etrailer | A Closer Look at the Rhino-Rack 270 Freestanding Batwing Awning

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Today, we're taking a look at the Rhino-Rack 270 Batwing Freestanding Awning. This is a huge awning with a lot of shade as well as a lot of features to it. The 270 Batwing design has been around for a while. I've seen it out in the wild and what always impresses me every single time is how quickly people set this up. And once we have it set up, you now have UV-resistant, heavy-duty polycotton, weather-resistant fabric protecting you from quick rainstorms as well as the sun, all in a matter of minutes. Use it with legs or without legs, as you can see from the rest of these arms.

Now, not everyone can use this awning because of its weight. So we're gonna focus in on if this is the right fit for you, your vehicle, and your adventures. So if you're curious, stick around. What is a 270 awning It is an awning that wraps around your vehicle. Now, the Rhino-Rack Batwing is available as a driver's side or passenger's side awnings.

So you have to pick which side of your vehicle do you want to start wrapping around. With this, you get a lot of shade and a lot of coverage, compared to your straight-out awnings. For those who want to create this entire campsite around their vehicle where you have spots for everything you may want to do, a 270 awning, like the Batwing, is the way to go. Awning attach to the roof, supported by six very heavy-duty struts. So these struts bring our awning out, have all that fabric out, and are creating all that shade.

So with that in mind, a lot of people start creating rooms, they have additional add-ons where they can create walls, and really start building out their campsite. Now, with this being freestanding, as you see here, no legs, but if it starts to get a little windy or maybe you want a little bit more structure, you can always bring these legs down and secure them to the ground. (leg snapping) Whether you're parked on turf, gravel, rocks, or dirt, this awning still works. Height of your awning, well, that's determined by the height of your vehicle. You do have a little bit adjustment, though.

You could put it in the lower position or the higher position on the brackets. I have it in the lower position because this is a tall vehicle and I am not. So being able to customize it for your own adventures is pretty nice. You can also customize the support, which we just talked about previously, and that, it can be done by the legs that start stored inside the struts. So if you find that you need a little bit more support, then you can always undo those straps holding those legs in, (Velcro crunching) (Velcro crunching) and then bring the legs down. You might notice that the freestanding awning does move a little bit as it freestands and it does taper down a bit because it's heavy. So when we talk about height, you can also make a little bit of adjustments to that height with the legs if you want it to angle a little bit upwards. With a quick twist, that leg is in place. You have plenty of guidelines with this awning. The guidelines have an S hook that you can tie up at the end in order to go around the straps of your awning. And then, you also have a tension adjuster on the other end. So you just put the adjuster on your guideline and then you hook the other end to a stake, stake down in the ground. So you just adjust by pulling that parallel and then this will then pull tight against your guideline. Wanna see one of my favorite campsite party tricks It's how quickly I can pack up and get out of there. (fingers snapping) So to do that, you start by stowing away the legs. Now, cut me a little slack. I already have all the guidelines packed up and I added some slack to the hooks. But the general process is still gonna be the same. With all your legs stowed away, you're gonna go over to the hooks in the front as well as the back. So let's start with the front. Getting up there and unhooking our awning, just like that. We can let this hang inside for a bit as I bring the rest of the awning towards the back. And let's go over to the back where we will see that there is yet another hook keeping that in place. Once you get that hook, that will be the last one. Then, we're going to a top view so you can see how those arms interact. Now, this is a little tricky on taller vehicles, but you want your front arms to go in first and to stow away. (awning rustling) Now, we do have the straps pinched behind there for now, but I'll fix that later. I do wanna show y