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Quote: Originally posted by Hairywol on 06/9/2020

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I have a full awning for most of the year, and a porch awning for winter when all we want is somewhere for our coats and boots rather than a place to sit out.

Both are pole awnings and I really don't see why some find poles a problem. Plus, the real effort and time spent is on pegging and fettling once the frame it up, which is the same for air.

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Quote: Originally posted by griff10553 on 11/9/2020

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We have gone back to a poled awning due to the fact that our air awning kept deflating, which result in having to have a complete new bladder. It wasn’t a cheep one either. At least with a poled awning if a pole bent you can do a temporary fix. When an air awning deflates or goes bang there’s nothing you can do.......holiday spoiled.

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Quote: Originally posted by shaggy2000 on 14/9/2020

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I have had my van now for coming on six years, the first four were with a full Dorema awning and that last two with a Vango Connect awning.

I would say of the two styles of awning I would recommend air awnings every day purely for their ease of erection (fnar fnar) however that's because I'm single and its virtually impossible to erect a conventional poled awning with one person.

With a couple of even a family I would say a poled awning is the better choice, they are lighter (but only if you pay extra for carbon or aluminium poles)and they are usually bigger (but not always)

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 14/9/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by shaggy2000 on 14/9/2020

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I have had my van now for coming on six years, the first four were with a full Dorema awning and that last two with a Vango Connect awning.

I would say of the two styles of awning I would recommend air awnings every day purely for their ease of erection (fnar fnar) however that's because I'm single and its virtually impossible to erect a conventional poled awning with one person.

With a couple of even a family I would say a poled awning is the better choice, they are lighter (but only if you pay extra for carbon or aluminium poles)and they are usually bigger (but not always)

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I would not have been able to put up my air awning at all on my own, as it took two of us to lift it and get it through the awning channel. We are both pensioners with back problems though, and I can't lift anything heavy above shoulder height due to a problem with my neck.

I probably could put up my much larger poled awning on my own though. I only need help with lifting various bits of the roof section over things like the awning light. I probably could do that bit on my own too, but it would be a bit fiddly. Although large, the roof section is quite light, so no lifting problems. Once that is up I normally do the rest on my own while my wife gets the kettle on.

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