The best awnings ?

[Darren2030]

Had a couple awnings over the years the just kampers retro awning was ok and looked cool currently using the kyam dub hub which is nice and easy to use and does the job well never had any problems with it

 

[Velgreeno]

Cheers for all the replies folks. Alot more to digest. Cheers @ozziedog. Just a matter of interest what is the list on your phone ? And whats an oztent ? Cheers again folks .

 

[ozziedog]

Dust pan and brush
cookers and spare gas
coffee and milk and buscuits
Sausages and burglers
Idahoan
FOOD!
Fruit
blockrocker and ipod
gazebo and side sheets and chairs
toilet and seat
Ice and Stella
Fire
Firewood,and cover
Charge cables
Quilt and pillows
Clothes and trainers and big coat.
Drugs and puffers and stuff.

Plates , cutlery, tongs, long skewers, picnic blankets, frying pans, mugs etc all live in the van and get taken out on return, get dishwashered then put straight back in.
Tools, spares, jack etc all live in the van.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,and still I’ll forget stuff.

 

[70-CA-Panel]

What’s an Idahoan?
I lived close to the border with Idaho, but no clue what’s is needed for the bus

 

[mike202]

I had no idea either, but google says it might be mashed potatoes!

 

[Velgreeno]

Dust pan and brush
cookers and spare gas
coffee and milk and buscuits
Sausages and burglers
Idahoan
FOOD!
Fruit
blockrocker and ipod
gazebo and side sheets and chairs
toilet and seat
Ice and Stella
Fire
Firewood,and cover
Charge cables
Quilt and pillows
Clothes and trainers and big coat.
Drugs and puffers and stuff.

Plates , cutlery, tongs, long skewers, picnic blankets, frying pans, mugs etc all live in the van and get taken out on return, get dishwashered then put straight back in.
Tools, spares, jack etc all live in the van.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,and still I’ll forget stuff.

Wow thats a packed bus there @ozziedog and im going to jot that down and add to my own list. im intrigued what an Idahoan is. Its not the potato mix is it ?. And whats a block rocker too ? Its probably something obvious and im going to go Gaz seriously ha..

 

[sparkywig]

And whats an oztent?

Oztent RV3

 

[ozziedog]

Oztent funnily enough is nothing to do with me, I’m more a cheapso gazebo kinda guy
Block rocker is a portable Bluetooth speaker/ music system that’s good for some serious volume if required and good for about seventy hours. It’s also great for jacking into it to charge other devises like phones etc and usually it’s placed a van length or two away from the fire so you can hear tunes but also hear the chit chat around the fire. Also has a radio and a Mike if required to play silly buggers with. Got wheels on it and a pull up handle like a suitcase plus two rounded receptacles on the top that may be suitable for a bottle of Stella or two. Previously sold by electrical specialist Maplins, similar to Tandy / Radio Shack stores. Until they went tits up.
Idahoan, as guessed above is a product sold here that is an instant mash potato thing. I can get three slightly different varieties that I’d put up against anyone’s mash and it would be difficult to tell which is which. Just the job for camping @nd at least twice as good as the U.K. version known as Smash.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,, I’m off to write a new song now called Cheapso Gazebo

 

[james_stan]

The guys that had air beams when I was down near Swanage recently during ‘Storm Antony’ mostly had very minor issues because of their flexibility

I love that part of Dorset - which site was that? Although I think I might know..

 

[james_stan]

Awnings - I have a Raclet, French, also make stuff for French Army, top quality bought s/h from ebay and probably NLA mostly make trailer tents nowadays.

 

[ozziedog]

I love that part of Dorset - which site was that? Although I think I might know..

Something farm, if you said it I think I’d remember . Go down a track virtually opposite a petrol station, go past the station then it’s along another track to the right, i love it because of the views of watching the train in the the distance and looking down a long valley from up on the hill at Corfe Castle. Sometimes the castle disappears in a mist which is quite magical

Ozziedog,,,,,, great down there just short of Swanage.

 

[james_stan]

Something farm, if you said it I think I’d remember . Go down a track virtually opposite a petrol station, go past the station then it’s along another track to the right, i love it because of the views of watching the train in the the distance and looking down a long valley from up on the hill at Corfe Castle. Sometimes the castle disappears in a mist which is quite magical

Ozziedog,,,,,, great down there just short of Swanage.

Aye - that's the one. The slope means no caravans except a few at the bottom. Idyllic place and nice old chap that runs it - will have to revisit soon.

 

[Granite]

Khyam motor dome quick erect tourer plus groundsheet, easy to put up and take down once you’ve got the hang of its spring loaded exoskeleton knuckle joints!

I could not agree more. I've had one for 6 years and it's still like new. I tried an Olpro airbeam at Odiham and it was its second use. One beam would not inflate and we spent the weekend without an awning. At Busfest the old and trusty Khyam came out again and served us well. The airbeam awning went back to Amazon for a full refund. I have two Kyhams, One is up for sale at £300, it cost over £700 and is in perfect condition and is complete with a groundsheet.

 

[static]

“Drugs and puffers and stuff.”

Shouldn’t that be at the top of the list?
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