drive away awning

[olliejaeger]

can anyone recommend a good quality drive away awning with inner tent? i'm after something that's easy and quick to put up / take down but doesn't break the bank. any help would be appreciated!

[andisnewsyncro]

Nowt wrong with these for the money
http://www.campershop.co.uk/awnings.htm ... nel_awning
and this is the cheapest place place I found for them

I know khyams are supposed to be the dogs' but personally I'd rather spend less cash & perhaps a bit longer setting it up. We used ours daily for 6 months in Europe in all weathers and no complaints. Comes with inner tent & groundsheet too

[rikpal]

Just bought Khyam motordoame sleeper, absolutely fantastic but doesn't fit the not breaking the bank criteria.
Previous awning was an OUTDOOR REVOLUTION NOMAD 3 , which stood up to force 6 gales on anglessey & a 2 berth sleeper section plus a ground sheet,takes 10 mins to put up & is compact to store.
Only changed because we wanted a larger sleeping area.

[Doctor Foster]

Nowt wrong with these for the money
http://www.campershop.co.uk/awnings.htm ... nel_awning
and this is the cheapest place place I found for them

I know khyams are supposed to be the dogs' but personally I'd rather spend less cash & perhaps a bit longer setting it up. We used ours daily for 6 months in Europe in all weathers and no complaints. Comes with inner tent & groundsheet too

I'll second that

[Fritz]

Ah Ha,,,,,,,,,you want quality then stay away from the Kyham for the simple reason everyone has one,,,,

IMHO, I would have to reccomend the Reimo Tormobil 6 xxl drive away awnings
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Regards,

Fritz,,,,,,,

[rugchucker]

Fritz, mind the language

Its not spelt Ah Ha, the group is called Aha!!!! get it right


Des

[Valsowners]

We've just bought a Nomad 3 and think it's great, see Earls post - Nomad 3 for a bit of a review

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=55275" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We did consider a Khyam, but we really didn't like the fact that we had to duck under the doorway to get in, I wouldn't mind if I was super tall but I'm only 5'6"

[grumpyoldgit]

Nowt wrong with these for the money
http://www.campershop.co.uk/awnings.htm ... nel_awning
and this is the cheapest place place I found for them

I know khyams are supposed to be the dogs' but personally I'd rather spend less cash & perhaps a bit longer setting it up. We used ours daily for 6 months in Europe in all weathers and no complaints. Comes with inner tent & groundsheet too

I can vouch for the traveller tunnel.
Ours came with the van and to be quite honest I thought it was a bit big and did not use it last summer.
This year it has been used at Glastonbury and round France. It has proved to be very useful.
The first time up takes about an hour but you can improve on that, particularly if you have some volunters to help.
I would not use it on a site I was only staying one night at.
It just about fits on a standard pitch but there have been several places where it would just not fit.

[grumpyoldgit]

Ah Ha,,,,,,,,,you want quality then stay away from the Kyham for the simple reason everyone has one,,,,

IMHO, I would have to reccomend the Reimo Tormobil 6 xxl drive away awnings
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Regards,

Fritz,,,,,,,

Blimy. Very nice but a bit big. Do you have difficulty fitting it on a standard pitch?

[TravellingChick]

We did consider a Khyam, but we really didn't like the fact that we had to duck under the doorway to get in, I wouldn't mind if I was super tall but I'm only 5'6"

I love my kyham and I got it as a factory second saving £100 BUT I have to agree it's annoying ducking every time you want to get into the van!

It's easy up and down tho, I can do it on my own in 15 mins tops. Also good re-sale value.

Sarah

[Steve Goddard]

Can anyone advise,I know its a well hammered question but Im still a bit puzzled regarding awnings,but if your gutter is pretty full of Tigerseal on a T25 as mine is .....how do you attach the awning? Im thinking of the Royal Traveller

[Red Westie]

High top? with a smooth finish?
Then these....Quick, easy, secure..not that cheap tho.



Martin

[Trish]

We had a Khyam Motordome Touring and used it on four camping weekends last summer. On only one of those weekends did it not fall down! Otherwise it blew off the van every time( despite attaching as securely as poss) usually during the night! On our last weekend, in Abersoch last August, it ripped apart completely and the poles broke and bent. Not one pole remained intact.

Yes it was a windy night, but have tent camped in worse with no damage. It was such a disaster we binned the awning and considered complaining to Khyam, and sold the van (don't ask). Compared to a tent the Khyam had much weaker poles, the shape was very un-aerodynamic, winds wafted under the skirts and the fabric ripped easily.

We have recently bought another van (we saw sense and missed the old one so much) which came with a Royal Traveller which appears to be a far more sturdier affair. Would agree with the post that it is better for an awning to take longer to put up, if it stands a chance of actually staying up! We have also bought a Sunncamp Aztec for weekend use, which is easy to put up, is a good shape for deflecting winds and has skirts to stop the draughts. We will be trying it out properly this w/e on our first camping trip at Beddgelert, so if it is a disaster I will re-post!

Soz if I sound a right saddo but the Khyam cost a lot of money, and to my mind , on our tight budget, was £350 completely wasted. We tend to camp on the west Wales coast and in Snowdonia, which tend to be windy, possibly in other areas there wouldn't be such a problem and the Khyam might be adequate. Wouldn't want to chance it tho!

[R0B]

something tells me it must of been operator error.we have had ours a few years now and its not blown down once.i cant see how it can if its pegged down,and all the guy ropes used and tensioned correctly.and how it blows off the van using the figure of eight strips is also puzzling.we awoke this morning with about 2 gallons of water in the bellows(the bit between the awning and the van)and it was still connected to the vans gutter.if it can stand up to that weight.then the wind certainly isnt going to shift it..

On only one of those weekends did it not fall down! Otherwise it blew off the van every time

[Trish]

Well we could have been unlucky....but the awning was tensioned correctly and pitched where possible downwind of the van. We never had much rain just gusty windy conditions, where weight was not an issue..more so, the wind seemed to gather under the awning a bit like a balloon and pull it up from underneath as well as blowing the sides. We've been tent camping for years in the Lakes and Snowdonia and pitched tents under these conditions so, am pretty sure we had the awning tied down as much as we could. We used pole & clamps as couldn't get figure of 8 to fit on our hitop guttering. The only thing we didn't do was throw guys over the van and secure it on the other side, something in hindsight we should have tried. However in the event, on the fatal day the awning finally "literally fell to its knees" as the poles simply were not strong enough so it would not have made any difference.
Subsequently I understand that there were recalls or redesigns on that year's model because of problems with them, so we weren't alone-maybe was a bad design that they have sorted out now? I just know, our experience with it was so bad we wouldn't touch one with a tent pole!