We used our porta potti for the first time this weekend and have got a toilet tent to use it in.... and there are good points and bad points...
GOOD:
When youve been mixing your vanilla voddy and ciders theres no way I wouldve made it from the forest we were staying in to the camp toilets!
BAD:
When youve been mixing your vanilla voddy and ciders the toilet tent cannot cope with me swaying against it! and I think that either CARL62 or Kaminokid has pics of me collapsed in it - before the drink started flowing!!!
Our sits on a not slip mat behind the passenger seat, secured with a strap attached to the seat box. Made a cover for it by sewing a long skirt onto a square cushion, works well and is much more pleasing to the eye!!
chriscburgess wrote:never understood the whole porta potty thing. why would you want to s..t in your bedroom 18 inches from where you cook your breakfast. Whats wrong with a stroll to the toilet block or diggin a hole in the wild?
Totally agree with you but we do sometimes stop on a site with just water and not much else. The Forestry Commision have some really back to basic sites that are great for a night or two..... in between all in sites..
Its on the road to Nowhere, no one passes by.
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What brand of portable toilet do you all have then? I want something that's going to be big enough for occassional wet use (2 of us using it mostly at night) and strong enough whilst being comfortable for a 6ft person and at a decent price.
its ok for blokes to go without a loo as its easy for them to be discreet.......not so for us ladies!
I have a porta-potty but find it too big for the van (also have 2 mahoooosive dogs) but it sits quite nicely in the 'curtain' bit where the awning joins the van. If I'm camping without the awning I have a bucket with lid that sits in the drivers footwell until needed then it will fit between the front seats - I use the 'blue stuff' so it smells nice and is obviously only used in the night and never for #2's. I have put a curtain between the cab and main part of the van for privacy - the only problem I have is my son reckons that he'll be mentally scarred for life listening to his mom pee in a bucket and so puts his fingers in his ears and sings "the final countdown" loudly
I don't mind emptying it either, not even when attention is drawn to me by certain 80-90 members shouting across the vanfest field with a mega-phone.......
it is a shame that there isn't a proper loo that fits between the front seats - I'm sure I'd feel a little more ladylike if I could flush!
Karen x
We're in the stickiest situation since Sticky the Stick Insect got stuck on a sticky bun. -hmmmmm
dirtygertie wrote:iI don't mind emptying it either, not even when attention is drawn to me by certain 80-90 members shouting across the vanfest field with a mega-phone.......
1980 Aircooled Devon Camper 2litre. Member of lobon clique.
Is T'Onion Ringo's Dad??????
Cruz wrote:We have finally decided to get a porta-potti bog and I was wondering how people secure it in the van so it doesn't go sliding around whilst driving?
I've also heard people say they made a box with a lid to cover them up if so how do you make one i.e fix the sides together (nails? Glue?) as I've never made anything with wood
I bought a Bi-Pot 30 for my Autosleeper and fitted modified hinges to the gas locker so it would fit in. It was a bit of a bind having to pull the loo out every time I wanted to switch on the gas so I made a box/seat to take it. The box is made from 16mm MDF and is screwed and glued. I made it with draws at the bottom to raise it up to the height of the other seats in the van, they are handy for putting the bog roll and spare chemicals in. It is held in place by two toggle latches and can be removed in seconds. If you do a search on Bi-Pot 30/seat you can see the pics that I posted with the help of Grun. Hope this is of some help.
Sid
Sid from Bridgwater, Somerset, member No. 4623
1985 Autosleeper VHT 1.9 auto. (later called Trident) converted to run on LPG
I bought a large plastic box with a lid from Staples. Porta Potti fits in that, together with necessary chemicals and space tp spare. can be lifted about then without fear of spills. We carry it under way behind the back seat over the engine, together with the tent awning etc. In use we take it out of the box and put it in the awning if we have it up but, if not, ours fits neatly between the driver and passenger seat whe the bed is down - even draw the centre curtain across for privacy!
We have just got back from 16 nights in France, using the aire de camping makes having a loo on board almost compulsary. I dont understand the shy ones, if you have just had an enjoyable night with your partner of choice, why go all coy over a slash?
On one morning I did have to resort to using it for No2's, though being a gentleman I did throw Yvonne out into the cold first. As long as you have remembered to open the trap before starting it is no different than at home. The blue chemical prevented the smells and as the dutch, germans & french have all deposited theirs emptying the tank was no worse than normal.
Most sites in France also dont have separate facilities for toilets/showers, but then we dont in our flat either.
Thes porta loos are designed to be used for No1's & No2's and work very well
I have seen vans advertised as "never been smoked in" apparently this makes them worth more.
So would advertising your van as "never been shat in" work as well?
chriscburgess wrote:
never understood the whole porta potty thing. why would you want to s..t in your bedroom 18 inches from where you cook your breakfast. Whats wrong with a stroll to the toilet block or diggin a hole in the wild?
I too have yet to encounter a situation where I could justify having a porta potty given the drawbacks that chrisburgess has so eloquently mentioned
Going to festivals where after a few days the poo in the portaloos forms a pyramid that is higher than the loo seat. That was the situation that made me get a porta potty. You can't have a wee or poo in the bushes at a music festival and no way would I ever use a portaloo at one again. I'm only short and trying to hover above the seat without this poo mountain touching me was difficult and I still have nightmares.
Flibbertigibbet wrote:I may set the green police and you folk weeing and pooing in the wild grrrrrrrrrrrrr....................
There is a correct way to take a #2 in the wild, so that it's well buried and will decomp as quickly as poss and not get dug up by foxes and the like. Get a copy of "how to S*** in the woods" (google it) and gain enlightenment in more ways than one
From a trainee "Mountain Man"
1985 Oettinger 3.2 Caravelle RHD syncro twin slider. SA Microbus bumpers, duplex winch system, ARC 7X15 period alloys
this thread has put so many images in my head that i do not want there i did build a box for mine and posted some pics a few years ago, i think it was thunderbox box, try search that
i did build a box for mine and posted some pics a few years ago, i think it was thunderbox box, try search that 
