ALL-TOP Vehicle Awning 8.2'x10' Roof Rack Pull-Out Sun Shade UV50+, Weatherproof 4x4 Side Awning for Camping & Overland (Hardware Included)

this is a quality canopy. I had the smaller one on for about a year - and upgraded to a bigger size. Sold the old one to a friend. Only used it a hand full of times but so far so good!!

Selected this awning as it was the only overland style awning that was 10' long and wasn't stupid expensive. Install was fairly straight forward, however I wish they had included a half dozen each of the short bolts for van applications. I have a pop up roof van and needed third party brackets to make it work. I got it installed but had to take an angle grinder with a cut off wheel to shorten the bolts and smooth them once installed to avoid interference with my pop top. My brackets are the Wasatch Overland Ford Shorts, and with the awning fully cinched up with the straps in in the awning, the awning barely clears the doors. Added cinch straps are needed on the bag itself to pull the bag up higher to keep it out of the doors. The ties shown are temporary just to get it functioning. Looks like they included decent enough guy lines, but they also included the same junk stakes that most modern tents and such come with that are just a bent piece of metal. I keep a set of heavy duty stakes, and a set of the auger / screw in stakes for a cordless drill to drive in that should cover all my needs here. Materials seem first rate, excluding the plastic end bits, so far. I don't think they are exactly mission critical though. Long story short, this is exactly the size awning my camper needed, and aside from it obviously not having taken pop top camper vans into consideration, you know like Colorado Campervans, the classic VW Westfalia, or my Sportsmobile, probably many others... it falls into the category of must have gear. Obviously it would have to be taken down for big winds, but this will allow me to have a less insanity inducing living space should I encounter multi day torrential rain slogs in my travels. Just a quick update on the cracked plastic end piece. I called all top and they sent me a replacement with no hassle. I haven't installed it yet but that's coming. After deploying it and hurling it back up a couple of times I have some bits of advice. For starters lock the legs in place. The ones at the end need to not be able to slide out and the ones that extend from the main frame. As soon as you open the bag deploy those and lock them in place so you can put the awning piece onto the arms without too much hassle. I tried to do a setup video of it but well my camera died. Maybe I will add one later. There are people that hate bag type awnings. Honestly this thing's perfect for this van for me and I do have some issues limiting range of movement so if I can do it almost anyone can.

I saw some negative reviews about the hardware and installation but I decided to buy this anyway for my Ford E350 van that I converted into a camper. I have a Thule roof rack and mounted this myself using the hardware provided. I had no issues installing as the mounting rail is aluminum and has self locking nuts so, don't go wrenching this down and you'll be fine. I bought the 8'2" x 10' awning which is huge. The hardware, metal rails and poles are sturdy. The awning fabric is very nice, not flimsy and made or rip stop fabric. Only downside I can see, this is not a one person setup. Once up, very sturdy and doesn't need to be staked in the ground.

Excellent awning for the price..

Defective! Nightmare dealing with Alltop & Amazon. Received 2 defective awnings. Company has since upgraded the end caps on the awning. Be prepared to waste a lot of time & money! The side wall came first, now trying to return all the alltop items and amazon will not refund the side wall due to outside the window of return. I have been dealing with this since middle of June.