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Colin: Hi everyone. I'm Colin, here at eTrailer, and today we're going to take a look at Rhino racks batwing compact awning.Now this awning mounts to the roof rack of your vehicle, provides you with shade from the sun, or protection from the rain for those social events like tailgates or farmers markets or anything like that. Now the reason they designed this compact awning, is because some customers wanted something a little bit smaller, they went to those events and realized they didn't have quite enough space for that big awning that took up 118 square feet. This awning's going to be taking up about 69 square feet and give you that shade you need during those events, and not take up that much space. It's also going to be a great option for your small to medium sized vehicle that might have a shorter wheel base.Now we give you guys a quick comparison on the right side, we're going to have the batwing compact, and on the other side, on my left side, we're going to have the original batwing. Right away you're going to see the difference and how much square feet you're going to have of coverage.
It's going to have same four poles for support. It's really just going to have all the same features, the only difference being that our wingspan is a lot larger and the canvas on top is bigger.It uses two slots to connect to your roof rack. It's also going to be compatible with your pioneer rack, if you have one of those. Otherwise, if you have just a normal two cross bar roof rack, you just need to make sure you have that T-slot up front, it just slides right in on the edge.One thing to be mindful of, if you're setting this up by yourself on a windy day, the wind could catch under your awning and lift it up before you have the anchor point set. So, a simple solution is to anchor each leg into the ground before you get the wingspan completely around.
Just once you get one leg, anchor it down, spread it out more. Next one. And just keep going along to make sure it stays anchored to the ground and the awning isn't caught by the wind.It's going to come with eight of these orange guide wires that help secure your awning down into the ground, just give it more connection points so those windy days doesn't affect it too much. And the bright orange color is going to be very visible for if you're walking and you might not be paying attention, that orange color will catch your eye so you won't trip over the wires.Another thing we do want to point out about the guide wires is if you're experiencing some rain, you can set it up to where it's attached to the middle of our canvas. We have a slot right there for that reason.
So that you have a run off for the water to come off and it doesn't just pool on top of your canvas.It's going to have four of these telescoping arms that go up to seven feet, and they're also going to allow you to get your awning level on any uneven terrain. All you're going to do is twist the bottom of it, you can raise it up or down and then tighten it back down. You do want to make sure you do this before you have it anchored down.The canvas is made out of rip stop polyester, which is going to be UV, water and mold resistant. You going to have this nice bag that's going to hold all your guide wires and stakes very easily. There's also going to be a pocket on the storage case up there, where it will slide right in and store along with the awning.When not in use, it stows in its bag very easily.
You've just got to get it folded up. We have these hook and loop straps that hold it in place. And when not in use it also does have this nice cover to go over top with a zipper secured in there to protect it from any inclement weather.So the first thing you're going to do is undo your hook and loop pads on the back and begin to unzip it. Now let's go ahead and show you how to set it up. I'm going to start back here. We need to tear off the Velcro on the back so we can access our zipper. Now we can unzip it all the way to the front. All the way up. And flip the cover over, like so.Now we need to locate this pocket. Tear the Velcro off and pull out our stake pockets and ropes. Then we can just flip that over top. We'll set this aside. We'll need to come back for it. Now we can go around and tear all of our hook and loop straps off. Let
12 май 2019
