Twas not me Alistair  - I am fawning for an awning and closely reading this
thread to make a well informed decision - currently leaning toward the ARB
but SB is getting some points in the later rounds.  Fiamma is above my
price range - however I may reconsider that.

Bruce

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 8:44 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Yeah, you prob could. Someone said the pool  noodle fix didn’t work for
> them, but I thought I read once, maybe it was bruce Todd? That it worked.
>
> Maybe it’s how I have the mounting brackets installed on my van, but the
> drips there don’t bother me as much as the gap between van and rear of
> awning, directly over the open sliding door.
>
> Alistair
>
> > On Oct 31, 2020, at 8:02 AM, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So, tell me this--I ask never have actually seen a SB awning--if you
> were
> > to take a large enough sheet of flexible poly sheet, could you cut it and
> > pop rivet it into the aluminum carrier so that edge away from the carrier
> > rode down in the gutter at the bottom, and if so would this prevent water
> > from going between the carrier and the body of the car?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 9:49 AM Skip L <skiplaubach@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jim,
> >>
> >>
> >> Pete O's SB looked so cooI on their Westy, so I installed the SB on my
> '84
> >> Westy a few years ago.  Indeed, it does not provide a solution to the
> rain
> >> drip on the van side, and water pools a bit on the outer corner areas,
> but
> >> the compactness and ease of set-up outweighs the other disadvantages.
> >> Plus, it only rains ...75% of the time that we're camping.
> >>
> >> My vote is SB.
> >>
> >> Skip
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:54 AM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Any concern about theft, Jack?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -MB
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 6:08 AM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Best feature I've added to my 84 Westy!  I love my ARB.
> >>>>
> >>>> I paid $290 for my ARB 814101 last April 2019, on EBay, including
> >>>> shipping!  Sold by wundercarparts.  But I think the COVID Camping
> >> Demand
> >>>> has driven up the prices, as the best price I'm seeing now is nearly
> >> $100
> >>>> more.
> >>>> Here's a photo of it installed.
> >>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/pPyVGS8oX4TCWTrk8
> >>>>
> >>>> I used the Northwesty brackets, no drilling!!!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> https://www.north-westy.com/parts/north-westy-stainless-steel-bracket-set-for-arb-awning-80-91-vanagon-only/
> >>>>
> >>>> Our friends have the Fiamma, and frankly, it only takes me a minute
> >>> longer
> >>>> to deploy my ARB!
> >>>>
> >>>> Jack R.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> >> Behalf
> >>>> Of Bruce Todd
> >>>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 12:00 AM
> >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>>> Subject: Re: Two questions about shady boy awnings
> >>>>
> >>>> Have you compared the SB to the EZY awning sold by Bus Depot?  I too
> am
> >>>> looking for next year and don't want to spend the big Fiamma bucks
> >> either
> >>>> or put up a second tent.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 7:52 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Considering adding an awning, looking at shady boy.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Question 1: Does the SB awning allow rain to enter the sliding door
> >>>>> opening—falling straight down past the gutter, for instance, not
> >>> blowing
> >>>>> in.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Question 2: Is there some alternative I should be considering besides
> >>> the
> >>>>> SB? I don’t want a Fiamma style because of the expense and the bulk.
> >> I
> >>>>> don’t want one that is a two person job that takes all evening
> >> either.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> >>> Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com
> >>>
> >>
>