Rhino Rack FoxWing Awning Review

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Having done Yakima, ARB, custom racks, and Land Rover OEM racks for years I decided with the new rig to try something new. Rhino Rack. With an Australian outback heritage I thought they would prove to be a viable product. NOT SO IN MY CASE. First fo all their directions are crap. There is nothing to tell you that certain peices that one would assume go on last, like Gerry Can holders, actually need to go on on first. Every bolt on this thing has a proprietary Allen wrench so if you lose it you are SOL and have to call Rhino Rack. That in its self would be so bad if they actually had customer support but you wither speak to a person who has no experince with the product or they refer you to a guy in the warehouse who just tells you how well his works nd offers little practical help.

I bought the large tray, light holders, heavy duty cross bars and Foxwing awning. I bought but returned Gerry can holders, highlift holder, spare tire holder - because none of them would fit because there is no room on the crossbarrs. This after the rep made sure we had the right size.

Now for the biggest disapointment and by far for those watching the funniest part of the install. The Foxwing concept is awrsome. An awning that opens to 270 degrees. It works beautifully and is awesome but my suggestion before you try and put it away for the trip home if down a bottle of anti anger pills with a good swig of something to take the edge off. After I tried twice to store it in it's own storage back that is built into it I called the compnay who put me on with someone in the warehouse. I followed his instructions to a T. The zipper broke. Then he invented this idea that I should fold is upside down and backwards. I tried this twice and looking like something out of a MOnty Python movie coupled with X rated language I tried again. The PROBLEM is there is too much bunching of the awning material and not enough storage material. Finally with all the strength it take to accomplish the Hillary Step on Everest myself and a friend got the material close enough to be able to zip it closed...........Ahh you thought we were done right! Not so fast. After a 400 mile test run to work out the bells on other parts of the trailer and rig we decided to see if the Foxwing had calmed down..........Zipper number two broken, it took two of us all we could to get the storage closed. Giving birth to a Blue Whale baby at 7,000 pounds is probably easier than closing the Foxwing!!
In addition the material used is black and will surprise me if it last six months in the desert let a lone the 2 years the warranty states. An easy fix would be a PVC bag, which I am having custom built and enough material that you don't have to hire BUDDA every time you want to use your Foxwing.
These are not the views of the manufacture obviously. My sincere hope is you have a better experince with yours as the concept it great. The opened Foxwing is Great! My advice is make the retailer open it and close it on your rig before you hand over your precious Mastercard. Because this is one of those where you the "for everything else" helpers around.
Sorry for no pics but I'll try and see how to load them.
Will

Here's the link to what it looks like as I can't seem to get the pics to post.Having done Yakima, ARB, custom racks, and Land Rover OEM racks for years I decided with the new rig to try something new. Rhino Rack. With an Australian outback heritage I thought they would prove to be a viable product.. First fo all their directions are crap. There is nothing to tell you that certain peices that one would assume go on last, like Gerry Can holders, actually need to go on on first. Every bolt on this thing has a proprietary Allen wrench so if you lose it you are SOL and have to call Rhino Rack. That in its self would be so bad if they actually had customer support but you wither speak to a person who has no experince with the product or they refer you to a guy in the warehouse who just tells you how well his works nd offers little practical help.I bought the large tray, light holders, heavy duty cross bars and Foxwing awning. I bought but returned Gerry can holders, highlift holder, spare tire holder - because none of them would fit because there is no room on the crossbarrs. This after the rep made sure we had the right size.Now for the biggest disapointment and by far for those watching the funniest part of the install. The Foxwing concept is awrsome. An awning that opens to 270 degrees. It works beautifully and is awesome but my suggestion before you try and put it away for the trip home if down a bottle of anti anger pills with a good swig of something to take the edge off. After I tried twice to store it in it's own storage back that is built into it I called the compnay who put me on with someone in the warehouse. I followed his instructions to a T. The zipper broke. Then he invented this idea that I should fold is upside down and backwards. I tried this twice and looking like something out of a MOnty Python movie coupled with X rated language I tried again. The PROBLEM is there is too much bunching of the awning material and not enough storage material. Finally with all the strength it take to accomplish the Hillary Step on Everest myself and a friend got the material close enough to be able to zip it closed...........Ahh you thought we were done right! Not so fast. After a 400 mile test run to work out the bells on other parts of the trailer and rig we decided to see if the Foxwing had calmed down..........Zipper number two broken, it took two of us all we could to get the storage closed. Giving birth to a Blue Whale baby at 7,000 pounds is probably easier than closing the Foxwing!!In addition the material used is black and will surprise me if it last six months in the desert let a lone the 2 years the warranty states. An easy fix would be a PVC bag, which I am having custom built and enough material that you don't have to hire BUDDA every time you want to use your Foxwing.These are not the views of the manufacture obviously. My sincere hope is you have a better experince with yours as the concept it great. The opened Foxwing is Great! My advice is make the retailer open it and close it on your rig before you hand over your precious Mastercard. Because this is one of those where you the "for everything else" helpers around.Sorry for no pics but I'll try and see how to load them.Will

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My opinion on having an awning is that it needs to be dead simple and quick to deploy and stow, or I’ll just be too damn lazy to use it most of the time.

I had a cheap arb style awning in the past (pre gfc) and unrolling/rolling it and dealing with velcro and legs was just annoying enough that I never really used it (coverage wasn’t great either, which didn’t help motivate me).

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With all that in mind, I ended up getting a kinsmen hardware awning, which so far I really like. I only received it last month and being winter and all, I’ve only used it a couple times, but not having to deal with poles and guy lines means I’ll use it a lot more (I’m not sure how much of a requirement the poles and guy lines are on some of the other awnings out there). I also made a little shower curtain that attaches to it with a combination of snaps and magnets which I put to use on our last trip which was nice. The fact that they have GFC specific mounting hardware was an additional selling point. It is pricey though, so there is a trade off of cost vs convenience.

I went with the driver’s side version since I have a dual swingout with my bike rack on the passenger side, so I tend to walk on the driver’s side a lot more.

The only downside is that the awning, especially when stowed, prevents me from opening my driver’s side panel as far as I’d like, but I’m also 6’5", so it affects me more than most.

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