When you go camping you want to enjoy nature. You want to have your morning coffee outdoors, eat together under the shade of the trees, or simply relax on a deck chair while the children play.
If your tent has an awning installed, you can set up a nice dining room or a small kitchen next to it. You will increase the space and have all the advantages that tent trailers offer you. In this post We have told you about them.
But, the store trailer is not always an option for you. It will be because for the model of your store there are no advances that fit it. Or perhaps because you are not interested in creating more closed spaces. Or you just don't want to spend that much money.
In these cases, what would be best for you is a camping awning. A simple, economical and easy-to-assemble solution to enjoy an additional terrace in a camping spot.
What are camping awnings?
Camping awnings are waterproof tarps that you attach to your tent or caravan to get an additional “terrace” in your space. There you can place a table with chairs to meet with family or friends. It can also serve as a relaxing space where you can read a book, under the protective shade of the awning. And you can also use it as a small roof to store the motorcycle and all the equipment on rainy days.
Will any type of camping awning work for my tent?
NO. If your tent manufacturer also makes awnings, ask for one suitable for your model. Generally, manufacturers offer specific models for each model of their tents. At COMANCHE, for example, we have awnings for our tent trailers.
These awnings are already perfectly adjusted to your tent model and all you have to do is assemble it. You forget about measurements, fixes and manipulations to adjust it as best as possible. Everything has already been thought of.
In COMANCHE the awnings are a great alternative to tents or “tarps”, since they adapt and fix to the tent trailers perfectly, just like the awning. They are also made with the same materials as the tent, which means a guarantee of durability and resistance.
But what is better: awning or awning?
It all depends on the use you want to give it.
If you need additional space for a bedroom, or you want to create a closed space, the avancé is for you. It closes completely, has necessary ventilation and protects from mosquitoes.
However, if you need it For outdoor furniture, a shaded play space or as protection you have the awning, a roof without sides, easy to assemble, to enjoy the outdoors.
Here you have our small comparison table of all the advantages and disadvantages that we have found for camping and tent awnings. If you find anything else, let us know in the comments.
| Camping awning |
Store previews |
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|---|---|---|
| Raincoat | Yeah | Yes, the walls too |
| Protection | Sun, rain, resin, fallen branches, pine cones | Sun, rain, resin, fallen branches, pine cones, dust and dirt, mosquitoes, insects, wind, cold… |
| Privacy | Low | Complete |
| Mounting | It will be assembled in the blink of an eye. Since it is custom made for your store, everything will fit right the first time. | Everything has already been thought of. With some zippers you connect the advance with your model. You don't need to improvise. |
| Location | Where the manufacturer has provided it. There may be several placement options in the same store. | Where the manufacturer has provided it. Generally it is only intended to be placed at a specific end. |
| Durability | It will last just as long as your tent, and is made from the same fabric as your model. However, the wind will blow it around much more easily than an awning. | It will last as long as your tent, it is made of the same fabric as your model. Being part of your store, its stability is greater. |
| Color | Those offered by the manufacturer. | The colors will generally match the color of your store. |
| Links | Awnings | Advances |
You see, there are several factors to consider before deciding whether you want an awning or a tent or both for your tent. But they have one thing in common: they all have a They allow you to expand the space of your camping house. Now it only depends on you what you are going to use it for.
