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14/10/2018 at 2:29pm
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We have a Vango Verkala air awning. It was the first one to collapse on the morning of Storm Ali, and that was before the winds really gathered strength. The three main struts kept bending like a giant bendy toy, at one time making it hard to open the caravan door. The cross beam struts, which on the Vango awnings are separate and are fixed in place by velcro to the main struts, just flew off. Where the awning feeds into the awning rail, the material had started to tear away from the channel. All in all, not to be recommended. I know that the winds (we were at Lauder in Scotland) were fierce, but it was later in the day before other awnings were taken down, and one good old fashioned steel pole, canvas porch awning, was still standing when the storm passed. The owner had put storm guys over the top, and also storm guyed the poles inside as well. Maybe he was lucky, but as an advert for air awnings, ours wasn't good.
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