Exterior (attached) Shower Tents - Opinions Please
Submitted: Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 16:00
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Member - abqaiq
We are looking for an attached shower tent to fit on the side of our off-road trailer. The choices seem to be the KickAss Shower Tent, Quick Pitch En-suite, and similar (maybe re branded/) units from Drifta and Ironman. it seems the major difference is in how the top tent support is done. Either two arms with a third side being a strap (KickAss) or a parallelogram design with a solid outside bar (Quick Pitch). It seems to me the KA is simpler, fewer hinges, but.... Comments from owners of any of these, pro/con would be really appreciated. Thanks
Reply By: Member - mark D18 - Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 17:15
Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 17:15
Abqaiq
Just brought a kickass shower screen for my complete
campsite , haven’t used it yet but seems
well made and is easy to setup .
Got my one for $220.00 delivered
They do seem to vary in price , up to $280.00
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 17:58
Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 17:58
Mark, can you let us know who you got it through? TIA. John
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Follow Up By: Member - abqaiq - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:01
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:01
Yes Mark D18, we would be interested in where you got a KA shower tent for $220. Thanks
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Follow Up By: Member - mark D18 - Wednesday, Mar 04, 2020 at 18:19
Wednesday, Mar 04, 2020 at 18:19
Sorry my phones been playing up .
The place was Australian direct but I have noticed they have gone up a lot .
I was about to pay $280.00 and my wife noticed them for $200.00 with $20 delivery .
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Reply By: Member - silkwood - Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 19:27
Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 19:27
Keep in mind that an attached shower area means you will likely have
water run-off directly next to your
camping area. Sometimes this may mean you have to
park in such a way as to eliminate this.
A $50 pop-up shower tent can be just as quickly attached to the vehicle or, if required, set up away from the "living" area in a more suitable spot.
Not suggesting this is the way to go (though I do), just pointing out some options. Of course, you may use a fully contained shower base. Bit of a pita, though.
Cheers,
Mark
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Reply By: Member -Pinko (NSW) - Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 20:25
Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 20:25
To prevent the area surrounding our shower we have a shallow tubtrug from bunnings that we stand in. I have fitted a skin fitting with a hose to drain the
water away from the general area.
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 06:47
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 06:47
Pinko, can you tell me what a "TUBTRUG" is, nothing on Bunnings website, cheers.
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Follow Up By: Member -Pinko (NSW) - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:38
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:38
tubtrug
this may work?
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:41
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:41
thanks, but not able to open that.
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Follow Up By: Ron N - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 12:11
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 12:11
Pinko, there's a spelling error in the filename of the file you posted, it should read "jpg", but it has only "jp" instead. This prevents the file from being opened or viewed.
Cheers, Ron.
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Reply By: Idler Chris - Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 22:25
Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 22:25
I have an
Ever Shower which is just great. I can use it inside and outside my camper as I wish. When travelling with others it is easy to share as
well. Chris
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Reply By: eaglefree - Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 22:25
Monday, Mar 02, 2020 at 22:25
Have you considered the Joolca shower tent? I just purchased their hottap and noticed they had one on the market
Tony
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Follow Up By: Member - Bill H2 - Sunday, Mar 08, 2020 at 11:00
Sunday, Mar 08, 2020 at 11:00
I have the Joolca shower tent. Quick to erect even quicker to pack Easy to anchor Great set up.
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Reply By: Ozhumvee - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:12
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:12
Late last year they had the KA shower tent by itself for $170 online. It works
well and while we use the outside shower fairly frequently it will come in handy sometimes when others are around and we're not camped by ourselves.
I'm intrigued as to what a tubtrug is too ;-))
A mate bought a Drifta with the solid bar on the outside and it is a much heavier unit as it is made of steel where the KA has an aluminium extrusion for the main rear frame. The tent sections where very similar.
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:30
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 07:30
Peter, seems to have been a price increase, $389.00 eBay now.
Kickass
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Follow Up By: Ozhumvee - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:17
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:17
If you look on their website there are quite a few combinations with showers, heaters and bits and pieces , I only bought the shower enclosure itself and nothing else. They had the online special at the time so figured at $170 I couldn't go wrong. $349 just now for the bare bones unit.
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:23
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:23
Peter, you certainly got a bargain. Can justify $170, $349 not so much, LOL
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Follow Up By: Ozhumvee - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:46
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 08:46
Yes I thought so at the time, it's interesting with a few of these "cheaper" retailers that the prices vary considerably, in fact the ACCC has fined a few of them for selling stuff at advertised "special" prices which are often more than the normal prices.
I suspect that what happens is that they get a huge shipment of product so discount it to bring stock down to manageable levels and then slowly bring the price back up to what everyone else is charging for a similar product. I guess a few thousand items sold at X profit is better than a hundred at XX profit.
Be interesting to see what happens as supply is slowed or stopped with the current production shut down in China.
I know the local
camping store has times when stock is low or non existant on some items and then there is a flood of stock before it tapers off again and prices stabilise at a higher level.
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Reply By: friar - Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 09:01
Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 at 09:01
Joolcar, Not attached but super quick to set up for shower &
toilet we erect ours on caravan matting stays clean to pack up,check out there site expensive but it works
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Reply By: raazor - Tuesday, Mar 10, 2020 at 19:20
Tuesday, Mar 10, 2020 at 19:20
abqaiq Hi, we have the kick ass on the side of our hardtop camper.
No Problems as yet mounted it on the side of the roof outside the shower compartment
and I am modifying it to clip to the wall and have a cut out to access the hotwater compartment.
Easy to setup and pack up. Bought direct from their web site. hope that helps you.
hotwater compartment
The Kick ass tent ensuite
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