Universal Stainless Steel Caravan Awning Clothesline - Twin line

In almost every case, yes. The hook & loop straps wrap around the awning arms or uprights on virtually any caravan, camper or RV, so there's no drilling and nothing model specific to match up. If you'd rather a permanent fix, the u-saddles and pop rivets go straight onto the awning arms instead.

Each line is 6.1m, which covers a typical van awning span with room to spare, and anything left over gets trimmed or coiled into the carry bag. Most vans will take both lines off the same awning. Space them a few hundred millimetres apart and you've got 12.2m of hanging space.

Most people run both off the same awning, one above the other, spaced far enough apart that a hanging towel doesn't touch the line below. That gives you the full 12.2m in one spot.

The other way people use it is to split them up. One line stays on the awning, the other goes across the back of the van, between the awning and a tree, over the drawbar, or inside the annexe for wet weather. Because each line has its own mounts and its own bag, the second one isn't tied to the first.

Absolutely. There's nothing caravan specific about it. If you've got two solid anchor points roughly 6m apart or less, you can run a line between them. Camper trailers, rooftop tents, boats, tray backs and canopies all work. So do sheds, carports, verandah posts, fence posts, balcony rails and a couple of decent trees.

The hook & loop straps handle anything you can wrap them around, and the u-saddles and rivets suit a permanent fix on a shed wall or post. With two lines you can leave one strung up at home and keep the other packed with the camping gear.

No. The hook & loop straps are the no drill option and they're included for both lines. They wrap around the awning arms, take about a minute per end and leave no marks when you take them off. That's the way most people set it up, especially on a leased or near new van.

The u-saddles and pop rivets are there for anyone who wants it mounted permanently and never wants to think about it again. You'll need a drill and a rivet gun for that route.

The lines, u-saddles and fittings are 304 stainless steel, which is the marine grade normally used on boat hardware. It's built for salt air, humidity and constant UV. It won't stain your washing with rust marks the way a coated or galvanised line will once the coating wears through at the mounting points.

If you're doing a lot of coastal or beach driving, give the lines a rinse with fresh water now and then, same as you'd do with the rest of the van. Salt build up on any metal is worth washing off.

Let's be straight about it. A standard rotary clothesline in a backyard at home has somewhere around 40m of line on it, so at 12.2m across the two lines this will hold less. What it will comfortably handle is a trip's worth of washing for a family, and that's a very different thing to a household's weekly load. Most people find a weekend away, or even a full week, doesn't generate anywhere near what piles up at home.

Two lines is roughly the difference between hanging a load and having to do it in shifts. It's the setup we'd point anyone towards if they're travelling with kids, out for months at a time, or dealing with wet beach towels on top of everyday clothes.

One thing it does better than a rotary line: stainless steel cable doesn't stretch or sag the way rope and elastic camping lines do once a few wet beach towels go on. The lines stay where you tensioned them, and if the ends settle in slightly over the first few uses, pull them back through the adjustment fitting and they're taut again.

Yes. Stainless steel doesn't perish, go brittle or fade in the sun the way plastic coated and synthetic lines do after a season or two of Australian UV. Rain won't hurt it either.

That said, we'd still suggest mounting up near the top of the awning upright where it gets sun but stays out of the worst of the weather, and packing them away in the carry bags when you're moving on.

Give them a quick run over with a warm, damp cloth before your first load. Once in a while a small amount of manufacturing residue is left behind, so it's worth doing even though it's not common. After that it's low maintenance. A wipe down every few trips, or a fresh water rinse after coastal travel, is all it needs. No oils, polishes or solvents required.

We'd suggest coiling. Leave the lines uncut, wind up the excess and clip each carry bag onto its carabiner by the zip pull. It looks tidy, and you keep the full 6.1m on both if you change vans or want to run a line somewhere else down the track.

If you'd rather have them cut to length, use bolt cutters and leave about 100mm spare. Wrap tape either side of the cut point first so the strands don't splay when the cutters go through. Just remember it's a one way trip, so measure it out properly with the line tensioned before you cut, and do one at a time so you've still got an untrimmed line if you get the first one wrong.

No. Unclip both lines and stow them in the carry bags before you hit the road. The mounts can stay on the awning arms, but a tensioned line has nowhere to go when the awning is packed away, and corrugations will work it against your paint and awning fabric. It takes about a minute per line to pull down, and it's the difference between a clothesline that lasts years and one that chews up your van.