We have had both types and now really enjoy the
convenience of the electric awning. The manual awning required finding the long
hook, unlocking, unrolling, adjusting and locking each arm, now all that has been
replaced with the push of a button. We could lock the arms of the auto awning but
haven’t yet. The manual unit would also hang up if we were not parked perfectly
level. I never did trust the locking mechanism that keeps the manual awning
from unrolling when traveling. We have seen several flapping in the wind as
their owners were heading down the highway. I don’t believe either type will
hold up if it becomes winding at camp although we see plenty of awnings extended
and tied down for the entire summer. We only extend ours when we are close by
or to dry it out after a raining day.
We did finally get a large soda bottle and cut the bottom
out and slit the side to fit over the forward end of the awning </span>so that the wind and water while traveling aren’t
attempting to unroll the awning. We noticed at the RV show this winter that
some of the awnings were now constructed with a wind/ water shield for this purpose.
I was just reading a post requesting opinions concerning
the purchase of a new RV and it got me to thinking about forums and human
behavior. It would be interesting to survey all of folks that own a particular
RV about their satisfaction. I know that I come to the forums when we have a
problem. I would suspect that it looks like some RV’s are junk when very
possibly there are plenty of folks that have had no problem with their unit.
There may also be folks that take their RV’s down roads that we would never
travel. We have seen plenty of rentals traveling roads that I hate to take with
our 4x4.
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my $0.02