I Love My Manual Awning

I envy everyone with an awning electric or manual. I've had two RV's and three awnings. The first rv we bought the old man we bought it from wanted to drive it home for us, because it was our first rv and he was trying to be helpful. Well guess what he somehow got to close to a tree in his yard and tore up the awning ( awning number one). He payed half of the money for a new awning (it was an older rv). We bought a new awning and my son put it on for us. Don't know what was wrong but it took forever to get it to open or close, so I was always afraid to use it. I was afraid we would get it open and it wouldn't close. The thing you flip up top finally broke and you had to climb on top of rv to open it (awning number two). Years later we bought a newer rv. I was still afraid of the awning but my son used it every time he went camping and said no problems. I said I would wait until he used it at least ten times before I would try it. Well trip number nine he came home and said mom I couldn't get the awning to close the flip up top broke, back to climbing up top to flip the switch (awning number three). I went and bought an easy up shade thingy and that is what I use, if it ever gets where I can't close it I can drive off and leave for the next camper :). I guess some people just aren't meant to have an awning.