I've been meaning to update this thread for some time. Someone asked me about my awning in another thread and sparked my failing memory.
The Good: The Keder rail/chord system is awesome.
• It's easy to deploy
• It's maintenance free
• It provides dry space all the way to the camper (no gap like a pop-up shelter)
• You can leave the door open when it's raining
• If it's not too windy you can leave your junk out in the rain
The (very) Bad: The Pahaque awning is a POS.
After about 18 months of use the red fabric disintegrated due to UV exposure. I could poke my finger clear through it. The gray was fine. After repeated calls and emails to get some warranty help from Pahaque they eventually ignored all my attempts to contact them, so I gave up. Note: We camp 80-100 nights/year, so it did get a lot of UV abuse.
I then found this awning:
https://www.rei.com/product/176673/i...camp-2xx-cover
Perfect (almost):
• Far superior material
• Far better poles (replace the Pahaque poles twice)
• Way easier to deploy
• Doesn't pool in a heavy rain
• Handles wind much better.
• It's been 18 months and no UV issues.
The Almost:
The iKamper awning comes with a zipper rather than the Keder rail/chord. I had a local company sew the Keder chord on over top the zipper.
I have also made some improvements to how I attached the Keder rail to the Aframe. If there's interest I'll update again.
Obviously this was a lot of work (mostly figuring things out). But we camp a lot. I can't be in the sun much anymore and we hate sitting in the camper waiting out a rain. So it's worth it for us.