I am with Gene, if I pulled my awning up at 15 mph winds I may as well never put it out. I also have lights and other tacky junk hanging from my awning so taking it down takes some time. I purchased the nice HD awning tie down kit with screw in stakes and 2"webbing straps and springs. I have had no trouble at all with 40 mph winds, but if it forecasted heavier I will roll it up. The deflappers are stricly for noise, they do NOTHING to help secure or protect your awning in the event of heavy wind. Whenever we go to Myrtle Beach we always see at least a couple awnings re located to the other side of people's RV's. A few times a strong storm rolled in with bad winds, I got mine up and quite a few of our neighbors were gone to town so I rolled theirs up. I think I did 6 of them before I had to get in due to the storm. Well when these folks came back one idiot started cussing me out how I better never touch his stuff again. Several others came over and backed me up and told him that if it wasn't for me his awning would be 20 miles away as he had no straps at all on it. The others thanked me greatly, later that evening the guy who yelled at me sent his 12 year old son over with a 6 pack of beer for me and told his son to tell me he was sorry and wrong. I don't drink so I told the son to explain that to his daddy and his daddy needed to apologize. Of course that never happened. Not sure how got off chasing that rabbit, but sobeit.
Take Care
NCH
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I found a product that I highly recommend for awnings, it is called "the claw". Their website is www.theclaw.com. It is a bit costly - but it works even in sandy soils. I frequent the beaches and have had experiences with "wind gusts" and had the pleasure and cost of replacing an awning. I also use awning deflappers, but do check the weather frequently while camping. I will put it up during storms or if a strom front is moving in, but I have no concerns about leaving it out in normal conditions, even if I am not at the campground. The cost of the claw is minimal compared to awning repairs, it is a well designed product and is superior to any other awning anchoring system that I have seen.
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