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I’ve used these for several years, and they’re great when the need to urinate calls but no facilities are accessible. I've found them useful while flying in small planes that don’t have a toilet, and also when I didn’t want to leave my tent in the middle of a rainy night to relieve myself. Long lines for the Port-A-Potties at the airshow with your kids? Problem solved.

I learned of the piddle pack concept while serving in the USAF. Back in the day it was a plastic bag with a sponge that wasn’t always successful absorbing all the urine. The technology these days, similar to what you'd find in a disposable diaper, is much better. A biodegradable polymer within the bag turns your liquid input into an odorless gel that won’t spill, and a unisex collar makes it ideal for the whole family. Keep some in your glove compartment. You won’t be sorry.

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-- Sean Lally 

Travel John Disposable Urinal
$12 (6 pack)

Manufactured by Travel John

Available from Amazon







Comments

 
#1 | Mon, 07-06-09 11:50
Dean J

My friends and I each go camping with 1.5L clear Nalgenes, the luxury trucker-bomb. Cheap, effective. An empty gallon jug does the same job, save rolling over into it in your tent, in your sleep, could be a bad idea that's hilarious for everyone except you.

 
#2 | Mon, 07-06-09 04:04
Dennis

They are great. I keep an extra 3 pack in the car and a couple in the barn. As you get older the wait times get shorter and these are a real blessing

 
#3 | Mon, 07-06-09 07:08
The_other_Bill

This would have come in REALLY handy on a now-infamous road trip to Chicago that involved a supersize McDonald's iced tea cup and its unfortunately small refill capacity.

 
#4 | Tue, 07-07-09 01:00
Rob

I think I watched an 'eco-show' about this type of thing once, only it was for #2 as well as #1. The system was basically a bag with some type of mushroom or fungus in the bottom. Once you do your buisness the fungus feeds on the waste, making the whole system completely biodegradable. Google Wag Bag, that's it!

 
#5 | Tue, 07-07-09 11:22
Peter G.

Plus you can keep using the same one until it's full. And they hold a LOT.

 
#6 | Thu, 11-05-09 10:36
Cecil Cefzil

It's good but, see

http://www.bumperdumper.com/

thanks for all

 

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