G'day Paul,

The Clipse Awning Annex is just the annex that sits under the awning, so you will need to purchase an awning separately, or fit to an awning you may already have.

G'day Pat,

The dimensions for the Darche Eclipse Awning Tent are 2m x 2.5m.  This means that as long as your awning fits these specifications, regardless of which way, the awning tent will fit!  Hope that helps.

G'day Pat,

I think Lauren has slightly misinterpreted your question. The Eclipse Awning Annex is designed to fit a 2m wide, by 2.5m out awning. The Eclipse Awning Annex is fit using the two sail tracks in line with the vehicle so you won't be able to rotate the unit 90 degrees.  

G'day Mick.

The Darche Eclipse Awning Annex 2.5m should theoretically fit with the ARB 2.5m awning, but it's hard to give a definite answer without being able to try it. The sail track is a standard size across all awnings so it shouldn't be a problem. The Darche Telescopic Alloy Pole will work well with the awning to extend the sides. The spike will go through the eyelet in the side panel.

G'day Deb,

I've gone down a few avenues to try and find this out for you with no luck so far sorry. We don't currently have a display model out of the packaging I can measure and the staff I spoke to at Darche weren't sure either when I put them on the spot. They did suggest that you could email them at info@darche.com.au and they'd follow it up after the public holiday in Melbourne for you. I hate to pass the buck, but I think this is your best bet at getting an accurate answer to this question. 

G'day Angela,

The dimension of the 2m variation of the Darche Eclipse Awning Annex is 2m wide x 2.5m deep. They have an adjustable height of 195-210cm. I did a quick bit of research and it sounds like this might be a bit too big for your awning, but take your own measurements at home and get back to us if you have any more questions. 

G'day Tania,

I thought the best thing to do here for you is to take a picture of the track that the Darche Ecplise Awning Annex is designed to fit into and you'll be able to tell if it will work on your existing setup. Hopefully, this will help out! 

G'day Eric,

The material used on the Darche Eclipse Awning Annex is similar to that of many other tents on the market, so you shouldn't have too many worries with it being too cold when you're out camping. The Annex does come with a floor and a ceiling. I called Darche about the mesh on it, they said that it's the finest mesh available and is PVC coated, so they're pretty confident it will keep all the insects out. They stopped short of labelling it "midge proof" because there's still a chance they could get through doors etc. and they didn't want to be accused of any false advertising. That said, you'd be pretty unlucky to end up with any bugs inside the tent space. 

G'day Shannon,

We've just added this little stat to our page as it was missing before but the Darche Eclipse Awning Annex has a Waterhead rating of 2000mm, which means it'll be perfectly fine in most downpours. 

I don't think you will be able to use both at once Jacinta as the sail track is required by both, but I want to confirm this with Darche.

I can't get onto them right now, but I will follow this up when they re-open tomorrow. Sorry to hold things up.

Hi Jacinta,

I just spoke to Darche and they have confirmed my thoughts. Both the Annex and the Extender Tent use the same sail track on the Eclipse awning, you will need to attach one or the other.

That being said, the Extender Tent can be used in a freestanding fashion, so other users have set up their awning with the Annex underneath, then set the Extender Tent up next to the Annex as a freestanding shelter. The only part of this that is not ideal is the gap that will exist between the awning and Extender Tent, which may let rain in between the two.

I hope this helps.

G'day Dave,

I've just had a chat with our swag expert, also Dave, who let me know that the awning poles on the Darche Eclipse Awning Annex are sold separately.