Reddit reviews Tote-able Toilet Seat and Lid (Seat & Lid Only)

I use a bucket system like this and it works fine. My favorite method is to use pine shavings or pine sawdust.

You start with an empty bucket and add a layer of pine down, maybe an inch. Do your business, add enough shavings on top to cover your business. The only thing you end up smelling is the pine.

Once it's full (or heavy enough) you empty the bucket into a suitable compost bin and cover it with a biofilter. Old hay, straw, leaves, weeds, grass clippings, pine needles. Whatever is convenient/on hand.

Wash/rinse the bucket and it's good to go. Some people like to have multiple buckets on hand so when one is full they put a lid on it and wait till have several before dumping. A bit more efficient and convenient for some people.

It doesn't smell any worse then a regular bathroom, in fact in my opinion it smells better, as once the initial smell of your business fades all that is left is pine.

I use this lid. It's sturdy, has a seal and easily snaps on and off standard size buckets. Being portable makes it more convenient, as I can move it to where it needs to be when I need it there.

When the weather is nice I usually just keep it outside, but I have a lot of privacy. I can also take it camping.

How often you empty it really depends on how much you use it and how many people use it. When the weather is suitable I often just pee outside somewhere and often use it to fertilize my garden or pee on a compost bin. It's perfectly fine fertilizer if used right. I can dig up some links if you want.

So my buckets take about a week or two to fill up generally speaking. People uncomfortable, unable or unwilling to do that will fill up buckets faster.

I know a family of 4 who go through about 4 buckets a week during the warm months and maybe 6 during the winter.

Why does it need to be mounted on a wheel? Wouldn't a toilet seat attached onto a 5 gallon bucket work just as well?

Sure a hot shower can stave of feelings of desperation. But if you just want to get clean, a five gallon bucket of water with a lid and a few drops of bleach (not too much, you don't want to smell like chlorine) can hold 100 white shop towels . You take a couple out each day and clean yourself up.

If you have two more 5 gallon buckets, one can be fitted with this. You'd want to line it with a garbage bag and throw some kitty litter in there, but it would suffice.

The third bucket you fill with soapy water, and toss your clothes/rags in and then when you need to wash them they're already pretty clean from jostling around in a moving vehicle for a day or two.


I could go on an on, but this is starting to turn into a prepper type thing. I'm sure there are plenty of videos out there that can teach a person better than I can explain it.

The most important thing though is to stay healthy and strong.

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