Fold-To-Go Portable Toilet and Double Doodie Waste Bags Review

My family loves to camp. We generally look forThe Double Doodie bags were messy if you didn't
campsites away from crowds, so there aren't usuallystay on top of clean-up duties. Since they sit on the
toilet facilities nearby. We have a 40-foot toy-haulerground, they can easily be punctured by a sharp rock
recreational vehicle and it has a nice indoor potty, butor stick even though the bags are touted as
when the camp crowd is large, it's nice to know thatleak-proof. Storing the filled bags until you can get to a
we can set up a portable outdoor potty for day-use.campsite toilet to dump them was a challenge. We
This allows us to camp longer by preventing our blackhad 4 kids and a couple of adults using the Fold-To-Go
water tank from filling up too quickly. After purchasingand I found that I needed to keep an eye on the
and using the Reliance Products Fold-To-Go Portablewaste level in the bag. We used almost 2 bags per
Toilet on a few camping trips, I'm ready to share myday. I started out using an empty cardboard box with
thoughts about the product. The Reliance Fold-To-Goat least 4 large garbage bags opened inside each
Portable Toilet made things easy in many ways, butother to store the filled Double Doodie bags. This didn't
after being the designated potty area cleaner-upper,work out very well, so I won't be doing that anymore. I
I've found a few things that can be improved upon aswent to Home Depot and bought 3 buckets with lids (2
well as a few suggestions for making the use of it a1/2 gallon). The bucket fits perfectly under the potty
lot easier.seat. I put a Double Doodie bag in the bucket and
The Fold-To-Go is compact and when folded closed,secure it under the potty seat. When it's full, I close the
it's only 5 inches deep which means that it doesn't takebag up, put the lid on the bucket and set it aside for
up much storage space. It's also a breeze to set up. Itdisposal later. Then I put a new bucket with a new
has 3 legs that extend out and lock in place. It's quitewaste bag in it under the Fold-To-Go potty. When 2
sturdy and will hold up to 300 pounds. It's used withbuckets are full, I put them in the truck and find a
Double Doodie waste bags which come with a BioGelcampsite toilet facility where I can dispose of the
solution that helps solidify liquid waste. The waste bagscontents. Messy storage problem solved!
are placed on the ground with the top of the bag openThe Fold-To-Go Portable Toilet does not come with a
and wrapped around the part of the potty under theprivacy shelter. We were lucky enough to camp close
seat. It worked very well and the lid locks in any odor.to some old horse corrals on our first couple of trips
That is, until it's opened for use, but you'd have to dealand were able to fashion a 3-sided shelter in a corner
with the same odor if you used a campsite toiletof the corrals out of an old tarp. Since then, I've
facility. No biggie.purchased an outdoor privacy shelter for the potty. I
The potty stands almost 15 inches tall when ready forhighly recommend doing this. It's bad enough not being
use. The kids didn't have any issues with this and I'mable to flush when using a portable outdoor potty, so
only 5'2" tall. Although I would prefer the seat a coupleI'm not crazy about the possibility of being seen while
of inches taller, it wasn't a big problem for me to use it.I'm doing my business.
However, my husband is 5'10" tall and he wouldn't useSo, as far as the Fold-To-Go Portable Toilet goes, I
it because he was afraid that once he sat down, hegive it a good review. A higher seat height would be
wouldn't be able to get up. We've talked about haulinggreat, but the current seat height is doable (no pun
something to sit the potty on to increase the seatintended). If you purchase one of these potties and
height, but have decided we can live with it the way ituse the other suggestions I've offered, you'll find the
is. We don't want to cause a safety issue by puttingpotty to be a welcome addition to your camp
the potty on a pedestal, especially for the kids.amenities.