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ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:42 am
by mikeonb4c
Want to buy a cheap and compact tt to put outside sliding door for night time portapotti. Anyone got one of these and do they work/last/zip/handle wind and rain:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Popamazing-Port ... oilet+tent

All thoughts gratefully received and thanks chums.

Mike

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 1:08 pm
by Bongoplod
Ive had a few in my time Mike,but all have been pole types,not pop ups like the link.
Found them adequate for the job(by :) ),but if its going outside your awning i think it would need guylines of some sort and that one doesnt seem to have any.
Tommo had one that hes had a few years and that seems to still good,again,his had poles

Brian

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 1:43 pm
by dobby
Are you worried about blowing off.......

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 1:54 pm
by mikeonb4c
Bongoplod wrote:Ive had a few in my time Mike,but all have been pole types,not pop ups like the link.
Found them adequate for the job(by :) ),but if its going outside your awning i think it would need guylines of some sort and that one doesnt seem to have any.
Tommo had one that hes had a few years and that seems to still good,again,his had poles

Brian
Hi Brian. I've got a cheap old canvas one with poles. Was wondering about something super quick to put up and that dries quickly after rain.

Do they blow away easily dobby, if properly pegged at each corner. I'm guessing they bend a lot in the wind?

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 2:00 pm
by Bob
How windy you gonna be, Mike? :lol:

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:25 pm
by Snail921
we've something very similar on the boat as a shower cubicle and it works well, although guy ropes might be helpful if you don't have the benefit of a mast to fasten it to.
The only downside is trying to get it back in the bag. There's a youtube video which shows it being done with the greatest of ease but once you get three turns on that spring you really don't want to let it go. It's probably practice, maybe I should shower more often.
Regards,
Brian.

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 9:38 pm
by mikeonb4c
Snail921 wrote:we've something very similar on the boat as a shower cubicle and it works well, although guy ropes might be helpful if you don't have the benefit of a mast to fasten it to.
The only downside is trying to get it back in the bag. There's a youtube video which shows it being done with the greatest of ease but once you get three turns on that spring you really don't want to let it go. It's probably practice, maybe I should shower more often.
Regards,
Brian.
Cheers Brian, yes I watched those videos too - make it look tantalisingly easy but....tempted to buy one just for the challenge ha ha.

Bob - behave, you old windbag, or I shall f*rt in your general direction :lol:

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 9:46 pm
by Bob
:lol:

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:45 pm
by dobby
Mike

I meant blowing off not blowing away....... :lol:

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:58 pm
by mikeonb4c
dobby wrote:Mike

I meant blowing off not blowing away....... :lol:
This is all beginning to sound and smell a bit fruity. Maybe I'll just use the bushes after all :lol:

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:19 pm
by Bongoplod
mikeonb4c wrote:
Snail921 wrote:we've something very similar on the boat as a shower cubicle and it works well, although guy ropes might be helpful if you don't have the benefit of a mast to fasten it to.
The only downside is trying to get it back in the bag. There's a youtube video which shows it being done with the greatest of ease but once you get three turns on that spring you really don't want to let it go. It's probably practice, maybe I should shower more often.
Regards,
Brian.
Cheers Brian, yes I watched those videos too - make it look tantalisingly easy but....tempted to buy one just for the challenge ha ha.

Bob - behave, you old windbag, or I shall f*rt in your general direction :lol:
Mike,me,blobber and probably umpteen others have the Quechua pop up tent.Its just the same getting the knack of folding it away.....its easy

Brian

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:23 pm
by mikeonb4c
Thanks Brian. That settles it, I'll get one ordered. :-)

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 6:09 pm
by dobby
Mike, check that there Is a hole in the top of the tent for the pee pipe?

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 11:03 pm
by Diplomat
We used to call our old canvas one the omni-po-tent.


Frank

Re: ADVICE: Do these toilet tents last/work

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 8:23 am
by mikeonb4c
dobby wrote:Mike, check that there Is a hole in the top of the tent for the pee pipe?
:lol: :lol: ha ha yes, those were the days. :lol: