POTTY Facts (fess up about your potty)

dee106 · May 11, 2007, 09:21 PM

We had one, we had it in the add-a-room, and hung a shower curtain and stored it under the trailer. when we had a tent we had the portable shower/toliet stall, and used that when in state parks. There ez to clean, ours had two openings you flip the nozzle into the dump station opening then open the other side and put the hose to it and it wash clear! then when finished close the ends pop in a tablet in or what ever odor control you uses. so ez a caveman can do it!

wavery · May 11, 2007, 11:11 PM

Quote from: TheVikingSorry Wayne, porta-potties are just way too close to the poop for me.

So what you are saying, Brian, is that you don't want to be a participant on "Survivor" :J

brainpause · May 12, 2007, 12:10 AM

Quote from: TheVikingSorry Wayne, porta-potties are just way too close to the poop for me.

You guys oughta be nurses or nurses' aides for a day or three. You'll gladly go back to porta pots or whatever your aversion is.

Larry

tlhdoc · May 12, 2007, 01:04 AM

We have had a porta potty and now have a cassette potty. I wouldn't have a camper without one. If we are close to the bathroom we limit the cassette potty use, but if we are not close it gets used all the time for everything. It is easy to dump and rinse out. I use a folding luggage cart to walk it to the dumpstation when we have an extended stay at a campground.

To answer your questions

1. There is no chemical smell if you keep the flapper closed when not in use

2. Not sure why the camper would smell that way

3. See above

4. 1 very easy to clean out. Unscrew the camp pour the contents into the dump station or toilet. Rinse twice, add new chemical and you are set to go. On a camping trip in April a friend of mine was at the dumpstation before me dumping his grey and black water tanks. I pulled in dumped and was on my way in under 5 minutes. He was there for about 20 to 30 minutes. Also if there is a line at the dumpstation you can dump the tank in a regular toilet.

brainpause · May 12, 2007, 09:52 AM

I grew up in a camper without a porta potti. Didn't know any different than having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Then again, as a child/teenager, that was rare.

When we married and bought our first popup, it came with a porta potti. Didn't think it was that nice of a luxury; it was just "extra" that came with the popup.

On our first trip, I was tickled pink to have it in the camper. It soon developed a leak (age), and we tossed it and got another. We love having ours in the popup, and it didn't smell anything up, even those 2 times I forgot to empty it and it stayed in the popup for a month or two. The potty chemicals do a great job of neutralizing odors.

It also didn't bother us having the potti in the camper in close vicinity with the kitchen. We just wash our hands and keep everything clean anyway.

Whatever fears you have, try and work past them because it is nice on those cold/hot nights to not have to get dressed (and thereby get woke up real good) to traipse to the bathhouse.

Larry

wavery · May 12, 2007, 10:38 AM

Quote from: brainpauseI grew up in a camper without a porta potti. Didn't know any different than having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Then again, as a child/teenager, that was rare.

When we married and bought our first popup, it came with a porta potti. Didn't think it was that nice of a luxury; it was just "extra" that came with the popup.

On our first trip, I was tickled pink to have it in the camper. It soon developed a leak (age), and we tossed it and got another. We love having ours in the popup, and it didn't smell anything up, even those 2 times I forgot to empty it and it stayed in the popup for a month or two. The potty chemicals do a great job of neutralizing odors.

It also didn't bother us having the potti in the camper in close vicinity with the kitchen. We just wash our hands and keep everything clean anyway.

Whatever fears you have, try and work past them because it is nice on those cold/hot nights to not have to get dressed (and thereby get woke up real good) to traipse to the bathhouse.

Larry

I'm proud of ya Larry.....yer a real man....

WHOOO..WHOOO..WHOOO!!!

mjdfarm · May 12, 2007, 09:41 PM

We dont use the bathroom in the camper. We were tent campers for years so walking to the bathroom is no problem. Dont want to mess with it. Besides we use the area for storage. 3 kids and we make very few nightime bathroom trips. They all go, including the wife, before bed and are good till morning.

My vote is no on the potty.

boncrab · May 12, 2007, 10:56 PM

I echo all those who like and use there potti's. We use ours as well, and use it more when my mother in law comes. Walking the distance to the bathroom is hard for her. We do use it in the Pop Up but we also have a shower tent. It's one from PahaQue.

One side note to respond to the very first poster about boys. One hard and fast rule we have and I know others have as well is, "EVERYONE SITS FOR EVERYTHING", then we don't have any aiming issues.

crazymommaof4boys · May 13, 2007, 12:34 AM

Quote from: brainpauseYou guys oughta be nurses or nurses' aides for a day or three. You'll gladly go back to porta pots or whatever your aversion is.

Larry

HERE, HERE!!! Boy do I echo that one! I do so tip my hats off to the Med-surg, ICU, and geriatrics nurses (and anyone else who has to deal with cleaning people down "there" on a sometimes hourly basis) that deal with it day in and day out... thank goodness on OB I only deal with little diapers of newborn poo!

I'm proud to be a porta potty user!

brainpause · May 13, 2007, 08:13 AM

Quote from: crazymommaof4boys I'm proud to be a porta potty user!

That oughta be a bumper sticker.

Larry

wavery · May 13, 2007, 09:31 AM

Now we've lost Viking for sure :rolleyes: ........they may never go camping with us again.

:p

tlhdoc · May 13, 2007, 10:37 AM

Quote from: brainpauseThat oughta be a bumper sticker.

Larry

There needs to be a second bumper sticker

"I am proud to be a cassette potty user!"

trumpet87 · May 14, 2007, 07:45 PM

Quote from: mjdfarmWe dont use the bathroom in the camper. We were tent campers for years so walking to the bathroom is no problem. Dont want to mess with it. Besides we use the area for storage. 3 kids and we make very few nightime bathroom trips. They all go, including the wife, before bed and are good till morning.

My vote is no on the potty.

You have a Coleman Niagara, top of the line unit, and don't use the toilet or shower??? We would LOVE to have this model, but don't own a T.V. big enough to pull one. May I ask why you own one with all the amenities and don't use them?

tlhdoc · May 14, 2007, 08:09 PM

Quote from: trumpet87May I ask why you own one with all the amenities and don't use them?

I have often wondered the same thing. Why pay for something that you are not going to use???

ScouterMom · May 16, 2007, 01:05 AM

I've never had a camper with a potti in it - but when looking for the one we just bought, a potti was not anywhere high on my list. it never bothered me to use the community bathrooms - except at Boy Scout camp, :p and I can't take my PUP there, anyway!

I grew up 'roughing it' in a tent on canoe trips - we usually used the woods, or dug a hole if we were staying in one spot. otherwise, at scout camp it was latrines and cold well-water hand pumps (have you ever gotten an ice cream headache from washng your HAIR?

? I have! try washing your hair in ice cold well water! Brrrr! :eyecrazy: )

however, that was many years ago, and I'm not that resiliant anymore. I like my PUP, old as it is, and the comfort it provides. I like having flush toilets in the park and HOT showers.

I don't think I would use a porta potti much, but would have liked to have the outdoor shower option - I can see that being real handy with grandkids, sandy feet and pets. i wouldn't mind having a porta potti for middle of the night runs if it was cold or rainy. I have had a few nights in a tent where I couldn't sleep because I had to 'go' and didn't want to leave my cozy nest. Makes for a very restless night. But that was Winter camping with the scouts - the camper wouldn't have been an option, anyway. Getting to the mid-life age of 2 am potti breaks and stiff joints is one reason I'm not camping with the scout troop nearly as much, and a big reason we got the camper. So maybe well add a potti sometime, especially if we do any boondocking. But I would probably still use the park facilities most.

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