etrailer | Tapered Extension for Rhino-Rack Batwing Compact and Sunseeker Awnings Spec Review

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Hi, it's Evangeline here at etrailer, and today we're 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 the door as well as without the door. These are gonna be tapered extension pieces, creating a lotta 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 windbreaker for you. Now, as you add on, you can move them around.

If it's 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 guylines 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 Awning, 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 matte 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 kinda see through the awning itself, you can see nothing behind it.

We have etrailer, its 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 position. 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.

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 seams on the inside similar to the rest of the canvas. It's gonna be taped seams. Really nice because it's not fraying anywhere. This is going to be a very fine mesh also because that will 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. Definitely a lot better than just standing out in the wind, though. 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 stake down, it's holding up pretty well in the wind. Now, I do recommend taking up some extra guylines and stakes in case you're in even windier area. 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. 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 will help protect and maintain the water resistance of this awning. The downside is when you are using the zippers, just be very mindful so the flaps don't get caught up in the zippers which they have as I install this. My personal facts about the tapered extension with the door is you really get all of that versatility. In fact, if I could choose, I will 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 t