Add - A - Rooms

[mkcom1]

Looking for a 12' aar for my niagara.  Anyone that would be willing to sell let me know.  ken

[tlhdoc]

I have had one for several years and only use it occasionally, but I would not get rid of it.  

[masspopup]

I wish AAR's were easier to find USED but I guess they go with the pops they were originally used with.  They just cost to much new for the amount of use we think we'd get out of it - plus we'd like to upgrade in the future and are trying to limit what we spend on this one...

I don't believe that AAR's count as "tents" in most campgrounds, but are simply counted as part of the tent trailer itself.  This maters when you add a second or third tent (like a port-privy, screen house, or tent for the kids) and the CG has a limit on how many you can have onsite. We like as much space as possible and when it does rain, or bugs are a problem the more screened in space the better...  I think that if we did have one we'd only use it as needed given the additional set up time which is already to long but it would be nice to have.

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[PattieAM]

I have an Add-a-room for my 06 Niagara, and love it.  In all honesty, once a routine is established, it might not take as much as 30 minutes to put up.  I raise my roof all of two inches (enough for the PUP door to open), snatch the AAR pieces (3 plus a skirt), lay them out, unroll the awning, beginning center front attach the ridgepoles and AAR to the awning working out on each side, tie the side pieces to the end ridgepoles and adjust the velcro accordingly, then raise the roof a foot or two, adjusting the legs for awning/add-a-room as I go up with the roof.  Once it's all the way up, attach the elastic loops to the hooks, zip up the sides to the front, and get down on my hands and knees to do the skirting.  If you've got someone to help with this procedure it goes faster.  I do it solo.  Taking it down is faster - unzip, detach loops and ties (from the front awning poles), lower the roof a foot or more and adjust the legs down accordingly and bingo - when its at a manageable height, untie the pieces, unvelcro, take them out of the ridgepole holes and you're pretty much done (except folding).  (I cheat and cram the pieces in the entry way to the camper for easier access as it's first out and up, last in).

We love the AAR, whether for us to sit outside bug free, rain free or for our dogs and grandbabies to be in a protected space.

[tlhdoc]

On thing I would like to do to my AAR is to sew the end panels to the awning.  Then cut the end flaps so that the triangular section of the AAR end panels are permanently attached to the awning (the top section of the end panels).  Sew a zipper on the 2 pieces of the AAR where it was cut, so that there would not be any velcro/tyeing needed to use the end panels of the AAR.  With a zipper I would not have to worry about the AAR coming apart when there are high winds, and set up would be easier.

[luvourjayco]

We had an AAR with our pop up and loved it.  The AAr became our kitchen and we just used the inside for doing everything else.  It saved us many a time with the weather.  
With the 5th wheel though we find we have no need for the extra room.   I have seen one set up but it seemed almost claustrophobic.

[fritz_monroe]

On thing I would like to do to my AAR is to sew the end panels to the awning.  Then cut the end flaps so that the triangular section of the AAR end panels are permanently attached to the awning (the top section of the end panels).  Sew a zipper on the 2 pieces of the AAR where it was cut, so that there would not be any velcro/tyeing needed to use the end panels of the AAR.  With a zipper I would not have to worry about the AAR coming apart when there are high winds, and set up would be easier.

Good idea.  I never really though about doing something like this.  I would think the sewing on the awning would have to be done by hand or one of those hand held machines.  I might have to look into this, I would think it would make it easier to set up.

[tlhdoc]

Good idea. I never really though about doing something like this. I would think the sewing on the awning would have to be done by hand or one of those hand held machines. I might have to look into this, I would think it would make it easier to set up.

I am thinking of having an upholstery shop do the job for me.  I don't have a sewing machine of any type and I am sure a heavy duty machine is needed.

[JCD2007]

Do they blow around or flap in 20-25 mph winds?