Porta Potty

We use the bucket type with toilet seat lid, just put a splash of chemical & a bit of water before use just to help brake down , then just dig a hole & bury it that way nothing sloshing about on the roof rack.Regards Bob
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We use ours as little as possible Joe, only in emergencies. Remember these things use a fair bit of water and in some places water is very precious.I may be mad but I'm not crazy
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Ray
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Joe,

I am aware these things like Porta Potties are fail safe and never come apart. I have heard of one actually doing so though all over the top of a roof rack and the vehicle below!!!! Not sure of the brand but could be nice if it happened : -(>

Because it lives in a living space in the daytime. I have mine stowed not in it's original box because it didn't last long, but in one of the plastic tubs originally bought for a stowage box years ago. Keep the chemicals in it too and toilet paper. Any spillage if any will be kept to a minimised area.

Wives are funny about the seats on these too, they always want them closed again.

Regards

JohnR - Not enough of the right travelling, some here..... some over there.......

See post 9967..or do an archive search...there has been plenty on this crappy subject.....the idea behind the potti is that you should dispose of the chemicalled waste in an environmentally friendly way......to my mind a shovel does the trick just as well and all waste is bio degradible...all you have to do is to burn the paper.
Carrying the porta on the roofrack...hope you don't drive under any low branches or you could be in for a surprise.!!!!!!

Cheers,

Willem

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I agree with Willem, get them used to it early and there is never a problem. The only probs we have had in over twenty five years is a little girl who overbalanced and fell into the hole she had partially filled ;-)) and a son who nearly started a grass fire when he was burning the paper (never mind how much dry grass he added).
I will concede though that I can see that when we are older and not as flexible that squatting will not be an option and the PP will be required.
Elderly friends that do extended touring with a PP have found that it is best to carry it in the vehicle in a plastic tub as the larger movement when up on the rack caused leaks and damage. Putting it in the trailer was a definite no no.

We use them on boats because you cant pump sewage straight into the rivers and lakes anymore, and usually try to avoid using them as much as possible. When necessity calls, the chemicals are pretty potent at sanitizing, and do reduce the smell in enclosed spaces, but we empty as often as possible, simply because we don't get to land all that often when cruising. I wouldn't want to leave them full for a week, but provided the chemicals are topped up and suitable there's no reason why 1 week should be out of the question.

Usually we empty every 3 or 4 days depending on the availability of facilities to do so.