Tarp Awning / Sun-Canopy / Rail-Sail suppliers?

[Skyliner33]

What awning rail do you have? Does it fit in a standard reimo rail? I seem to remember hearing the kador size only fits with their own rail, but can’t find confirmation anywhere.

Wife saw one of these while we were away last weekend and said she thought it looked smarter than our debus canopy, which I think means she wants me to buy it for her for her birthday

Also do you find it difficult to fit on small pitches and difficult to pitch it so water doesn’t pool on it above the sliding door?

 

[TeeCeeJay]

What awning rail do you have? Does it fit in a standard reimo rail? I seem to remember hearing the kador size only fits with their own rail, but can’t find confirmation anywhere.

Wife saw one of these while we were away last weekend and said she thought it looked smarter than our debus canopy, which I think means she wants me to buy it for her for her birthday

Also do you find it difficult to fit on small pitches and difficult to pitch it so water doesn’t pool on it above the sliding door?

We have a vamoose rail (similar to Reimo with 8mm slot) and S&S big tarp fits fine in that.

 

[cgtmiles]

Is there an issue with S+S rails fitting other awnings then? Or have I just made the whole issue up?

 

[TeeCeeJay]

Not sure, I think I recall seeing something about that when I was thinking about buying ours. Some rails or awnings only have 6mm slot / kador. I checked our rail with a drill bit and it was fine.

 

[d8smt]

There's loads of them on Amazon, I've got 3 different ones (sizes/colours) for different trips. Decathlon do some decent poles for about £10, couple them with a 3x3 or 3x4 tarp from Amazon and you're away. You can buy some screw-in hooks for the awning rail which hold the tarp really well. Make sure you use some flexible cord (e.g. paracord) or even some small springs to counter the wind, and if you can, put a paracord line between two trees to support the tarp instead of using just poles to stop it saving at the bend. For Amazon tarps, Aquaquest are very decent, DD are excellent but lightweight (great for trekking) and Universal are much cheaper but still do a decent job.