The best 5 m x 3 m cassette awnings, compared.
Top pick: MBDRKVGF electric awning 5 x 3 m (Anthracite 2) – Highest score at 64: a wall-mount kit, 240 GSM with a PU coating and a 165 cm crank at about £139.95. No review line. Best value: MBDRKVGF electric awning 5 x 3 m (Anthracite 3) – Same about £139.95 still states 240 GSM, a PU coating, a 165 cm crank and mounting hardware. The frame line is aluminium only. Updated 22.10.2026.
A 5 m x 3 m cassette awning is a wall-fixed folding-arm sunshade, about 5 m along the wall and about 3 m of projection. In the UK it is bought to shade wide patio doors and a table. You recognise a suitable one by the cassette words, the wall you will fix into, the cloth line, and a wind class if the maker prints one. A full cassette boxes the cloth and the arms. A semi or half cassette covers the cloth and often uses a torque bar so the brackets can spread along a long wall. The words cassette design are not the same as full cassette. A motor helps with a heavy cloth, and a crank still matters in a power cut. Cloth weight in grams per square metre, and a coating if one is printed, tell you more than the colour name. This is a sunshade: light rain only if the pitch sheds water, then retract it in wind. Housings are set out in the [full versus semi cassette](/hub/sun-shades/5m-x-3m-cassette-awning/sub/5m-x-3m-cassette-awning-full-vs-semi-cassette) guide.
A 5 m x 3 m cassette awning is a wall-fixed folding-arm sunshade, about 5 m along the wall and about 3 m of projection. In the UK it is bought to shade wide patio doors and a table.
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Is the wall sound masonry you can fix into?
The Anthracite 2 MBDRKVGF at about £139.95 is an electric half-cassette awning the listing sizes at 5 x 3 m, with a remote, a 165 cm crank and a wall-mount kit, and a stated weight of 41 kg. The fabric line is 240 GSM polyester with a PU coating, which is a cloth description and not a wind class. The same extract also says semi-cassette, so the housing is half or semi, and it never says full cassette. A second dimension line prints 5000 x 25 x 3000 mm, and that 25 mm figure cannot be the fabric width. There is no amazon.co.uk review line, no voltage and no wind sensor, so you are buying the printed kit rather than a thread of UK comments. Assembly is still required. In this set it is the top pick: at the same about £139.95 as three other extracts, it is the one that names the wall kit, the cloth weight and the crank length together. The score is 64.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You have sound masonry for a 5 m run and you want the about £139.95 electric that names a wall kit, 240 GSM and a 165 cm crank.
Less suitable: You need a full cassette, a stated wind class, or UK reviews before you drill.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this one include wall fixings?
The item highlight says it includes a wall mounting kit. Assembly is still required.
What fabric specification is printed?
240 GSM polyester with a PU coating. UV protection is claimed. No UPF number is given.
Is the housing called full or half?
The listing says half cassette and semi-cassette. It does not say full cassette.
The Anthracite 3 MBDRKVGF at about £139.95 is an electric half cassette listed at 5 x 3 m and 40.7 kg, with a remote, a 165 cm crank and mounting hardware in the bullets. The cloth is 240 GSM polyester with a PU coating, and the frame line says aluminium. The highlight calls the same housing a semi-cassette, and neither line says full cassette. The dimension string again includes 5000 x 25 x 3000 mm. The extract has no star rating and no wind class, so the hardware claim is unreviewed. It is the best value beside the top pick: the same shelf price still buys a stated cloth weight, a coating, a crank of known length and mounting hardware, and you give up the more explicit wall-mount kit and the steel-and-aluminium frame line on Anthracite 2. The score is 61.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want 240 GSM, a PU coating and a 165 cm crank at about £139.95, and mounting hardware on the listing is enough detail for you.
Less suitable: You want the wall kit named as a wall-mount kit, a fuller frame line, or any review count before you order.
Specifications
Common questions
What is in the box?
The bullets say a remote, a 165 cm crank, and mounting hardware. Assembly is required.
How is the cassette described?
Half cassette in the bullets, and semi-cassette in the item highlight. Not full cassette.
Does the listing give a wind class?
No. It says the polyester is weather-resistant and quotes 240 GSM. No wind class is printed.
The Anthracite 4 MBDRKVGF at about £139.95 is an electric semi-cassette the listing sizes at 5 x 3 m and 40.1 kg, opened by a remote or a 165 cm crank. The fabric is polyester at 240 GSM, and this extract does not add a PU coating or a wall-mount kit. The frame line does name aluminium and powder-coated steel. The page does not call it a full cassette, and the dimension string still prints a 25 mm slot beside 5000 mm and 3000 mm. No review count is on the extract, so there is no UK comment thread to check for bent arms or missing bolts. You would be fitting about 40 kg of span with fixings the listing does not itemise. The score is 52.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You already have a fixing plan for a 5 m wall and you only need the about £139.95 electric that states 240 GSM and a 165 cm crank.
Less suitable: You need the fixings listed in the box, a PU line, or a review count.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the MBDRKVGF Anthracite 4 a full cassette?
The listing calls it a semi-cassette. It does not say full cassette.
How do you open and close it?
The bullets say electric arms with a remote, or a 165 cm hand crank.
What size and weight does the listing give?
The size field says 5 x 3 m and the weight is 40.1 kg. A separate dimension line prints 5000 x 25 x 3000 mm.
The Anthracite 6 MBDRKVGF at about £139.95 is an electric semi-cassette listed at 5 x 3 m, 40.1 kg and 240 GSM polyester, with a remote and a manual crank. The crank length is not printed, and a wall kit is not named. The dimension line is 5000 x 25 x 3000 mm, the same odd middle figure as the other MBDRKVGF rows. There is no review line and no wind class. A 5 m cloth on a handle is heavy, and a crank whose length you cannot read is a weaker backup than the 165 cm cranks on the sibling extracts at the same price. The model field is 1, as on the other colours, so the colour name is doing most of the separating. The score is 48.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want the about £139.95 semi-cassette in this colour and you can source a crank and fixings without relying on the listing.
Less suitable: You need a 165 cm crank in the description, hardware in the box, or any star rating.
Specifications
Common questions
How long is the crank?
This extract says there is a manual crank. It does not give the length.
Is a wall kit listed?
No. Assembly is required. Mounting hardware is not named on this extract.
What weight and cloth are printed?
40.1 kg, and polyester at 240 GSM. The size field says 5 x 3 m.
The charcoal MBDRKVGF at about £169.99 is an electric semi-cassette listed at 5 x 3 m and 40.9 kg, with a remote and a 165 cm crank. The material line says polyester and does not state grams per square metre, unlike the about £139.95 rows that print 240 GSM. A wall kit is not named. The dimension string is 5000 x 25 x 3000 mm. No review line is present, so the extra £30 is not backed by a higher star count. You pay more here for a colour and a crank of stated length, and you still do not get a cloth weight. The score is 44.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You specifically want the charcoal cloth and you accept a missing GSM figure at £30 more than the 240 GSM rows.
Less suitable: You want a stated cloth weight, a wall kit, or the lower about £139.95 shelf price.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this charcoal model state a fabric weight?
No. The material line says polyester. 240 GSM is not on this extract.
Can it be closed without power?
The bullets say assembly can be done electrically and via a 165 cm manual crank.
What cassette type is printed?
Semi-cassette. The listing says that housing protects the retracted polyester.
The Generic listing at about £1409.99 is a manual 5 x 3 m awning with a hand crank, LED lights and a valance, and the title says cassette design. It does not say full cassette or semi-cassette, and it does not state a weight, a cloth weight in GSM, or a crank length. The fabric line is polyester with a PU coating. Amazon first listed it on 15 July 2026, and the extract has no review line. LEDs and a valance are the extras you can actually read, and they sit on a price about ten times the electric cluster without a wind class or a remote. A manual 5 m cloth is a long crank job, and this page does not tell you how heavy the box is. The score is 26.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want lights and a valance on a hand-crank 5 x 3 m listing and you can confirm the housing and the weight with the seller before you pay about £1409.99.
Less suitable: You need a full cassette in the title, a remote, a stated weight, or a price near the about £140 electric cluster.
Specifications
Common questions
Is this a full cassette?
The title says cassette design. It does not say full cassette or semi-cassette.
Does it include a remote?
No remote is listed. The bullets describe a hand crank and integrated LED lights.
What weight is listed?
None. The extract gives no weight, no GSM and no review line. The shelf price is about £1409.99.
Shelf date 19 October 2026. Scores use the six amazon.co.uk listings in this comparison, the prices on those listings, and the fields already stored for them. This is not a laboratory test. None of the six extracts has a customer-review line, so no star rating is invented. A 25 mm slot in a dimension string is recorded as printed and treated as a clash, not as a cassette depth. The highest score is the top pick. Best value is the other listing at the same shelf price that still states 240 GSM, a PU coating, a 165 cm crank and mounting hardware.
Stated specification
30%A 5 x 3 m size field, a weight, a cloth weight in GSM, cassette words that say semi or half rather than only cassette design, and a crank length. The 5000 x 25 x 3000 mm string and a missing wind class or voltage reduce this block. Those gaps are shared, so they do not separate the electric rows from one another.
Amazon evidence
25%A star rating and a review count on amazon.co.uk. No review line scores 0. There is no sentiment sample to add back.
Fit-out for a 5 m wall
25%Electric drive with a remote, a crank long enough to read, a wall-mount kit or mounting hardware, and a PU coating where the listing prints one. LEDs and a valance score only as extras the page actually names. A missing wind sensor is not scored as if it were included.
Value
20%Shelf price in GBP against what that listing states. About £139.95 with 240 GSM, a coating and hardware scores higher than about £169.99 with no GSM, and higher than about £1409.99 with no weight and no cassette type.
You are choosing a wall-fixed awning about 5 m wide and about 3 m of projection. The six amazon.co.uk listings stored on 19 October 2026 run from about £139.95 to about £1409.99. Five are electric, with a remote and a crank, a semi or half cassette, and a listed weight around 40 kg. One is a manual crank with LED lights and a valance, and the title says cassette design. None of the extracts has a review line or a wind class.
A 5 m x 3 m cassette awning is a wall-fixed folding-arm sunshade. The first figure is the width along the wall. The second is the projection. UK buyers use that span across wide patio doors and a table. Awnings Online treats about 4.5-5.5 m by 2.5-3.6 m as a popular domestic band, and says the cloth is often about 70 mm narrower each side than the order width. Measure the clear masonry. Put brackets in brick or concrete, not in mortar and not on the top of a single-storey wall.
A 4 m or 4.5 m awning is a different span. The cloth is often about 70 mm narrower each side than the order width, so measure the clear masonry before you match a size field of 5 x 3 m.
Semi-cassette, half cassette and cassette design are not the phrase full cassette. A full cassette boxes the cloth and the arms and is often end-fixed. A semi or half cassette covers the cloth.
The string 5000 x 25 x 3000 mm is printed beside a 5 x 3 m size field. That 25 mm figure is not a measured cassette depth and cannot be the fabric width. Do not drill into mortar, and do not leave the cloth out unattended or roll it away wet.
Start with clear wall width. Brackets belong in brick or concrete, not in mortar and not on the top of a single-storey wall. Awnings Online treats about 4.5-5.5 m by 2.5-3.6 m as a popular domestic band, and the cloth is often about 70 mm narrower each side than the order width. Projection is the next check. At about 14 degrees, a 3 m arm drops about 75 cm, and about 2.75 m of mounting height leaves about 2 m of walk-under at the front bar. Then read the cassette words.
A 5 m cloth is heavy on a handle, and a motor stops in a blackout, so a crank still matters. UK mains are 230 V, and a fixed outdoor motor in England falls under Part P and BS 7671. A new circuit is notifiable. Use a registered electrician. Cloth weight in GSM, and a PU coating where one is printed, tells you more than the colour. That line is not a UPF number. This is a sunshade: light rain only if the pitch sheds water. BBSA and Samson treat about 14 degrees as the usual pitch.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You have about 5 m of brick or concrete and a large table, and you will retract the cloth. The MBDRKVGF Anthracite 2 electric is the top pick at about £139.95: a wall-mount kit, 240 GSM with a PU coating, a 165 cm crank and a listed weight of 41 kg. It says half cassette and semi-cassette, not full cassette, and the extract has no review line.
You want 240 GSM, a PU coating and a 165 cm crank at about £139.95, and mounting hardware on the listing is enough detail. The MBDRKVGF Anthracite 3 electric is best value at 40.7 kg. The frame line is aluminium only. There is still no review line and no wind class.
Flats, listed homes, a principal elevation or a weak single-storey wall need a check before you order. If the masonry is sound and you still want the electric that names the fixings, that is the Anthracite 2 wall-mount kit at about £139.95. A lower shelf price is not a full cassette, and these extracts state no wind class.
The top pick is the MBDRKVGF Anthracite 2 electric at about £139.95. It scores 64, the highest here: a half cassette, 41 kg, 240 GSM polyester with a PU coating, a 165 cm crank, a remote and a wall-mount kit named on the listing. It does not say full cassette, and there is no review line, no wind class and no stated voltage. Best value is the MBDRKVGF Anthracite 3 at the same about £139.95. It still states 240 GSM, a PU coating, a 165 cm crank and mounting hardware, at 40.7 kg, and the frame line is aluminium only. The manual with LED lights and a valance is about £1409.99, with no weight, no GSM and only the words cassette design.
MBDRKVGF electric awning 5 x 3 m (Anthracite 2)
Highest score at 64: a wall-mount kit, 240 GSM with a PU coating and a 165 cm crank at about £139.95. No review line.
MBDRKVGF electric awning 5 x 3 m (Anthracite 3)
Same about £139.95 still states 240 GSM, a PU coating, a 165 cm crank and mounting hardware. The frame line is aluminium only.
Editorial
Peter F. is the editor for DIY & tools at productscompared.co.uk. Comparisons in this category are checked against amazon.co.uk listings, review evidence and public UK sources.
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Public UK sources and the amazon.co.uk listings compared on this page. Listings captured 19 October 2026. Updated 22.10.2026.
This page contains affiliate links to amazon.co.uk (tag pcuk26-21). If you buy through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Prices are the amazon.co.uk figures already stored for this set. None of these extracts includes a customer-review line. This is not a laboratory test.
