Hi
We are thinking about buying the Sunncamp 260 low for our Triton as fair weather/ short stay alternative to our existing Unico Verona awning.
Re the flapping side walls issue. We have two "bumper cushions" with our Unico awning .They attach to the awning fabric with velcro and help to make a more wind proof seal with the sloping sides of the van. I wondered if you think there is enough spare fabric on the 260's side walls to attach velcro so we could use the Unico cushions.?
Regards,
Ian

i didnt have any problem with the sides flapping last year: I made sure there was good tension on the ground anchors to hold the awning sides taught against the sides of the van by placing the anchor point slightly underneath the van before driving the anchor pins in. If I do find they resonate in the wind I'll probably try fixing some 15mm pipe insulation tubing along the edges (the foam type with longitudianal slits already made).

I did find there was pooling on the roof when it rained however. I don't like the idea of a roof pole that could pierce the awning or scratch the van (or even snap in half) so I have just bought an airbeam bracer. This has velcro fasteners on each end. I just need to figure out a way on how to utilise the D rings that are already sewn in to the awning (the front one is to hold the front door curtain when its rolled up).

Will advise when Ive sorted the design

So, here's the design.

I bought some 50mm-wide velcro (loop) and attached a 65mm length of it to the tabs already sewn into the roof of the Vareo (picture 1)

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These tabs have rings attached to them and are used to clip the inner bedroom to (picture 2) - Velcro attached to one tab at the front of the awning and one at the rear on the the awning rail.

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The Velcro was attached using double-sided tape

I bought two 11mm dia wooden toggle buttons (with two holes pre-dilled in each) and then sanded down both sides on each by about 1.5mm

I then threaded a 3mm cable tie through the two holes in the toggle and then through the pre-sewn tab sewn into each end of the Vango airbeam (1.9m long) - (pictures 3 and 4).

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The airbeam has Velcro loops pre-sewn into each end of it (picture 5)

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The airbeam can then be connected by mating the Velcro hook and loop tabs to each other on each end of the airbeam and then inserting the toggle on each end into its respective loop (picture 6)

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Picture 7 shows the Velcro tabs connected with the toggle not inserted into the Vareo loop

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Next step is to test it when I go away next friday: will advise how it performs

Rgds

Thanks JCh will look forward to hearing how well it fairs in the rain.

Sods law is you will get a dry couple of days........................

MikeT

Well: the design was a bit of a flop. I couldn't blow the airbeam up enough so it sagged into the into the awning rather than holding the roof up (not helped because it was slightly too long also).

However, when installed vertically like a pit prop between the floor and the roof it worked rather well in keeping the rain from pooling:)

Back to the drawing board:)

"We have 4 qty pool noodles on their way to us, each is 1500mm long. (thanks to a sound idea from Colin, Fishcultureman)"

- Thanks Roger, been off the radar for a while and didnt get reading this. Mrs FCM takes the credit for that idea :)

It all looks good Randa from the photos.

We put ours up in Knaresboro last week and sods law it blew up a gale just as we got it on the awning rail. Never took us so long to erect it though.

Last time we put it up the awning went right to the floor at the front where the zip out canopy is but this time we were a bit like your third photo but worse, as the wind was blowing straight at it. We solved it by altering the pegs at the front and moving the skirt slightly back towards the van. we then supplemented this with the traditional trick of filling two carrier bags with stones from the hardstanding and weighing the skirt down. It worked a treat.

Again it came up with the goods for us and we still like it. Next month we are going to a very windy Walney Island and will revert to the more robust Kampa Popair.

MikeT