Car Side Awning

Bought this for occasional use as some shade and rain protection during the day in-between morning and evening paramotor flights. It's quite cheap, and the... Everything... Is quite thin. The poles will be easy to kink, the fabric easy to tear, but if you're careful with it, this is a sub-$150 6x8 awning. You get what you pay for, and I'm happy with what I got for $119 (on sale). It mounts to my 2008 Honda Element easily, maybe a 30 minute job. The rail of the awning has some play so that perfect 90⁰ brackets are not necessary, which is good because my roof cross bars aren't flat, they angle back about 20⁰ but the awning still slides onto the bolts just fine. Critically, my element has suicide rear doors and I wanted the awning to cover the opening of both doors, so as you can see it had to mount quite far forward. Doing 70 mph, I notice no wobbling or shaking or even excess road noise (though to be clear I'm already driving a brick...) The awning comes with 2 ropes that needed modification to actually cinch tight, and 2 small stakes, as well as wrenches and mounting hardware which I found adequate. By leaving the 90⁰ mounting brackets on the roof cross bars and loosening the bolts on the awning's rail design, I can slide this off the car in 5 minutes and reinstall when I plan a new trip. Deployment and retraction is a hard task solo. There's no graceful way to do it, it's all going to flop around on you. Don't overtighten the extension poles, and don't overextend them. You'll want to mark the maximum length minus 8" or so to be safe. Overall, 9/10 would buy again, probably grey though. Tan still lets a lot of light through.

Got a solid couple years of use out of this bad boy. No it didn't break. I was parked in Los Angeles and seems somebody decided to cut and steal it off of the rack :D Installation took a bit of figuring out, but managed to get her all set up in relatively decent amount of time. The actual build up and tear down is relatively simple, however did require some use of tools and a bit of time. Much easier with a second person, especially for setup. It never felt extreeeeemely durable, as the legs are relatively small and dont really have any sort of locking mechanism to hold them in place super well, but this is just speculation as I don't recall ever having any actual issue. I recommend using rope to secure them regardless. Also had a small issue with one of the screw bits somehow getting stuck inside the pole?????? Which was a nissue and rendered it useless for a bit. However, I was able to do some MacGyverin' and get a new nut shoved into the pole with some heat and a mallet that worked great. Will say, I tried reaching out to the company about possible replacement parts, and was told it was pretty much not an option as they are shipped in from china. Glad i figured out a fix to at least get another year out of it before the inevitable theft. Planning to purchase another one as the convinience of an awning is absolutely beautiful and I still dont have pockets deep enough to spend the 300+ for a really nice one. But this one is definitely great value! Next time Im going to be setting up a more proper type of lock or something to make sure some crackhead doesnt screw me over again :D

This awning is perfect for the beach. Adds some much needed shade. The awning is very sturdy and the brackets are very strong. I mounted to my bedrack and it tucks up out of the way so I can still fit my Kayaks and Bicycles. The cover keeps everything tidy when it is stored away, and I can fit some extra stakes in there for different conditions. Setup of the awning is really easy, just unroll it, extend the legs, and then extend the horizontal supports, velcro the strips to the horizontal supports and then set the guy lines. The guy lines are perfect to anchor the corners of the awning in any winds. I would recommend this awning to someone looking to stay on a budget, but still wanting something that will last.

I read the reviews, and had low expectations. Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase and will also be buying a larger size. The product was carefully packaged to eliminate shipping damage. I did not have any of the problems noted in some of the negative reviews. The hardware is all stainless steel. The bag is not upside down. The material is quality and thicker than I expected. The Velcro straps are strong and well sewn / durable. It was much easier to set up by myself than I expected, but it would be a challenge in heavy wind.. The aluminium vertical and horizontal poles have rectangular rubber isolators to eliminate rattling when stowed, a nice touch I did't expect at this price point. If I had paid twice as much, I would have complained that the stainless steel brackets were punched without finish clean up to remove the tooling marks and sharp edges. I also would have taken issue that the bolts should also have washers. Five minutes with some 400 grit and a handful of washers, not a problem. The brackets are very generic, which is great for me since I have several applications. If you expect this to bolt up to your Audi without any tools - this is not for you. Summary - good buy if you have basic mechanical skills.

L'auvent sera installé sur une roulotte. Belle qualité, facile d'usage Livraison impeccable