Outsunny 8' x 6.6' Patio Retractable Awning/Manual Exterior Sun Shade Deck Window Cover, Brown

With little more than a hundred bucks, this product is a great value - compare to using professional services companies to install an awning it would cost nearly 3X-5X times more. The product is very sturdy, and after it's installed, very easy to use and provides great value.A couple of minor issues with the product design, the over-hanging valance part isn't hanging in flat and striaght fashion but wrinkled (see photos), so it would be better to use an clothing iron to straighten it first before install. And the horizontal bar is slightly tilted after awning's full extension, could be due to the location of the support arms not perfrectly even.The assembly and install process is actually not that difficult, but being made much wrose by the unclear and confusing assembly instruction manual. The illustration diagrams are too small to tell the assembly details, and the descritpions are also confusing. I had to go onto YouTube to find some tutorial videos to figure out the whole assembly process.The most challenge part of the installation on the wall is to find the studs to mount the support jack or base. For homes like mine where wall exterior is covered by sidings, the typical stud finders used on dry walls won't work. So I had to use a small drill to first drill a few places to make sure I find the stud or beam, and not mounting the awning on the wall sidings which won't be able to support the awning's weight.

Well-constructed, works well once installed.The installation instructions are poor, but I found a couple of videos on YouTube that were helpful. It would actually be a fairly simple installation if the instructions were better. I installed it by myself but two people are really required to hang the awning on the brackets.

Word of Caution: I actually did what is NOT recommended and purchased this to replace the junk bag-style awning on our pop-up camper. I just couldn't help but think I could make this work because of its relatively light weight (35 lbs) and the fact that I would never have to mess with setting up flimsy support poles on the ends when extended. I figured the awning itself would work very well, and it definitely does! My worry was it becoming damaged and/or even falling off of the side of the camper while driving. I'm pleased to say that by modifying the mounting brackets just slightly, it works very well! I do still use a pair of rubber straps with hooks around the retracted awning just as a precautionary device to further hold the unit to the camper's roof rack while driving, but after a few trips on both highways and dirt roads, I would say these are unnecessary. Not only did the awning mount well to the camper, it is super easy to extend and retract! You can also extend it to whatever length you like - it does not have to be fully extended to work - this is great for higher-than-normal winds! The arms are sturdy, yet lightweight, and the solid green cloth is slightly translucent, but does provide great shade and rain protection! I've even wrapped LED string lights around the arms to light it up underneath at night! To mount, I actually had to drill holes vertically through the ends of the brackets and in the square frame tube for the mounting bolts so it would hold together without any sliding or lateral movement - everything is tightened down better by doing this. Even though this comes with several styles of mounting hardware, I did have to purchase custom nut/bolt/washer assemblies to properly mount the brackets to the camper roof, but this minor extra expense was well worth it! If this thing works super well on our pop-up, it will certainly work well when conventionally installed over a window, door, or small patio on your house/building!

Installed this awning on the side of our dock house. The materials were of surprising good quality and the overall design and installation procedure was well thought-out. Opening the box was a little daunting because it arrives with lots of parts and pieces. I just took my time, minimized the distractions and tried to follow the directions, which were poorly illustrated with little to no explanation. The parts illustrations were terrible, with basically lots of the parts pictures looking identical to one another! I assembled it in my shop on a workbench, which helped a lot, Mostly, I just needed a few metric wrenches, a screw driver and a rubber hammer. Once I figured out how it was going together it all started to make sense. The final installation went very smoothly; absolutely requiring two people to put it up into the well-designed steel brackets. It works perfectly, looks great and seems like it will last a long time. I would absolutely buy this product again.

The awning came in yesterday. It seems well built over all, but the arms do not open to the same position and will require adjustment. The instructions are BAD. Images provided are poorly done and parts of the instructions are in broken English. I followed the instructions and did not release the sleeve until the build was complete but will still have to figure out the opening of the awning so that both extensions open evenly.