We have a vango & it has long spikes on the top to hold the guys & short spikes on the bottom to stop it skidding, ours works great.
Dont do what some numpty did & put it the other way up then try to leather it into the groumd, all the spikes end up inside the poles.
We use them with the normal woodern poles which are about an inch.So anything that size or smaller will go in but will obviously wobble unless you can secure it some how.
We use our windbreaks far more now as it is so much easier putting them up and getting them down. No split or broken poles and no sore thumbs when I've missed with the hammer!!!
Just spent an hour in a very light breeze trying to put up the windbreak on my own, totally useless, I will stick with a conventional windbreak, I have now stuck it on freecycle to get rid of it. My first bad purchase from lidl. Never mind you win some, you lose some.
Quote: Originally posted by Cliff n Pat on 02/4/2009
We have a vango & it has long spikes on the top to hold the guys & short spikes on the bottom to stop it skidding, ours works great. Dont do what some numpty did & put it the other way up then try to leather it into the groumd, all the spikes end up inside the poles.
The long poles are for the ground, the short ones are for the guys - well thats the instruction book for the gelert says anyway. Perhaps its a different type.
Quote: Originally posted by Cliff n Pat on 02/4/2009
Sean, at the end of the day, who cares so long as it stays up.
Indeed, just wondered if I was one of those numpties, but no - the manual is right.. just another brand... stays up very well - a very nice buy and great to just hide the door area if I dont put the awning up.
I actually bought one, don't really fancy taking it back so I thought about attaching a wire peg to each leg with a cable tie so that the peg is longer and then inserting the peg into the ground, which would make it more stable. Hope that makes sense!