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Morning,

I see a lot of people now have OLPRO awnings and when I was at Dubbed Out Festival the other week I got to see them in the flesh and was impressed.  Do any members here use Olpro?

Thanks,

Daniel.

Yep, i use an Olpro Cocoon Breeze and its great - my old man has one as well.

Have a look for the Olpro returns on eBay (I managed to get mine for £250 on their a couple of years ago) and they even have a preloved section on their website which you can subscribe too. You could save a couple of hundred this way.

Vango ones are decent too.  Olpro seem a decent product. A friend has a very fancy trailer tent from them

We have used a couple of inflatable units.
https://www.thebeast.blog/?page_id=9696
https://www.thebeast.blog/?page_id=3403

Both are great if the weather is fine but not so good if poor.
the larger of the two let the wind and rain in at the base and was very cold wasn't too windy at the time, so we don't know how much the poles would have flexed in a gale, the smaller one was better sealed but flexed considerably (it was a force 8 gale) had to move everything to the center of the tent.
So for us long term, we are looking to get a ridged poled winter tent.

I have a Kampa Trave Pod and it has been great. I have had it five years. The only time it was a problem was once in the Isle of Wight when we were camping on the coast in the end of an incoming hurricane! Framed awnings and tents can be strapped down tight. Air ones cannot so we ended up letting it down for the night. It would have shaken itself to pieces otherwise. THis was a very extreme case though.



I really fancy an Outdoor Revolution Cayman air awning like the one below. They have three zip up sides so you can make it like a gazebo, a door at both ends of the area between the van and awning, ands you can get an add on bedroom for extra space!