Inflatable awnings

We've a Kampa Air Ace 400 air awning. They're heavy to feed through the awning rail & they don't have the adjustment that a standard awning has to cope with a slope.

This subject has been discussed in considerable depth before but the useless search facility on CT makes finding them almost impossible.  I have a Kampa poled awning - reason the minuses MM  has given (and price!).

Price isn't really a factor but we go away often but short trips so don't want to spend half my day putting up a poled awning.

The poles don't take long .... use coloured tape to help identify what goes where.

It's the pegging out that takes the time and inflatable awnings seem to have far more guy ropes to peg out than a conventional awning. The only advantage ISTM is that if it all go pear-shaped there are no metal pole bits flying around.

We have a 3.9m long Kampa Rally Air Pro, and have no complaints at all. 

Cyberyacht - we have just 2 guy ropes.

it is a little heavy to pull through the rail, but 2 people can do it. Pegging is really the same as for a pole awning. We use an electric pump which means I can get on with other tasks whilst it is inflating.

I have a Vango Arkala, which I think it's very well made and easy to erect and take down. There are a number of reviews on line and some YouTube videos of you Google the topic.

OP. Suggest you go to a dealer and have a look at the options yourself, you may find a porch awning more suitable for short trips. I get my Kampa Pro 3.90 up in 20 - 25 mins only needing help with threading through the awning rail. The poles are spring clipped together so just need a shake  and push to get them ready to slide into the slots in the canvas.  For 3- 4 day trips I don't bother with an awning.  We do a lot of continental touring and use a Fiamma Coverstore roll out awning as a sun shade, not bothering to take the full awning.

 .... and some (Kampa) air awnings have a single inflation point, others don't

We've had Kampa awnings for the last four years or so.  First an Air Pro 380 and this year, I swapped it for a 390 Grande which is a full 3m deep and that extra half metre makes such a difference.  The fact that it has fully removable side panels makes it slightly less heavy to get on the awning rail. We have been really pleased with both of them.

One thing to bear in mind is that big air awnings are difficult to dry if you have to pack them away wet - so if we think that it is likely to happen, we also have a lightweight Sunncamp 'poled' awning.  It doesn't have conventional poles - just two short steel vertical bits and a fibreglass hoop, but when it comes to spreading it out in the garage, or wherever, it's much easier to manage and dries much more quickly than the heavy air awning fabric. It only cost £85 (new) and I would suggest a worthwhile additional investment if you're considering using the van all year round.