etrailer | Thule Overcast Roof Rack Mount Awning Review
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Hi, everyone. It's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be taking a look here at our Thule awning which works great with your Thule Tepui tent or your crossbars, whether they be Aero or factory crossbars here at etrailer. So, I'm here with my friends here at etrailer. We got Adam and we got Zack and we're just hanging out. It's really hot outside, but we don't have anything to worry about because we have this awning.
So, if you're at a campsite, if you're tailgating, if you just want to have a party with your friends out in the outdoors with the fresh air, but you don't want to get too much sun on you, this is a great set up that you might be interested in. Now there's a bunch of different awnings out there. There's some from Yakima, Rhino-Rack has one. What we have here is the awning from Thule. So, I did the install in the video for this Thule awning.
But Adam here did the video for the Yakima one. So we're going to take a look at a little bit of comparison between the two, what's different, pros and cons. So quick up, Adam, what do you think about this one versus the Slim Shady from YakimaWhen it comes to awnings, they're basically the same on many different points. So, when it comes to the structure of how these arms swing out, what they're made of, it's made of aluminum. One thing that I noticed right away is the top here.
This doesn't have a pattern on it. The one from Yakima has a cool little map. So if you're looking for style, Yakima is going to be the way to go. But when it comes to set up and stuff, these are basically all the same. You have telescoping little poles here.
It's all gonna flip in right here. And it has a little zip up bag. The main difference is how it connects to your bars. So this one is mounted to the T-tracks on our Thule wing bars. How does the Slim Shady mountThe Slim Shady doesn't give you options. So with this one, you're going to get clamps or you can do T-track. Evangeline Yeah. But a lot of the times you don't really get T slots with some of your crossbars. If you have a Yakima CoreBar or even just factory bars, you're not going to be able to use this with the T slots. But with the Yakima, you basically, all you need is your hands to tighten down this little lever. And it's going to clamp like this around your bar. So it'll work with your factory bars, but also a lot of your Aero bars, as well. Evangeline So. So that is one thing that's a little different. Even the wider Aero bars, does that clamp fit around it, tooAbsolutely, yeah. So, it has plenty of room when it's completely open. Yeah. You have a, maybe a half inch on each side, so you can get it over and then clamp it down. So there really isn't any limitation when it comes. Yeah. To the Aero bars and the Yakima Slim Shady awning. This one jus has two different options, depending on the fit you like. Yeah. Okay. So they give you options. But if you already have a roof rack, you know if you had T slots, you know if you want to do T slot or wrap around. So with the Slim Shady, you don't really have to worry about having to choose. It just gives you one and they're going to work with all your bars. So, we we're able to compare the differences a little bit between the Yakima Slim Shady and our awning here from Thule. So all in all, it sounds like they mount almost the same way. They work the same way. The biggest difference was just that the Thule one has your options for either T track or, let's say, a factory bar with a clamp around system. So, if I didn't have a roof rack, maybe. Mm-hmm. I might want to get the. I would definitely go with the Thule. If you don't know what bars that you're going to have. Me, I have a factory rack, so I don't have T slots. So, I don't even want to grab one that gives me that option because I'm not going to use it. So I would use the Slim Shady, but that's just me. And I'm sure if you don't have any roof rails on your vehicle, you want to have that option so you can with the Thule. Yeah. So all in all, they're both really good awnings. It's just really up to you and what kind of system you already have in place. So, now that we've had our fun, let's get serious and take a look at our awning just to see how it works and what it's made of. So this is a square awning. It's six and a half by six and a half wide and long. So you can see how far this comes out with our vehicle, right over here. It's on the smaller size when it comes to awnings, but it does kind of make up for it with how portable it is. So it's been a really windy day today and I am im
Ended up grabbing this awning after the Thule Hideaway broke badly on a medium windy day. The Thule rack mounts for the awning are very weak and bent violently. The Thule racks themselves were very strong though with no damage. I also purchased the added tie down that Thule offers for this awning.
Thank you for sharing this with us and others that may be experiencing a similar situation. A tie down kit is a great add on for these awnings because of the wind that it catches.
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Hey etrailer, I see you have this mounted to a Toyota Rav4. Out of curiosity, does the awning as mounted to the Thule cross bars you have on the vehicle interfere with the opening and closing of the tailgate? I ask because the awning is over 6 feet long. I have a 2015 Subaru Outback, just bought this awning, and am considering buying a Thule rack from you folks (The Thule Wingbar Evo bars) to mount it to my vehicle, but I'm wondering if I might need the 60" bars versus the 53" bars so that the awning is far enough out from the vehicle to not interfere with my rear gate. Thoughts? Or is the combo of the awning, Thule Wingbar Evo 53" mounted to T slots, and the podium fit kit 4063 (that's needed to mount the bars to the Outback's setup) give the awning enough HEIGHT where it doesn't interfere with operation of the rear gate? Thanks so much in advance!
We did not have issues with fitting this awning on the Toyota RAV4 and still being able to open the rear hatch. The nice part about this awning is that you can adjust the brackets forward and backward in order to fit it.
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Can this be installed along with Thule canyon basket over Rav 4 OEM cross bars?
It's interesting, I just got this awning and in the instructions it states that the crossbars at a minimum need to be 36" apart. There is no way they are that far apart in this video, they look like they are only spaced apart the length of a door maybe 28" I have mine further apart than this and am only 32" apart. So is it safe to use this driving at the spacing the video shows???? I'm assuming so? I really don't want to move my bars again lol
Could you use the Yakima quick release style clamps on the thule awning?
The Yakima clamps will not work on the Thule Overcast Awning.
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does the thule material seem thicker or stronger than the yakima slim shady.
The demo team is in agreeance that the two materials are very similar in thickness. If they had to choose one that is ever so slightly thicker it would be the Thule Overcast.
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have you used this in the rain? waterproof? How does the water drain?
This awning is water proof and the water drains off the front or the sides of the awning. Usually people will drop one of the front corners to direct the water.
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