I stake my Fiamma down all of the time. If it's really windy I won't even
bother putting it up. Not worth the risk with any awning...

Abel.
On Nov 14, 2015 12:27 PM, "Jason" <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fiamma.  Hands down, would not even bother with others.  I helped someone
> assemble one of the other popular models once, then truly appreciated my
> Fiamma.
>
> Jason
> Uberbus
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Just got back from our Gettysburg 6 day trip. Westy ran great had rain
> the
> > last 2 days. Now is the time to think about another type of awning. We
> have
> > and love our Bus Depot awning which is perfect except trying to put it up
> > during a cold November rain storm. I thought about getting a Fiamma
> (price?
> > Expensive) from GOWESTY because I could put it up easily and quickly in a
> > rain storm. But I understand that it will leak water at the Westys
> sliding
> > door area when raining. It is probably great for shade but I am more
> > concern about the rain and me not getting soaked opening the awning. With
> > the bus depot awning , If we are at a camp spot just for the evening it
> > makes a hassle to put the awning up and then packing it away again. We
> > always cook and grille our evening meal outside. It would be nice to stop
> > for the evening, crank out the awning quickly and set up my barbecue
> > grille. Any thoughts or should I just have fun using the Bus Depot awning
> > and getting wet.?
> >
> > Drying off in Vermont,
> > Dennis
> >
> > Dennis Jowell
> > Scotch Hollow Farm
> > Newbury, Vermont
> >
>