Darche Eclipse 270 Awning

Wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. Awning faulty from the start. Broke first time using it. Darche refused to take ownership of the fault despite never seeing the awning in person. We had a car parked right next to mine which also had a Darche 270 on it that wasn’t even strapped down and it was fine. 270 was definitely faulty from the get go… Read more

and Darche are blaming the consumer. P*ss poor service and the quality clearly lacking.

Learn from my mistake of trusting Darche and spend your hard earned money elsewhere.

An awning let down by its transit bag – I have had this awning for a few years now and in many respects it is excellent. A small hole is worn in the awning at the front near the pivot point but I can live with that. The really irritating thing about the awning is the bag it comes in. The first bag, as is noted by many reviewers, had two faults. One was that it leaked badly and the… Read more

second is that the bag was so tight it was very difficult to get the awning tucked away. This was made worse if the awning was wet (sometimes unavoidable) and thus bigger. The zip, like all zips, is a pita when it gets dusty so managing to do this up, around the corners and over the swelling of the awning made life a misery. It would be nice to be able to get the awning out, say, to have lunch in the shade. I would never contemplate this as it would simply take too long to get it back in the bag. Darche then did a waterproof version of the transit bag and it is definitely an improvement in this respect over the Mk 1 bag. Mind you it did cost a rather pricey $180 or so. Given the failures of the original bag I reckon they should have sold them at cost. But despite all the comments from reviewers about the size of the bag no change was made in this respect. I did wonder if anyone from Darche had ever used the bag 'in the wild' because if they did they may appreciate the frustration with owners. And this is not an issue with how the awning is folded up. I have tried all manner of folding up and the bag remains too small and tight. Overall it is a good product substantially let down by its packaging

Leaking bag ruins awning – Awning itself is wonderful. Unfortunately the transit bag leaks causing mould. The bag leaked before we even got to use the awning. Awning was replaced under warranty only for the bag to leak once again. Show details

The storage bag leaks suggest buy other brand until a better bag is provided – I purchased this 270 degree awning, because i had faith the in the Darche Brand, however this is no longer the case, the bag that is meant to protect the awning when i stored / packup it on not fit for purpose as it does not stop water ingress, to the backed up awning, i have been in contact with Darche, and they sent out a seal kit, (so this in… Read more

known problem) i fit the kit, but it still leaks, have made further enquiry's now from were i purchased it, to have a solution to this problem, on the search he web have found many other that have this problem, Darche really need to come up with a better solution to this not fit for purpose bag, until they know this know issue i would recommend buying and other brand 270 awning.

Love my Darche Awning – Love my awning, huge surface area, easy to put up/down. I initially had concerns the cover was too small but I just had to know how to fold/roll it correct Show details

Poor bracket options – Just ordered my second Darche Eclipse gen 2 270 awning and my 2nd vehicle has a Rhino Rack platform rack. My issue is that the three heavy duty brackets supplied will not fit my rack. My only option is to buy three longer brackets @ $50 each from Darche. Living in Cairns, none of Darches suppliers carry stock and special orders take 7-14 days to… Read more

arrive. Darche need to increase the length of the supplied brackets by less than 100mm to fix the issue and save the consumer from having to add $150 on top of the cost of the product.

Darche Eclipse 270 awning – Purchased awning for our troopy, excellent fit on full length roof rack, also got two walls as we sleep in the back. This gives a huge area and privacy, doesn't leak been in heavy rain just need to make sure roof is sloping use ropes in middle of arms as water pools. It is a very tight fit in bag and I extended the velcro straps as they are too… Read more

short to use properly. Has a few rub holes from being folded up, I make sure zips are in right spot but couple of little holes which I covered with stick on patches the only other downside is the cover leaks! not sure if it happens when driving in rain or when parked but it has happened twice and now have some mould to try and remove which is disappointing, but overall very happy with this awning.

Darche 270 deg awning – I purchased darche 270 deg awning. The best set up I have seen as far as strength and ease of setup. Also the huge surface area it covers. The only negative point is the cover is to small to make pack up easier. I rang darche, they don't make larger covers. I'll be getting one made.

270 degrees of awsomeness – Bought this awesome awning in late August 17. This awning is extremely well made, very impressive. The rafters are constructed of aluminium and TIG welded, the welds are very clean. The rafters attach to quite thick brackets in which house the pivot point for the rafters. All the seams are taped and double stitched. There are 3 cam lock poles with… Read more

a plastic balljoint set up that attaches to the end of the rafters, these are velcroed parralell to the rafters when not in use. It also comes with 3 additional poles for windy conditions. The mounting brackets are HEAVY DUTY with gusseting and comes with three of them. These attach in the same manner as all vehicle awnings with an extruded aluminium back board in which captures the heads of the bolts that go through the mounting brackets. I found that these brackets need to be installed as close to the pivot points as possible to prevent flexing of the back board and increase th overall strength. There are several warning messages in the rafters warning of dangers of not using the awning awning poles or having it guyed down, this has a massive surface area, it catches the wind, so in windy conditions yes, otherwise it would be strong enough to handle breeze if mounting brackets placed as close to or on top of the pivot points.

This thing is expensive, it’s heavy and is tall even when packed up. Being a black cover, it gets screaming hot, becomes soft, and damages easily on low hanging anything. The cover is a neat fit, and does not have enough room for additional 3 extra poles.