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[Drew345]

Portable Bathtub?

I am looking at an apartment that looks nice except for the bathroom. I really don’t like the usual Korean arrangement where after a shower the whole bathroom is wet. I much prefer a little separation between the shower area and the “other” area. This place has a bathroom that is plenty big, just no separation. I will buy a shower curtain of course, but something more is needed. It would be great if there were a bathtub to catch the water (and good for a nice soak every now and then). I don’t think the owner is going to put in a tub for me. Is there anything like a big plastic, temporary, portable bathtub? It would have to have a drain of course. I have seen little tiny ones in Japan before. Would prefer something a bit more full length.
I found a picture of something similar to what I want:
http://jama.denvergifts.net/travelling-with-portable-bathtub/

Thanks for any ideas,
Drew

[Fox]

In my previous apartment we used one. My wife says she bought it on G-Market. It was not very expensive.

[ttompatz]

When we first arrived in Korea we found a kimchee tub; looked like an orange bathtub (4' long * 3' wide at the lip * 1.5' high ) with no drain.

We cut a small hole in the bottom at one end and used a plastic sink plug. It worked until we got an apartment with a real tub.

tub (like the one on the left but bigger) = https://bettylovestoeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/img_4526.jpg

plug = http://i5.walmartimages.com/dfw/dce07b8c-e7e2/k2-_108e0796-e3fa-443f-9dfa-e8a73f6ffbd6.v1.jpg

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[Drew345]

Thanks for the ideas!
Great to know there are solutions to my problem.
Sizes aren't perfect for a long soak, but that's what saunas are for!