First time with the Kampa Windbreak Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 เม.ย. 2022
- Keeping the new puppy safe and contained may be hard... but we continue the learning process with the Kampa Windbreak Pro setup.
And, of course, we pick the hardest place to practice...
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Ours is a dometic pro 5 panel (probably made by same factory) anyway first time we ‘attempted’ to put it up last year hubby was ready to bin it !! The instructions weren’t the best & didn’t really make sense…..eventually I told him to sit down & have a beer (always works) so after about 2 hours of frustration, a calming chilled beer & our common sense, we managed to do it in about half an hour.
It now takes no longer than about 20 minutes, as with everything you find your own way.
Enjoy the new puppy, we have a 9 1/2 year old choc lab who isn’t keen on the motorhome so we leave her with our daughter, if she’d have come with us from being a pup I’m sure things would be different 🤔😊 Kim
Yeah, not the best instructions (it is the same one - Dometic here in the UK, and Kampa everywhere else, apparently) - and, as you say, we each find out way!! ANd yes, the new pup is exciting and nerve-wracking all at the same time - fingers crossed!!
Hi Dave, we have the three panel version of your Kampa windbreak. In my experience the metal pegs you used in your garden will simply bend when you try to put them in to the ground on a hard standing pitch such as those typically found on C&MHC sites. I have previously used rock pegs which work when given a good belt with the mallet! However, if you opt for those be sure to check the diameter of the peg is not too large for the hole in the windbreak arm. More recently,well two years ago actually,I came across a box of quite ingenious ground pegs in Aldi. I find they work well in hard ground and fit through the hole in the windbreak arm but the ingenious part is that they are designed with a hexagonal top,of the kind found on the end of a bolt, as in nut and bolt, and come with a small ratchet which allows the peg to, in effect, be bolted in to the ground. As the ratchet itself can be attached to the end of a power drill (preferably cordless) I usually first drill a pilot hole in the ground, using a normal drill bit, then attach the ratchet to the end of the drill, put it on the the head of the bolt switch on the drill, and off you go. I find these pegs are also effective when given a belt with the mallet! Aldi normally have them in stock at about this time of year but as they are manufactured by our friends in China there may well be supply problems this year. If you are interested have a look next time you are in C-Le-St. Sorry this comment is so long winded for such a simple task!
Hi! Yes - those wire-ish pegs were just to hand, and I knew they'd get past the substrate under the astroturf - we've got rock pegs and screw-in jobbies too, which we've used on hard standing, which are always in the van. How have you found the three panel? Good?
It's the first substantial windbreak we have had other than the beach variety - stripy fabric panels/ wooden poles. I think the The Kampa is certainly a far superior proposition by that comparison but I do find that I am constantly fiddling with it to maintain its rigidity, when it's windy ironically!, plus I'm not convinced the way it's held together is as good as it could be.But that's just my humble opinion. Have fun with your new doggie !
These are a bit of a struggle. This week, for the first time, I set up two three panel windbreaks with a door unit between them, like you to contain the dogs. Getting them as flush as possible against the motorhome was the first challenge followed by getting the spacing right so that the two windbreaks met at the right distance apart to fit the 'gate'. It was the first time I have tried the configuration and, to be honest, it did take me the best part of an hour to get it right. I will admit to being pretty hot and grumpy! I was hammering into gravel hard standing to position the base plates and hammering in the 'spade' bottoms of the uprights with a rubber mallet before attaching the uprights. We are off again on Sunday and, since the weather doesn't look fantastic, I think I am just going to use the Kampa Air Pro awning which I know I can get up and furnished in about 30 minutes using screw pegs and a drill.
I get where you're coming from. I'll be looking for sites with grass alongside and no daft peg positioning, methinks, to get the windbreak on grass - for the first few times, anyway. I've also been looking at the Kampa Air awnings, even though we have the Outdoor Revolution tent awning - are they easy to get up?
@@VandromedasTravels Like all these things they do need a bit of practice. We have a motorhome and so the awning attaches via the wind out awning and I am feeding in the awning at quite a high level, not wanting to put too much strain on the windout.. My wife has arthritis and so can't really help me. The air awnings are quite heavy and initially lifting it to feed through the awning rail was not easy! I now carry a small and very light step ladder which gets me up to a better angle and then I use an awning puller, that has made everything so much easier for me to use by myself. Once the awning is attached, inflating it is easy (so long as you remember to close the valves you opened to deflate it!) and then it is just pegging down as usual. We have a Jack Russell who is pretty good at escaping through the area between the awning and the skirt that I limpet along the side of the van. I currently block it with a small fire guard which works but I wondering whether to get some magnets to sandwich the edge of the awning to the skirt.
@@TimLyon Yes - it's the order of actions which concern me, too - always seems quite a weight for the wind-out awning to pull up...
@@VandromedasTravels I only wind the awning out about a foot, just enough to enable me reach it .
@@TimLyon makes sense...
If you need something to secure your new puppy (very cute by the way) save money on skirts for your Moho and windbreaks and buy a metal corkscrew peg that pupsters lead clips onto. Puppy will only be able to wander as long the lead.
We're getting that as well... even though we've had dogs before - and trained them pretty well, David is as nervy as a new Dad....
@@VandromedasTravels oh what brilliant pup parents you are going to be. Can’t wait for your pup-dates on how they enjoy van life with you. ❤️😉🐶