Good afternoon Andy & Karen,
we have the Comfortz Awning Kit as well. I like it because for me it is a good compromise between providing shelter, extra room, price, weight and ease of setting up.
But I was (and maybe still) be a little bit worried when it is breezy or even windy.
Before we got the Awning Kit I got the "Brandrup Tie Down Kit" from the store:
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But this won't do it if the awning is up. With the front part of the awning in place, there is no room for the tie down kit.
So I got the following from the store:
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We have not used it as such, but it is a big bigger than expected. But I believe it will do the job. During our holiday in July I used the plastic pegs to fix the legs. I think there are two issues doing so. 1.) if the peg is too big it will damage the little foot of the leg and 2.) because the foot of the leg is rather small there is a chance to damage the leg while you hammer the peg into the ground. Because of this I got the "Awning Secure Plate".
Also we got the following pegs from the store:
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Using the plastic pegs from the Comfortz Awning Kit I managed to damage 2x or 3x on hard ground.
The next time using the awning (hopefully in October - Covid permitting) I will secure the awning like this:
1.) Use the awning plate
2.) Use the better, longer pegs
3.) Use the Brandup Tie Down kit
I hope with this the awning will be kind of ok. Never the less, if the wind gets too strong we will get the awning in, because all pressure from the wind through the sheets will go straight into the arms of the awning.
What I am not quite sure is of how to secure (peg) the awning in the first place (please don't laugh). Let me explane:
The Comfortz Awning Kit came only with plastic pegs and some rubber loops with a ball at the end. One side it is important to put some tension on the awning sheets, on the other side I ask myself are the arms of the awning strong enough to hold this tension.
I found this picture somewhere:
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I haven't tried this yet (firstly we didn't get the steel pegs with the awning), but I will try it the next time.
How do you "peg down" the Comfortz Awning Kit?
Happy California,
Eberhard