While the awning itself is awesome, the fabric is top quality for providing shade and is waterproof. I have an Alu-Cab Shadow with the wall kit, which as you probably know, is one of the better 270* awnings. Personally, I wouldn't waste your time or money with the cheaper 'knock offs'. My apologies for the beginning of this post. And while usually, I'm not that sensitive to negative feed back, I'm kind of embarassed to say this, but it needs to be said. You opened up this attitude by pouncing on everything I said in my post#5 - in your post#6. I don't want to clutter up someone else's thread, but I'll respond to you, just this once, eatSleepWoof, since you seem to have your panties in a wad. Don't try to squirm out of it by blaming me for confusing the issue. You suggested the website and source and that's a fact. Your comment on this was just plain wrong, and trying to explain it is, well.boring who wants to put together some objective, long-term use reviews on all these awnings? And it presents an opportunity to watch out for that issue and care about the item so as to minimize the chance of developing that issue to begin with. Knowing about a 'could be a problem down the line' thing ahead of time is so much nicer than randomly discovering it after the fact. Personally, I always prefer to know about every potential flaw before I spend the money. I love to read thorough reviews after long-term use (6 months or more), but so very few people make those, and fewer still are willing to admit that what they have is less than perfect. After spending $1500USD on an awning, one will look at his purchase through rose-coloured glasses and not see any faults or problems, lest he regret his expensive purchase. The problem with reviews is that very few people write them with the intention of being objective. As much as I love reading reviews, if at all possible, seeing things in person is much better. But, if your heading out for a longer time or more extreme conditions, you would probably be much more comfortable with the assurance of a proven name brand. As for the wind, so far I've only seen about 10mph and it's held up just fine, I'll use it on the beach this summer and see how it handles much stronger winds, but based on what I've seen I'm not concerned about a decent amount of wind as long as its tied down good.įor the weekend warrior like me who is not relying on the awning for shade to prevent heat stroke in the desert, and has time and patience to wait to get it right, I'd recommend ARQ. Maybe mine came off of a bad batch of fabric, he sent me a video of a black awning holding water and one of the other members here said his lasted hours in the rain. I'll get it sealed this week and report back. He has offered to make it right but I told him to hold off, seeing as how I still have the first awning he shipped me that was the wrong size, and I would try a can of tent sealer. Our first night out was rainy and the awning started to leak very quickly, I messaged ARQ when we got home and sent a video of it leaking. There is a language barrier but he is very responsive. During the installation ARQ was available using WhatsApp messenger for input on the mounting method. First it was the wrong shipment, then the next one was damaged before it made it out of the country, then the last one was lost for a few weeks by FedEx.

I did experience troubles with delivery and shipping so it took 5 months before I received it. So far based on my experience, for the price I'd buy one again. I recently received my ARQ4WD 6.5 foot 270 degree awning. We wheel our rigs, and i've banged mine up against several trees.

the rigid poles all the way around make it much tighter, quieter, and stronger in inclement weather. but once you have it setup, its features are hard to beat at the price point, especially if you want walls. it takes me a few minutes, not one minute. what I tell folks is if you want the awning that is fastest to deploy we won't win that contest. you can also hang towels, wet clothes, and all sorts of other gear on it as you can see I did at the lake in the picture. its excellent in rain, wind, and even snow. Our wraptor 2000 is smaller and doesn't incur the oversize charge so shipping on it is much cheaper. The longest package you can ship UPS is 108'. $200 flat rate is what we charge to ship a RTT and is truck freight (Technically if you buy a RTT we can put the wraptor on the same pallet for free). Id like to correct one thing- shipping isn't $200- you just didn't hit the calculate shipping button. Click to expand.hey, those are my feet in that picture!

Arq awning review