I had a Carefree Sidewinder II awning for 15 years.  It was
very good, but was totally manual.  I got a crankout
model from them.  It is OK.  The design is from some one
in Europe--same company that Fiamma uses; I think their
patents control crankouts.

Anyway, my Carefree seems like Version A compared to a
Fiamma which seems like Version B.  Plus, Fiamma is cheaper.

I advise lookie loos to buy Fiamma over Carefree.  Plus,
Steve is a great guy to deal with.

Richard
(in Boulder, next door to Carefree who won't deal with me,
only a dealer....)