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Offline scotty61

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Which Toilet Tent
« 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
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #1 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:
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 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:
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 08:30:37 PM »
Quote from: 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:

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

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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #5 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
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #6 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

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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #7 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

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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #8 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
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #9 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 :)
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #10 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.
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #11 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.

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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #12 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.

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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #13 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.

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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #14 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
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #15 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
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #16 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
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2011, 11:34:13 AM »
Yep the pop ups take about 15 secs to do...
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #18 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.

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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2011, 06:21:16 PM »
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2011, 10:20:25 PM »
Quote from: 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




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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #21 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
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2011, 04:24:18 PM »
Thanks everyone you might have changed my mind on pop up ones
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2011, 07:16:26 PM »
This is part of the set up in the Expendition
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Re: Which Toilet Tent
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2011, 10:15:43 AM »
Quote from: anne on April 16, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
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.

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