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Title: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: scotty61 on April 13, 2011, 06:55:57 PM
Looking at getting a new toilet / shower tent and i was wondering if anyone has a Coleman insta tent and was wondering how easy they are to set up, not overly interested in the pop up ones and the Coleman looks a good size inside the tent. Regards Ian
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: speewa158 on April 13, 2011, 08:13:44 PM
Personally the best shower/dunny tent is the 1 that can be disasembled & packed up by only 1 person . The spring loaded self poping uping things sometimes need 15 strong blokes & a slab of cans & a chainsaw  ( Dont ask ) Check out the Newbee catchup Whroo thread for details . :cheers:
& dont belive Black Diamond as he drinks a bit  :cheers:
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: xvprado on April 13, 2011, 08:17:42 PM
I know you said you dont want a pop up but.....................there are differences. Find one with a fibreglass frame and all problems are solved

Amazon at Wetherill Park in Skidnee (the home of Oztent) do one that is first rate

You wont find betterer I dont reckon
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: bullfrog on April 13, 2011, 08:23:14 PM
We have a Oztrail Duo. after seeing Snow's in action ( only from the outside  ;D), we decided that it would be no more battles with those pop up POS we had. From memory, the Duo is 1.2 x 2.4 m when set up with a dividing door between the 2 rooms. So far , no probs, pretty easy to use & plenty of room. :cheers:
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Black Diamond on April 13, 2011, 08:30:37 PM
Personally the best shower/dunny tent is the 1 that can be disasembled & packed up by only 1 person . The spring loaded self poping uping things sometimes need 15 strong blokes & a slab of cans & a chainsaw  ( Dont ask ) Check out the Newbee catchup Whroo thread for details . :cheers:
& dont belive Black Diamond as he drinks a bit  :cheers:

Who me?  :cheers: :cheers: You bloody old drunk  :cheers:
Put it this way, the only way the shower tent got back in to the bag was only after Speewa fired up the Husqvarna  >:D

(http://users.tpg.com.au/jtraf/camper/tent%20lessons.JPG)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Tracey family on April 13, 2011, 10:01:36 PM
x 2 for the oztrail duo - shower one side, porta potti the other. Easy as to put up.

 :cheers: Glenyse
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: camdyson on April 13, 2011, 10:37:52 PM
Here you go you girls.....
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=AU#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=RprCFCCJ7Ow

Cheers,

Origami Cam
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: SteveandViv on April 13, 2011, 11:49:10 PM
We use this one  ;D. Just don't tell Dan (My Son) that we have that Pic or I'll be dead. We were in the middle on the Simpson so you'd have to feel sort of safe

(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb36/Steveandviv/SimpsonDesert14mag.jpg)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Arunda on April 14, 2011, 05:08:09 AM
We just use the single Oztrail pop up ones for showers and toilet we got them last year from the camping show at rosehill for $40 each
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: mystq on April 14, 2011, 06:21:42 AM
We have the double (side-by-side) one, it's great no need for pegs but I can never fold it back to the circle so I just lay it flat in the camper :)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: jclures on April 14, 2011, 06:25:45 AM
We have a pop up tent for the shower, I was sceptical about it, ??? that is folding it up but it is easy. >:D I just leave the better half fold it, she has no problems, done in seconds. ;D
I will get a second one for the toilet I think.
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Talawana5 on April 14, 2011, 03:44:23 PM
Hi, we have a oztent pop up shower it has been terrific, I  put it up, real easy and Ron puts it away.

Cheers
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Kit_e_kat9 on April 14, 2011, 04:27:47 PM
 

x 546782999333.2 for the pop up cubicle.  Easy to put up, easy to put down.  Light weight, no poles to bother with.

Kit_e
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: jeeps on April 14, 2011, 08:00:28 PM
I have the oztrail pop up one and it's extremely easy to setup. We don't fold it up completely but rather fold it flat and lay in on the canvas under the cover before traveling. It take 2seconds to fold flat.

It's 2.5 years old and is starting to show signs of deterioration, but we did leave it outside at home for 2.5 weeks straight last year for shower duties while we had a new bathroom built. I'll probably be up for another one by next year but they're fairly cheap.

Cheers
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: speewa158 on April 14, 2011, 08:54:15 PM
jcclures If you spread the word that the pop up tent can be folded& in the bag ready to travel in seconds ,I may have to hunt you down , dont ask the rest  >:D
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Yoda42 on April 14, 2011, 09:12:00 PM
We are Oztent junkies, so we got one of those. It's still in it's virginal state, but not for long >:D
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: jclures on April 15, 2011, 11:09:45 AM
Speewa158, it will be the misses you will be looking for not me, I can’t even get the thing folded flat without difficulty, it could be something to do with only having one arm though. ;D
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Crazy Dog on April 15, 2011, 11:34:13 AM
Yep the pop ups take about 15 secs to do...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RprCFCCJ7Ow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RprCFCCJ7Ow)Check this out then havva nuvva tinny... ;D


Grrr!!! >:D
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Matto on April 15, 2011, 04:01:53 PM
Scotty,

We've got one of each - a cheap ($25 from memory?) pop-up job and one of the OzTrail framed Ensuite ones:
http://oztrail.com.au/WebPage.gtl?Product=MPE-ENS-B?currentgroup=ZZZ003?currentsubgroup=ENSUITES
(not the Duo one though, but I would like one of them).

We had the framed one first to hang the solar shower bag from, but then we broke it after overloading it with overfilled solar shower bags. Have repaired it now, and it's better for showering with the car-shower setup (have ditched the solar shower bags - apparently they break shower tents?) as you can clip the shower head onto the frame and it stays there.

Between breaking it and fixing it though we bought the pop up tent. It's great. There is a knack to folding them up though, which I invariably forget about and make an ass of myself for 15 mins before remembering the right sequence. Like the video that Crazy Dog just posted, once you work it out it makes everyone else who has one hate you.  ;D

I love the pop-up tent because it's so quick and easy to set up, and so light to pack. The OzTrail ensuite one is good, and we'll use it now that we've fixed it, but probably only for longer stays. For long weekends and the like, we'll just use the pop-up tent.

Thanks!
Matto :)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Gonewalkabouts on April 15, 2011, 06:21:16 PM
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Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: SteveandViv on April 15, 2011, 10:20:25 PM
We use this one  ;D. Just don't tell Dan (My Son) that we have that Pic or I'll be dead. We were in the middle on the Simpson so you'd have to feel sort of safe

(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb36/Steveandviv/SimpsonDesert14mag.jpg)


Like this
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: flamingo on April 16, 2011, 11:38:33 AM
  Gdat we got a pop up one. Easy as to put up an down. The bloke that sold it to us showed us the way... Dead easy and only 40$  Phil
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: scotty61 on April 16, 2011, 04:24:18 PM
Thanks everyone you might have changed my mind on pop up ones
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: anne on April 16, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
This is part of the set up in the Expendition
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Matto on April 18, 2011, 10:15:43 AM
This is part of the set up in the Expendition
That's pretty fancy Anne, but even though I'm over 6" tall I think I'd still need a step ladder or something to hop up on the seat there. I do like the integrated bidet though.

Thanks!
Matto :)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: camdyson on April 18, 2011, 01:29:21 PM
That'd be one of those fancy "lady" models - it's got a mirror and a "front-bottom washer".... :cheers:

Cubicle Cam
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: anne on April 21, 2011, 05:44:11 PM
That'd be one of those fancy "lady" models - it's got a mirror and a "front-bottom washer".... :cheers:

Cubicle Cam
Hi,
What you see is a hand / wash basin not the actual toilet!  I port-a-loo fits in this area if you don't wish to use the bush and a leaf or walk to the caravan park toilet late at night or very early hours of the morning.

cheers
Anne
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: D4D on April 27, 2011, 11:01:20 AM
What about these?
http://www.riverratz.com.au/shower%20and%20toilet%20tent.html

Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Matto on April 27, 2011, 11:04:18 AM
What about these?
http://www.riverratz.com.au/shower%20and%20toilet%20tent.html

Love it. I imagine it would be very quick to set up too.

Nice find D4D!
Matto :)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Beachman on April 28, 2011, 12:45:16 PM
I also have the oztrail pop up one and I don't fold it up completely, but rather fold it flat on top of the trailer before securing the trailer cover.
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: scotty61 on April 28, 2011, 03:50:12 PM
After reading all the in put i went and bought an oztrail pop up shower tent to replace the old one have had a practice at folding it up and it was simple to fold up.
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Mav on April 28, 2011, 04:18:19 PM
(http://users.tpg.com.au/jtraf/camper/tent%20lessons.JPG)


God that looks like a familiar scene.  >:D

I would like to meet the sadistic bast@rd that thought these things up.
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: gibbo301 on April 28, 2011, 04:45:19 PM
Iv,e got one of those pop up Jobie's had it for years and had no trouble with it at all i just leave it at home  :laugh: :laugh:   
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: kickinback on April 28, 2011, 05:00:37 PM
Get onto river ratz and talk to Doug. http://www.riverratz.com.au/ (http://www.riverratz.com.au/)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Trish59au on April 28, 2011, 06:31:26 PM
We have a pop up tent for the shower, I was sceptical about it, ??? that is folding it up but it is easy. >:D I just leave the better half fold it, she has no problems, done in seconds. ;D
I will get a second one for the toilet I think.

Seems to be a trend with you guys....my other half tried and tried and just leaves it up to me...I must admit though that I practiced and practiced in the privacy of my lounge before trying it in front of anyone.  We have two pop up ones and find them easy to fit in, even after being flattened in a strong wind they just pop back up...good value :)
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Aaron Schubert on April 28, 2011, 06:40:22 PM
Those spring up tents are good for a laugh and a bit of frustration. Its amazing how you get it right the first go once, and then every time after it takes 10 minutes to fold up correctly.

Aaron
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: Mav on April 28, 2011, 07:39:15 PM
  We have two pop up ones and find them easy to fit in, even after being flattened in a strong wind they just pop back up...good value :)

That must be after a chilli fest hey???  >:D ;D
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: GGV8Cruza on August 02, 2013, 11:06:18 PM
Can anyone give me one feedback on the river ratz  shower tent. Just wondering how stable it is as it needs no guy ropes. Also from the pictures it looks as though there is a square base frame, just wondering how this would go being wet a lot of its life

GG
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: fuji on August 03, 2013, 07:36:13 AM
You probably have to chamois it before putting it away. $249? A bit exxy to have a poop or a wee. ;D
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: berlitza on August 03, 2013, 03:33:34 PM
We use this one  ;D. Just don't tell Dan (My Son) that we have that Pic or I'll be dead. We were in the middle on the Simpson so you'd have to feel sort of safe

(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb36/Steveandviv/SimpsonDesert14mag.jpg)


I'd be ripping this out on his 21st
Title: Re: Which Toilet Tent
Post by: rockman on August 03, 2013, 04:36:30 PM
That's pretty fancy Anne, but even though I'm over 6" tall I think I'd still need a step ladder or something to hop up on the seat there. I do like the integrated bidet though.

Thanks!
Matto :)

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that .... lol