Awning for Adria 361tl
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Have a look at the drive away style campervan awnings with a tunnel. The awning chord length is typically about 2.4m long and the tunnel about 0.9m in depth. This should cope with your irregular awning rail, but may be a bit saggy. An awning like this would have a useable enclosed footprint around 3 x 2m in addition to the tunnel. It could be a good time to buy something 2nd hand as prices are low. If it fits fine you have an out of season bargain. If it does not fit as well as you hoped then you should be able to get your money back next spring when prices pick up.
Colin
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I’d try using the van without an awning before deciding.
Don’t forget, they’re not known as divorce in a bag without a reason.
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I tend to agree with Tinwheeler on this one. We ran with a caravan as small as your Adria for many years - and never dreamed of fussing with an awning. But we went far away from British weather, and if you are staying in the UK you may decide differently.
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I can see a large can of worms being opened here. We are also awning-less, preferring the ease of a canopy. I would only return to one if/when we are allowed to take our grandson away, and that extra enclosed space is an absolute must and not a "something extra that might be nice to fill full of tut".
Colin
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I'm not quite sure what constitutes "affordable", but Towsure are advertising a Sunncamp 220 lightweight awning for £170 at the moment:
I bought exactly this one about 10 years ago - although, then it was only £85! Although we don't use it that much - just for short stays - it's still going strong. Lightweight - easy to erect - quick to dry at home if packed away wet and, for the money, is well made. Certainly not had any problems with it. Although it's 'poled' and not 'air', it just has two uprights and a fibreglass pole roof support which goes between them. It just gives you somewhere dry to store muddy boots / wet coats etc - although on one occasion, we did have four of us sitting round a table in it, having a meal!
I'm sure if you look around, you could probably even find a second-hand one.
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+1 to @richardandros and our awning is the same. We've been through all types of awnings down the years and this one is the best for ease of putting it up and away. It's useful for shoes and things that don't need to be in the caravan and taking off wet coats.
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I would also go for the Sunncamp 220 awning, light weight, easy to erect and good value. Don't bother with the air framed version, more expensive and the metal poles are so easy to use. We have had one as a short stay/weekend awning for about 6 yrs. Still good and watertight.
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An old friend of mine said he was going to have to give up caravanning because he could no lpnger manage the awning. I said it was allowed to caravan without an awning but he thought that suggestion was quite mad.
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I can understand what your friend was saying @eurortraveller - although if it got to that with us, I do away with the awning first. We do seem to have a lot of necessary 'junk', though - not just coats and shoes - but the 10 litre tub of dog food, carrier bag of vegetables, bag with the odd bottle of wine in😀, table for me to cook on, on the electric griddle - and since we rarely wash up after our evening meal - the dishes go in a collapsible bowl, outside until the morning. All things that if they weren't outside, just add to the clutter inside!
We do have the Thule Omnistor and if the weather's half decent, we just use that. Not an option for the OP, though.
My biggest mistake, by far - was buying the Thule Veduta awning. Although it's a beautiful, enormous awning - it was expensive - is very heavy - and not at all easy to erect - contrary to the impression given by the 7' tall weightlifter who assembled it in 10 minutes on Thule's Youtube video!
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We do almost the same @richardandros. We haven't used a 'proper awning' for years... Our current van is tbe largest we've ever had and if the weather is poor, we're quite happy sitting in the van. We also have a Thule wind out, which we tend to use in the summer, when sitting out is an option. It keeps our chairs , outside table and cadac dry, should it rain. We didn't bother buying the Veduta. When we first bought a Thule (on a previous caravan), we bought the 'room' (the substantial sides to make the enclosed awning.....) We soon gave that up and sold the sides on... they were quite time consuming to put up. I've often wondered about buying, what I think they call a 'wind/ rain blocker', but we haven't bothered yet!?.
David
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Awnings for small vans are not easy to find. We wanted one for all our cycling and walking gear - a shed in other words. By chance, I got a secondhand 180 cm wide canvas one from Glossop caravans, so presumably other dealers will also sell the occasional s/h one - I assume as a result of a van trade in. It fits our Bailey D4-2, and the previous Elddis 360, but as mentioned earlier, a canopy or lighter weight one may suit you as well or better. The couple of suitable air awnings I have looked at have been too bulky and heavy - but everyone to their own.
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Has anybody else actually looked at a picture of the Adria 361tl. It is a non standard shape and hence only a model specific awning will fit, unless you go for the campervan style awning with tunnel I suggested above, that may accommodate some of the irregularity .
Colin
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Yes I did @eribaMotters - but because of what is probably a typo in the OP's profile - I took it to be the Altea 360 which is of a more conventional shape and would easily accommodate the SC 220. If it is the 361lt, then I agree with you.
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