Pop top and wind

[gareth230380]

We’re heading out tomorrow for the weekend and the weather for the next 48hr is 40mph wind.

i’m going to pitch the awning and fix down properly which should be fine but what wind speed is safe to put the pop top up in and any advise for a first time trip in windy conditions please?

 

[TripleBee]

No problems leaving your roof open.
Maybe some ear plugs if you are not a good sleeper?

 

[Scoots]

From what I’ve read in here I’d be happier with the roof up than the awning out

 

[B J G]

Gusting wind is the greatest danger.

Having had tents and caravans with awnings and witnessed tents and awnings suddenly become airbound I would not risk an open canopy awning, tied down or not being extended. What function will it serve in high winds?

My top up or down guide is based on how much difficulty I have standing still or walking in the wind.

 

[jts46]

Park with rear into wind

 

[gareth230380]

Sorry, it’s a van go manga awning, not the one on the van

 

[Azteccamper]

Sorry, it’s a van go manga awning, not the one on the van

Just got back from Cornwall and it was wet and windy in the nights. We do find it noisy with the wind - more so with a topper on. I’d wind awning in on van. As for the vango awning just make sure it’s well pegged and guy-roped down. I hate the wind.

 

[Amarillo]

5am and I’ve just wound our awning in. The Vango Hexaway remains up, as does the pop
top.

 

[HareBear Hutch]

Hello, good morning from the New Forest. We are on our first trip and it is really gusting here. We have put our roof down now but,more as going home today and,it’s not yet raining. We managed 8 hours sleep but wind was a bit blustery. Just seen a crow flying backwards! Our Hutch was shaking but we were snug and safe. Love it!

 

[SimonB]

There's a lot of advice and different people's views on when you should think about putting the roof down on this thread https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/threads/pop-roof-in-bad-weather.36557/#post-447590

 

[HareBear Hutch]

There's a lot of advice and different people's views on when you should think about putting the roof down on this thread https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/threads/pop-roof-in-bad-weather.36557/#post-447590

Thanks SimonB

 

[Kernowboy]

Three Cliffs Bay last night, many on here will be familiar with the exposure levels. Steady 45 mph with gusts well over 60 mph at several points through the night. Kept the roof down but Vango Galli attached. Galli performed admirably, not a comfortable night with regular checks and violent buffeting making for a sleepless night for me, although Mrs KB and the eldest reported a fine nights sleep in the Cali . But it held up well with no issues. More than I can say for at least half a dozen tents which were totalled during the night, and there were only a few of us who stuck it out - apparently most had either legged it early or didn't turn up at all.

 

[Azteccamper]

Three Cliffs Bay last night, many on here will be familiar with the exposure levels. Steady 45 mph with gusts well over 60 mph at several points through the night. Kept the roof down but Vango Galli attached. Galli performed admirably, not a comfortable night with regular checks and violent buffeting making for a sleepless night for me, although Mrs KB and the eldest reported a fine nights sleep in the Cali . But it held up well with no issues. More than I can say for at least half a dozen tents which were totalled during the night, and there were only a few of us who stuck it out - apparently most had either legged it early or didn't turn up at all.

Three Cliffs is a cracking spot, but a tad open to the elements!

 

[vananarama]

We’re heading out tomorrow for the weekend and the weather for the next 48hr is 40mph wind.

i’m going to pitch the awning and fix down properly which should be fine but what wind speed is safe to put the pop top up in and any advise for a first time trip in windy conditions please?

The storm last weekend (Saturday) was pretty wild down West Wales. No awning, no pop-top. Not worth the risk.


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[WelshGas]

would be very brave or foolhardy to have awning or roof up today.

 

[Daveb999]

Pop top and wind - just dont have a curry I guess

 

[gareth230380]

would be very brave or foolhardy to have awning or roof up today.

was blustery in Cardiff today

 

[Jay gas]

We are down in Weymouth and it’s blowing pretty good here. We had the pop top up last night and that was fine but woke up to find 2 of the 3 figure of eights connecting the kador strip on the deck.
no pop top up tonight and disconnected the galli 3 from the van to use as a stand alone tent. The sister outlaw and niece have joined us for thier first ever night camping they are in the awning looking like rabbits caught in headlights with the buffeting wind noise.
As the top down the little one is in my bad with Mrs gas and I get the floor in the awning. I feel a bad back coming on for the morning

 

[vananarama]

was blustery in Cardiff today

It was! Just one of a few trees I saw blown down.


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[WelshGas]

It was! Just one of a few trees I saw blown down.


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It's a wonder that aerial mast is still upright.

 

[TripleBee]

It's a wonder that aerial mast is still upright.

Well, that aerial can't have root rot like that tree!

 

[Loz]

would be very brave or foolhardy to have awning or roof up today.

Both..
tail to the wind, Cali cozy around the top, screw in pegs for the drive away awning and guys.
we’re in a Brecon, so had the full monty last night..
(taken Monday pm after setup)

 

[WelshGas]

Both..
tail to the wind, Cali cozy around the top, screw in pegs for the drive away awning and guys.
we’re in a Brecon, so had the full monty last night..
(taken Monday pm after setup)
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Well done.

 

[Loz]

Well done.

The only casualty was my Stormtech lightweight breathable jacket which was hanging up inside the driveaway awning with all the doors zipped shut when I went in this morning it was nowhere to be seen, somehow it had been sucked out of the tent and blown halfway up the campsite, I found it in the hedge.

 

[Amarillo]

would be very brave or foolhardy to have awning or roof up today.

On several occasions we have wound in the canopy and left up the driveaway and pop top, and on one occasion never put up the pop top or driveaway and slept four in a bed with excess baggage stowed in and around the driver and front passenger seats.

In strong winds it feels really hairy up top, but I do wonder how often the canvass is damaged or van blown over with the pop top left up in very strong winds. Surely it would not survive the strongest of the Caribbean hurricanes, but would it remain standing in the great storm of 1987? I wouldn’t like to bet on it by sleeping (or trying to sleep) up top, but I’d be willing to wager 50p if someone else would spend the night up there (in their own van).