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02-17-2021, 09:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SLO County, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21C 2019 Expedition
Posts: 5,210
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It's like a lot of things though. Like you, at first we didn't use our manual awning all that much, yet over time we use it more- and in different ways. Sometimes we just pull it out a few feet for some shade or rain coverage for bbq. Other times we'll full extend it with raising the arms up and maybe making one side higher than the other depending the circumstances. Bottom line it is more versatile than a power awning.
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02-18-2021, 12:16 AM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2021 Escape 21C
Posts: 62
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Dang! I will miss that.
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02-18-2021, 08:50 AM
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#43
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Honeoye Falls, New York
Trailer: 2019 Escape 19
Posts: 19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossue
It's like a lot of things though. Like you, at first we didn't use our manual awning all that much, yet over time we use it more- and in different ways. Sometimes we just pull it out a few feet for some shade or rain coverage for bbq. Other times we'll full extend it with raising the arms up and maybe making one side higher than the other depending the circumstances. Bottom line it is more versatile than a power awning.
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We didn't think we would use ours, but it's turned into something we almost never fail to roll out. We have a 2019 19' with a manual owning. I made a clothesline that is right up close to the trailer and we sometimes just pull the awning out a few feet and use the line for protected drying.
On rainy days, we usually pull the sites picnic table under it, or get out a small table we carry and that is our place shielded from the sun and the rain. We do watch the forecast and roll it up if it's going to be windy. I like the fact the manual awning can be rolled up to any length and it's well supported. I was at a campsite where an electric one got damaged. Many do have automatic retracts, so it may have been one of those. Either way, I think I'd just get it.
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02-18-2021, 07:12 PM
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#44
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 114
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
Just get it. It will keep the area in front of your door dry so you'll have someplace to leave your boots, and not track mud through the trailer.
You don't have to fully extend the manual awning ( not sure about the power one ). When it's reefed like that, it is less susceptible to damage.
Mine is just fine after 12 years, and not much of a maintenance issue.
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The awning is a necessity for us...provides a nice space to keep things dry....and too keep the sun out......my 2017 is the remote Dometic and Escape
Installs a wind limiter that retracts the awning automatically if the wind kicks up.
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02-18-2021, 07:31 PM
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#45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19
Posts: 7,126
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If one was in this rain storm they would very likely love that they could sit/stand under the (heavily angled) manual awning and stay perfectly dry. Not trying to start another electric vs. manual debate but I don’t think the electric would take too kindly to this amount of rain without partial retraction and/or a support pole.
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02-18-2021, 11:17 PM
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#46
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19
Posts: 2,716
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Yes, the support pole works wonders.
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02-19-2021, 08:50 AM
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#47
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SLO County, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21C 2019 Expedition
Posts: 5,210
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fudge_brownie
A Velcro wrap around both awning bars, installed at the top of the bar. This method courtesy of CPA Harley. Camco sells Awning Straps for about $6, purposely made. Just about any Velcro straps would work.
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Paul, didn't you see a picture of Jim Norman's awning unfurled with both straps holding the arms in place? The straps are a false sense of security- at least with Gen1 Escapes because there is much more fabric between the tube and attachment to the shell thus allowing wind to push that little sail and turn the tube. Have to look at at Gen2 with manual, however for Gen1 an RV lock is cheap insurance against an expensive repair or replacement of the awning.
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02-19-2021, 09:18 AM
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#48
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
Posts: 4,193
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Never had any troubles with my manual awning. We have used it rarely but glad it is there. I am however, in the "why take a chance column."
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