Due to their flexibility, poodle noodles can be cut, slit, and bent to the appropriate size to protect your family from harm at the campsite and around your camper. Use these pool noodle camping hacks for quick fixes around your campsite and on your RV.
Pool noodles are the ideal padding solution for your camper or RV’s sharp edges and small clearances. But they’re also fantastic for ensuring that everyone at your campsite is safe.
Let’s count how many pool noodle camping tips you can employ the following time you go camping!
Step 1 – Cut some notches
Although it is optional, it helps the noodles stay in place. Cut a few notches with the knife where the pool noodle will connect to the beams holding up the canopy.
Most of the time, there is only one beam, making the task simple. If you don’t want to split the noodle in half, avoid making a deep cut.
Wrapping up our pool noodle camping hacks
As you can see, pool noodles can be used inside or outside of your RV and all over your campsite. Weren’t those pool noodle camping hacks and RV tips amazing? They are great deterrents that almost eliminate serious injuries.
What can you do about pooling?
When it rains and you are sheltering under your canopy, you should drain any water that is accumulating there so that the roof doesn’t sag significantly. This is typically accomplished by pushing up on the water’s surface as it pools, creating a waterfall off the closest edge. If you want your pop-up canopy to last as long as possible, avoid using anything sharp like sticks or tent poles to release the water. When I was younger, we used to wait until someone was walking underneath our family canopy before releasing the water and giving them a shower. Use a broom or tent mallet with a broad or flat end as an alternative.
It’s annoying that you might have to keep doing this until the rain stops. You won’t be caught off guard if you plan ahead (see strategies below), and you can simply unwind until the rain stops.
FAQ
How do you put pool noodles on a canopy?
It will take up any slack in the fabric and lessen or completely eliminate the issues brought on by water collecting on the roof if you sandwich a hula hoop or a pool noodle between the frame and the canopy fabric of your portable canopy.
How do you keep rain from pooling on the canopy?
The simplest fix for a gazebo canopy that is sagging is to grab four pool noodles and place them at the corners. Simply place the noodles between the fabric and the support beams, and you’re good to go.
How do you put pool noodles in a gazebo?
Try fastening sandbags or weights to the legs of your canopy in addition to tent stakes. Sand or pebbles can be used to fill canopy sandbags, which add weight to your canopy to make it more wind-resistant.
