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justcruisin01 · Guru

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jimbo · Guru

So Simple Jimmy......

Happywanderer · The Master

I found that interesting to Jim. Although I haven't sorted my ablutions out yet I do have a pop up tent and found on Deals Direct the other day a Solar Shower for 6.95.
Does anyone have any idea of their normal price as that sounds a bit too cheap.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

In camping stores the "ensuite tent" costs from $50 to $120, and the pump was about $20. You can get solar hot water bags for $15 to $20, or boil a billy and add it to a bucket of creek water. We use one of those rubber squares with holes in them for the shower floor. Very satisfactory! I like to have a chair placed close to the tent so I can grab towel/ clothes etc. Its all a bit lacking in privacy if the campground is crowded.

wendyv · Guru

The solar shower is basically just a black, heavy duty plastic bag, with a little tap and shower head attached. You can get one from Anaconda, that has a thermometer built in, for about $15, so a basic one at the price you quote sounds about right. We usually heat ours by laying it on the ground, in the sun. Sometimes, if we are too late into camp for it to have enough time to heat, we will warm water on the fire and then put it in the shower bag. You don't want to fill it too full because it becomes heavy to left up and hang.
You might find one of those light weight "jigsaw" style foam mats very useful to stand on when showering.

Smokeydk · Guru

Yep...we do same thing James

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Our cheapie tent doesnt have the strength or height to hang the bag, so we tip the warm water into a bucket and put the pump in that.

valnrob · Guru

yes we too use one of those spring up type tents - a bucket of warm water, and the 12v pump. Hubby made a little box with 2 x 5ah 12v solar batteries in it to use with the pump. Its a handy little box, i use it to charge my phone and Ipod Batteries as well. Portable as well. Also have our toilet in the tent. Set up not that expensive. Does us.

Joe · Senior Member

justcruisin01 wrote:
............... there appears to be a lot of people that have the need to return to a caravan park every couple of days for a hot shower................

We use the pop up tent and the bilge pump in a bucket of warm water too, and the potti is also resident in the tent, but while this is an effective approach to keeping clean it has to be said that it doesn't have the luxury aspect of a real hot shower.

The other reason for visiting van parks is to use the laundry facilities as while hand washing clothes is OK, doing the same with towels and sheets is a pain.

Happywanderer · The Master

The biggest problem with the pop up tents is how to pop them down again. Just ask the few who had them at Greens Lake the other week. We had quite a few laughs watching the struggling, twisting, manouvering, and still not getting them in the shape they should be.
Won't mention any names but no one seemed to be able to do it properly.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:
The biggest problem with the pop up tents is how to pop them down again. Just ask the few who had them at Greens Lake the other week. We had quite a few laughs watching the struggling, twisting, manouvering, and still not getting them in the shape they should be.
Won't mention any names but no one seemed to be able to do it properly.

My Mr D is amazing... he can refold the pop-up tent in seconds!!!!

AlbyofCraigmore · Member

Here is a Utube video on how to fold those pesky tents.

cheers,

-- Edited by AlbyofCraigmore on Monday 21st of November 2011 11:57:47 PM

Helena · Guru

yes we have the same set up with the 12v pump and shower tent you may have a few problems in putting it down at first but we can now put ours down really quickly no trouble at all. Although we did see someone struggling with a beach tent at one time in the end he just squashed it into his car and took it to the shop and they put it down for him poor guy was so red faced about it. Helena

Happywanderer · The Master

Thanks for that Alby, certainly a lot easier that what I watched at Greens Lake. Not sure what brand they had but they were trying to twist it to get it to fold with a round at each end. That looked so simple.
Must say both videos were identical, not sure if you noticed that.
Helena, will say there was one that went in van without getting folded properly too as they just gave up.

justcruisin01 · Guru

There are also shower tents that are not spring loaded like the one shown, these have a external fibre glass frame to which the tent clips to in the same way as a dome tent, & are much more sturdy. If using the 12volt pump system the shower rose can be hung from the loop at the top of the tent, this gives you a hands free system.

Elle on Wheels · Guru

I did some ebay shopping and got a 40ltr backpack solar shower for $4.95. I also scored a battery pump shower for $12. I have just bought a pop up shower tent on special at bcf for $40.

I'm sure I will swear a lot the frst few times I put try to put the shower tent down. But maybe not, perhaps I will be very efficient.

On the topic of showers, a bucket wash has always been fine for me in various situations, hot water a luxury so if I can have a nozzle and downward gravity as well that would be heaven.

AlbyofCraigmore · Member

Hi
folks,

Sorry about that, I could have sworn that the CR1 and CR2 videos were different, but you should be able to find the other type in the same area on U Tube.

cheers,

valnrob · Guru

Our pop up tent has instructions on folding it up on the side of it. Its pretty simple once you get the hang of it. Have seen lots of people fold it as best they can then throw it the back of the ute as is !!! We had one of those with tent poles but find this one easier to use.

Happy folding

Duckster · Veteran Member

Keep an eye on Aldi for camping stuff. 3 weeks ago Aldi had popup toilet tents for $29. The Aldi porta pottis 20l are the best buy and quality. Thankfully we have shower/toilet on board. Never use caravan parks.

Smokeydk · Guru

We have Oztent shower tent......blue with white roof....

cannylass · Senior Member

smile The pop up tent reminded me of when we were camping at Mary Pool a couple years ago one couple would not but up there pop up tent up as he man was scared he would not be able to fold it back down and he got his wife to get pen and paper out and copy the instructions from the out side of an other tent that was there. it took her ages to draw and write out the instructions. My husband said he would help him fold the tent back up.Any way as they got the tent out of its bag and up his wife found the instructions in the bag and boy was she mad having sat and write down how to fold it up smile