Coghlan's  Tent Whisk with Dust Pan

I bought this today since I am going camping. When I got home I wanted to try it out on my fold up chair and did literally 4 brushes and the handle broke off! I saw made in China before I bought it but though since rei was selling it that it would be fine. Nope.

We have a 6 year old and she and her kiddo friends come tramping through our two room tent with reckless/dirty abandon. Prior to laying my head down at night on a sleeping pad covered in outdoor detritus, I give the place a quick sweep up. What's best about this whisk (and perhaps isn't explained particularly well in the write up) is that the bristles are quite stiff and provide the push necessary to get all manner of debris moving in the right direction. Keep a tidy home, keep a tidy tent.

I had been looking for one of these for quite awhile in many different stores...I knew they existed, just couldn't find one until I happened to walk by one at REI! It's just a small version of a regular brush/dustpan that is conveniently sized for camping and such. Does what it's intended to do! Post-sweep, I usually take a baby wipe or cleaning wipe to the tent floor to get any leftover reside, but this gets most of it up.

It's a little broom and dust pan. It does what a little broom and dust pan do, namely sweeping dust into the pan. It's also $5 and weighs nothing. What it could do, I suppose, is save you from having to replace a $200 sleeping pad that got punctured by a small, sharp rock inside your tent. Yours broke? It's $5, buy another.

Tired of all the tracked in bits of stuff when you go camping? Not enough room in to use an actual broom (assuming there's even room in the car for one)? Get one these handy little miniature broom and dustpan sets. I wouldn't want to clean a whole campsite with one, but it's just right for getting rid of the worst of the dirt, leaves, and needles that get tracked into the tent.

Check it out! I was at REI with my lady and she was all like “ohhhh we should get this! There’s so much dirt in the tent! Isn’t it cute!” Anyways now it’s been sitting underneath the back seat of car for 3 months haven’t used it once.

I've had one of these (as pictured) for many years. It's been great tool for camping. I received a new one today and was most disappointed. The bristles are black, much thinner and weaker than shown on the website.

5 stars for the broom itself, but the dust pan is unnecessary. Ive also lopped the handle off to save on space and weight. Its just so much easier to bend my tent and whisk everything out as opposed to trying to get it all in one spot.

The handheld whisk was very effective at gathering fine sand particles from our tent site. Glad I purchased it when I stopped in the North Conway store. Simple, old-school, and effective.

It’s a small dustpan and brush…gets the dirty job done. Exactly what I wanted. Not much else to say.