Portable Car Awnings: Better for Camping Than A Permanent Awning?
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be contacted by offroadinggear.com to do a product review video for my YouTube channel . Excited for the opportunity to do another sponsored video review, I said yes, and the product showed up to my house about a week later. From a conceptual standpoint, a portable car awning is a great option. It's very packable, only 10 pounds, and doesn't require you to permanently install something on your car. However, as soon as I unpackaged all of the contents of the (surprisingly high quality) carrying case, the negatives started to become apparent. Click below to see the review on YouTube! First, I was surprised about the excessive use of material. Although seemingly high quality, there were many places where they could have used less material - saving costs and material at the same time. For example, there were two different nylon bags each holding just two tent stakes. In my opinion, one bag for all 4 stakes would have been sufficient. Another e...