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Post by mizvalentine on Oct 11, 2011 18:42:32 GMT -5
Dig it. I'm posting in this thread to remind myself how much I despise the portos and need to invest in a camp toilet for next year. Because I'm already starting to tell myself, "Oh, it wasn't THAT bad...."
Dig it. I'm posting in this thread to remind myself how much I despise the portos and need to invest in a camp toilet for next year. Because I'm already starting to tell myself, "Oh, it wasn't THAT bad...."
And that is a LIE!
My feelings exactly. I always downplay the portos...until the first time I have to use one.
I bought a portable shower and what I've dubbed my portable loo last year. I highly recommend it. It was like having our own portable outhouse. Unfortunately, it doesn't help much when nature calls inside centeroo.
Can someone explain to me how I can use a portable shower and not flood my neighbors? I've thought about buying one for years but that's my hold up.
When I used to use one, I would tie it to the back side of my Jeep and just turn it on for a second to get wet and to rinse off; never had a problem with flooding. But the people who emptied their cooler water right next to my tent...
Can someone explain to me how I can use a portable shower and not flood my neighbors? I've thought about buying one for years but that's my hold up.
We had three people at our camp and all showered every day and didn't have a problem at all with flooding - the ground seemed to appreciate the extra moisture. It also barely rained last year, that may have something to do with it.
Dig it. I'm posting in this thread to remind myself how much I despise the portos and need to invest in a camp toilet for next year. Because I'm already starting to tell myself, "Oh, it wasn't THAT bad...."
And that is a LIE!
it is a lie. but a lie i also tell myself.
for those that use luggable loos, etc, where do you discard the waste? since i am not an rv'er i am not familiar with dumping policies.
I have thought about the portable showers but have never purchased one. Last year I just bought several gallon jugs of water and used that as my shower. Pour water on to get wet, soap up, rinse. Worked out fine for me. Plus if you leave the jugs in your car during the day the water will be at least lukewarm when you shower at night. Never flooded the area with water either but we made sure to set up our private shower area away from tents.
Last year I made one of those portable showers out of a 5 gallon drum and a kitchen sprayer that someone posted the instructions to on here and it worked great!! Definitely one of the best and mostly used items we took.
For the ladies, I highly reccommend buying a shower stall and porto toilet. Every year for Xmas I get my wife a cheap pair from walmart. Between the two, it is like 75 bucks. After 4 days of Roo, it is kinda gross, so we just leave it behind.
PS - buy a lock for the zipper on the door with enough keys for everyone in your crew.
And wow, you're like a walking, talking infomercial to turn people away from Pearl Jam and Ohio State, aren't you? Before you started posting here I quite liked Pearl Jam and was indifferent towards OSU, now I find myself wishing that Eddie Vedder falls down a mine shaft or that Columbus is infested with locusts
For the ladies, I highly reccommend buying a shower stall and porto toilet. Every year for Xmas I get my wife a cheap pair from walmart. Between the two, it is like 75 bucks. After 4 days of Roo, it is kinda gross, so we just leave it behind.
PS - buy a lock for the zipper on the door with enough keys for everyone in your crew.
For the ladies, I highly reccommend buying a shower stall and porto toilet. Every year for Xmas I get my wife a cheap pair from walmart. Between the two, it is like 75 bucks. After 4 days of Roo, it is kinda gross, so we just leave it behind.
PS - buy a lock for the zipper on the door with enough keys for everyone in your crew.
For the ladies, I highly reccommend buying a shower stall and porto toilet. Every year for Xmas I get my wife a cheap pair from walmart. Between the two, it is like 75 bucks. After 4 days of Roo, it is kinda gross, so we just leave it behind.
PS - buy a lock for the zipper on the door with enough keys for everyone in your crew.
No pun intended here, but that's a pretty crappy thing to do.
For the ladies, I highly reccommend buying a shower stall and porto toilet. Every year for Xmas I get my wife a cheap pair from walmart. Between the two, it is like 75 bucks. After 4 days of Roo, it is kinda gross, so we just leave it behind.
PS - buy a lock for the zipper on the door with enough keys for everyone in your crew.
No pun intended here, but that's a pretty crappy thing to do.
For the ladies, I highly reccommend buying a shower stall and porto toilet. Every year for Xmas I get my wife a cheap pair from walmart. After 4 days of Roo, it is kinda gross, so we just leave it behind.
Post by chloetuesday on Feb 6, 2012 20:57:54 GMT -5
That's damn sweet! Would totally do this if my car was big enough We only have room for something that's completely collapsible. Does anyone know if any of those are sturdy enough to actually hang a solar shower from? The few I've seen at WalMart seem really flimsy...
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Feb 6, 2012 22:05:17 GMT -5
I'm going to build a shower stall out of PVC pipe this year, using joints throughout so that I can collapse it and build it there. I think I'm going to use my tie-dye sheets around it as the curtain, and use zip ties. I figure that should hold the shower pretty well.
A blow up baby pool works pretty well to hold the waste water from the shower, and then you can spread it out over a wider area and it won't flood then, and some of it evaporates.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by chloetuesday on Feb 6, 2012 23:26:29 GMT -5
We hung a solar shower on the ez up last year but didn't love that setup. Didn't have any issues with flooding luckily, surely had it rained that would have been a different story :-)
You guys do too many no no words. We don't leave the shit in the toilet. We line the toilet and dispose of the waste properly. We just leave the tent a reasonable clean toilet behind. Geez, the entitlement o not wanting to haul a 25 dollar used toilet back to il. It's not worth storing or cleaning.
And wow, you're like a walking, talking infomercial to turn people away from Pearl Jam and Ohio State, aren't you? Before you started posting here I quite liked Pearl Jam and was indifferent towards OSU, now I find myself wishing that Eddie Vedder falls down a mine shaft or that Columbus is infested with locusts
trying this again durn poor internet connection!!!^^^ ok, if you use a luggable loo, you should either get cat litter to line your bucket, or the waste bags with the gel in them ( you can get these at the camping section of Wally World). If you use litter, you should probably change it at least once during the weekend, just pour it in a black garbage bag and dispose. If you use the individual bags, just tie them off securely and dispose of as well. If you upgrade to the toilets with the reservoir, make sure to buy some of the blue stuff ( again same camping section) to put in the reservoir to keep the smell down. This type of toilet allows the reservoir to just come off, carry it to the porto and empty. We also have this kind, and let it be noted if two people use this as their primary toilet, then it should be emptied daily to prevent overflow (EEEWWWW!!!) It is pretty gross to empty the reservoir, my hubby does it since i try to avoid the portos at all costs! As Mizvalentine said IT IS A LIE! I only use the portos if I absolutely cannot, and I mean CANNOT, avoid the portos, well then... I use them while retching,gagging, holding my skirt in one hand and nose with the other,while hovering and pretending I am not really in a porto and ..its not that bad!
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We only have room for something that's completely collapsible. Does anyone know if any of those are sturdy enough to actually hang a solar shower from? The few I've seen at WalMart seem really flimsy...
