Choose A Porta Potty For Camping And Boating

For most of us, the idea of taking a porta potty of some sort on a camping trip does not enter our minds when we are young, adventurous, and happy to bare out butts for the world to see. But as time goes on, we get married, have kids, get BIGGER butts, the desire for a few home comforts tends to grow...........as do our behinds. We still want to feel young and vibrant and at one with Mother Nature, but we want to take things with us that make the outback feel like a home from home. We want to take not only the kitchen sink with us, but also the toilet, the crapper, the kludger, the dunny, the throne........whatever you want to call it.

But hold on, this is a reality, you can take a toilet with you, albeit a small one. The range of portable toilets for camping and marine use is large, and whatever your budget, there is a portable toilet to suit you. Over at the PortaPotty.org website, those toilet minded folks are offering reviews on a wide range of travel toilets for camping, RV and caravan use, and even for boats.

If you are just an occasional camper, then one of the frames with a toilet seat on top may be all you need. You simply hang a plastic bag underneath the seat, tie a knot in it when you are done, and throw it away. It does mean having to find a suitable disposal place, throwing a sack full of crap into a bin in the nearest shopping mall may not be socially responsible.

Alternatively, you could get one of the bucket style toilets like the Reliance Luggable Loo. These are simple, lightweight and are essentially, well, eh, a BUCKET with a lid. I think you probably get the idea of how to use one of these. No further description required.

At the top of the range, for really posh people, the flushing porta potty is pretty much a standard toilet concept, but in miniature. It has a water tank, a holding tank for the waste, and either a bellows style flusher or one that runs on batteries. They provide pretty good bowl cleaning and are fairly simple to clean out. It's not the best job in the world, but it could be a lot worse, I assure you.

These flushing camping toilet units retail for under $20 for a simple seat, frame and bag design, up to around $130 for a nice flushing portable toilet. Marine ones can cost a lot more. Check out the porta potty website at http://portapotty.org for more information