Good evening all hope everyone is well,
Please could anyone give advice on the Kampa Dometic Pop Air Pro 365 for a Troll 540gt. I have searched the threads and found a small amount of information such as the fact it is a dead weight going up.

When we had our previous Troll we had the old style awning which proved a challenge to put up. What with trying not to damage the Troll then fit all the sides. Then when it rained sat up all night pushing the water off the sections as they swelled and hung down inside the awning.

I trust and hope you would not have that problem with the Kampa? or is there an alternative which is easy and fast to put up and very strong?
Thank you Morphy

Thank you for that very informative reply much appreciated and has helped a lot. We are just in the process of starting to look for a new Eriba Troll having sold ours last year.
Thank you Morphy

Wow Colin yes I noticed my profile said Troll 2004 I have changed that now for the moment. I might have to bite the bullet and buy new, we are going to the dealers next week see what is about. If we have to order one well that's what we will do. We shall see, if it is ok I will probably contact you again for a bit more advice on the Awning.
Steve (Morphy)

All good Roger thank you yes we are going to have a look next week try and get one. What a journey we have been on it will be a tale to tell when we get together.
Steve (Morphy)

Anything other than a dead flat surface to pitch on and these blow-up awnings look very similar to a sack of potatoes on the side of the van.

Quote: thecolliss wrote in post #8

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Anything other than a dead flat surface to pitch on and these blow-up awnings look very similar to a sack of potatoes on the side of the van.

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Thank you very much all there is something to ponder on there Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!

Hi Morphy

Colin & I have chewed the cud many times about the Kampa 365. We were one of the first to get one of the new awnings for our Troll and I have had a love/hate relationship towards it - which is now closer to love.

Not mincing words the Kampa people released the first model of the awning without sorting all the glitches. In particular with the newer Trolls the keder beading on the awning kept coming out at the ends of the awning rail. Their response was to tell all of us who complained to cut 8 cms off the beading off to stop it pulling out. You can imagine how well this went down on an awning that cost so much money. However it did resolve the problem.

The other issue mentioned above (and this may relate to all air beam awnings) was that unless the area you were pitching on was relatively flat the awning would take up strange shapes. One one grass pitch our awning was like a Hobbit House and too low for me to get into. It makes the picture above look like a perfectly pitched awning.................

Our resolution to this is fairly simple in that we always book a hardstanding and like Colin ensure that the awning is on a flat bit. When we have taken a grass pitch we leave the Kampa at home and take either an Isabella Shadow Canopy or our Suncamp Vareo.

From what I can gather the 2019 second edition of the 365 is far better as Colin indicates, especially for a later Troll. A bonus for us would be that for the side that zips out you can get a small tent that fits on the side, which would be great for our grandchildren.

The love part comes from the fact that Kath and I can now get this awning up fairly quickly and easily. Strangely it goes in easier from the front and we always give the awning rail a quick spray of silicon lubricant to ease it along. It is a doddle and very quick to get down. One real positive for us is that the 365 has been brilliant a few times in some very strong winds - staying up when poles on other awnings have broken. We have had no pooling on the roof and suffered very little condensation, unless we are cooking,

Also whilst it isn't massive it is a good size for us as a couple and we cook in it most nights with our Ramoska and eat all our meals in it. Using the footprint and the carpet groundsheet makes it very cosy.

It works for us on our Troll and we would consider replacing it at some stage with the newer model. Perfect it isn't but what is.........

Hope this helps

MikeT

Thank you very much Mike for taking the time to write the above review very much appreciated. Reviews like that really help people who have never had an air awning understand the pitfalls and benefits thank Steve (Morphy)