Do you find awning useful?

Terryallan wrote:

Acei wrote:
How well do awnings handle strong winds? If we are hiking during the day, do they need to be retracted when we are not at the site?

We don't. We have a manual awning, and tied down it will weather 20 mph + winds with no problem. However if like last year at the beach, a hurricane comes thru, you might want to roll it up.

For us. The awning goes out when we setup camp, and comes back in when we break camp to come home. The rest of the time it is out.

As for if you need an awning. It all depends on how you use your RV. If like some, you NEVER come out of the RV. You don't need an awning.
If like us. You use the RV as a camper, and You rarely go inside the RV, You need an awning.

I partially agree and partially disagree.

The stories of the random afternoon thunderstorm (or clear-day dust devil) and the campground full of destroyed (manual or automatic) awnings are quite common...so don't blindly go hiking with your awning out, nor leave it out for the duration of your stay. Of course a little common sense and attention to the weather you can know with reasonably good certainty whether to leave the awning out or in.