Hi Phil

Just got back from York and we did use the Vareo instead of the PopAir. It worked really well in some mixed weather. two of the three mornings we had it up we comfortably had breakfast in it. On the third morning we had freezing fog so we ate inside as it was too cold.

We had a bit of condensation but not a lot. It was so warm on the Tuesday that we opening the front canopy right up and seated six of us in it.

A downside we became aware of was that the awning cord is grey and it matched the fresh pebbles on the hardstanding. We were OK at night as Kath puts some lights on it but in the day they were not easy to see. Kath came out of the awning door and tripped over one sending her face first in the hardstanding - she was lucky not to badly hurt herself. For next season I will replace them all with some bright red cord that we have.

Cheers
MikeT

Cheers Mike thanks for that. Hope your good Lady is OK. Think I might invest in one for next season....Phil.
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Like the look of the Elwood Air and was wondering if anyone has experience of fitting one to a Familia as I've spotted a decent one on Ebay. Thanks. Frank

To be honest never been a fan of air awnings
They tend to be heavy to handle and I've always had issues with condensation I've always found the light weight cheaper awnings work well either the vango fibre glass poled versions or the suncamp ones

Hi,
Just catching up on this thread, I realised I promised a review of the olpro Pershire; we’ve just had 3 weekends away with it so these are initial observations.
The awning is very lightweight and easy to put up; the front door panel is an optional extra which was out of stock and didn’t arrive until last week, so we have only had a full awning over Easter; the previous 2 times it was more of a canopy. The front made all the difference, although there aren’t sufficient eyelets or ties around the bottom edges.
The awning has zips up the sides of the airbeam, which allow the sides to be used as canopies ( there are a set of poles for 1 side; second set optional extras).
There are no mud flaps around the bottom edges, so initially there was quite a drafty gap, especially on one site which sloped away from the van, but last weekend I used short bungees through the eyelets and was able to get the sides to lay flat to the ground.
All windowed panels have zipped covers inside - easy to operate.
I will fit eyelets to the bottom of the front zip-in door so that it’s easier to have a small doorway, because presently you have to have one side rolled into the centre.
One gripe is that the supplied pump doesn’t have a suction port, so it makes it a bit harder to pack than the old Vango.
Having said that, the zip out front means that folding the awning is much easier as it is essentially a rectangle.
I’m not convinced that the material will last any longer than the Vango did, but we bought it at a great price at the end of last season so we won’t have lost as much.

If anyone needs the airbeam and groundsheet for the vango elwood, they are yours for a donation to the forum funds. 🙂
Steve.