270 degree awning

[ottoman308]

Anyone have a positive/experience with a 270 awning? On a flash deal last week I purchased one. I plan on using it on my tintop. Worst case I'll use on my FJ80. I can't seem to find any photos in the search bars on batwing awnings.

https://ironman4x4america.com/camping/deltawing-xtr-71-270-degree-freestanding-awning/

[Silverghost500]

I haven't seen one on a Vanagon yet. There's a YouTuber Truck camper that has the 270, and they have it deployed in just about every video, and sometimes they're in really windy coastal conditions.

I've considered the Ironman 8' awning. Looks to be a decent awning priced between the Napa and ARB products.
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[ALIKA T3]

I've seen one on Instagram but I can't recall the name....

Edit, Google images found it rapidly:

https://www.google.com/search?q=vanagon+T3+with+aw...Wn1BOdBIuM
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[E1]

$900 seems high, but it IS cool.

I’ve thought of having Jonce Fancher build a custom like this. It’d be under $900 and hurricane-friendly, but if parked facing west one doesn’t need 270 but rather a 90, or maybe two.
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[Pchill2]

I’ve had a Rhino Rack Batwing on my 4Runner for close to 5 years now and love it. I’ve used it for all sorts of things and never have a problem coming up with an excuse to deploy it.

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[ottoman308]

They had a really great deal at $599 including the walls, and brackets

[squeegee_boy]

I tried one on my van, but the pivot point had to be mounted so far back to clear the high top that it left a big part of the slider door uncovered. This was untenable for me. I ended up buying an 11'6" Fiamma F45, which has been fantastic.

On a tin top it might work better since the roof isn't the same profile at the back, especially if mounted to a roof rack.

Robyn
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[Zeitgeist 13]

^^^That's the exact feedback I've been looking for regarding these units. I've been seeing them in my scroll feeds and was intrigued with installing one on our EV.

As an aside, I'm interested in this option because A: I like the coverage, but also B: because it seems to be a sturdier awning support design than the ARB and the various clones. Our ARB is wearing out all over after about four years and a few dozen deployments.
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[ottoman308]

I wanted something that I can deploy solo. I've had an ARB for around 8 years and it's been great, but the walls are a pain to install, and take up more room stored than the Ironman.

[E1]

We’re way past Day 1,500 of constant use on our standard Fancher awning that will withstand at least 50 more mph of wind over the cartridge awnings — at about a third of the price. One errant microburst on a calm day can get expensive.

It does finally leak after 20,000 hours in the sun. Super-pissed.

The guy can make whatever you can measure. I’ve never even asked for a discount, paying twenty cents a day to use is discount enough.

Fancher’s Upholstery, Ypsilante, Michigan:
(734) 483-0549

It does need stakes, and uses these:
https://theclaw.com/

I don’t post our van pics here, Sorry, but will send via email or cell number if you send those via PM.
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[djkeev]

Never heard of them.
Look nice in the photos but my first thought is wind.
They look like a sail just waiting to be twisted into trash by a breeze.

Parts of the Country (Dakotas/Montana) are virtual never ending wind tunnels. I cannot even imagine setting it up in such areas.

My daughter says that the Montana State female hair style is the pony tail because of the wind.
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[vwhammer]

Well, I have not actually used one on my Vanagon but I intend to.

I bought one of these for a camp trailer thing I am building.

https://overlandvehiclesystems.com/Nomadic-Awning-270-Passenger-Side---Dark-Gray-w/Black-Cover

I have walls for it and everything and was super stoked to get it set up on the trailer.
However, I overlooked the fact that the awning is 7 feet long and the box on my camp trailer is only 5 feet long so it would either hang off the back of the trailer 2 feet or I move it forward on the box and it becomes the first thing that punches through the back window of my tow rig if I turn too sharply with the trailer attached.
As an off-road trailer, I was not real happy with either option.

The point of this story is that I bought a smaller 270 awning for the trailer and plan to use the big awning on my tin-top van.

Might be tough to tell in the pic above but the longer awing will actually go all the way to the front of the van.

I feel like the smaller 270 Awnings are going to end in a strange place on a Vanagon.

The longer awning will at least cover the whole sliding door opening.

The walls combined with the longer awning should create a ton of extra living space outside the van that is protected pretty well from the elements.
since I have a tin top this will be nice as I can set up a kitchen and lounge area outside the van where there is more room.
Could even have space for guests to set up some sleeping arrangements and tag along on some trips.
I'm also thinking of getting a little wood-burning stove so I can extend camping season into the colder months.

Pretty pumped to see if it works how I think it's going to and am definitely surprised that more Vanagon people don't use this type of awning.

[Synergy Solutions]

Notchboy has one on his baywindow westy. Loves it….
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[notchboy]

[ZsZ]

IMO with the big rear hatch and the engine being in the back, the wrap-around awnings not really make sense on a Vanagon.

Those awnings are designed for 4x4 rigs with kitchen on the rear swing door and storage through the side doors. You have all those stuff around the sliding door on a Vanagon.
You will not be around the back unless some repair is needed
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[E1]

It’s not my thing either, Zoltan, but mostly because we don’t typically see more than a few hours of rain at a time.

And as much as we all hate to admit it, we do need to access the engine bay sometimes.
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[mikemtnbike]

One of the pictures in Alika's link looks like it's showing the batwing going around the FRONT of the vanagon. If that still covers the whole slider and I still had a vanagon, I'd consider that.
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[notchboy]

[E1]

Sounds like you’re just a little too proud of your notch.


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Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
— Colin Chapman

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