Small and quick awnings which one?

The ARB awning is about half the price.

Norm

Just to give you another choice, we use an Open Sky Awning which we are pretty happy with although we would prefer it to extend just a little further. Reasonably cheap and very easy to set-up, Not 100% sure but I think ARB use them and just put there logo on it???

Hope this helps

Have got one of these on my slide on, straight forward to erect and not too expensive. This particular one slides into those awning rope guides you find on the side of many vans

http://www.caravansplus.com.au/catalog/index.php?cPath=21_571&osCsid=26b309e359adb65228b11ca0cf109841

There is also this one
http://www.gunyah.com.au/about.htm

Hey GT
Now you have more choices to make a decision from!
Dunno what material the Eezy is made from, but the instruction manual has a South African address. Other than that, they look like they came from the same factory, to the untrained eye.
Good luck with your decision, 'Whacker

Gunyah make a great awning, i have one on my fourby. they are also a Brisbane made item which is good for the local economy.

Hi GT

We have a ARB and its great, easy and quick to set up.

Good luck
levenx

I have the 2.5m ARB awning. Quick to put up and down, a little bit awkward to do by yourself though but not too hard.

They strongly recommend to use guy ropes but I haven't as yet. I've only used it a few times while stopping for a quick bite or drink while on the road and the was no wind. It was never a hassle to put up with 2 people, less than 2 mins would be my guess. Comes with full detailed instructions.

I have a lifted Patrol and as it is attached to the roof rack, it sits over 2m above the ground. Lucky I'm 6'6", the missus would have no chance of getting to it! I had to get longer bolts to attach it to my steel rack but it only took about 1hr to install including getting the new bolts.

Hi
We have and can highly recommend the Black Widow Awning. The Black Widow unit is 100% Australian Made in Queensland, very stable and very quick to put out. We have been told at one of the 4X4 shows that the ARB units are made in China.
It was a real life saver last year on the Abandoned Gunbarrel, when it rained all night. They are not the cheapest on the market, but a great investment for many years to come.

Cheers

Stephen


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Hi We have found our ARB very useful. One night however, it wrapped itself over the roof rack in a strong that blew up. It was entirely our fault because we were too lazy to peg it down! Luckily you can buy replacement poles from ARB. Three weeks till we're on the track and we'll be using it frequently I suspect.

Megan

Here's another one, excellent product and price.

www dot atrekcamping dot com dot au/shop/Store/Awnings/

Gday,
$350 on ebay.....I thought Id take the risk and try one and Im more than happy with it.

Cheers

This is a classic example of opening a can of worms.
I had utterly no idea that thare were so many variations on a theme.

A simple question turned into a few hours of more research. Thanks a heap everyone, I didn't have much planned for the weekened anyway.

Nah only kidding :-) ..........some really goood pointers there, at this stage I'm leaning towards the Black Widow or the Gunyah. Aussie made is a factor for me.
I'll make few calls today and see how it goes.