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Hi..

A mate of ours uses one of the "quick erect" Motordomes, with his split screen vdub..and I must say it does seem to go up fairly easily(..although having never actually used one myself, I have no first-hand experience).

Not an awning I know but if it's just for a bit of extra space/somewhere sit/dump stuff...have you considered one of the Quechau Base shelters?

We've used one for a few years now..and currently we use it as an "awning" against our Hiace camping-van(..and to bridge/seal any top gap, I've just fashioned a cover strip  out of an old tent canopy, into a sort of "mini-tarp").

We've seen quite few used against VW and Bongo type vans...

Here you go(hopefully this'll work):

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/base-seconds-pop-up-living-area-camping-shelter-green-id_8208602.html

(..and it looks like there's a Decathlon store in Edinburgh, showing 12 in stock ).

I've just put a little photo in our gallery, which'll give you an idea of scale.

There are larger and maybe cheaper "awnings" about but it is soooo easy to put up and to drop again.(..especially after scrabbling about on your hands and knees threading poles through pole-sleeves, putting tents up!). 

We're actually considering getting another one...just in case ours dies and they do actually stop making them!  (..as a couple of years back, they did seem to stop selling/making them for a season or so...).

Quote: Originally posted by Beeman on 24/4/2014

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We've had a T4 for about 5 years now and bought an Outdoor Revolution after a couple of trips. It was spacious and not too heavy and could be turned into a gazebo should we encounter hot weather [sadly we didn't]. We struggled with the flexible poles when erecting it, other people didn't seem to suffer as we did....

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We had an OR Movelite "square" drive-away awning when they first came out..and we found that threading the poles through was a real pain with that.The "shoulders" on the poles seemed too big for the 'sleeves (Also because of these "shoulders", it really took two of you to get to it to "flip upright")...

We sold it without using it in anger...