Awning or add a room

[Timber Wolf]

We have the awning that I assume came new on our old Scamp and enjoy it a lot. Being an older, less sophisticated, design it is a bit miserable to put up and stow but works well once set up. I did buy some neon green 5/16" rope, tent stakes, and "D" ring rope adjusters at Harbor Freight to use in staking it down. The rope adjusters clip on the ends of the awning and make tightening/adjusting the ropes slick. I am considering adding a Clam to our kit, we get some pretty buggy conditions here in the South.

[Carl Pa]

Once you stake down the privacy panels it becomes very stable. I was at a Shenandoah campground and a storm whipped through and the clam did not budge, but a lot of other shelters did. I don`t think if a real severe wind came through that it may not work,but then we should take them down in hurry. Carl

[Kai in Seattle]

I wrote to CLAM about their colors. A rep called me and we chatted amiably for a half an hour, excellent customer service. BUT--No luck. They COULD make them in blue with white tops, but they said no retailer has shown enough interest. They said they have them made overseas, so getting a special order was pretty much out of the question unless I wanted 3800 units, their usual shipment of product.

They HAVE the material for their ice shelters, and he said they could easily use that for the CLAM...but there's that pesky numbers thing.
Soooooo, are there 3800 of you who want a blue base/white topped CLAM?

(Smiling and doubting)


He did finally suggest I consider getting a little ICE SHELTER! And you know what? I think I WILL consider it. As someone above said, they were designed to survive out on a frozen lake without tie-downs...Hmmm! The rep said they are quite well insulated. Perhaps a problem on hot days, but quite nice on some of our Pacific Northwest chillier ones.