Blow up awning

I'm afraid that not pitching on "flat" surfaces, or nearly flat, is the bugbear of inflatable awnings. Poled awnings allow you to adjust the leg length to compensate for slopes. We've got a Kampa air as well as a Kampa poled awning. Both have their merits, but if you frequently pitch on sloping sites, then maybe the polled version is for you. We've stayed at Sethorns in the past but never had such aseverely sloping pitch that an air awning wouldn't work, though we didn't have one back then. I guess that any more than 3" slope will start to give problems with an air awning, or at least a long Kampa one.

Do inflatable awning designers not appreciate the environment in which their products are used? 

We've got a Vango air awning and are on a fairly slipping pitch it's not perfect but it fits pretty good.

Mike

I apologise for sounding dumb but does not the awning material slot into the awning rail? That would surely be a pre-requisite of the manufacturers to ensure a snug, watertight fit?

Then having pegged out the 'groundsheet' the poles, being inflateable, would surely adjust to fit?

Glad I only have a sunshade, Fiamma, type of awning.

There's no slotting to be done with an air awning, it's stitched together as one piece. CY I guess that manufacturers make products for their specific markets - Most CC sites are pristine, clinical almost, in their quality, so I wouldn't expect problems on one. But wilder camping sites may have difficult to deal with slopes, hence Kampa offer poled variants of their awnings.

One tip Yell,before you inflate, slid awning into rail,and peg the rear of the awning slightly under the van in the corners.Keep these side walls tight and adjust for level here.Then inflate awning.It took me a couple of times to find the best way to use awning,and probably did not follow supplied instructions.Mine has only an "arch" to inflate.

Totally agree Fozzie, that is the method we use, and so far over two and a half years have had no problems. With regards to the seal, we did buy some additional poles (Kampa) to use to 'improve' the seal but to date have not needed them.