I never thought I could be so entertained with someone putting up a pop up tent.

You need a bumper sticker for the van that says 'my other car is a narrowboat'

"When all else fails, read the instructions, but only as a last resort," said every man, everywhere.

"Washing ensued. No one needs to see that." ROFL I laughed soooo hard at that slide. Nice insert. Absolutely brilliant!

Never in a million years have I ever seen a person fold up a pop up tent so easily... very impressive

Glad you’re keeping the tradition for us chaps if all else fails read the instructions 😀

I used to have a beach shelter that folded up like your tent. I lost the directions. It took four PhD candidates about 45 minutes to fold it up. After that, I made about fifty copies of the directions and hid them everywhere. I gave the shelter away years ago, but I still keep finding the directions. So I admire how you managed to fold your shower tent up on the first attempt. Bravo!

Great video

I could listen to this over and over.

Loved your excitement over getting the shower folded up. Those can be quite difficult, I know!

Add to the shower tent equipment list: 1: wood slat mat to stand on. (extra one for outside the door) (bamboo mats work great) 2: stiff wire (coat hanger) across the top through the netting to hold the shower head. 3: a: dry bag or other waterproof stuff bag to hold change of clothes and drying towel. b: empty cooler that can hold dry clothes and towels and double as seat inside tent. (also holds TP and other bathroom essentials) If you set up for more than one nights stay, just put the toilet in there to sit on.

What a nice surprise to have a camp mate.

The putting down the pop up tent, had me in tears of laughter. Years ago I bought one for the beach for our kids it ended up going home on the roof of the car still upright we could never pop it down😂

Have you thought of getting an extra-long tub mat? Half inside, leading to outside. Feet remain clean, and outside remains dry. There are rugged ones with rows of large bumps that keep you slip-free. A quick rinse and hang it up to dry over a rod or something. Such a lovely vlog. It's always nice to see your big smiles when you are having fun. PS: There are pop-up shower AND changing room combos, with a panel between to keep the changing area dry. You might like that.

It's a humble man that films himself folding up a popup shower for the first time.

When the awkward folding worked and tent was suddenly folded...🙃👏

Seeing there is no type of floor in that portable shower, I would be concerned about a gust of wind lifting it while I was inside. Now that's a sight that could never be unseen!!!!!!! lol

KZfaq gold! Shower tent folding comedy🤣🤣

Found your Cruising The Cut channel the other day and there's something about you that I really enjoy its very strange because I have no relation to boats or anything.. you're great! 👍

Very enjoyable watch.l couldn't help laughing out aloud when you were trying fold the tent 😆. I have given up on pop tents in the past when it comes to trying to get them back into their bag. You did a good job though 👍 " what does that mean!!!" 😆 was reminiscent of a Basil Fawlty sketch. Nice to see you two spend some time together, I had no idea that you were friends. I have enjoyed videos on both your channels in the past.

That getting the portable shower hut back into it'storage bin looked like a Monty Python comedy bit!

I laughed so much at your joy when that tent folded! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Magnets on out side could hold metal hook or loop to inside to hang shower head

28.7 thousand people, plus Lorna think "David, are those not the instructions we can clearly see just there?" Well done on the repacking. I had one of the first Lastolites, you'll be familiar with, back in the early 80s. It spent the first week of its life standing fully expanded in the corner while I plucked up the courage to try folding it.

I do love a good outro, the summing up of the day, the teary goodbye, until we meet again.....it’s all too much, where’s my hanky!

You really didn't have 1.8k views by different people. I'm on pain meds and found this so entertaining I kept watching it over and over. Wow I could hire out as a professional watcher. Well, as long as the meds last.😍

Use a builders large rubble bucket, stand in it with hot water and pump submerged and have a longer shower time.

i completely understand why David got so excited when the shower tent folded up.

I always enjoy your sense of humor. When you found the last maneuver to fold up the shower I was as surprised as you were.

Congrats. That was the quickest I've ever seen anyone master folding one of those up.

Get yourself a "chimney starter" for lighting briquettes

Yaaaayyy a Lorna crossover ❤ hope you cheered her up after all her boat woes

I assume by now you’ve noticed, but the tent has a loop of ribbon sewn onto it. Once you have the circle, you slip the loop over it and that just holds it folded up while you put it in and out of the bag. Makes the process slightly easier. The “wait, what? That makes no sense! Oh.... oh my god it worked! It’s magic!” process of folding pop-ups is v familiar to me.

Well that was unbeliveably easy to fold up the shower tent

I swear I almost wee’d myself watching you fold up your shower tent. You are a treasure and a hoot. I needed a laugh. South Carolina continues to be overrun with Covid. 😢

I made this same comment on LJ’s video. Two boat tubers go van camping together and end up at Billing Aquadrome campground ‘moored’ next to a marina on the (non-CRT) Nene River. Why does that make too much sense? But Mr CC was able to one-up LJ by having a wrestling match with a pop up tent. Too funny. I had flashbacks to watching an Englishman named Stan with an American named Oliver. Thanks for sharing.

The triumph when you got it folded was a Tom Hanks in Castaway moment! I always take forever to get things like that folded up right.

We had one like that. When you popped it out I was thinking "wait till he tries to fold it up". :)

Next time have Lorna test the shower. Million views, guaranteed!

You looked sooooooo pleased with yourself, LOVE IT, lol.

So nice to have a self contained shower! Definitely looks like it could use some modifications though. More storage pockets and an upper loop or rope would be a must. Great to see you motoring again. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

re the shower head, i would attach a small sticky back Velcro pad to the shower head handle and stick it to the top of the shower tent with the added help of a drop of gorilla super glue.......

When you were screaming "Look Look Look"! at your ability to correctly fold a collapsible shower my dog was on his way to the water bowl. He stopped, turned around and watched. I'm sorry to report he was less impressed with your abilities than you were.

Imagine taking a shower and the wind blows the tent away. Those stakes are important!

Very impressed with you folding that tent.

Wear flip flops whilst in shower then walk back to van in them

Oh David!! I loved your reaction to finally getting the shower folded. Have that problem everytime I use my car window sun cover....so frustrating. Congratulations!🙂

So sorry, I had to laugh throughout folding that thing because I CAN NOT DO IT! Haaaaaaaaa, thanks so MUCH for the laugh, I really needed it. Now maybe I will be able to do it.

I just started watching Vandemonium. It is a shame it took me so long as I so enjoyed Cruising the Cut. Your wit and oratory skills are "you betcha" worthy. One suggestion for future Vandemonium guy is to put the shower stakes (which I would exchange for wooden in case of vampires) and guy lines somewhere you will not forget for your next trip. Thank you and please continue to boat, camp, and orator on!

Good to see you weren't outdone by a small nylon tent David 😉

This brought back memories of great times at Billing Aquadrome. Your battle with the shower tent made me chuckle - thanks for sharing!

What an engineering genius :) You made folding up that shower look like a piece of cake!

How someone can dislike a video by David is mind boggling to me! You’re so enthusiastically sarcastic sometimes and I love it!

I keep a log of all your videos that I later show my teen daughter; this is a keeper for sure 🙂

Every time I see that t shirt I think The Good Life.

Absolutely hilarious VDM! That was laughing out loud for me! Pity my dog was asleep and missed the whole thing. How nice to see the lovely Lorna as well! All in all a good night in for me.

Who'da thought that shower tent wrestling would become so popular ;-)

Re the shower, for me, following the instructions are sometimes like following destructions, but as usual you mastered it. Well done!

Great to see Lorna again.

You made putting that tent away look easy and no swearing id call that a victory

Woo-hoo. Much better than I would have done. I can never refold those pop up things or a fitted sheet for that matter. Well done David!

I didn't know this was a comedy channel!

Since March I use a Decathlon pop up shower tent, very easy to fold. Same as yours. The Decathlon tent has a hook on the outside to hang clothes so they stay dry and is open on top, no mesh cover. So you can hang a towel there. I use it on 6 trip and have showered in it for about 25 days now. It comes with a ground sheeth so you are off the grass with your feet. I also have the Decathlon shower, it holds 10 liters and is a closed system that you can pressurise by a handpump build into it. It is black so the water can get warm when you set it in the sun. But after showering warm once and after that with cold water I got used to cold water and now love it. I do not even want to shower in a campsite shower block anymore, it is so much more fun to shower in the open air outside. I am going to try that too in winter, I camp all year with my tent every month I am out and about. The shower head has a a spring loaded button to start the water. It also works great. I always overfill it with 12 liters and can use it for 4 days. I use biosoap so I do not pollute to much. As a matter of fact I am heading out now for 2 weeks camping with the shower tent and shower. I was supposed to go to the UK but sadly quarantine rules put an end to that. So now I stay in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

The shower unfolding and refolding . . . big smile here.

David I do enjoy you!! Laughed out loud watching you fold up the shower!! You’re the best!!

nice to see LONDON VAN GIRL

I'm waiting for my tent to come, I watched a video of how to fold it on KZfaq! I think I'm going to tie a loop of string onto the zip on the little window thing and hook the shower head into that! I also bought a bigger bucket, as us old gals need more water ;) Glad to see it did the trick though!

Very entertaining! I knew you could do it! 😁

Most enjoyable video David. You really hogtied that Shower Tent and schooled it on who's the Boss ! So relaxing to see you out and about enjoying the camp ground life, it looks so green there, lots of grass. I wish you a wonderful camping season ;)

Since you didn’t share your showering technique (thank goodness :-), you may already do this: May I suggest flip-flops/shower shoes/thongs worn into the shower. On my ship we wore them all the time we weren’t in our bunks or wearing regular foot ware. “Never go barefoot on a Navy ship!” Same applies to any shared/campsite shower for me. I never had any transmissible foot issues in the four years I was there. As far as drying, you can stand on one and kick the other off to dry that foot. Plus you don’t have to pack or track yet another item like a mat. Educational, enjoyable, and relaxing video, as usual! Thanks!

Excellent David! Now that you have mastered the shower tent you can progress to the map folding trial. No fair using GPS anymore, paper maps only. ;^) Thank you for the fun video. Have a great week ahead.

Well… Looking through your „old“ videos … AGAIN … I’m pleased to see, that there are other people, like me having problems assemble and disassemble items … 😂😂😂 … like a folding shower tent ☺️ Greetings from Germany everybody 👋 Stay safe 👍

A pair of crocs or flip flops when having your shower....keeps the feet clean at least

Great Work folding that thing!

Oh my..what a great vlog. There's a great little village up the road for amenities if your staying a while..Earls Barton. A co-op, couple of good cafe's and 3 pubs, 2 with good food and a few other nice independent outlets, butchers and pharmacy. So entertaining. Thank you.

So much joy at achieving the unachievable

You getting so excited about folding your shower tent was awesome! Folding it looked akin to playing Twister.

Good for you David! I loved the elation when you got the folding inward to work! ooh! ooh!! :) super nice!

Very enjoyable as always,and only 5 minutes drive from where I live.

As one human to another I love you. You have a great sense of humor and add joy to my life. Sorry if that sounds self centered. I just want you to know how much you are appreciated.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Very enjoyable especially the FAKE sausages 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ideas: 1. Put the shower up under a tree branch & hang what you need from the branch (you'll need to cut through the net); solved 2. Carry a piece of 6 ft. electrical conduit or some other lightweight piping like plastic pipe, drive a stake into the ground leaving a foot or so sticking up and place the conduit over the stake so it stands, rig a hook near the top and you can put that up inside the shower tent; solved 3. The tent must have some structural poles so try to make a 3 point connection using strap, rope, or hardware up near the top and hang the shower head from it...this may need some creative alteration; easiest solution You are welcome David. lol Enjoyed watching you with Lorna again, have fun.

I just purchased the Wolf Wise privy tent myself... that, after returning another brand because it had a mesh roof like that, with no rain cover included. That made no sense to me. Might I not need to use the toilet in the rain?? Anyway, I believe reviews like yours got back to Wolf Wise, because mine ( a lovely, faded turquoise color) came with many upgrades: it has a floor, for a start, bordered by mesh to allow water to drain away. It is also SPF 50, with the interior done in white. It has a large, hanging pocket organizer with multiple pockets, and a hanging bar for shower, towels whatever. And it came with a warning to learn how to fold it back up BEFORE going out on your first trip with it... including reminding one to watch a KZfaq video on the subject if the included, pictorial directions don’t help. 😂😂😂

I must say I like this as much the Narrowboatium Channel.

The problems with using that pop-up tent as a toilet are: 1 - It probably isn't as sound proof as you may like. 2 - Any mis-directed matter would require you to clean it. 3 - Where do you hang your loo roll ?

Came here from Lorna's video, love this one as well!

Camping English style.....lol. You did alright on the tent foldup.

Funnily enough, just watched an advert for a high-pressure showerhead before watching this vlog🚿 🤔Did you try disassembling the hook from the shower holder and sandwiching the material between the two? Well done though for keeping the shower cubicle tamed long enough to get it back in its case! I honestly had visions of it springing right back out again yet you did it with such panache you should have taken a bow🤣

Well done for folding that tent up!!!

I never thought I'd be watching somebody camping in a whizz bang do you want to know what a whizz bang is every time you open the door and close it whizz bang 👍🏼👍🏼

Oh let me tell you about my shower tent I had for only one day. I had a solar shower bag, had my nice shower tent up & mine was a little bit fancier then yours. It had shower hooks on the inside to hook your bag up to it. So I filled it up. Stepped out of the tent & it came crashing down to the ground breaking ever pole it came with. If I was inside under the shower bag it would of broke my neck. I was lucky I didn't get hurt. I sent it back to Amazon. Hopefully I'll get a new one soon. I just love to take outdoor showers. I usually take showers with my swimsuit on bc I'm out in the public's eyes. I do love to shower out in the open. I'm so happy yours worked & didn't try to kill you in the process like mine did. Happy trails, Chris from Missouri

Your delight at completing the fold away is infectious-I guffawed loudly!

Wonderful video. I found it entertaining. So please don’t do it the easy way When wrestling it into the bag and use the elastic loop to hold the pop up closed. I had a good chuckle as you still were able to get it on the bag. Thank you.

I thought for a moment that we were going to witness another home made bread making moment whilst packing the shower but alas, the complexity was not nearly as complicated as was home bread baking!

Great vid, though you may have just admitted on camera that you read the instructions. Loved the shower tent, just beware fellow KZfaqrs who own drones with that mesh top!🤭

8:00 "When all else fails, read the instructions." (Engineer's Maxim) I had been wondering about a shower setup like that, since my van lacks shower facilities. I've been doing bird-baths in the sink, but it would be nice to do a shower enclosure. I wonder about water usage when dry-camping, though. (camping without electrical or water hook-ups)

Jovial vid... But actually that solves a couple of very big issues in small vans... Showering and toilet privacy. The compact nature of the tent makes it perfect... If push came to shove :) so to speak, one could set that up in a lay-by on the motorway... I daresay a bushcrafty solution would be to arrange 3 large sticks around the tent, that would support a gravity fed shower... Food for thought... Thanks 👍

I just discovered your channel and found you very entertaining! I had a good laugh over your reaction to getting the shower folded back up. Those pop-ups are always a good laugh when watching someone else give it a go! God bless you for your bravery!

Looks like you forgot to put the tents pegs & guy ropes in the bag David, but given the triumph with getting the tent in the bag it came in, I think we can call that a victory.

That shower tent almost folded itself! Nice video!