shower tent
Submitted: Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 18:01
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Hi fellow campers, after many attempts I have decided to call on your experience for help. We were given a shower tent, one of those that self erect. It works perfectly and we appreciated the use of it last week whilst camping at Heat Head NP. Now we have the problem of not being able to pack it away - honestly we have twisted and pushed and fought with it for ages. It didn't come with any instructions but we did have a quick demo, something which we are unable to replicate. Any suggestions would be greatly apprectiated before we go nuts.
thanks, Chris
Reply By: Dangerous - Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 18:08
Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 18:08
Hi there,
We were in the same situation as yourselves. We took one camping a few times and yes, it is a good giggle and party trick to take camping and challenge your co-campers into folding it away. We ended up tying if off with a rope to get it back in the car. Until our last trip, as we were driving off Straddie, we dumped into one of the industrial
bins.
If has a green outer with silver lining that is supposed to fold into a circle, throw it away now. Don't waste anymore energy on it.
Good luck old mate.
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Reply By: Lone Wolf - Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 18:17
Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 18:17
Okay, you have to become one with the tent.................
Or, you can do this............
After you've folded up the 4 sides, stand it up, so the bottom is on the ground, and the top is upright. stand behind it, and lean over onto it, with your hands half way down the sides. The idea is to have the whole tent ARC OVER, so that as the top touches the bottom, the sides will want to start to form the ever elusive figure eight. It all just starts to snap into position after that.
Really, it's so easy watching Tracy do it............... every time...........
Wolfie
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Reply By: Al & Mrs Al (Vic) - Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 18:53
Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 18:53
Hiya
We've got one too, and it doesn't fold down either, I've tried all sorts of methods, I even packed it away kind of folded up, and packed it in the trailer strategicly, however, it became a bit like a jack in the box, and if you moved the wrong item first, it exploded...hahahahha....now we lay it on the one of the beds in the trailer, and pack it away flat....
cheers
Lyn
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Reply By: Gajm (VIC) - Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 20:25
Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 20:25
On our first trip with the shower tent we tried countless times to fold it up, and then ran like hell when it exploded back into shape, it was funny and frustrating at the same time, best thing to do is walk away for a while and have another shot. Wolfie explained it pretty
well tho, keep trying and when you get it once you'll be laughing...till you go away the next time and can't remember how you did it again.
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Reply By: Big Kidz (Andrew & Jen) - Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 21:22
Monday, Apr 25, 2005 at 21:22
We have one and have used it for a while and we can fold it without too much trouble but once something happened to those inside bits and the bugger of a thing wouldn't fold up and after about an hour of fighting it suddenly did it. Those ? metal bits must twist or something.
With ours you start with it standing up and have the sides against each other so it is flat. You grab the top and bring it down to the bottom and you have to hold them together and then turn it on the side so that
the loop that was on your left is now on top and
the loop that was on your right is now on the bottom. You grab the top loop and have to twist it tighter so that it curls up on itself.
Now just get out there and do it. It's like making babies.
Andrew
P.S. - Like making babies sleep - difficult
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Reply By: Pilbara Wayne - Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 00:18
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 00:18
Had one of these too.
Best thing that ever happened was when I couldnt fold it up, so I chucked it on the roof. It flew off the roofrack. Big question as to whether or not I should stop and pick it up. I did stop and get it because I didnt want to add any more junk to the roadside.
Now I find it useful for laying on the ground and crawling under the vehicle. Saves getting the shirt dirty.
Mine actually made me hate using it. Now I just wait until its dark and shower at will. Dont have to worry about anyone else... they're usually a long way off, oh except the missus. For her I turn on the headlights, helps her see what she's doing. :-)
Best of luck with the damn thing.
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Reply By: Member - big bo (NSW) - Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:04
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:04
I looked at the OZ-TRAIL tents, the fold up one and the one with metal stands on the outside, choose the metal stand one. it might take me 3 minutes to set up but by the time you try and fold up the spring version I have
mine down and packed away. Anyhow I think the metal stand version is stronger and the price is about the same. Mum loves it and it doubles as a
toilet enclosure as
well. Mind you it took me no time to fold up the spring version in the
shop.
Love that shower.
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Follow Up By: Member - Melissa - Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 12:43
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 12:43
Got the same one after looking at the spring version. Very quick and easy to put away although obviously it takes a little longer to set-up. But definitely stronger.
:o) Melissa
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Follow Up By: flappa - Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 13:11
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 13:11
I've got one of the spring ones , but I'm looking at buying one of the Double "ensuite" shower tents.
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Reply By: ferris - Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 22:04
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 at 22:04
I had to laugh at your post, as it is a case of de-ja-vu. Eventually we took it back to Rays and the salesman gave us another demo. When we bought it, he said we'd be back for help. Reckons he hadn't sold one that didn't come back. They are great tents, just a real bugger to fold up until you learn the correct technique. One thing we found was they like to fold one particular way, so we labelled each side with a texta and now only fold the tent from that one side - if that makes any sense. By the way, they are a great party trick, pull it out of it's bag and watch people swear and curse trying to put it back.
Good luck
Ferris
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