tw1nklestar
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I have been offered an ominstore safari room but have a fiamma f45plus awning. Does anyone know if it would fit please??????
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I have been offered an ominstore safari room but have a fiamma f45plus awning. Does anyone know if it would fit please??????
The Safari Room is designed to fit inside a caravan awning rail, and is very heavy. Also, the sides and front also weigh a ton. I think you would drag your f45 off the side of the van if you attempted to fit the Safari to your awning slide.Does anyone know if it would fit please??????
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Which is exactly the same as the Fiamma one !I would agree with @Tootles about weight, I bought a second hand Omnistore 6002 a couple of years ago and adapted it to fit under the american canopy on our 5'er which is now permanently sited.
I would not consider carrying something of that weight whilst touring.
The variations in fixing brackets, heights etc would make it difficult to match up with another Omnistore awning let alone a Fiamma, not impossible but would certainly be a project.
I don't know how the Fiamma Safari Room is put together but my Omnistore has very substantial side members etc made of complicated aluminium sections.
Thanks jaws. I will probably have to pass on this then which is a shame it was so cheap it had to be too good to be true!
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I can only tell you about the one we had for our tug. Threaded the 'bag' onto the caravan awning rail, which held the 'roof' of the Safari. When this was opened out, you then attached the sides and front. Now, if you discarded the 'bag' and the 'roof', there would be a possibility that you could slide the Safari front onto your wind out awning, (if of course it was the same length), then attach the sides using the Safari side poles. But here lies a problem, as the Safari (expandable) side poles are designed to fit into 'pockets' on the van side, which come attached to the original 'bag', which you wont be using. The outside of the expandable legs go onto fittings in the original Safari front legs, which you also aren't using, therefore I cant see how you could keep the sides fixed and secure?? As Matt saves, and I concur, the Safari panels are made of excellent material, but they are very heavy......So heavy in fact, that (personally) I wouldn't risk the weight on your wind out awning's legs, but hey, I stand to be proved wrong on that. However, an interesting experiment if you decide to buy.Regarding the comment about the weight of the Safari room pulling off the awning, I don't see how that can happen
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How about looking at nets?? A doddle to put up and take down, windproof, and to a certain extent waterproof.........Thanks everyone for your help. I have decided against buying. OH is not a keen enough traveller to be interested in making it work and also has zero patience! I really wanted something to put on the sides to make a shelter for rain and somewhere to dry the dog before going into the van. Now wondering if lilypad windblockers would do the trick?
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It might be better with a eurovan jaws as the awning is generally smaller, but in 3 years of fulltiming I never found an answer except to give up with the safari room. A 4x2.5m expanse of roof flogging up and down is not to be recommended.
I did buy a Kampa rally, but after 12 months the roof started to fall to pieces, I assume it didn't like the sunlight, and the poles rusted quite badly, so that didn't even make it back to the bag, but straight in the bin. The dealer informed me that they are not intended for fulltime use.
Ian
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The Omnistore and Fiamma Safari Rooms should be rock solid with all that ironwork and connecting strips, I had to modify the side panels by having long strips stitched in the top for awning poles and connecting these poles to the drum of the canopy with home made brackets. I have now modified my original setup by adding more internal bracing and I use two lorry ratchet straps over the top to try and stop the flapping, not totally successful but acceptable. The structure has endured some quite severe weather without incident but is put up for 6 months over the Winter, definitely not a set up you would want to cart around in a motorhome.
The setup looked a little tidier this year with the addition of two vertical corner poles to attach the front and sides too, maybe a little more tweaking next Winter
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Looked at parrotsol but that reminds of something made from a builders bag