Steve Curren
Explorer
I found both porta potti bags as well as urinals for men and women at a site named Brief Relief. I have used both and they are handy and easy to use.
Muddy boots and a rooftop tent
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elcoyote
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SOCALFJ said:
The solution my lady has found is called a Travel John. It contains a powder that gels all liquid and will not spill or smell. You can find out more about them at www.traveljohn.com
Don't leave home without them!
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Corey
OverCamping Specialist
Resurrection of an old subject:
Dirty shoes, and having to piddle in the middle of the night.
I took out my Maggiolina AirLand yesterweek for its maiden voyage.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17789
I use flannel sheets and a nice winter weight down comforter in it.
Walking around camp turned my nice New Balance tennis shoes filthy
When I turned in at night, I plopped them off and put them into a dish pan for washing/rinsing dishes in at camp.
It was an extra one, not the main one I use for doing the dishes in.
The shoes fit nicely into it, and I put it in the corner of the tent.
Now to the urinating part.
In the past while backpacking, tent camping, and camping in my tent trailers I always had to go in the middle of the night.
Could be a combo of the cold mountain air and nylon sleeping bag.
I thought for sure I was going to have to get up in the middle of the night and throw my shoes on and work my way down my ladder.
Not so, I was toasty all night long, and even felt the top of the comforter and it was ice cold from the air inside the tent.
I also was able to stay in bed for nine hours each night, something unheard of for me when camping.
I am not so sure if I will continue to have that luck though in the future.
The wide mouth Nalgenes sound like a good idea, but I also saw this in the Cabelas catalog.
Dirty shoes, and having to piddle in the middle of the night.
I took out my Maggiolina AirLand yesterweek for its maiden voyage.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17789
I use flannel sheets and a nice winter weight down comforter in it.
Walking around camp turned my nice New Balance tennis shoes filthy
When I turned in at night, I plopped them off and put them into a dish pan for washing/rinsing dishes in at camp.
It was an extra one, not the main one I use for doing the dishes in.
The shoes fit nicely into it, and I put it in the corner of the tent.
Now to the urinating part.
In the past while backpacking, tent camping, and camping in my tent trailers I always had to go in the middle of the night.
Could be a combo of the cold mountain air and nylon sleeping bag.
I thought for sure I was going to have to get up in the middle of the night and throw my shoes on and work my way down my ladder.
Not so, I was toasty all night long, and even felt the top of the comforter and it was ice cold from the air inside the tent.
I also was able to stay in bed for nine hours each night, something unheard of for me when camping.
I am not so sure if I will continue to have that luck though in the future.
The wide mouth Nalgenes sound like a good idea, but I also saw this in the Cabelas catalog.
MDH33
Observer
Hi all, my first post on the Exp Portal.
I have the ARB Simpson II mounted on my '85 FJ60. They built this tent with a vestibule area that overhangs the door/ladder. There's a stout pole that holds this vestibule up. It makes a perfect attachment point for a couple of carabiners which work great to clip your boots/shoes to as you climb in. Keeps them out of the tent, but also out of the weather and off the ground. I usually clip a pair of sandals up there too for easy access for late night tree watering.
I'll get a pic of my shoe holding set-up this weekend. Here's a pic of our rig.
I have the ARB Simpson II mounted on my '85 FJ60. They built this tent with a vestibule area that overhangs the door/ladder. There's a stout pole that holds this vestibule up. It makes a perfect attachment point for a couple of carabiners which work great to clip your boots/shoes to as you climb in. Keeps them out of the tent, but also out of the weather and off the ground. I usually clip a pair of sandals up there too for easy access for late night tree watering.
I'll get a pic of my shoe holding set-up this weekend. Here's a pic of our rig.
JeepinBear
Explorer
MDH33 said:Hi all, my first post on the Exp Portal.
I have the ARB Simpson II mounted on my '85 FJ60. They built this tent with a vestibule area that overhangs the door/ladder. There's a stout pole that holds this vestibule up. It makes a perfect attachment point for a couple of carabiners which work great to clip your boots/shoes to as you climb in. Keeps them out of the tent, but also out of the weather and off the ground. I usually clip a pair of sandals up there too for easy access for late night tree watering.
I'll get a pic of my shoe holding set-up this weekend. Here's a pic of our rig.
How funny that your first post is in this thread!
Welcome to the portal...NICE RIG!!
Corey
OverCamping Specialist
Thanks, that is an idea.HMR said:
The only thing that would concern me is the mice.
Long ago I camped at the same campground when I had my tent trailer.
I woke up in the middle of the night to the commotion of a mouse taking the shoe laces out of both of my tennis shoes.
They are fast, and can field strip a pair of shoes in seconds
Mice might be able to scamper up to the roof, or even crawl up the ladder and then jump to the space you are talking about.
I once saw a mouse another time in my tent trailer crawl up the pole of a broom I kept inside to sweep out the constant supply of pine needles being tracked in.
It jumped from the top of the broom handle over to the bed.
They can jump pretty far.
Nice setup you have there Bear.
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Mike S
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Shoes can be stuffed under the tent platform. I use a hanging net bag that is suspended from the tops of the lift arms of the Maggiolina - one hook in each arm at the foot end of the tent. I climb up, sit on the platform in the doorway with my feet on the ladder and remove boots and socks and put them in the net bag. The rest of my clothes go on top - and are ready in the AM.
As for the calls of nature - I go before I hit the sack. No worries.
As for the calls of nature - I go before I hit the sack. No worries.
