after 09 [high rail] and several sizes.

https://walker-awnings.co.uk/product/eriba-touring/
https://www.bowenawnings.co.uk/awnings/w...uring-plus.html
Dave

Hi Jon & Julie, I've got a Soplar awning for sale - it's a very sturdy awning which came with out Triton when we bought it in 2018 - we've only used it a two or three times but have now turned to the dark side and got an air awning. We're looking for £175 ONO and are based in East Kent.

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Hi Jon & Julie

Just a thought really from our limited experience.. We are relative Eriba newcomers having had our Troll 540 for 3 years.

We started off with an AL porch awning which was fine in many ways but had a metal frame which made it a bit heavy but the big issue was it seemed to have a lot of pegs to put in. I had a dodgy hip and this caused me a lot of pain.......so

We got one of the first Kampa Pop Air 360 inflatable awnings. There is a lot on the Forum about owners experience with these. some people love them others have less positive experiences with them. Ours has been both brilliant (staying upright in a storm on Walney Island when others blew away) and horrible (not being able to pitch it on an uneven site in North Wales) and me coming close to throwing it in a bin. Probably our overall experience is in the positive but it does take a long time to pack away on site when it is wet.

But then someone suggested we looked at an Isabella Shaddow sun awning as a possible alternative - can't remember now if it was someone on the Forum or someone we net onsite. We are smitten by how quickly it goes up and how for two of us we can usually find a position to sit in our chairs and stay dry. It is clearly not an awning like the other two but its flexibility has won us over and we are not sure if we will ever use our other two awnings again.

Somewhere on the Forum is a picture from Randa about how his wife knocked something together as an end piece for the Shaddow to give extra shade and protection from rain. We intend to steal his idea and produce something for ours.

I guess what I am saying is awnings are not cheap and we have spent over £1000 on our collection when perhaps we might have been better starting with the Shadow. Whilst saying that the Isabella & Walker awnings do look brilliant when you get them up. I guess you pay your money and take your choice.

Good luck
MikeT

Thanks Colin

This is a really interesting site but I see what you mean about choice.

I think I may still have some decent material in the loft from an old Brandt (German?) tent that we bought when we had a young family in the late 1980s, but it is a really dull green that Kath would not let me attach to the Isabella & Troll. This site would offer her the choice of colour which would go down well........... Something to think about..

Cheers Mike

Hi,
Thank you for your private email reminder to look on the forum.

Recently we’ve been over occupied in growing veggies, digging for Britain, in our locked-in garden.

Yes obviously we’re really interested in the offer to buy your awning.

I previously had read about problems with awnings fitting Eriba vans, specifically as specifications change over time. So we researched the age of our van.

Originally we thought (for the last eight years, d’oh!) that our pride and beauty was a 2009 Eriba Familia Touring 320, but from the plate on the van we now believe we have a 2007 Eriba Triton 420. Going up in the world, although we might be wrong again ...

So I suppose the question is, do you or any others on this forum, know if this awning will fit our van? Assuming it’s a Triton 420 ....

The price is not a problem.

Best wishes Jon and Julie

Hi Jon and Julie
I’m late with this message but if you haven’t acquired an awning yet, I have a Walker Touring Plus awning designed for the Triton 420 for sale as I’m selling my 2007 Triton. It looks great with the van and hasn’t been used much.
Get in touch if you are interested.
Philip