Add - A - Rooms

[canuck_girl]

Add - A - Rooms: Love them or hate them?  Discuss.

We have never had one before and I would like to get one for our hybrid.  DH isn't so sure.  We have 5 of us in "Joey" and often camp with family and friends who are still tenters so they all end up at our site.  I think it would be great for rainy long weekends.  Any thoughts?

[fritz_monroe]

We have one and we only use it on trips where we will be camping at least 3 nights in a row.  It's not overly difficult to set up, but it's too much trouble on a short trip.  But on a longer trip, or one that's not the greatest weather, an AAR is a welcome addition to the pup.

I don't know if I'd get another one or not, but since we have one, I'll continue to use it on longer trips.

[PLJ]

Add - A - Rooms: Love them or hate them?  Discuss.

We have never had one before and I would like to get one for our hybrid.  DH isn't so sure.  We have 5 of us in "Joey" and often camp with family and friends who are still tenters so they all end up at our site.  I think it would be great for rainy long weekends.  Any thoughts?

We had one also. We just never used it after about the 2nd trip. It just didn't seem big enough for us to hang out in. Instead we bought a large screen room (14 x 12) that we set up over the campsite picnic table. Great place to hang out, eat and play games even on wet days.  

We are also a family of 5 and camp with friends. It works for us.

[campingnut]

We have aar and it is good to use it if there is rain coming. I liked it when even though it was raining(hard) we could be out side!?not all cramped up in the camper we usually have 6 of us.If you look at the 30 min to set it up compared to the 4-5 hours of rain you have it's a good trade off

[canuck_girl]

Instead we bought a large screen room (14 x 12) that we set up over the campsite picnic table. Great place to hang out, eat and play games even on wet days.

That's what we are currently using.  When it is really bucketing down it is a pain to run back and forth.  Especially for meals when all our stuff is in Joey and we have to make several trips to the screen house.  We have set up our screen house right off our awning before but the amount of work to set it up and then cover the whole thing with a tarp so you don't get a puddle of water at the screen house door is probably more than the amount of work to put up an add-a-room.

[canuck_girl]

We have aar and it is good to use it if there is rain coming. I liked it when even though it was raining(hard) we could be out side!?not all cramped up in the camper we usually have 6 of us.If you look at the 30 min to set it up compared to the 4-5 hours of rain you have it's a good trade off

Only 30 minutes of set-up.  That is good to hear.  What about take down?

[canuck_girl]

Anyone have any advice for purchasing one?  Brand?  Design (i.e. how many panels, how it attaches, etc)?

[wernstriumph]

Anyone have any advice for purchasing one?  Brand?  Design (i.e. how many panels, how it attaches, etc)?

Depending on what brand awning you have, there is a guy on ebay who has A&E shademaker addarooms for $115. They attach with velcro but be sure your awning has the loop side of the velcro not the hook side.
I purchased one for my 12' fleetwood awning and when I got it, both the awning and the AAR had the hook side. As luck would have it, I had to replace my awning this year so we got a Shademaker awning to match the AAR. Now it works real good! His website is: //www.bontragerssurplus.com
 Also on ebay there are a few other companies selling AARs for $200-300
Hope this was helpful.

[ike1450]

If you are looking at a free standing screen room, I just bought a 12x12 Paha Que at Amazon for half price.  From what I have read here and on the reviews online, they stand behind their product 100%.  No, I don't work for the, but am excited to set it up whenever it warms up!

[saskcamper]

We have an add-a-room on our Jayco including the skirt below the camper. We set it up ever trip, takes about 20 minutes, and take-down time is even less. Love it, wouldn't want to be without it.

[mjdfarm]

We have one but never use it.  Its too much trouble.....It came with the camper so I dont feel too bad.

[HouseInABox]

heres another idea .... when we camp with the inlaws they bought a free standing tarp like what they use at the flea markets it's long enough to play washers under or the ball toss game....we even run lights around it attaching to the top poles --- if weather looks like it's going to be bad we put the tables under it too --- we set it up so that it meets both our camp sites and basically its just a short jump to under the unit --  he got it at our grocery store on bonus buy for $99.00 --- they use it for their camping club outings too.

i also second the screen room in front of the awning - we did that when we tent camped and only put the tarp partly over the screen room....i think a separate screen room would probably afford you more room than one on the camper and they are very easy to set up and take down.


hope some or all of this is helpful

[Done Working]

We have one that was never used. The awning has always been enough for us.

[canuck_girl]

Hmm, a free standing tarp to put between the screen house (which we already own) and the camper.  Not a bad idea.  I'll look into that.

[schaf921]

I've been looking for a 12ft AAR for my Fleetwood Tacoma.  Anyone with one wanting to get rid of it let me know and what price you want