I had a older Carefree Eclipse and that worked reasonable well. However, it was 18 ft in length and the motor was just barely able to pull it in from full extension, and any extra load, e.g. a tree limb brushing it, stopped it dead and I had to give it some help. Shorter awnings would probably work better, though. Don't know if the newer ones have a more powerful motor. Other than that, I found it to be a solid unit and reliable.
Some electric models don't have much down-angle adjustment, but the Eclipse does. It easily adjusts to 5-6 different angles by pushing a tab on each arm and sliding it in or out to the next indent.
Be aware that without the angle support arms of the manual units, the powered ones "bounce" around when the wind gets under it. Takes some getting used to! The Eclipse scissor-arms just compress as the wind lifts the fabric, then it extends again as the gust dies down. Scary compared to a manual arm unit, but it's actually like having a big shock absorber on the awning. We spent summers on the windy Maine coast and got used to it moving around a lot, but it was quite resilient.
