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Adventurer, eh?
Actually I would. There's not too much wrong with it I'd say and I'm quite happy with it. Yes, I did break the knuckles this summer, but that's not the awnings fault, and could easily happy to any other make, and it does from what I read. I do have a temp solution working at the moment, but it was just for a single use last year, and I want to order a set of the Darche Super Flex hinges in the next few weeks to replace and resolve that issue, or at least make it less prone to happening, with a few spares on hand just in case.
https://darche.com.au/product/awningsuper-flex-hinge/
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As another "fault" on the awning, they didn't put a zipper stop on one of the one zipper ends of the walls, so with that, I lost a zipper. By no means expensive, but I would still need to drag that around to find a place with the proper fitting zipper. I did use just the Velcro for pretty much all of the summer and it worked well just that.
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Also, this is another "fault", is that I don't like the "doors" on the vehicle side. This would be as for any other company as well and not just the Sunday Campers, but I'd actually would rather have them upside down, this way I can open them up to have access to the vehicle, but keep the underside of the vehicle closed off to stop the wind from coming underneath. The neat thing about Sunday Campers, is that I requested to see if they can do that, and they can. They seem pretty good for some odd custom orders, but I haven't done that order as of yet. I've got other stuff I need to take care of first right now unfortunately.
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The only real "fault" is that in heavy heavy rain, it will leak a bit, just a few drops to say it does, and usually around where it's sewn or when you have a large puddle accumulated. I don't know if the other companies would be the same, especially because the material is thin, but it needs to be thin to be packaged as small as it does. Regardless of it, it's survived entirely intact during an insane wind/thunder storm that had (unknowingly) spawned tornadoes earlier to winds speeds that sadly weren't measured. Also on that note, one modification I need to do is put pins in the poles to lock them. The twist-lock poles that comes with it can't handle the force of ropes being torqued down to hold it down nice and tight for some good storms. Some pins to lock them at certain heights would be easy to do and make sure they can't collapse. I've already bought the pins, I just need to set it up and measure the height.
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I really liked the style, and the only other was of that type was the Supa-Peg/Supa-Wing out of Australia, so far I have no regrets. I will admit I was really nervous to do that type of transaction directly to China, but so far, I'm really pleased with everything. I have yet to actually try the floor, but it does seal up really well, and the floor can as mentioned, can Velcro to the sides. The one mod I did do was integrated LED lights into the awning, and my god is that convenient. No more fussing with flashlights, and we can actually turn on the lights to make it easier to deploy or even pack up the awning at night.
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I do use the inner and outer walls together when the walls go up, but as much as I thought I'd hate it being in a single large section, but it's actually convenient and easy to do as 2 people. What's nice is that you only have 2 pieces, so no assembly of a jig-saw puzzle, especially in the dark and at night. You get one person to hold it while the other attaches it to the Velcro and it actually goes really really well. I've trained the girlfriend well, and she wanted to learn and know to make setting up camp more efficient. I do love the amount of room it gives. Once we have a proper shower setup, which I do have a slight update on it since I got a drain floor for it, there is plenty of room to have a shower room, and a kitchen, and to eat. I look forward to having a good slide out kitchen setup as well. We did setup it up for a single night when we stopped at Campbell's Cove...it was just a miserable and misty day with a slight wind, but putting up the sides on the awning, and we did just the outer section, just to cut down on the wind, make it way more pleasant to be camping and ate supper inside at shelter and comfortable. Personally, I do love my trailer. She's not done, but it's so easy and fast to setup with plenty of living area for it's size. Although my friends have nicknamed it The Castle, or the Ontario Embassy (since I live in Quebec and I'm from Ontario, and the trailer is plated Ontario), they do directly compare my trailer to a transformer.
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As for an actual update to the build thread for the trailer, not too much had happened. I've gotten the Paha Que Shower Drain Capture Floor, a critical part of the shower setup we want to do, and got it for cheap off of Amazon as "used", but it looks brand new, still in it's packaging. My good friend Fred also gave me a hand-held CB radio, which I want to integrated into the system of the trailer as part of the base camp setup, but also because it had the option for the Weather Station. As for progress on the trailer, it's on hold for the moment. We're in the midst of shopping for a house and that's a priority at the moment so we don't have to move into another apartment for July 1st, which would put the house off for almost another year, since the rental agreements are a year with no notice can be given to just leave when you want to, unless you sublet it or find new tenants, and I can't pay for a house and an apartment at the same time. I've also had to squeeze in my part of helping for the Run 1000 Rally in the end of June, and we've also had some important mettings and presentations for the Haunted House that we work on...yes in March we are already working on a house house, but it's a pretty big project this year since we're for the first time working with the city, and thus is a trial year to prove ourselves on that. Also the Rx-8 should come out in the next few weeks. I'm religious to not take it out until after Easter, since we do get hit with snow, as of the HUGE storm from a week ago, and again another covering last night, but that should be it. Although I expect this year to be slow on the progress on the trailer, especially with getting us settled into a new place (oh I hope), I do look forward to having my own place, and my own garage and workspace, so I can do the work I want and take the time I need. While the one we want has a garage, it's not to my liking at all, and if all goes well. I'll be building one as soon as possible next year. Hopefully the official offer process starts happening for it this week...
https://darche.com.au/product/awningsuper-flex-hinge/
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As another "fault" on the awning, they didn't put a zipper stop on one of the one zipper ends of the walls, so with that, I lost a zipper. By no means expensive, but I would still need to drag that around to find a place with the proper fitting zipper. I did use just the Velcro for pretty much all of the summer and it worked well just that.
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Also, this is another "fault", is that I don't like the "doors" on the vehicle side. This would be as for any other company as well and not just the Sunday Campers, but I'd actually would rather have them upside down, this way I can open them up to have access to the vehicle, but keep the underside of the vehicle closed off to stop the wind from coming underneath. The neat thing about Sunday Campers, is that I requested to see if they can do that, and they can. They seem pretty good for some odd custom orders, but I haven't done that order as of yet. I've got other stuff I need to take care of first right now unfortunately.
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The only real "fault" is that in heavy heavy rain, it will leak a bit, just a few drops to say it does, and usually around where it's sewn or when you have a large puddle accumulated. I don't know if the other companies would be the same, especially because the material is thin, but it needs to be thin to be packaged as small as it does. Regardless of it, it's survived entirely intact during an insane wind/thunder storm that had (unknowingly) spawned tornadoes earlier to winds speeds that sadly weren't measured. Also on that note, one modification I need to do is put pins in the poles to lock them. The twist-lock poles that comes with it can't handle the force of ropes being torqued down to hold it down nice and tight for some good storms. Some pins to lock them at certain heights would be easy to do and make sure they can't collapse. I've already bought the pins, I just need to set it up and measure the height.
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I really liked the style, and the only other was of that type was the Supa-Peg/Supa-Wing out of Australia, so far I have no regrets. I will admit I was really nervous to do that type of transaction directly to China, but so far, I'm really pleased with everything. I have yet to actually try the floor, but it does seal up really well, and the floor can as mentioned, can Velcro to the sides. The one mod I did do was integrated LED lights into the awning, and my god is that convenient. No more fussing with flashlights, and we can actually turn on the lights to make it easier to deploy or even pack up the awning at night.
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I do use the inner and outer walls together when the walls go up, but as much as I thought I'd hate it being in a single large section, but it's actually convenient and easy to do as 2 people. What's nice is that you only have 2 pieces, so no assembly of a jig-saw puzzle, especially in the dark and at night. You get one person to hold it while the other attaches it to the Velcro and it actually goes really really well. I've trained the girlfriend well, and she wanted to learn and know to make setting up camp more efficient. I do love the amount of room it gives. Once we have a proper shower setup, which I do have a slight update on it since I got a drain floor for it, there is plenty of room to have a shower room, and a kitchen, and to eat. I look forward to having a good slide out kitchen setup as well. We did setup it up for a single night when we stopped at Campbell's Cove...it was just a miserable and misty day with a slight wind, but putting up the sides on the awning, and we did just the outer section, just to cut down on the wind, make it way more pleasant to be camping and ate supper inside at shelter and comfortable. Personally, I do love my trailer. She's not done, but it's so easy and fast to setup with plenty of living area for it's size. Although my friends have nicknamed it The Castle, or the Ontario Embassy (since I live in Quebec and I'm from Ontario, and the trailer is plated Ontario), they do directly compare my trailer to a transformer.
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As for an actual update to the build thread for the trailer, not too much had happened. I've gotten the Paha Que Shower Drain Capture Floor, a critical part of the shower setup we want to do, and got it for cheap off of Amazon as "used", but it looks brand new, still in it's packaging. My good friend Fred also gave me a hand-held CB radio, which I want to integrated into the system of the trailer as part of the base camp setup, but also because it had the option for the Weather Station. As for progress on the trailer, it's on hold for the moment. We're in the midst of shopping for a house and that's a priority at the moment so we don't have to move into another apartment for July 1st, which would put the house off for almost another year, since the rental agreements are a year with no notice can be given to just leave when you want to, unless you sublet it or find new tenants, and I can't pay for a house and an apartment at the same time. I've also had to squeeze in my part of helping for the Run 1000 Rally in the end of June, and we've also had some important mettings and presentations for the Haunted House that we work on...yes in March we are already working on a house house, but it's a pretty big project this year since we're for the first time working with the city, and thus is a trial year to prove ourselves on that. Also the Rx-8 should come out in the next few weeks. I'm religious to not take it out until after Easter, since we do get hit with snow, as of the HUGE storm from a week ago, and again another covering last night, but that should be it. Although I expect this year to be slow on the progress on the trailer, especially with getting us settled into a new place (oh I hope), I do look forward to having my own place, and my own garage and workspace, so I can do the work I want and take the time I need. While the one we want has a garage, it's not to my liking at all, and if all goes well. I'll be building one as soon as possible next year. Hopefully the official offer process starts happening for it this week...
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