awnings

[don mcknight]

I have had a Bongo for 1 week, had a bit of a nightmare with an awning so I binned it!
Any pointers to a good easy to put up awning that's not too expensive?
Thanks

[the laird]

Hi and welcome on board ,I've used here and abroad the movelight drive-away/standalone xl square awning
Easy and quick to erect,light and I've found durable
Amazon or ebay I've seen them for around £125 now I paid £225 .hope this helps good luck

[MarcT77]

We've destroyed and binned 2 awnings already this year,
a Movelite XL snapped its' fibreglass poles when the winds picked up during the night
and I slept thru it (ear plugs) and a Royal Traveller 3 took so much water on the joining tunnel
section (again while I slept) it snapped the closest fibreglass pole which set off a catastrophic failure of the remaining 2 poles.
I'd love a steel poled awning,but can't stretch to one in one hit...

[the laird]

As I said I found it ok.you only get what you pay for,like all things in life we all find different faults but good luck anyways

[idetika]

We've had a Khyam for five years, never let us down despite some terrible weather.
For shorter breaks we have a couple of Quechua seconds base tents. They do not connect directly to Bongo but we create a canopy with a tarp/figure of eight (that fits snugly on to the Bongo) that gives us a good covered area. The Quechua tents stood up to some horrendous Scottish weather in the past

[leydo]

We use one o these (slightly more expensive but you get what you pay for)...

http://www.khyam.co.uk/detail.asp?p=791 ... =Motordome Sleeper

[hairyneep]

+1 for the Khyam Motordome range. Spent more than I wanted to and not regretted it for a second.

[amauvis]

+ +1. Although I had a bit of a job getting one when I was buying.