- This is the 23Zero Falcon 270 Awning.
Gives you tonnes of coverage both down the side
and at the rear of your car.
I'm going to show you how to set it up
and how to pack it away.
It's really easy, let's get started.
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Ben from Snowy's here folks, down here today
at the Caravan and Camping show in Adelaide.
And we're on the 23Zero stand where we're showing you
some of their products.
Packed up next to me here is a 23Zero Falcon 270 Awning.
And I'm gonna show you how to set it up
and pack it away, today.
This is how it looks when it's on your vehicle.
You get everything you need to mount it
but it's about 214 centimetres in length,
about 19 kilos in weight.
To get started setting it up, first thing we're gonna do
is unzip the PVC tonneau cover.
It's worth noting that 23Zero have got this flap
at the front of their awning here
to protect this zipper end from wind driven rain
while you're driving so there's little chance
of any water sorta getting into the cover here.
I'll also mention before I go too far,
that you can also store the extra poles you need
to set up your awning.
I've got 'em tucked up on top here
but I've got them loose 'cause we don't have the bag
for this demo awning.
But these three extra poles that you need to
for set up can fit all up in the same cover
as your awning.
We zip this open and throw the tonneau cover over the back.
So once you've got the tonneau cover thrown back,
you can see we've got three straps here to secure
all the fabric up against the frame.
We undo those, a little unroll and this frame will start
to want to come out.
Now it's worth noting that you set this up
as free-standing only for set up and pack up.
If you're gonna leave it set up,
always peg out your guide ropes so that any gusts
of wind aren't going to damage the awning.
From this point, we just let these frame
or the frames swing outwards from the awning
and we can pull this side out as well
and from here, you get a couple of straps
that come with your kit.
This is what they look like.
They've got nice rubber coated metal clips on the end
and a buckle in here to be able to tighten it.
Now we use these to tighten each end of the awning
back to the vehicle.
I've actually got one strap attached here already
to the other side of the vehicle.
We pull the awning across, we tighten the awning
right around and there's two loops on the top here.
One of them is of a guide rope.
This one here is what we want to use for this strap here,
it's actually attached to the frame.
And we loop a hook through or put the hook
through that loop, we just give that
a bit of a tighten, not too tight, just firm.
We do the same thing at the other end of the awning.
The awning comes right around the back of the vehicle here,
and we grab a hook or a strap.
We hook it in anywhere on the vehicle,
just give it a bit of a tighten once again.
Not too tight, just firm so that the poles
aren't flapping around too much.
So the awning is now set up in free standing,
but we don't want to leave it setup like this for long.
Particularly in windy weather, so we need to
put the poles in place and peg it out with some guide ropes.
So there's two poles that are pre-attached to the awning.
There're straps here to secure it up against this rafter
we fold these down, they're extendable poles
and give that a twist, let it drop to the ground.
Just take a bit of weight off of the rafter here
Which is on this pole and there's one more poll
on the other end that we need to drop down as well.
Now there's three more poles we need to put
in place to set it up.
To give it all support it needs and they come included
with your kit.
Now these poles have both the spigot on one end
and a ball joint on the other.
The ball joint's beneficial in that you can
replace the existing poles on the awning,
the drop down ones, should anything happen to them.
But in this instance, for the last three rafters,
we need to flip them over this way
and use the spigots.
Now these spigots fit inside a little hole on the rafter
at the top here, on both this centre rafter
between the two drop down poles.
Also on the rafter that runs to the back
of our vehicle there, and one more that runs
down to the front of our vehicle there.
Now we've got all the poles in place
but we're not quite set up yet 'cause we need
to secure the awning down.
Now you get all the guide ropes and pegs you need
to secure in place, you need to attach the guide ropes
to these loops, which exist at the end
of each of these arms.
So you got another one up here as well.
And you've also got peg points or guide rope points
in the middle of each wall.
Now these are actually for rain gutters.
You attach your guide rope to this,
tighten it a little, it gives a bit of an angle
on the wall there and allows the water to run down
and away from the awning.
Now one last thing I'll mention about setup
is this little flap of fabric here.
And this has got a little eyelets in the cornice here
now what this is designed for is to close this gap here
so you don't get weather in so we can use the eyelets
to tie it back to our roof rack there if we like.
And that's then closing off most of the weather
between our vehicle and the side of the awning.
Now the extra benefit of this is it does actually come out.
We can remove the whole awning and it actually attaches
in a sail track on the rear arm as well,
to allow us to either the close the gap here,
or the gap above our rear tailgate.
Now that's the Falcon 270 Awning all set up.
That's pretty easy all by myself.
Pack up is just as easy.
First thing we wanna do is remove all the guide ropes
that we've got in place which we haven't done today.
Second thing is to remove all the loose poles
and just put them down on the ground in front
of where we're gonna pack it up here,
and then we can fold the attached poles up
against the rafters.
So now we just gotta remove the straps
at each end of the awning and it'll all start to fold in.
Now from this point, just take some time
to make sure all of this fabric isn't folded up.
It's gonna make rolling it up back in the bag
a whole lot easier.
And the first thing we wanna do is push these two poles
that are the front side of the awning
in against the backing plate and just try
and straighten this fabric as best you can, as you go.
And then we grab the other three poles.
One of them sits below the other.
This one sits in front of them all,
And push that up against it as well.
Now from here, once again, just check the fabrics
and make sure it's not bunched up like this.
If it's nice and flat, it's gonna roll up back
into the bag so much easier.
Once they're flat, we can then start
to roll this fabric up nice and firm
from the bottom upwards.
And when we get to the last little bit,
we don't roll it, just kind of fold it up
so it sits in front of the poles there.
Now I'll give a little tip here that I've just discovered.
Before you push all this up too firm,
just make sure the other end of this strap
isn't stuck in behind the frame there.
Just pull it out before you tighten anything up
because once you tighten it up, it's hard to get them out.
And that's the awning secured back up
against the backing plate.
Now I'm going to grab my poles from down on the ground here.
Now normally they used to be in a bag
to make it much easier to pack up,
but they can actually just sit up on top here for pack up.
Or hold them there in place while I pull the tonneau cover
over the top, and we can then zip the awning away.
Now this cover is oversize so this is doing up
like an absolute breeze.
Nice and easy.
From there, we've got this little flap at the end here,
put it over the top of the zip to protect that
from water once again.
That is our 23Zero Falcon 270 Awning all packed up.
That was really easy to set up and pack away,
all by myself.
Now I reckon these are a great balance
of the shelter you get down the side
and the back of your car and it weighs only 19 kilos.
And so easy to use.
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