A Modern Awning - Divorce in a bag? Check out Mine - It's NEW
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
- Say Goodbye to Awning Arguments. The Modern way is the Easy way.
Modern Awnings are NOT divorce in a bag. They are easy to put up they say, is this true? I try and prove it here on my own without ever opening the awning first.
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I now have my new awning, the Isabella Air X-Tension Campervan awning which has ben specifically been made for my van. The tunnel is designed for Transporters, California Ocean, California Beach and Bulli. It's perfect.
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Knew you'd bought an Isabella awning from those guy ropes shown in the opening sequence - they're identical to those that came with our Isabella sun canopy (Asa). You have good taste my friend - Isabella make brilliant, high-quality kit.
They do provide exceptional high quality products. The chairs, I’ve had for many years and no wear at all on them
Love the review, you’re looking fitter every week. Well on way to full recovery.
I’m in Newquay in August may see you around lol
Thank you. You may have noticed i was very out of breath pumping it up. I’m still tired walking, but improving.
I will be down that way a lot around August
We are in Treloy from 26th July to 16th August out and about everyday. You never know may end up in same place at some point. Be nice to let you see in my Wellhouse.
This is the awning I’m going to buy. Thanks for the review 😊
I certainly like it. Looking forward to using it properly soon
I wouldn't. Roof slopes back into van. No sewn in groundsheet. And not wide enough for door to fully ooen
@@StaycationLifestyle I prefer a sewn-in ground sheet.
@@VanVoyagers An increasing number of campsite owners don't!
High quality, by any chance? 😂
I like the multi use of having it as a standalone canopy.
Just ordered myself a Vango Faros iii Air Low for our 6.1! Just wanted a small awning to put our bags/little extra room!
“Actually” (I said that a lot as well 🤣) I’d never make a presenter, but I do enjoy making videos.
That was one of the reasons I wanted it. Having a canopy will give me more use out of it.
We all have different requirements and needs. There is a lot of choice out there to cater for everyone
Loved the video and like this awning. Will you be putting down any sort of ground sheet of matting?
Thank you. I have the Isabella carpet from when I had a caravan so will be using that. They call it carpet, but it’s like matting really
Hello to everyone and let’s just say that is very much still a divorce in a bag. After pegging out please drive away and then reconnect it. This is what people on campsites pay money to watch. Then please doing this in the rain or wind of both. When the tunnel is full of water on top does the door catch the roof? Forget packing it away you’ll be dead before you pack it. I have a t6 with a van go air they are brilliant when you don’t move away and when the weather is good. My advice is buy a pop up tent and just use that instead of all that hassle. Only speaking from experience.
Watch this space, I will do exactly that. Happy to be proven wrong, but this system works.
Will test out the water on tunnel as you mention.
I did get it back in bag, without much hassle. These days they make the bags bigger than they used to.
Not all sites accept pop up tents, that said not all sites allow unattached awnings, meaning your not meant to drive away 🤷🏻♂️
@@StaycationLifestyle We have a Vango Tailgate Airhub, but never attach it to the van, preferring to just use it as storage space. At one site, the owner challenged me that it was, in fact, a tent and not an awning - he said his insurance covered awnings but not tents ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Fortunately, he relented when I pointed to the fact it said "Vango Tailgate AWNING" down the side of the bloody thing.
I have found that if you leave half of the side between the awning and van in place it is an ideal place to "hide" the loo.
I have my awning from Magra. It is great and what I can say … the biggest challenge is to pack it in when it is raining 🌧️
It always rains when it’s due to be packed away. And if it isn’t raining, it will be covered in dew 🤣
Awnings are alright when the weather is dry. A nightmare to put in the van wet, then have to get it out in the back garden at home to dry. Because transporter and other similar height vans are a similar height to the awning, there is no ' fall ' towards the awning, from the van, then the awning tunnel makes a wonderful swimming pool - not good. I use an extendable curtain rail, from the floor vertically placed, with a rubber scraper taped to one end to make a wig wam shape with the tunnel, to stop it pooling on the tunnel roof, which stops rain collecting.
Most of the time now though, I have completely solved the divorce in a bag problem. I have purchased a tow bar and a 7.5 metre fixed bed 4 berth caravan, when I need more space, result comfort, marital harmony and happiness.
As far as the isabella, where is the sewn in ground sheet ? You could hardly use it as an extra accommodation sleeping place, could you ?
Sorry. But I definitely font agree with. Regarding design msonly.
1 the tunnel falls back to the vsn
Should be away from the van. If your van is level. Which we always try to get level. Will leave a puddle on roof of tunnel
2 no down in groundsheet. Bugs worms. Slugs etc can readily get into awning
3 ropes, complete overkill. Standard ropes are perfect. Not bulky
4 notice you didn't push door fully open.. It define the catches tunnel
5 tunnel attachment will take longer to remove than standard. And longer to re intall
6 not just for vw
Any van of that size it.will fit
Transit
Vivaro
Trafic
Peugeot
That’s ok, we all have different opinions and more than happy to discuss when disagreements are polite.
Too be honest, I quickly put it up, so need to check the slope and also opening the door, next time. I will follow up in a future video.
The ground sheet is a good point, but i think it’s because it’s a multi use awning being a canopy also. Plus, the caravan world, they don’t have seen in ground sheets. I think it would be a good option to have a zip in ground sheet maybe.
There is a different tunnel for those vans, there are subtle differences
Isabella is quality, but I much prefer Outdoor Revolution products lifetime guarantee on tubes can’t be over inflated seen in groundsheet etc.
I have Movelite T4e love it plenty of extra space.
Everyone has their preferences. All have different requirements. You will see in the coming months why I needed this one 🤔
The airframe warranty is useful if it’s a manufacturing default.
I just usepop up gazebo sawn sides together
Some sites don’t allow gazebo’s and could ask you to take it down. Some don’t even allow drive away awnings, they are that strict
For £1500 I'd expect it to be pretty much be made of gold. That's a serious amount of money for a small vw van awning!
It is a lot, but the Isabella quality is superior. Have a look next to something else.
Definitely not for everyone, but nor are VW’s, people will choose cheaper and go for Renaults, Fiats, Vauxhalls etc. And even with VW’s, people buy ones at £100k plus, when they could buy one for much much less. Difference is spec and not everyone values the spec differences.
Lots of choices
Anyone know supplier of genuine load rated roof rails? Would prefer black, T5.1 SWB
I don’t know this company, but states OEM 🤷🏻♂️
ceautomotive.co.uk/product/volkswagen-transporter-t5-t6-roof-bars-zgb7h0071151/
@@StaycationLifestyle Where did you get yours from?
@@phaedrus2k They were on when I bought it
No ground sheet?
No. I’m guessing it’s due to the caravan roots which don’t have them and the fact it’s a canopy also.
Looks Same as the Berghaus
Looks similar. Not the same though, lots of differences. I need the strength, although wouldn’t mind the groundsheet 😀
That deffo wasn’t put away correctly 😂😂😂😂
Erm, I couldn’t possibly comment 🤣
It went back it didn’t it 😃 I think because i had opened the windows, I lost how to fold it. It was my first time with this one and will do it differently next time, BUT it shows that it does easily go back in the bag
No built in ground sheet gives it a no from me …. They say you pay for what you get but in this case you pay and don’t get ….
I get it and I think it should be an option, but with it being multipurpose I imagine that’s why there isn’t one. That and the fact that caravan awnings don’t have sewn in groundsheets.
You can pay for quality and get less included. A 2 seater sports car only has 2 seats, but your paying more than a car with 4 seats 🤣 I joke, but I do understand what your saying
@@StaycationLifestyleI get it but a built in ground sheet would make this perfect 👌 I bought a Vango air awning ground sheet and carpet that had never been used off eBay for £275.00 and it does the job 👍
@@karlkjj I think if they had a zip in one, that would work. Then it can have best of both worlds
Was interested until 1, has no sewn in groundsheet. 2, £1500 and 3, if you want all those panels off, there won't be any room left in the van when storing them 🤣.
🤣 It’s not for everyone. I will cover in future videos of using it, why I went for this one.
The sewn in groundsheet is an interesting one, as at first, i thought the same, but with it being multipurpose as a canopy, I feel a sewn in groundsheet would hinder that. With previous awnings, it’s always been nice to have an area without a groundsheet. Perhaps future models they could have one that zips in and out.
Good point about storing the panels 🤣
@@StaycationLifestyle I've had a couple of old tents (pre campervan) without sewn in groundsheets and had mice in the bloody tent. Irrational fear of mine 🤣
I always remember an old tent, without ground sheet many years ago and woke up to find lots of earwigs. Never forgot it
£1,699 😱😱
Less than that, but not far off. It’s a premium brand
Looks like to much effort for the older people as you run out of puff half way through also plus lots of zips the price to much
For a normal person who hasn’t got a heart problem it’s fine. I get out of breath walking at the moment. I was going to use my electric pump, but thought I would show how this one worked.
The zips are a huge positive as it means it can be opened and closed in different combinations.
I appreciate the price could be deemed high, it’s not for everyone, we all value different spec’s