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Personratcatcher
22/9/2019 at 4:50pm
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Just sold motorhome after 12 years and bought a caravan (suits our style of camping now we are getting on a bit) Anyway we have just bought a Vango Varkala 280 air porch awning to go with it.   We probably won't get to use it now till next spring and I was wondering if anyone has experience of this awning and their opinions of it!!

Thanks in anticipation


Personmarg6
22/9/2019 at 5:42pm
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not got this awning but I suggest that you put the awning on the caravan just to check everything is ok, even if that means just on your driveway, 6 months is rather a long time to find out if its right or not


Personratcatcher
22/9/2019 at 10:48pm
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Yep I know you are right   I have had it out on the lawn but its not the same as on the van is it We went away for the weekend with full intentions of using it but thought if weather changed we might be stuck with a damp awning over the winter

but it will have to go on the van of course

what a wimp eh?


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Last October we changed our van and shortly after bought a kampa air as it was on offer because a new version was out, we didn't put it up until the following March, no problems love it.


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Air awnings are a bit like Marmite. Some love 'em, some hate 'em.

When we bought one we couldn't get on with it. This was partly because it didn't suit our (older) caravan because of the roof height, but also because it came in one piece and we found it too heavy for us to manage, now that we are getting on a bit. It was only a porch too. Our current full awning with metal poles is much easier for us, even though it is huge, because it comes in 5 pieces that zip together. Once the roof section is up I can do the rest on my own easily. I only need help with the roof because bits catch on the awning light when pulling it through the rail, so one pulls while the other one feeds it in and flips the bits out of the way of the light.



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Personratcatcher
26/9/2019 at 12:16pm
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I have now tried it on the van and it fits like a scotsmans purse   "Spor ron" not too heavy and stops 2 inches from the window

Pleased with the size as well it being only the 280 and the biggest one that would fit without going with a full awning which we wanted to avoid (just a preference thing) quality of material seems excellent but only time will tell


PersonColin21
26/9/2019 at 12:37pm
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Sounds great!

We weren't sure about a full awning either, but we couldn't get on with the air porch awning and the poled porch awning which had been great on the caravan we had last didn't fit well on the one we have now. It came halfway across a window, which neither of us liked. Then I spotted this secondhand full awning for a very reasonable price and we went for it. Great quality, very strong, and easy to put up. Simply huge inside, so no regrets at all.


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PersonJo Parker
01/10/2019 at 10:19pm
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We bought the Vango Varkala 2 years ago and love it. No poles rattling if it's windy. Easy to inflate and very solid.


PersonColin21
02/10/2019 at 9:28am
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Quote: Originally posted by Jo Parker on 01/10/2019
We bought the Vango Varkala 2 years ago and love it. No poles rattling if it's windy. Easy to inflate and very solid.


Just had to look that one up as I hadn't heard of it. That's a completely different style to the air awning we have, and had so much trouble with. Maybe they are a lot better, I don't know.

Never had any problem with poles rattling in the wind though. Our Trio Sombrero is solid as a rock and completely rattle free. We had to take our air awning down in the middle of the night once though, as we couldn't stand the noise! The air-poles kept buckling and the whole thing was slamming against the side of the van. Maybe the Varkala wouldn't do that as the air-poles go the opposite way.



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