Tapered Extension with Door for Rhino-Rack Batwing Compact and Sunseeker Awnings

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Hi, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. And today we'll be looking at something pretty cool which is the Rhino-Rack extension pieces for your Rhino-Rack Batwing awning. We have two extension pieces here, the one with a door as well as without the door. These are gonna be tapered extension pieces, creating a lot of space for your awning. In fact, if you get all four, you can create an enclosed space for your batwing awning. If you use one, it can create one wind breaker for you.

Now, as you add on, you can move them around. If it is a windy day, though, it is gonna create a lot of space for the wind to catch, but good thing it includes all the stakes and guidelines to keep things down. These extension pieces are a durable olive green polycotton canvas. So they clip together using hook and loop patches and they fit with your batwing on and creating all that space to work with. You can also fold them up, bring them up, really make it yours for your different adventures.

Now I'm impressed by the material this is made of, you actually have two sides to it. The outside is gonna be the mat side and this is gonna be waterproof, tear resistance and has a UV protection of UPF 50 plus. So the good protection would be at your 15 to 25 range and 50 plus is very good because it'll block those rays from hitting your skin while you hang out inside. So compared to some other tent fabric awnings, where you can kind of see through the awning itself, you can see nothing behind it. We have etrailer's parking lot behind the awning and we are protected from the view from the parking lot as well as from the sun.

So while that thick fabric is great for privacy as well as breaking the wind, what if you want a little bit of wind or a little bit of breeze since it's a hot summer day You also have the option for having this mesh door for the door version of the extension. So let's set that up. We have tabs here holding our mesh door in place. So we'll just take out those tabs and that will allow us to unroll the door and zip it up into the vision. So with our mesh door installed, we can now unzip our canvas door all the way up, and now we have a breeze going through our awning.

So as you can see, you can clip up one or the other, or both, depending on if you want the sun or the breeze or even none of the above. So this has seems on the inside similar to the rest of the canvas. It's gonna be taped seems really nice because it's not fraying anywhere. So this is going to be a very fine mesh, awesome, because that'll help keep out those flying insects as well as that debris that the wind carries, since this does not have a floor though, just be mindful that it's not completely insect free. It's definitely a lot better than just standing out in the window. Now, there will be several anchor points in this extension awning piece. You have some in the middle, you have some in the bottom and it's up to you to use them, even with just the bottom stick down, it's holding up pretty well in the wind. Now I do recommend picking up some extra guidelines and stakes in case you are an even windier area. So if a sudden storm kicks up and the rain starts pouring down, you can see here how the water just slides off that canvas. This is probably one of the most water resistant awning fabrics that I've seen here at etrailer. There's two sided zippers all throughout. So whether it's the mesh door, the canvas door, the connection pieces for the extensions or even the awning itself, you can access them all from the inside or the outside. So this is definitely different from the Thule Hideaway awning, which has more of a sliding function when you attach the extension pieces. I personally prefer the zipper because I think it's a bit sturdier. Now the downsides to zippers, but could also be a pro is if you have these flaps that go over the zippers. This is gonna be good when it's raining because then it'll help protect and maintain the water resistance of this awning. The downside is when you are using the zipper just be very mindful, so the flaps don't get caught up in the zippers which they have as I install this. So my personal thoughts about the paper and extension with the door is you really get all of that versatility. In fact, if I could choose, I would get all four extensions with this design, just because I can pick and choose if I want sun, if I want wind, or if I want both. The downside to this is it is gonna be a little bit pricier than without the door version. So you would be able to get away with getting three of the extensions without a door and then still having one access point. Now, personally, for the tapered extension, with the wall for your batwing awning, I think it works great because you still have all of that versatility. You can bring this up, so it creates another roof or you can bring it down, so it creates a tent space or a wind breaker. The downside to this is if you do want access, let's say you get four of these, your access points are going to be in the corners with those zippers. So not as accessible as if you had the door, also, they work really, really well, with keeping out the sun and the wind, and that can be a downside too, if you want some breeze flowing in through your awnings. Now we have a lot of really cool awnings here at etrailer and they are designed for different types of people and different types of adventures. So we have like the Yakima Slimshady, the Thule Hideaway awning, and even some awnings from Kelty that can also work with your roof rack. So comparing the Rhino-Rack Batwing with its accessories with those different awnings is this is going to be ideal if you are camping a lot and you need a lot of space. Let's say all your friends are out, all your family is out, you're having a big party. This is great because you get a lot more floor space and you have a lot more privacy and a windbreaker too. With the zippers, connecting everything together, everything is super sturdy. It's as close as you can get to carrying your home with you. Now, the downside to that though, is that it's not as compact as our other brands. So for example, for the Thule Hideaway awning, is a very easy roll out awning, and then you can just slide the extra walls through and that has different options for walls compared to this which just has the door versus the wall. So you have your different pros and cons but hopefully this video helped you out with seeing what type of adventures are you going on and will this work for you And that was a look at our Rhino-Rack tapered extensions for the Rhino-Rack Batwing awning, right here at etrailer. My name is Evangeline and I hope you enjoyed the journey..