
Bryan2411
2014 SE
VIP Member
Hello all,
Just looking for some opinions or experiences from other owners.
The wind out awning of the California is quite sensitive to wind, and I’ve always been paranoid about exceeding those limits and damage taking place. I do have tiedown straps but often just put it away if wind feels like it’s building up. Often I feel I give up too soon taking away the outside space. I recently bought the Hillcrest front panel, but often experience whether coming in from the sites of the van awning so was thinking about buying the fallcrest side panels (other brands are out there) so I could mix and match as needed.
My questions are:
What are peoples thoughts on the side panels?
Do they [the front and side panels in any combination ] toughen up the awning, allowing it to remain out in weather which ordinarily you may choose to roll the awning away? Has anyone pushed the boundaries or sleep better knowing the awning is a bit more resilient as a result of these extra panels and additional tie down points they offer over and above the tie down straps? To be clear, I’m not looking to leave it out in hurricane conditions, common sense shall prevail, but how have people got on in deteriorating conditions?
Cheers all
Bryan
Just looking for some opinions or experiences from other owners.
The wind out awning of the California is quite sensitive to wind, and I’ve always been paranoid about exceeding those limits and damage taking place. I do have tiedown straps but often just put it away if wind feels like it’s building up. Often I feel I give up too soon taking away the outside space. I recently bought the Hillcrest front panel, but often experience whether coming in from the sites of the van awning so was thinking about buying the fallcrest side panels (other brands are out there) so I could mix and match as needed.
My questions are:
What are peoples thoughts on the side panels?
Do they [the front and side panels in any combination ] toughen up the awning, allowing it to remain out in weather which ordinarily you may choose to roll the awning away? Has anyone pushed the boundaries or sleep better knowing the awning is a bit more resilient as a result of these extra panels and additional tie down points they offer over and above the tie down straps? To be clear, I’m not looking to leave it out in hurricane conditions, common sense shall prevail, but how have people got on in deteriorating conditions?
Cheers all
Bryan
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