Rhino-Rack Batwing Awning 270 Degree Compact Left Hand Vehicle Awning

We stole a warm/sunny day in Feb (in the Northeast!) to install this...but forgot to take a picture before putting the winter cover back onto our truck camper! We are SO happy with this awning. It was really easy to install, and it's easy to both open & put away. Will give some nice sun AND rain covering this coming summer...really happy with it.

I ordered a new Rhino rack awning but when I opened the box it had clearly been used. It was dirty and there were wear marks on the zippered bag. Also, the mounting brackets, pegs, stakes, additional hardware mentioned in the product description was not included. Very dissapointing.

Set up pretty easily, took maybe 35 min. I used the mounts that came with the awning on my rhino vortex aero bars. The awning itself looks really nice when fully set up. The legs don’t seem to strong but very easy to set up. Haven’t actually used it camping yet will update review once we do so.

The rack arrived with a damaged box, not a great start. When I opened up the rack for the first time bits of broken plastic fell out. The front plastic piece was damaged in shipping. Other than that I like the awning and it easy to set up. Im not super confident in the build quality though since its already broken,. How long Until the other plastic parts break. I am considering returning the awning since I paid full price and got a damaged one.

Love the shade. Its great. However the way it secures in the bag, puts tension on the interior top of the bag, and I've now bought 3 of them. It just wont last longer than a year before it splits open at the top. The zipper is great, the materials are great, the design, puts the securing strap into the bag, not the backing plate. Bad design there. Its about $50 a year to keep it on the vehicle all the time in replacement bags.

This thing works great on my small camper. Third piece of Rhino-Rack gear I’ve bought and all have been good quality.

I wish I would never buy this Awning it's terrible they don't take it back there is no spare parts I only used it 3 times. Not happy at all.

I was looking for a moderately priced 270 awning for my Jeep Wrangler and purchased the Rhino Rack Batwing. I've been using mine for almost a year and generally a fairly good awning providing decent rain and sun protection in a easy to set-up package. The real failing of these awnings is the weak hinge design. The plastic pivot points are designed to be the weak point and break before the awning support struts bend or the material tears in a high wind or if not tie-down and secured properly. These parts are easy to replace and not very expensive and can save damage to more expensive parts of the awning. The only problem is they are too weak and break very easily. If you are not very careful with setting up and taking down the awning you can easily break one. The good news is that you can replace them in the field without too much trouble if you have the spare parts. I'd strongly recommend you carry a couple of replacement pivots, they're not expensive and allow you to repair the awning.