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Quote: Originally posted by mikegalagher on 23/8/2013

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So..., why not leave your flushing loo at home and just go to the site facilities in the middle of the night?

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Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 23/8/2013

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I use a £1 bucket I got in the supermarket several years ago. No cat litter, no chemicals, no fuss. If we use it it's only for wee, this gets tipped into the dirty waste point or down a loo if that's all they have, then gets rinsed out with water and a drop of detergent.

It's easy, it's cheap and it doesn't smell as long as you empty the bucket first thing. I absolutely hate chemical toilets in a tent, you can always smell that faint undernote of chemicals and the thought of a container of waste stewing inside a hot tent for days makes me feel slightly ill tbh.

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Quote: Originally posted by chappers2341 on 23/8/2013

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camping toilets , bags of cat litter,  buckets etc whats wrong with just going to the toilet. We now have flushing toilets.....

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Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 23/8/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by mikegalagher on 23/8/2013So..., why not leave your flushing loo at home and just go to the site facilities in the middle of the night?

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It's not always that easy! It might be lashing down with rain, or you might have some sort of physical problem that means you need to go several times a night (yes, I used to camp while pregnant) or you might have difficulties walking over rough ground in the dark with just the light of a torch (that's me now) or you might be the only adult with two small kids in the tent you don't want to leave unattended or it's just easier with a child to have an emergency facility in situ. Lots of reasons, really, that make carrying a couple of inches of pee in a bucket to the campsite loo in the morning a far, far easier option.

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Quote: Originally posted by Mucker1884 on 23/8/2013

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Quote: Originally posted by chappers2341 on 23/8/2013camping toilets , bags of cat litter,  buckets etc whats wrong with just going to the toilet. We now have flushing toilets.....

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Well, I can only speak for myself, but after 4 separate courses of ...

Apologies for being so personal, but hey, I'm not shy!

I'm sure many of us have good reason to come up with some sort of in-tent option, be it medical, being scared of the dark, or plenty in between.

I doubt many would cite laziness as the reason.

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