Inaca Elba Awning
Awnings can be a pain to construct and that's always been my main problem with them - construction! I have a caravan so that I don’t have to assemble a tent every time I go camping, but if I’m staying somewhere for a while, I really want an awning. Then we can sit in the shade, not stay cooped up in the caravan in the evenings. It nearly doubles my caravan space, but I don’t particularly want the hassle of setting up anything like a tent – not after my disastrous first camping go when it took us two hours in the rain to set up a tent! Lucky for me, the Inaca Elba awnings perfectly satisfy this need and make it really easy to have an awning no matter how often or where I travel in my caravan.
My top consideration is how easy it is to put up an awning and the Inaca Elba is extremely simple. It has lightweight fibre glass poles, so even though I’m not built I have no trouble putting it up. Everything fits together perfectly and it’s only a 20 minute job to get it up. It looks nice and it doesn’t get stuffy because it’s made of a nice breathable material. It also has a lot of options for staying open or closed, depending on the weather. I can seal it up against the rain or leave it open and let the sunshine in. It’s a seasonal awning, so I only have to mount it on the actual caravan once a year, and take it down in the autumn.
Even though I don’t have kids, I think this awning would work perfectly for a caravanning family. There are several doors in the awning, more if you have a bigger caravan than me, so the kids can run back and forth with easy access out. The zippers slide easily so the awning definitely won’t tear or pull. The windows also come with mosquito netting, so there won’t be many unpleasant bug bites at the end of a trip. This is much appreciated for someone who attracts them like me.
I’m very glad I discovered this awning; it’s made caravanning much easier. It has really freed up space and made even the British weather irrelevant.
