Camco RV Awning Sun Shade Kit, Blue, 4 ft 6 in x 10 ft

The Camco RV Awning Sun Shade Kit solves the one thing a patio awning can't do on its own. It stops the low sun. Your awning throws great shade at midday, but come late afternoon the sun drops under the edge and lights up your whole patio area. This shade panel hangs down along the length of your awning and cuts that glare, so you can actually sit outside when the sun's low in the sky.

This is the blue version, sized at a 4 foot 6 inch drop and a 10 foot length. The drop is how far the panel hangs down from your awning toward the ground. The length is how far it runs along the awning. Ten feet covers most standard RV patio awnings, and the 4 foot 6 inch drop is tall enough to block sun and sightlines without dragging in the dirt. If your rig runs a longer awning, Camco also offers this same shade in a 15 foot length.

Before you order, it helps to know your awning's length. Measure the fabric side to side, not the roller tube. If your awning is right around 10 feet, this kit fits cleanly. If it's noticeably longer, step up to the 15 foot version so you're not leaving a gap at one end where the sun sneaks back in.

We'd recommend this for anyone who camps in open sites where the afternoon sun comes in sideways. West-facing sites, desert spots, lakeside pads with no trees. If you've ever had to roll up the awning at 5 PM just to escape the glare, this is the fix. It's also a nice privacy screen. Park next to a busy neighbor and the shade panel gives you a little wall on the patio side without closing everything in.

The real payoff is temperature. Blocking direct sun off your patio keeps the space under the awning noticeably cooler, and it takes some of the heat load off the side of the coach during the hottest part of the day. If you run an air conditioner, anything that keeps the sun off the RV helps it keep up. Small change, real difference.

Setup is quick once you've done it the first time. The panel runs along the length of your awning and ties down at the bottom so it stays put. Most folks leave it stowed with the awning and drop it into place after they're set up at the site. It's a shade panel, not a solid wall, so you'll still get airflow and some filtered light coming through, which is exactly what you want on a warm afternoon.

Blue is an easy match for most RV awning fabrics and reads a little cooler in the sun than the darker options. Camco makes this same shade in black and brown if you'd rather blend with a darker setup. Whichever color you run, the sizing and the function are the same. Pick the drop and length that fit your awning, then pick the color that fits your rig.

Think of it as one piece of a complete campsite. On a bright, open site the awning handles the sun overhead and this panel handles the sun coming in from the side, so together they give you a genuinely usable outdoor room instead of a patch of shade you keep chasing all afternoon. It's the kind of upgrade you don't think much about until the first hot day you spend with it, and then you wonder how you camped without one. Snowbirds parked in the desert and weekenders at a lakeside pull-through both get the same benefit, more shade, less glare, and a cooler place to sit.

One honest note. Like any panel that hangs off your awning, this one catches wind. Stake or tie the bottom down at every setup, and bring it in when the weather turns or you leave the site. Treat it like you'd treat the awning itself and it'll give you a lot of good seasons. For the money, it's one of the easiest upgrades you can make to how your campsite actually feels on a hot, bright afternoon.