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20/4/2020 at 12:37pm
Location: Shropshire
Outfit: Toyota Granvia (Wellhouse)
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Hi
No first hand experience of that specific model, although have had Omnistor and Fiamma wind-out canopies on Motorhomes.
Both were quite "delicate" , and could be rattily, squeaking things when deployed in even quite light breezes..and we'd always heavily peg/guy ours but even then, we'd never leave them out when leaving the van unattended.
So with that in mind,I'd be looking at the feasibility of attaching an awing rail(utilising exiting roof fixings?)or attaching a few fixings/eyelets(again utilising exiting roof fixings?) and then just use either of the above to attach a separate tarp/shade.
(which if it did let go, it shouldn't do too much damage?..famous last words! )
Edit:
Just had a quick "google" whilst having a coffee- and it appears that even some simple campervan tarp/canopies are now approaching the price I would've once expected to pay for an awning!? blimey!
..if you could guarantee that such a canopy was always going to be "enough", fair enough..but there is always the chance you'll just end up wanting it to "do/be" more?...I know that we have over the years.
("we won't bother taking the awning", we'd think...only to then end up spending more time/faff with canopies, windbreaks and blocker panels etc!?..
If a basic tarp would do, you could just sew(by machine) some awning beading onto a decathlon-type camping tarp? (we've done similar, and it looks good and has lasted 6-7 years)
Post last edited on 20/04/2020 13:52:51
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20/4/2020 at 4:12pm
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Hi again.
As I say, I personally wouldn't use a wind-out canopy without securely pegging and guying it down, and whilst in the general scheme of things, that's not a big deal, if you are going to be doing that, you may as well just use a tarp/canopy that slides into your multi-rail?
We've had three wind-outs, and although we did occasionally find them "handy" (as in , we used it 'cause it was there!)on the whole I was very disappointed when we shelled out to have our first one fitted.
I was expecting it/them to be some rigid, secure framework, with a taut fabric, and that was never really our experience of them.
(no doubt they would come into their own parked up along the likes of a sun baked Tour de France course tho'!  )
Difficult at the moment I know but it'd recommend trying to see one deployed on a van like/similar to yours, and then just ask the owner if you could have a poke/prod around it?
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