Air awnings

Thankyou👍🏻, see my post on the previous page.

Neither have I, so with this awning and after inflating do they advise you to go around and isolate each tube end until time to pack away? The erecting videos doesn't show you do.

As said earlier, be mindful of the recommended inflation pressure. I had a Kampa 390 and filled it to the recommended pressure whilst the ambient temerature was cool. The day after inflation the ambient temerature more than doubled and caused an over pressure in the system and one of the bladders went with a big bang. With no over pressure dump valve fitted this will always be a problem, the black outer material absorbing the suns energy and heating up doesn't help either.

One more point raised earlier in the thread regarding the isolation valves. They are an excellent tool to troubleshoot a slow leak in any of the bladders. To find a leak all the valves are closed after normal inflation so that only the bladder with a leak will deflate identifying it quickly.

I wouldn't close the isolation valves for any other reason other than fault finding.

P.S Kampa customer care were fantastic, they replaced the whole awning rather than repairing it.

J

I wouldn't close the isolation valves for any other reason other than fault finding.

So if the isolation valves are not closed off in normal use and a leak occurred during the night or when out for the day, you could wake up to or return to a completely collapsed awning onto everything inside.

I suppose you could in theory  .... but in practice that has never happened to me. 

Such would be the case if one tube were punctured by a meteorite, or a shard of ice from an aeroplane wing, maybe a crashed drone. But from a realistic risk standpoint, you would need to be amazingly unlucky to find that your correctly erected and inflated has collapsed. If I felt so unlucky, I’d probably never leave the house - then again most accidents occur at home!

We have had 2 Kampa air awnings and have had no problems at all with either of them,we have currently a Kampa  Pro 390  and yes i would agree it is quite heavy but it is a quality awning and i would certainly recommend it ,

Hi there we are on our 2nd Kampa Air Pro awning and no problems with either ,great bit of kit,as has been said a little on the heavy side but that’s tha quality of the product.Can highly recommend.

Brian. & Jo

I spent a year thinking about going for an air awning and sought advice here where was positive.  In the end I got a fantastic deal on the Kampa Club Air pro 390 during lockdown from Camping and General online for £900!  https://www.practicalcaravan.com/reviews/kampa-club-air-pro-390-plus

First use we had heavy rain and about 3 leaks.  Relaxed as knew the stitching had to swell. Second time out...torrential rain minor leak on one corner but that has stopped and no issues

Delighted with it.  Easy to pump with the standard pump supplied.  However, very heavy but I can cope and I’m lazy as I dont unzip the sides.