A thread currently running in the
forum talks about the
price of awnings, particularly the no-name brand types and it got me thinking about a question I had asked myself a number of times recently – are some of the awnings mounted on vehicles a "rip-off"?
Now don't get me wrong here, I’m not one of the “you get what you pay for mob” and questioning whether they represent value for money.
Rest assured, Mrs Landy has always got one eye on the cheque book, another on the vehicle, and a sixth sense for when I’m quietly heading off to a 4WD
shop with both, so I've become more astute with my purchases and find myself at the front-
gate waiting for that Aldi catalogue to be delivered every Wednesday...
Yes, I know, I'm not alone in that regard...but I'll get to the real point of this thread...
Now when I say “ripped-off” I am referring to the way many of these awnings are mounted on vehicles.
Logically, most are attached to roof-racks, but many protoud
well forward of the leading edge of the roof-rack just waiting to be ripped-off by an overhanging branch on a bush track.
Perhaps the incidence is low, depending on where you drive on a regular basis, but just thought I’d put it out there as it would seem mounting them in this way presents risk of damage to the awning, vehicle, and perhaps pride…
Just thought I’d throw it out there for discussion.
I have a canvass awning on a rope track and channeling on either side of the vehicle’s canopy for mounting, this gives flexibilty on where I put it and keeps it out the way of over-hanging branches – after all there are plenty of other things I can dent my pride with…
Cheers, Baz – The Landy