I put same awning on 6 months ago. Now 180 gen3 is out. Free-standing with built in led lighting. Atleast it is compatible with my wall kit. I've found though where I camp I would still put my poles down even if I had a free standing. Benefit is really when you just wanna pull up on the beach and swing it out for lunch and a swim then go again.
That’s awesome didn’t know about the gen 3 something I’ll definitely check out! I don’t think i can justify a swap out for the sake of ease on setting up those poles a few minor DIY jobs and it does it! Awesome to hear!
Honestly! Ive had zero issues! In all fairness if i didn’t have the roof racks on my roof when i bought the car if it was a clean slate i think a 270° and a platform roof rack would be the go for what i want however it does exactly what it needs to being mounted on the crossbars and if i was to do it again i would do the same! Unless i had other needs or purposes for the platform where currently i dont however there is probably some benefits to the platform and that would depend on your own circumstances! Cheers for the comment I’ve never really thought about it!
I put same awning on 6 months ago. Now 180 gen3 is out. Free-standing with built in led lighting. Atleast it is compatible with my wall kit. I've found though where I camp I would still put my poles down even if I had a free standing. Benefit is really when you just wanna pull up on the beach and swing it out for lunch and a swim then go again.
That’s awesome didn’t know about the gen 3 something I’ll definitely check out! I don’t think i can justify a swap out for the sake of ease on setting up those poles a few minor DIY jobs and it does it! Awesome to hear!
Hey mate, how do you find the durability being mounted on cross members? If you could do it again would you have picked a roof platform?
Honestly! Ive had zero issues! In all fairness if i didn’t have the roof racks on my roof when i bought the car if it was a clean slate i think a 270° and a platform roof rack would be the go for what i want however it does exactly what it needs to being mounted on the crossbars and if i was to do it again i would do the same! Unless i had other needs or purposes for the platform where currently i dont however there is probably some benefits to the platform and that would depend on your own circumstances! Cheers for the comment I’ve never really thought about it!