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The 2010 Kampas come with the roof support bars included, although you can buy what they discribe as 'Monsoon poles' as extras but from what we have found with our Kampa 260 is that they are totally unnecessary. However you may like to order a set of the clip on storm guys to attach at the corners of the frame at the same time, which is something we now need to order for ours. 

The quality of the Kampa Rally is superb, it fits tight to the van, (although we did buy the rear uprights) and is very easy to erect and adjust the leg heights and tensioners. I would recommend unpacking it before you go away if you do decide to buy one, and just spend a half hour attaching all the pegging ladder type bands to the points, and inserting the poles into the correct combination bundles, then when you get on site the actual setting up will be very quick and easy indeed. Oh and just make sure that the poles with the storm guy clips attached go onto the end corners and dont end up in the middle like we did the first time we pitched!

After buying an Outdoor Rev Techlite One porch  awning ourselves last year, we much prefare this one for fit and quality, and are now looking to sell the once only used Techlite.

Julia

We were away last week and finally got to try out our new awning..the Outdoor Revolution Compactalite pro 400...

Mark insisted on puttin it up himself..while i was busy sortin out the inside of the van...thats our usual routine...

I heard him say somethin about a jigsaw puzzle and was worried that he was struggling..i checked to see how he was gettin on and the awning was nearly up...i thought it looked fab and was a really good size..

The only downside to the awning was.. the rear support poles...these poles are sposed to sit against the padding that sits against your van..holding it there to stop any draughts..the adjustment clamps on these poles were inadequate and wouldnt hold the poles when tensioned..so we left the rear poles out..but will be contacting the retailer to discuss this problem...

We looked at the Kampa..but the OR one has a better quality material and a better claimed hydrostatic head...

The awning held up to some pretty severe conditions during the week and we are very pleased with it..

Sal :-)

Did you have your vents open like we did?

Another thought...is your fridge vent on that side of the van? As this could cause condensation..luckily ours is on the other side....

Sal :-)