How to Choose a Portable Camping Toilet
The portable camping toilet is an essential piece of equipment that you should have on-hand. Here is why I believe this is so important…
Have you given much thought to how you will go to the bathroom and potty during an emergency or survival situation? Pooping is not a topic most people like to talk about. But consider this, when water and sewage services fail, and you are forced away from your home, finding a place to poop becomes a big deal. Women, children, and the elderly may be afraid to go outside to relieve themselves unless they have been trained to do so. Don’t just expect them to willingly go into the woods, dig a hole, and do number 2.
Adding a portable toilet to your survival kit or bug out bag is one way to ensure you and your family can go to the bathroom with minimal hassle.
Most portable camp toilets are really easy to use. They are comfortable to sit own, much like the toilet you use every day at home. You just poop in a disposable bag. The majority of these disposable bags are already pretreated with chemicals that help break down your waste into a non-hazardous material. There are a few brands of bags that don’t come pretreated, so you have to add the chemicals yourself.
If you want to know more about camping toilets, here are three top brands to consider.
3 Best Portable Camping Toilets For Emergency and Survival Situations
1. Cleanwaste GO Anywhere Portable Camping Toilet Seat
What I like most about the Cleanwaste GO Anywhere Portable Toilet is that it’s the same height as a standard toilet. This portable toilet, that supports up to 500 lbs, is strong, durable, lightweight and folds down to about the size of a briefcase so that it’s easy to carry. The Go Anywhere Portable Toilet features a tripod-style design that can support your weight and keep you stable while using the bathroom on uneven ground. For convenience and ease of use, you should use Cleanwaste toilet bags that come in packs of 15. These bags can be used with the Go-Anywhere portable toilet or used by themselves as a standalone product.
2. Reliance Fold-to-Go Collapsible Portable Toilet
The Fold-to-Go Collapsible Portable Toilet by Reliance is a space-saving camp toilet that folds down to 5-inches in height. The fold-to-go is easy to transport with a weight-bearing capacity of 250 pounds. Used mainly by campers, boaters, hunters, and rvers, I have found this portable toilet to be a perfect fit for emergency preparedness too. This collapsible toilet can be set up and torn down in under a minute. When using portable camping toilets you should use pre-treated bags that contain chemicals to easily break down your waste. Reliance makes its own brand of bags called double doodie. Use double doodie toilet waste bags for quick, mess-free cleanup and waste disposal.
3. Green Elephant Folding Commode
When it comes to portable toilets the Green Elephant Folding Commode is highly rated for its minimalist design. This particular camp toilet is lightweight, easy to carry and easy to access (attached to the outside of your bug out bag). Weighing only 3.5 pounds, the Green Elephant is a portable toilet seat that looks like a folding chair with a round hole cut into the seat. When nature calls just unfold the chair, wrap a bag around the seat, and then take care of your business. Catch your waste in either a bucket or biodegradable compostable bags.
What To Look For In A Portable Camping Toilet
There’s a chance you might not like any of the portable camping toilets that I recommend above. If this is the case, you can choose a camping toilet that better suits your survival needs. The toilets that work best during survival situations have a few features in common. Look for camp toilets that are:
- Low maintenance
- Lightweight
- Portable
- Sturdy and have
- Minimalist design
You can use these five (5) features to help you decide which camp toilet is right for you before buying.
Parting Thoughts
You still need to use the bathroom during an emergency or survival situation. You can either dig holes and poop in the ground or you can be more civilized and use a camp toilet. The decision is yours to make, however, my advice would be to strongly consider adding a portable camping toilet to your list of survival gear.
