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I was looking through the Fiama accessories, then watched the video on this room... Pretty cool :)

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I really appreciate the info, Buzzy. The privacy room for us would mainly be used as a wind break. I don't know why, but bad weather follows us like a lost puppy. Inevitably, when we camp, it will be 40° and rainy with a 30mph wind. In fact, the primary motivation for our Oliver is so I can eat my eggs in the morning without worrying about my fork freezing to the plate. Then again, maybe we should just avoid Big Bend in December. Cooking outdoors in the wind is no fun, and I plan to resist giving in to nature and hunkering down in the Ollie as much as I can. So, a wind break of some sort is imperative. And then there's the issue of protecting the awning itself and not wanting to reel it in every time the wind picks up - I think the privacy room would go far in that respect. When it comes to wind, I've learned my lesson the hard way - you can always spot my tent at a campground because it's the one that looks like it's been trapped in a spiderweb of tie downs. So at a minimum, we'll order at least one of the side panels and also get really good tie downs, if not from Fiamma then elsewhere. Of course, when a single gust of wind could lead to a multi-thousand dollar repair bill, we'll probably make more conservative decisions with the awning than we do with our current tent and canopy. I think this is probably our wish list - who knows if we'll end up with any of it: Privacy Room Light (400? I don't see that they have a 450 for the Light version) Tie Downs Rafter Pro - it looks like you can install multiple rafters if you want Magic! Poles - door pole, font and side magic poles Rain Caps MegaBag Repair Kit Also, the Blocker or Blocker Pro might be good options if you don't go with the full kit. They have some lighting options, but I don't know if those are necessary with the Ollie's outdoor lights, maybe supplemented with some string lights. Their Skirting Kit looks nice if you can make it work with the Ollie. I think it would be nice if Oliver could provide some snaps or something to attach a skirt, though perhaps that's easily added after the fact. The three issues with the privacy room are price, storage, and time to put up and take down. Hopefully, it packs up fairly compactly. The set up and take down time will probably limit its use for us to multi-day stays, probably three days would be the minimum cutoff for us.

Overland, I don't know if you've seen this yet, it provides good information on their unit. http://www.ra.danfoss.com/TechnicalInfo/Literature/Manuals/06/application_guideline_bd_solar_09-2005_pa100a202.pdf