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I will chime in on the auto awning. As has already been said --- don't rely on the auto close to save your awning from the wind!!!!!!!!! The wind sensor MAY be ok for gradual increasing winds, but it can't withstand a quick strong wind surge. This summer, we left on a perfectly clear day for a couple of hours. Before we got back, a summer storm blew up here in Texas, and a wind surge ruined our auto awning. It did manage to roll up the awning at about 6 feet off of the ground, but tore it completely out of the upper track, and bent the mounting arms.

The point - never go away with the auto awning out, and just know it is never out of danger, if it is out!!!!!!!!!!!

That same storm blew an 18 wheeler over on the Interstate, a few miles from where we were.