Toilets ... Opinions

Me again!

Mrs Jules feels we should have a toilet on board. I am sceptical and asked her how she would feel if I got up at 3am and had a dump at the end of the bed in front of her and the kids in the roof. She said its not for me! Just for her & the kids and for wees only. So my question to everyone is ... what do you all do? ... especially the females among you. If we get something what do you suggest. Needs to be as small as possible. Don't really want to have to buy a toilet tent as well. Unless they are very cheap. Currently skint after everything we've had done!

HELP!!!!

 

I've got a small portaloo which I've got just for my kids(both girls) if I had boys I wouldn't bother.

 

Driving back from Devon yesterday i saw a woman taking a leak on the M4 hard shoulder just in front of her lime green T25 ...saw everything !!!

We don`t and i wouldn`t want one ...... Hedge ticket or if in the night as far away from your camper as possible

 

I don't like public loos : And I'd really not like them at 3am so we've got a Kampa Khazi (about £25 inc postage). Sturdy and does the jobby (if you pardon the pun).

 

For emergency number ones only we have a small bucket inside a buddy seat.

Never been used though, Its a mental thing I think, if its there you don't need it. If you don't have access to a loo you will need to go!!

 

I like your thinking Alpha ... so I tell the Mrs it's sorted but actually don't buy anything ... that way she won't need to go because she thinks we have one ... but I don't have to a) spend any money b) watch them go to the loo in my camper c) put up with any smells.

 

bucket in awning for wazz, close to hedge if no awning..... dump? walk of shame i'm affraid.....

 

We have a portable toilet which lives in the awning behind the clothes airer in the day tidily in it's draw string bag. At night it is available for short visits only

 

We use a Thetford camping toilet which we place immediately behind the front seats between a cupboard and the fridge. Stays in the van over night and gets moved out to the awning during the day. Saves opening the noisy slider and trapsing acrooss a wet field in the night.

From many tears research and testing 3-4 pints of beer in an evening is approx 2 pees during the night. I've tried loads of differnt makes of beer, even including crips and peanuts in the equation but always 2 pees. Wouldn't be without it now although my search for a cure continues.

 

I have some friends who for many years have used a patent "Weemaster" whenever they are camping. Its a large Tupperware box with a hole in it and a large funnel - has always worked for them !!

Me....hedge or as lhu as far away from my van as possible.

Incidentally the father of the same friend as above was a Tank Commander in WW2 and said he could never work out why all his men, when they needed a wee, would get out of the tank and piddle on the track/wheels when they knew he would order then to clean it later !

 

We have porta potti in van overnight, emptied most days but only peed in
Use a curious blue chemical that dissolves toilet paper in seconds & smells of bubble gum
Bog bought many years ago from a mate who assured me that it had never been pooed in.

 

can we say poo-ed? cool! i giggled like a goon

 

Both Mrs H and I just have a small bucket for numbers 1s at night.

 

Its not camping if there isn't a walk to the bogs (that always smell of a mixture of chlorine, pee and algae) in someone else's wellies or flop flips, and coat or jumper.

The 'no need for a torch' plan always works when you can see the lights, like a distant beacon - not so good when the return journey is made in pitch black and eyes dazzled by earlier loo lights.

Halcyon days - haven't been camping for a long time, but that is an overiding memory from when I was a kid.

That and the emergency bucket.

 

Some great info & advice here! Keep it coming. Will have a meeting with Mrs Jules tonight to discuss options.

 

To me that picture would be classed as a urinal but I only need the one bottle on board. Pepsi.

 

No. 1s only for us in the van.

Mrs.M used to use a gallon water container and a she-wee. (She never filled it, if you're wondering.) Now she's gone on to use a small bucket which has a nice closely-fitting lid, because she wasn't confident in her aim. If she's using it in the night, I am instructed to stick my fingers in my ears. A splash of disinfectant in the bottom of the bottle/bucket keeps the smells at bay.

As for me, I have a bladder of steel, and can always last till morning. She did accuse me of peeing out of the side window recently, but I maintain that she dreamt that.

 

no to toilets in my opinion...just not a necessity... added messing about with cleaning...spills and smells... just nip out away from camper near some bushes and it's reet x

 

wait til you're an older lady tiny and you fart or laugh too much..... new name already thought of for you......

Tena-Pie