Awnings

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I think may you have been unlucky with your choice of brand but I don't think it may apply to all air awnings? People have posted about air failures before but not to the extent that you appear to be having.

We have a porch air awning by Suncamp and a much larger one by Kampa and had both for a good few years. So far (touch wood) no leaks or burst inner tubes. We love them and certainly wouldn't go back to a pole awning.

I would suggest you speak to people on site with different makes and air/non air and get their views. People on site are usually happy to help and give advice.  

I appreciate your reply. Many thanks. And I agree you only get what you pay for. I thought I’d bought something at the top end of the range. If I recall it was about £900 retail for a 3/4 awning. It’s fairly heavy duty material. 2 tubes burst within 4 days of this vacation and the weather has not been very hot in Angelsey. I’d like another air awning but I don’t have the confidence to buy one.

Many thanks

I cannot understand why Dorema have not replaced the awning. It is obviously not fit for purpose. As such any warranty period is over-ridden and goods should be repaired or replaced without cost.

 

Colin

We have a Kampa Air 260 and its been a great little awning ,no problems and hope it continues that way :-)

Brian & Jo

The Kampa is an interesting one. We had a Pop Air Pro for our Eriba, one of the first that came out in 2017. It was an unmitigated disaster in that it was not designed to fit and pulled out of the awning rail. One dealer had sold 10 and needed to buy back in 8 of them. Several dealers have since dropped Kampa Eriba awnings as the experience was so bad. Lowdhams of Nottingham gave us a full return on ours after Kampa had attempted a fix that did not work. Skip forward to version two and Lowdhams provided one of these at an excellent price. Good on them. Version 2 is now a good awning.

 

Colin

We’ve had a few different awnings over the years for our Eriba Troll and we did look at the first Kampa Pop Air Pro but quickly dismissed it based on design, features and reviews.

Bought a Clairval Twin Air last year and it’s all that an air awning should be, and fits the Eriba perfectly. Not cheap at around £1200 or so but can be anything from fully open to fully enclosed and anything in between. Tubes seem robust and so far, wouldn’t hesitate to recommend.

Not had any problems or burst tubes with our Kampa (400?) awning either .... 

We have both Kampa and Sunncamp air awnings - indeed I've had a Kampa air awning for years and never had a problem with burst tubes. I always inflate them with an electric pump set at 2 or 3 psi below the recommended pressure. We did have a slight problem with a leaking valve on our very first Kampa and Kampa sent out a new, replacement awning by overnight courier to our campsite. Excellent service!