FoxWing Awning

[Matt]

Those are awesome guys! I'll probably get one next year when i start bringing the family surf fishing

[LWM]

I like, now you have me thinking and I wish I had ordered one for the passenger

[Tymac]

ARB makes a decent system. Did you guys look into theirs?

Seeing those made me think how cheap it was for my boat canvas. Aluminum tent poles are another $40. I bet you could put together a system for less than $200 and have it cover more or less area as needed. Just a thought.

[Adondo]

I just looked at ARB's site. It looks like a small fraction of the area covered. That same type awning could be had by just buying a Girard or Carefree of Colorado awning from the local RV store and hanging it on the roof rack. You could even get a powered one for a push button deployment. Girard is seen on high end motorcoaches, and magically jut straight out with no visible support. They're expensive though.

The Foxwing has more area than my 10x10 commercial Ez-Up. And, you get coverage over the back end as well as side door. I measured the arm length, and it's 8 1/2' from the Jeep's corner to the awning corner, with a few inches of arm left. The flat sides are a little over 6 1/2' out from the Jeep. I'll have to do some math to see what the square footage is.

As for cost, the Foxwing's material is about as heavy as my boat's Bimini top, it ain't thin nylon tent crap. I'm still learning how to fold it up so the thing doesn't look like a python that just swallowed a rabbit when it's zipped up. That's because the stuff is probably denier 600. The rest of the hardware is heavy duty.

I might order an extension panel, having one off the back end would add to the rear covered area for a nice camp site. Or, put one at the driver's door side for extra that way. SG has them for $58 each.

[LWM]

I might order an extension panel, having one off the back end would add to the rear covered area for a nice camp site. Or, put one at the driver's door side for extra that way. SG has them for $58 each.

I picked up two extensions kits and the sand bag kit when I placed my order.

[Adondo]

I already have sandbags for the 10x10 Ez-Up, so that'll be handy. We used it for art shows in years past. Mom (the artist) is all done with outside shows these days, it's inside or nothing. I guess I might sell it, it is a nice setup, and not the cheap Costco one either. But, it's heavy and a bit much for camp trips. Try lifting a 75 lb. storage bag 'o stuff up onto your roof rack. It just about has to be raining cats and dogs before we decided to get the thing down and set it up.

With the Foxwing, setting up camp is just a matter of ''whipping it out.'' The neatest thing is the side/back coverage, you can get inside the Jeep without getting soaked. (Or sun baked)

Oh yeah, the costs of the ARB awning. The way I see it, is you'd need two $167 awnings, and then you'd still need a tarp stretched across the middle.