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Camp toilets - luggable loo - Susan - 04-17-2015
Does anyone know of a local source for inexpensive camp toilets similar to the types you can buy on Amazon? [
] Thanks, Susan
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - SBH - 04-17-2015
Aloha Susan,
Sports Authority may have a porta potty in the camping section.
http://www.sportsauthority.com/products/2141116
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - Punatic007 - 04-17-2015
Assuming you are camping on your land while or before building:
Hilo propane once carried a toilet seat and lid combo that snaps on a 5 gallon bucket. After each use add lime and dirt. When full dump in an area you want to plant ornamentals. If someone using it has a disease, then scratch the idea. But I found this better to use than the chemical variety. Japan utilizes this method on a grander scale.
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - ericlp - 04-17-2015
http://humanurehandbook.com/humanure_toilet.html
Or Here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPdnMuokEw8
I would imagine there is all kinds of vids I just got a random one off of youtube.
I hear that a lot of people even after using sawdust it can get a bit stinky. But anyway, you can easily put in an exhaust vent and some even put a small DC computer case fan to blow air up and out of the exhaust pipe that could be easily run off of solar.
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RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - SandyS - 04-17-2015
I think I saw some at Hilo Surplus Store 146 Mamo Street, just up from the Farmer's Market. Phone 935-6398
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - Susan - 04-17-2015
Thanks everyone. I actually have a place to stay but I would like to spend extended amounts of time on my property.. I will check these resources upon arrival.
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - MarkP - 04-18-2015
I use and recommend a sawdust toilet. It is the system described in the Humanure Handbook by Jenkins. It is just a 5-gallon bucket with some sawdust in the bottom to start. After each use add more sawdust until full, then hollow out the middle of an active compost heap, dump it in, and cover. When it is just me I can go almost a week before it is full.
I started out with the toilet seat that snaps onto the bucket but that is too unstable. I built a nice heavy box out of an oak veneer door that I cut up so I get plenty of strength, weight, and a nice wood grain finish. The wider footprint and weight is important because the resulting stability is like night and day over just the bucket. I varnished all the wood of course. It actually looks pretty nice.
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - MarkP - 04-18-2015
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Originally posted by ericlp
I hear that a lot of people even after using sawdust it can get a bit stinky. But anyway, you can easily put in an exhaust vent and some even put a small DC computer case fan to blow air up and out of the exhaust pipe that could be easily run off of solar.
Not saying it never happens but mostly you would never know mine is there. No smell. None. Could be the effort I put into making sure everything is centered in the bucket and properly covered.
This is the big difference from a regular flush toilet. You have to do a lot more. If you didn't bother to flush a regular toilet it would smell too.
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - Susan - 04-19-2015
We have a luggable loo we take camping. It's the 5 gal bucket with a seat. Works fine in the middle of the night when you don't want to hike with a flashlight to the camp restrooms. We line the can with a garbage bag and use clumping kitty litter. I had or still have the humanure book somewhere. This is a very temporary situation though.Thanks, Susan
RE: Camp toilets - luggable loo - terracore - 04-19-2015
From the posts here its impossible to know what the end-use is, but I have seen many homes-in-progress in Orchidland that have the familiar plastic san-o-lets or whatever you want to call them. For months (maybe years). The plastic things somewhat larger than a phone booth with the blue liquid inside. Somebody has to be renting, and servicing them.