ALL-TOP Vehicle Awning 4.6'x6.6' Roof Rack Pull-Out Sun Shade UV50+, Weatherproof 4x4 Side Awning for Camping & Overland (Hardware Included)

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.

Spent 4 days on Padre National Seashore to fish, camp and watch the Eclipse. Fishing was good. Clouds blocked the Eclipse. But this awning really shined! It withstood two days of 25+ mph wind. The side rails/bars are what really helped accomplish the success. The awning was barely affected by the wind and even shed a 30min rain shower w ease. My two boys were able to stay out of the wind and rain for a couple of hours while they finished sleeping. The awning was on the leeward side of the truck which helped block the straight line winds. Awning was secured to the ground w provided guide string and sand anchors.Material is way thicker than I expected for this price point. Ripstop woven. And all the seams are double sticked including the Velcro strips.I also purchased two of the front wall add ons. The front wall sections have a “bead” sewn into them so they can be slid into the outside track bar and extend your awning. Designed to be staked into the ground but I bought two adjustable tent poles and lifted the add on awning section level w the rest of the awning and secured w guide wires to the ground.Second front wall section I added off the side of the original awning w the Velcro strips. These two sections did have to be removed w then wind blew in. They probably would’ve been fine but I didn’t want to risk it.All in all, I would highly recommend. Setup and break down are not as fast as the 180/270 awnings but we are talking a fraction the cost (and weight). I’m very happy w this purchase and may even buy another one to deploy off the back of my truck to cover the tailgate area.I also mounted the L bracket upside down so the awning had a lower profile.You won’t be disappointed.

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.

Great product, exact to description, great material.

Although there is a light duty canopy, I’m not sure how to do heavy rain but for the price it’s a nice addition to my Gladiator.

Avoid this thing. None of the hardware fits it. There are multiple Chinese brands with this exact same awning. Seller is unresponsive and shipping back is as much as the awning. Unless, you want a massive paper weight, look elsewhere. It’s cheap and the manufacturing is terrible.

Perfect we purchased two of them ,they are great very nice quality and easy to install.

Long story short, for overlanding an awning is so much better than a popup tent. I bought two pop up tents to compare, and really there is no comparison. The awning is so much more practical and better!Did not hany any experience with any others, but this one seems really solid. The material is really sturdy, the bottom has rods which make each wall straight, opens up in a few secons and drops down. Mostly used witout the roof.This one comes with a pretty functional LED bar. Sadly I ripped out the cord, see photos (its pretty fragile) better securing would be helpful. Its literally just soldered on, and when there is pressure applied to teh cable, the pressure goes directly to the soldering.During testingt, the LED bar was solid, has 3 differnt light color modes. White light and amber (not to attract bugs).Overall very happy with it, used on a 1200 mile trip, worked solid.