Awning Owner Satisfaction Awards

Our fifth Awning Owner Satisfaction Survey was conducted between 26 March and 17 November 2024. Before we started collecting the data through these surveys, there was little information about the quality of awnings available, even though it is a large market in the UK, so we felt it was time this was rectified.

There were four types of awnings covered in the survey – caravan full awning, caravan porch awning, motorhome and cassette ones. Those who completed our survey had bought a new awning since January 2021.

Best Caravan Porch Awning | Best Caravan Full Awning | Best Motorhome Awnings

Caravan porch awning

This type of awning fits along the top part of an awning rail, providing a covered entrance to the caravan door and not much more.

Caravan full awning

This category covers two types of large caravan awnings. The first is the traditional awning style, which covers one complete side of the caravan. It is fitted along the whole length of the awning rail from the ground on one side to the other and is sized to fit a specific model of caravan. The second is also known as a large porch or universal caravan awning. It connects along the majority of the top horizontal part of the awning rail and covers most of the side of the caravan.

Motorhome awning

This covers both drive-away awnings, tent-like structures that can be left on site when you take your motorhome off site, and the more traditional caravan-type awning that fits to the side of the motorhome.

Cassette awning

A cassette or roll-out awning is permanently attached to the side of your motorhome or caravan and the fabric can be unfurled on site to provide a canopy cover. There have not been enough responses in this category to make any awards so far.

2025 Awning Owner Satisfaction Awards

This year’s Owner Satisfaction Survey ran between 26 March and 17 November 2024 and garnered around 300 responses, from people who had bought a new awning since January 2021.

As in previous years, the more mature campers dominated the responses, with only around a fifth of surveys being completed by those under 55 and around 45% being 65 or over.

Four fifths of those surveyed camp as a couple with a further 10% camping with a family unit.

Our awning owners are prolific campers, with fewer than one in ten camping three times or fewer every year and more than 20% heading out 11 or more times.

The proportion of awnings bought online has been dropping over the last three surveys, down from 47% in our 2023 Awards to 29% this time. Average prices have also dropped compared with our last survey, with the average price of a caravan porch awning dropping 5% to £684, motorhome awning prices by 6% to £612 and caravan full awning prices falling by almost a third to £826. Around a third of respondents paid full price for their awning, with the rest getting a discount of some kind.

The most popular model owned by our respondents was Kampa’s Rally AIR Pro, followed by the Dometic Club AIR and Vango’s Balletto Air. Nearly three quarters of awnings had inflatable-tube frames, a proportion that has increased again this year after dropping from its highest point of nearly 80% in the 2022 Awards round.

Size was by far the most popular reason for choosing a particular awning, with price being the second. Quality, easy of pitching and precise fit to the caravan or motorhome vied for third place. Price has become increasingly more important over the last three surveys.

Quality of zips and other fastenings and method of pitching were the most significant influencing factors, with fabric choice coming a close third. These results were very similar to previous surveys.

Overall, 49% of owners said they were ‘extremely satisfied’ with their awning, where satisfaction was marked on a scale of 1 ‘not at all satisfied’ to 10 ‘extremely satisfied’. Only 4% gave a mark of 5 or lower on this scale.

Space and waterproofing scored an excellent 9.2 for owner satisfaction, with the durability of the outer fabric scoring 9.1. The quality of pegs is still at the bottom of the table (averaging 7.1).

More than three quarters of owners didn’t have any defects in their awnings, though 6% had problems with the awning frame and 5% had damaged fabric.

Overall, 87% of owners would buy the same make of awning again, a number that has barely changed over the last three surveys, with only 5% saying they would not.

Winner: SunnCamp 94%
Highly commended: Isabella 93%

Previous winners

2024 Isabella

2023 SunnCamp

2022 Isabella

2020 Vango

This type of awning fits along the top part of an awning rail, providing a covered entrance to the caravan door and not much more.

We’ve seen the porch awning accolade pass back to SunnCamp this year, leaving Isabella in second place, in this fiercely-fought category. There was less than one percentage point in it this year.

Winner: Isabella 91%
High commended: Dometic 89%

Winner: Isabella 99%
Highly commended: SunnCamp 97%

Previous winners
2024 Isabella

2023 Isabella

2022 Isabella

2020 Isabella

This category covers two types of large caravan awnings. The first is the traditional awning style, which covers one complete side of the caravan. It is fitted along the whole length of the awning rail from the ground on one side to the other and is sized to fit a specific model of caravan. The second is also known as a large porch or universal caravan awning. It connects along most of the top horizontal part of the awning rail and covers most of the side of the caravan.

Once again Isabella has won this category with a massive 99% satisfaction rating. SunnCamp is runner-up with a figure that would have placed it at the top of the table in last year’s awards.

Winner: Dometic and Kampa 92%
Highly commended: OLPRO 90%

Previous winners

2024 OLPRO
2022 Outdoor Revolution
2020 Vango

Our motorhome awning category covers drive-away awnings, tent-like structures that can be left on site when you take your motorhome off site, and the more traditional caravan-type that fits to the side of the motorhome.

Dometic and Kampa share the honours for motorhome awnings this year, both companies belonging to the Swedish Dometic Outdoor group.

Worcestershire-based OLPRO dropped to the runner-up position, but still scored more highly for its customer satisfaction than it did last year, when it won this category.

2024 Best Motorhome Awnings

Our winner this year is OLPRO, a relative newcomer to the camping industry but OLPRO’s awnings are now a familiar sight on the campsite and they are clearly proving popular with their owners.

2023 Best Motorhome Awnings

2022 Best Motorhome Awnings

The 2022 motorhome awnings winner Outdoor Revolution sells a wide range of awnings, from basic lightweight poled to large inflatable tube versions.