Folding a Pop Up shower tent

[Allan_L (Allan)]

What's the record for folding up one of those instant pop up tents?

I got mine in the bag in just two attempts !!!
(with witnesses )

It pays to read the instructions first!, even if it upsets the impatient croud of onlookers !!!

[citivolus (Ric)]

No witnesses, but it took me about 30 seconds the first time I tried mine. It helps to have experience folding collapsible photographic reflectors

I'm sure now that I've said this that it will take me 5 minutes next time.

[erick (Eric)]

OK - I admit it! I haven't got mine folded right from the first time I opened it. Instructions - I've read them over and over again and I've tried. Stuff it in the bag and weigh it down seems to work!

I'd better look for someone to teach me at the next camp!

I have a similar thing (sprung steel) that opens out into a drying support for clothes - I can get the right twist into that to pack it away!

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

how much did you PAY the witnesses Al ?

sorry i missed the attempts

you better bring it to the pony club next week so we can have a demo

geoff

[DavidTrap (David)]

The day I bought mine, the wife spent the next hour laughing at me whilst I tried to put it away.

I think I've got it licked now. I got it out for a practice on the weekend before I go up to Astrofest and it was like riding a bike! Fell back into the bag on the first attempt.

I'm probably just cursing myself for failure though on Sunday.

DT

[mozzie (Peter)]

damn things the wife packs up ours if i had to do it id drag it home behind the carthrough out what was left when home
mozzie

[Jen]

Originally Posted by mozzie

damn things the wife packs up ours if i had to do it id drag it home behind the carthrough out what was left when home
mozzie

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by mozzie

damn things the wife packs up ours if i had to do it id drag it home behind the carthrough out what was left when home
mozzie

I have debated folding it flat and tying it to the car roof!

[GrahamL]

And we are people who have a basic understanding of some science ? .. I thought they were toilets .. don't feel so worried now that I found someone asleep inside one with there laptop when I was trying to take a leak

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

how much did you PAY the witnesses Al ?
sorry i missed the attempts
you better bring it to the pony club next week so we can have a demo
geoff

Hmmm!
No Geoff, I don't think so.
I am not one to tempt fate.
And I didn't say I actually knew what I was doing.

In reality I was horsing around with it, when it just fell into the right shape.
No one was more amazed than I was myself.
Last time it took me an hour and a half!!!

I think the wind the day before must have bent it into the regulation shape???