Fiamma tie down kit - worth it or not?

[Peter Clark]

From Funsters experience - is it worth buying a Fiamma kit for £24 to secure your awning?

Or just buy some cord and tie it on to whatever comes to hand?

 

[MisterB]

Thanks everyone, just ordered one from parrotsol

 

[jezport]

Thanks everyone, just ordered one from parrotsol

Thanks, will send your Tiedown kit out on Monday.

 

[ChrisL]

These ground anchors are very good in conjunction with the fiamma tie down kit if the ground is soft.

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[MisterB]

These ground anchors are very good in conjunction with the fiamma tie down kit if the ground is soft.

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im just waiting for a cheap but reliable battery powered drill/screwdriver to become available so i can the use some sort of srew in pegs, not sure i would need something that substantial though, but thanks for the heads up.

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[chris McKenny]

From Funsters experience - is it worth buying a Fiamma kit for £24 to secure your awning?

Or just buy some cord and tie it on to whatever comes to hand?

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Yes , but have recently changed to the one from Nick knacks or Mohow , as plastic clips broke on fiamma one , far superior easy means of securing .

 

[maison]

From Funsters experience - is it worth buying a Fiamma kit for £24 to secure your awning?

Or just buy some cord and tie it on to whatever comes to hand?

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Only if you want to keep your awning following high winds.

 

[Rob Turner]

I use a length of 6mm cord and a piece of re bar bent over for the peg.
Tie it with a compound knot (Truckers Hitch) so it can easily be adjusted or undone in a second.

Works for me.

 

[jezport]

I use a length of 6mm cord and a piece of re bar bent over for the peg.
Tie it with a compound knot (Truckers Hitch) so it can easily be adjusted or undone in a second.

Works for me.

And if you put 4 dustbin lids around a skip you have a motorhome

 

[MisterB]

Only if you want to keep your awning following high winds.

Thanks but it would never be our intention to leave it out during any potential wind 'issue', we even usually put it away every night as the creaking keeps us awake ....

We rarely travel far from our motorhome and if we did and there was even a gentle breeze, we would usually wind it in, I'm hoping that we could potentially leave it a bit more.

I know we could get caught out, but I'm planning on avoiding the risk as opposed to combatting the risk.

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[Chris Summers]

From Funsters experience - is it worth buying a Fiamma kit for £24 to secure your awning?

Or just buy some cord and tie it on to whatever comes to hand?

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I have 2 for sale for £10 plus postage

 

[Don P]

Drat, you could have had mine for £10.

Hi TUCANO - I'm happy to give you £10 for yours as I was also considering getting one!

 

[Camper Sue]

IMHO yes it is worth the money the springs give a little more flex and allows a bit of give plus the straps are quite wide thus not cutting into anything

I improvised with a strap and bit of old kit. Mistake. Actually bent things so now I cannot close the cassette totally. Expensive short cut. I now own a proper Fiamma tie down kit.

 

[ChrisL]

I improvised with a strap and bit of old kit. Mistake. Actually bent things so now I cannot close the cassette totally. Expensive short cut. I now own a proper Fiamma tie down kit.

If it's just one end that isn't closing, try completely unrolling the awning and then winding it back in slowly, if that doesn't work you can stick a strip of gaffa tape onto the upper edge of the awning close to the cassette on the side that's sticking out, this will slightly increase the diameter of the rolled awning hopefully pulling the sticking out bit back in.

 

[maison]

Thanks but it would never be our intention to leave it out during any potential wind 'issue', we even usually put it away every night as the creaking keeps us awake ....

We rarely travel far from our motorhome and if we did and there was even a gentle breeze, we would usually wind it in, I'm hoping that we could potentially leave it a bit more.

I know we could get caught out, but I'm planning on avoiding the risk as opposed to combatting the risk.

My slightly flippant comment was occasioned by a holiday in Switzerland where we, as usual, tied our awning down.

One evening a “get together” was held at the bar/restaurant and we attended together with many others. Without warning a strong wind struck the site lifting tents and damaging awnings through the central portion of the site, leaving the rest untouched. Although in the path of the wind we “got away with it” unlike many others.

Throughout the evening we were never more than 300m from our m/h but could not have got back in time to avoid damage if it had not been tied down.

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[Ridgeway]

We have the Peggy Pegs kit too and think it's a great system. Plus their foot anchors are way better than just pegging the legs down by the feet: you can use more pegs and it's quick release in case you need to take it in in a hurry. Plus you only have to peg it down once: just leave the foot plates in place when you wind it away, and slot the legs back in when you put it out again.

Same here, great kit for awning tie down, more secure and easier to use.

 

[Rob Turner]

And if you put 4 dustbin lids around a skip you have a motorhome

To be fair there’s nothing on the market that is worth paying for. I’ve tried different ones over the years.
Crap fittings
Crap straps
Crap pegs.

I will take a look at the Peggy Pegs though.

 

[Barriesimpson]

Mine came with the tie down kit included. Still haven't used it mind, well, haven't even opened up the awning completely either because we still haven't been on a camp site yet.

 

[jezport]

To be fair there’s nothing on the market that is worth paying for. I’ve tried different ones over the years.
Crap fittings
Crap straps
Crap pegs.

I will take a look at the Peggy Pegs though.

We have used These for 12 years and 3 vans, no plastic to break, and we have had stormy weather come from nowhere and survived.

 

[JJ]

Awnings are items which just tie us down.

Live free... let's do away with our awnings and wind breaks and ground pegs.

Always ready to move onto the next adventure and the greener grass just over that hill.


JJ

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[Barriesimpson]

Awnings are items which just tie us down.

Live free... let's do away with our awnings and wind breaks and ground pegs.

Always ready to move onto the next adventure and the greener grass just over that hill.


JJ

Yeah, we need to stop showering too, that would save 100kg on the payload. Oh, and how about shit***g in the woods too?

 

[pxh38257]

Having had a sudden gust of wind that took our wind out awning over the top of our motorhome causing around £250 worth of damage I.e cost of just replacing the bent parts, fitted by myself in about 2hrs.
Yes a proper tie down kit is worth it.

 

[jezport]

We use tiedowns, leg plates and rafter poles. I've seen too many disasters and heard too many stories so I'm a bit paranoid

 

[Folkranger]

The quick release clip on mine broke, therefore no more use. Replaced the whole lot with ratchet straps, which are difficult but won't break in a storm.

 

[jezport]

The quick release clip on mine broke, therefore no more use. Replaced the whole lot with ratchet straps, which are difficult but won't break in a storm.

You don't want any plastic clips, they all break in the end. They could make them out of a better plastic but choose not to.

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[Folkranger]

You don't want any plastic clips, they all break in the end. They could make them out of a better plastic but choose not to.

They could make them out of thicker plastic. The pins on these are so skinny.

 

[Don P]

I have 2 for sale for £10 plus postage

Hi Chris Summers - if you'd email me please on donrpritchard00@gmail.com I'll take one off your hands! Cheers,

 

[Tonks]

You don't want any plastic clips, they all break in the end. They could make them out of a better plastic but choose not to.

I use the Fiamma Tie Down Kit which doesn't have any clips. The fixings are metal, and there's a tension spring on one end to allow for some movement. OK, it may be slightly more of a faff to deploy than the ones you slot into the awning rail channel (it goes across the top of the awning structure, underneath the canopy itself) but I personally prefer it. Plus it fits any roll out canopy up to 600cm w and the way it fits means it's easy to use side or front panels with it.

 

[TheAleMan]

Tie down kit worth it ? Definitely..it could actually save the day.

 

[Towat101]

From Funsters experience - is it worth buying a Fiamma kit for £24 to secure your awning?

Or just buy some cord and tie it on to whatever comes to hand?

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I would say don't put the awning out in if there is as much as a light breeze.

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[Folkranger]

I use the Fiamma Tie Down Kit which doesn't have any clips. The fixings are metal, and there's a tension spring on one end to allow for some movement. OK, it may be slightly more of a faff to deploy than the ones you slot into the awning rail channel (it goes across the top of the awning structure, underneath the canopy itself) but I personally prefer it. Plus it fits any roll out canopy up to 600cm w and the way it fits means it's easy to use side or front panels with it.

I had that one until a freak thunder/hail storm blew the awning over the roof. Cost the Insurance a grand which I paid back in increased premiums.

Now as well as front straps I have the rafter and the more sensible magic rafter.

The problem with the long single strap was it allowed lateral movement of the awning and the legs buckled. From then it just took off. That's just my experience.