Secure electric awning?

I use my electric awning all the time. The last 2 months it never got put in. I made some adjustable pvc poles with a saddle to fit the awning tube.....adjust the height of the poles and then anchor the awning to the ground with rachet straps. Have had it out with winds up to 25 mph. You have to use common sense on when to put it in or not. My homemade awning poles cost me about 20 bucks.

He's in Fla, not TX.:B
I turn my Girrard awning off so it cannot retract and the sun shade that I add stabilizes it. I leave it out for the three months that I snowbird in WPB, Fla. My awning is on the south side so I need the extra sun protection.

I agree with the above comments. I wouldn't leave my electric awning up if I wasn't around. It really only takes a little breeze to get them flopping.

I do know there is a kit containing ground anchors, rope, and a kind of sleeve that you put on each end of the awning so you can tie it down..

IMHO the electric awning is just a sales gimmick. They have far less strength than the manual type. For your type of use, either replace it with a real awning or forget that you have one.

I use aluminum support poles under each arm of the awning. I ratchet strap them to "the claw" anchors.

I have had my awning out in 35 mph measured winds (well, according to a weather site the next day). Truth be told, I stopped being comfortable at ~25mph, but I missed my chance to take it in.

The support poles are awesome. I deploy my awning when I setup camp and when I leave 3-14 days later, I take them down and bring the awning in.

I think you'll take a big risk and damage an expensive awning by leaving it out. Obviously you know they're designed to be brought in easily and avoid damage. Maybe you can get a tarp for the items you want to leave out or put an easy-up at one end to protect the things outside.

I recently had a rare opportunity to use my electric awning when it was pretty windy. What I did was put a telescoping pole under the awning support(there was a little screw head on the arm that I put it under), then I used two ratchet cam straps (per pole) to tie the awning down to anchors screwed into the ground. Kept my eye on it like a hawk, but it didn't budge. Not saying this is a perfect solution, but it seemed pretty solid to me.

No way would I leave my electric awning out if I wasn't around. It flops around like a fish out of water at the slightest breeze.

Best practice with these is to keep it stowed when not in use. I have seen where it only takes a slight breeze to turn electric awnings into a sail! No good way to tension them like a manual

Chris