Dealing with shoes & jackets?

[Heebson]

Hi gang,
Following on from a great thread on organising drawers, we are now wondering what people’s best practices are for dealing with shoes & jackets.

We‘ve just had a weekend away and had a few weeks in hire vans. One thing we’re struggling with is what to do with these things. The weather was a little wet and the ground very wet this trip, so we were really flummoxed about muddy shoes (we left them on a mat and had indoor crocs, but then had to keep stepping over them) or damp jackets, which we couldn’t put in the wardrobe, but didn’t have hooks to hand them (it’s a new van to us). I’ve seen ideas like using the toilet for either, but don’t want to have to keep moving things to use the loo.

if you’ve hooks for jackets - how are you fixing them? Nervous about screwing into wood in case something behind, or hanging from wardrobe or toilet doors, in case doors get pulled out of alignment.

All tips appreciated. If the other thread was anything to go by, everyone’s keen to get new ideas and share genius hacks!

thnx,
Heeb

 

[Janine]

I use over-door hooks to hang wet coats outside the wardrobe door. It happens to be over the gas fire so warm, dry coat ready for the next walk.

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[AG 2602]

We hang wet jackets in the shower to dry off and walking boots go under the van for the night!

 

[royandsharont]

We never used outdoor shoes inside and never left them outside generally so I wrapped a thin grass type mat around the retractable step using sewn on Velcro. This allowed us to rub off most muck before stepping inside and in wet muddy conditions we put sheet of cardboard over a magic mat which could then be lifted and placed out of the way. We had rubber car square mats, old fashioned type, in the front cab area and all shoes then lived there out of the way behind the swivelled cab seats.

I carried 3 such bits of cardboard to be able to put on the carpets so if it was pouring down we could both get inside but not stand on the carpets, if it was wet weather we laid them before we went out then put away after drying, very quickly, to keep it all neat tidy & clean

The coats were easy. Our wet room was big enough to have some jackets hung up and still give access to the toilet. We placed a telescopic shower curtain pole across the room against the walls and then hung the coats on coat hangers. Particular good if wet as the room then became a drying room if needed & heating as necessary.

Both worked well for us for 9 years

 

[rolosroller]

Wet jackets hung in the shower we put outdoor shoes in a plastic a box in the shower

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[mitzimad]

our shower riser rail pops of and can the be hooked up across the shower for hanging wet stuff

 

[Trikeman]

Wet coats in shower and mucky/wet shoes in lidded plastic box (stops mice in shoes) under van.
Slippers just inside door for when we get back from hike.
HIH
Trikeman.

 

[L' Hobo]

With my Murvi PVC it's possible, on wet days, to enter the van through the rear doors into the shower/toilet area and to hang any wet clothes/shoes there before proceeding into living area but if I know I'm going to be entering using the side door, I put old tabloid Newspapers on the floor and after entering and removing any wet things its easy to just roll up the top few wet pages and put them in the rubbish bin, leaving the other dry pages on the floor.

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

Good adsorbent door entrance “mats” for entering with wet and muddy boots etc, and muddy pawed pooches, are Puppy Pads, the type used when toilet training a young dog in case of accidents.
They are cheap (£5 for 30) and soak up a lot of liquid and wet mud and are easily removed to dispose of.

 

[Dave Scadding]

Wet coats in shower and mucky/wet shoes in lidded plastic box (stops mice in shoes) under van.
Slippers just inside door for when we get back from hike.
HIH
Trikeman.

Just what we do except have zip up boot bags

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[Minxy]

I use some over door hooks on the washroom door on both sides so I can hang coats on the outside and/or inside. In the washroom (combined toilet & shower) we have a circular shower screen which I've put some of the plastic tablecloth holders on and can use them to hook the coat hanging loops tags on (the below has my hair turban on one) or a coat hanger, shoe hanger etc.

 

[CamperJack]

When I lived in my van the boots lived in the drivers cab, and so did my wet coat.

 

[cyberyacht]

If it rains, I don't go out.

 

[weefish]

Poor layout. Many vans are designed to use a central side door as the main entrance which usually involves stepping straight in to the lounge/kitchen.

 

[Lenny HB]

Try to avoid getting wet these days done enough of that.
If we do have wet coats we hang them the shower, loo d shower are seperate rooms. Muddy boots go in the garage, when dry back in special walking boot bags and in a locker.

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[Wabs]

Hang coats in the shower, boots under the van,,in a box now,coz some theiving git ( probably a fox) knicked one of my boots last year,,I did look stupid walking round in one boot and a flip flop

 

[63720]

Wet shoes or boots are left outside under the van, wet coats in the shower or garage, best thing is don't get wet.

 

[L' Hobo]

did look stupid walking round in one boot and a flip flop

Why didn't you hop like other Rabbits..?

 

[Coolcats]

Hi gang,
Following on from a great thread on organising drawers, we are now wondering what people’s best practices are for dealing with shoes & jackets.

We‘ve just had a weekend away and had a few weeks in hire vans. One thing we’re struggling with is what to do with these things. The weather was a little wet and the ground very wet this trip, so we were really flummoxed about muddy shoes (we left them on a mat and had indoor crocs, but then had to keep stepping over them) or damp jackets, which we couldn’t put in the wardrobe, but didn’t have hooks to hand them (it’s a new van to us). I’ve seen ideas like using the toilet for either, but don’t want to have to keep moving things to use the loo.

if you’ve hooks for jackets - how are you fixing them? Nervous about screwing into wood in case something behind, or hanging from wardrobe or toilet doors, in case doors get pulled out of alignment.

All tips appreciated. If the other thread was anything to go by, everyone’s keen to get new ideas and share genius hacks!

thnx,
Heeb

In our Hymer car there is a swing down rail to allow the hanging of wet clothes in the shower boots etc will go under the van or on a plastic bag inthe shower tray

 

[L' Hobo]

In our Hymer car there is a swing down rail to allow the hanging of wet clothes in the shower boots etc will go under the van or on a plastic bag inthe shower tray

It's interested the number of people who put their boots under the van, I tried that once and the inside of the boots got even wetter?

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[Wabs]

Why didn't you hop like other Rabbits..?

 

[Heebson]

It's interested the number of people who put their boots under the van, I tried that once and the inside of the boots got even wetter?

I’m just confused at a basic level - how do folks get said wet/dirty boots into a box under the van….without getting their feet/other shoes wet and/or dirty!?

 

[Lenny HB]

It's interested the number of people who put their boots under the van, I tried that once and the inside of the boots got even wetter?

Must have been a Brit van, it was all the water dripping out of the body.

 

[Sapper520]

I’m just confused at a basic level - how do folks get said wet/dirty boots into a box under the van….without getting their feet/other shoes wet and/or dirty!?

Flip flops.

Take off one boot, put 1 flip flop on, kick off other boot, other flip flop on. Boots under van (maybe in box). Open door, step out, as you step onto the step leave flip flops on the step and in you go.

Flip flops can be left there until a convenient time to move them.

 

[AXO66]

Wet cloths in the rear shower bathroom. Door shut roof vent open . Boots either in shower or under van, then in shoe box under lounge seat. Umbrella in door to keep u dryish when getting ready to get into van.

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[L' Hobo]

Must have been a Brit van, it was all the water dripping out of the body.

and the spray from the torrential rain. (No the van was German VW)

 

[Manic]

We made a cover for the shower floor with a 4”up stand on three sides out of this stuff, so shoes and coats go in shower.

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[Richard n Ann]

I leave my crocs outside, if it rains they fill up and make farty noises when I use them

 

[Pekepal]

Wet coats on hook just inside door. Shoes are kept in lidless boxes behind driver and passenger seats when parked up and travel under table. Wet shoes left just inside door. Wellies and heavy coats in garage.

 

[Minxy]

I leave my crocs outside, it it rains they fill up and make farty noises when I use them

Yeah we believe you ...! More likely the wearer, wet or dry!