Tying Electric Awning?

[stugpanzer]

We have an electric awning with a wind sensor. The awning also has the 'autodump' (struts) feature for water. The wind sensor can be turned off. Do any of you tie an awning down such as ours so you can use sunblockers and/or awning accessories? We are interested in having a Sunblocker

Another option might be to build a frame of sorts that I could deploy when we camp to hold the Sunblocker. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

[stugpanzer]

I have a 9' drop but am considering a 10' drop in order to angle the screen out at the bottom. For those that have the Vista Shade, do you have one that is longer in order to angle the screen?

[stugpanzer]

dan-nickie wrote:

stugpanzer wrote:

dan-nickie wrote:
Yes, we use one and turn off the wind sensor.
Several people we know have awning shades, but a different company.
The one we all use is Vista Shade.
It is in 2 sections, a 6 ft section that unzips and comes off plus another section that stays on and rolls up in the awning.
It looks like your awning is pretty high when extended and the Vista will allow you to have a taller shade.
For example, we have a 9 foot tall shade that reaches almost to the ground. 3 ft rolls up in the awning after we unzip the bottom 6 ft.

Our awning has the protective aluminum cover. Will this work with that type of setup?

We also have the aluminum cover. That is one of the reasons we chose the Vista. Since the bottom 6 ft is removable, only 3 ft has to roll up with the awning. Our awning is a Carefree of Colorado, Eclipse.

Your awning looks similar to ours in that it extends almost straight out because it is over a slide. When extended the roller is almost 10 ft from the ground. Using the 9 ft drop shade provides more shade area than a 6 ft drop would. We bungied it out to stakes at an angle to provide more room underneath it.

One of the friends with the same MH as ours has a 6ft drop shade similar to the one you listed and he wishes he had gotten the 9 or 10 ft drop Vista. Here is a discussion our group had about them.
http://www.forestriverforums.com/forums/f112/vista-shade-for-electric-rv-awnings-77615.html

Excellent! Thank you for the info! I will check this option out!

[dan-nickie]

stugpanzer wrote:

dan-nickie wrote:
Yes, we use one and turn off the wind sensor.
Several people we know have awning shades, but a different company.
The one we all use is Vista Shade.
It is in 2 sections, a 6 ft section that unzips and comes off plus another section that stays on and rolls up in the awning.
It looks like your awning is pretty high when extended and the Vista will allow you to have a taller shade.
For example, we have a 9 foot tall shade that reaches almost to the ground. 3 ft rolls up in the awning after we unzip the bottom 6 ft.

Our awning has the protective aluminum cover. Will this work with that type of setup?

We also have the aluminum cover. That is one of the reasons we chose the Vista. Since the bottom 6 ft is removable, only 3 ft has to roll up with the awning. Our awning is a Carefree of Colorado, Eclipse.

Your awning looks similar to ours in that it extends almost straight out because it is over a slide. When extended the roller is almost 10 ft from the ground. Using the 9 ft drop shade provides more shade area than a 6 ft drop would. We bungied it out to stakes at an angle to provide more room underneath it.

One of the friends with the same MH as ours has a 6ft drop shade similar to the one you listed and he wishes he had gotten the 9 or 10 ft drop Vista. Here is a discussion our group had about them.
http://www.forestriverforums.com/forums/f112/vista-shade-for-electric-rv-awnings-77615.html

[stugpanzer]

dan-nickie wrote:
Yes, we use one and turn off the wind sensor.
Several people we know have awning shades, but a different company.
The one we all use is Vista Shade.
It is in 2 sections, a 6 ft section that unzips and comes off plus another section that stays on and rolls up in the awning.
It looks like your awning is pretty high when extended and the Vista will allow you to have a taller shade.
For example, we have a 9 foot tall shade that reaches almost to the ground. 3 ft rolls up in the awning after we unzip the bottom 6 ft.

Our awning has the protective aluminum cover. Will this work with that type of setup?

[dan-nickie]

Yes, we use one and turn off the wind sensor.
Several people we know have awning shades, but a different company.
The one we all use is Vista Shade.
It is in 2 sections, a 6 ft section that unzips and comes off plus another section that stays on and rolls up in the awning.
It looks like your awning is pretty high when extended and the Vista will allow you to have a taller shade.
For example, we have a 9 foot tall shade that reaches almost to the ground. 3 ft rolls up in the awning after we unzip the bottom 6 ft.

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[Halmfamily]

Tilt your awning to one side to allow rain run off. We use a sunblocker at one of our campgrounds without issue. If a strong storm is going to hit I can pull the sunblocker off fairly quickly and retract the awning to prevent wind damage. In three years I have not needed to do this.