HOW TO EMPTY A PORTABLE TOILET - THIS MAY BE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR YOUR CAMPING NEEDS 

Exactly!!! As you very well know, weight is fundamental in van life, everything extra we carry is just more gas we use!!! Thank you Tim!!! 🤪😊

Yes!! I was gonna say the same thing!! Gonna give it a try!! 🙌🏼

Hi Nana, I recommend it because except for the day you have to empty it, you just don't think about it for 4, 5 or 6 days!!! Today I was at a parking lot at a visitor center and I thought of using their bathrooms but there was a long line to the bathroom. So I just put my window covers up and used my own, clean toilet. It is a real luxury to be able to do that! 😉

Hi Terri!!! Hope you're doing great!!! We texted a few days ago and she was still in CA trying to fix her vehicle. I don't know when she will be out and about again but as we always say: "we'll meet down the road one of these days" Have a great week!!! 🥰

@@Manyroadsnorules you too friend and I’d you ever make it to the east coast look me up! I honestly don’t know why you don’t have 24k subscribers at least - your vids are so fun 🤩 everyone should like and subscribe

@@terrizseleczky9794 awwww Terri, you are too sweet!!! RU-vid is a game of patience, someday it will happen. For now I just enjoy thinking of all of you every time I take a photo of something I want to share and having these little conversations with you and other super kind people here!!! My RU-vid family!!! 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you for commenting and you too, travel safe!!! 😊🤗

CL you made me choke with your emoticons!!!!!!! Finally someone uses the poop emoji for the right reason!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are very welcome!!! :D

Hi Friend!!!!! Great to have you back!!! You have no idea how difficult it was to make that thumbnail!!! The idea of having my head popping up from a toilet was disgusting!!! But I guessed my hatred for toilets was not that relevant after all so I did it anyway, I felt like Woody Allen fighting my own neurosis!!! LOL Habre a great week and thank you!!! 🙃😉

Thank you Sue!!!!!! 😉😊

Exactly!!! Clorox wipes do the job fantastically! And I agree, I'm so happy I don't need to use those vault toilets at trail heads or campgrounds, they always smell and are usually full of flies. Having my own toilet I save myself that bad moment. I can totally understand your relief during 2020!!! Congrats!!!

You are welcome Angie!!! Hope it helps 😉

Yes! Gloves are really necessary. Nomads have to be more careful because we don't want to get sick on the road! 😆🙃

Hi Judy, and yes!!!!!!! Those porta potties at sport events are disgusting. Having our own private toilet is a luxury I highly appreciate! I get my enzymes at Walmart, in the RV section. I prefer lavender because any citric aroma is very similar to stale urine, I don't know, weird associations my nose makes! Thank you for your really interesting comment! 😊

I had fun creating that thumbnail, it was not easy to see my own head popping out of a toilet! 🤣🤣🤣 just remember this is the 345, there is a slightly higher one in case you have knee issues. I wanted that one but I'm glad I got the smaller one, it gives me more headroom and it's not as heavy 😊

@@Manyroadsnorules thanks for the reminder there is a taller one. I do have knee issues so I will get the taller version.

@@mygypsyadventure3610 please remember that if you get that one you will need to empty it every 4 to 6 days anyway (otherwise it will get a little too heavy) And: you may want to position it closer to the sliding door so you have more headroom, otherwise you will bump your head every time!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@@Manyroadsnorules I may need to turn Teddy and Hana into porta potty sherpas 🤣🤣🤣

@@mygypsyadventure3610 they won't be able to drink from the toilet!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Yes!!! We both go OMMMMM before tackling that task, right? 🤣🤣🤣

@@Manyroadsnorules yes!

Hi Virginia!!! I used to do the same until I realized I was working for the toilet!!! Then I came up with a couple of hacks but it's way easier with the cleaner! Or, sometimes, at night, if I brush my teeth, I pour the little cup of water in the toilet and leave it there until the morning. It gets slightly minty. 🤣😊

Awww John, thank you so much!!! I dislike toilets so deeply that I promise it almost repulsed me to fit the photo there but I thought it could provide someone with a laugh!!! Thank you again, Adriana 🤗

@@Manyroadsnorules if traveling in Cle Oh, I'd love to be your guide...

@@johnhricko8212 I would love that but it is a little further away for now, I know I might be there sometime next year, I'll let you know if I'm around your corner!!!!!! 😉

Hi Leilani! I feel like skipping every time I empty the toilet because I know I can forget about it for 5 or 6 days!!! Yayyy As for the cover: I bought a 20 inch round fabric ottoman pouf at TJMaxx but you know how they are, you never find the same thing twice there! I cut open the bottom of it, discarded the filling in a trash bag and attached a cushion insert inside so I can sit on top and use it as a little stool if needed. I am giving you a couple of links for square poufs just as inspiration. You will need to check the dimensions of the toilet you choose and then buy the cover accordingly. Have fun!!! 😊🥰 amzn.to/3oIHDBx amzn.to/3vpeGyj

Rona! 🤣 and yes!!! Absolutely!!! Being able to use your own clean toilet is a luxury that I greatly appreciate! Mostly when I see people lining up outside public restrooms 🤪 Have a great week!!! 😊

LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL you made me laugh out loud!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

@@Manyroadsnorules I usually leave a comment on all the videos I have seen. Glad you got a laugh from my comment. You have a great smile. BTW, you told a story about a guy who called off a lunch date with you because of your weight. All I can say is " his loss " 😉

Hahaha... he probably had a very poor image of himself!!! I look back at that now and am sorry for people like that. Luckily, there are good people out there!!! 🤗

Hi CC, I don't use toilet paper because it is too bulky. New rolls take a lot of space and used paper does too. I get wipes at the baby section at Walmart. My favorite is unscented "Parent's choice". And it gives me a cleaner feel. Then I place the wipes in my little basket with lid that I find soooooo helpful, lined with a tiny plastic bag that keeps me free of smells and messes. Let me know if you need the link, I'll be happy to send it to you! 😉😊

@@Manyroadsnorules Great idea. Thank you Adriana!

Use toilet paper. Dont make life hard, use water to flush. No biggie. .

Whatever you put in it will take space and you will have to go empty it more frequently. I empty mine every 4 or 5 days and I don't want to do it more frequently 🤣 besides paper or wet wipes (which is what I use since showers are a luxury out here and toilet paper rolls take too much space in my van) they could clog the toilet and that is not a sweet dream of mine! 🤣🤣🤣

@@Manyroadsnorules your enzymes destroy the paper( completely dissolve the paper, actually) So if I dump every 5 days, your saying if I did it your way I could go every six days ( hypothetically?) less paper and less water?? For the luxury, I'll just dump every 5 days and use it the way it was designed. Seems too minuscule to change my style after 76 years. Been using my thetford for 28 years. Most people don't like their bodily fluids. Get used to it. It's yours! lol.

No I don't. The enzymes do a great job at decomposing everything and eliminating smells. It's just emptying it and adding the next packet of enzymes. There's no smell at all. I don't use toilet paper either, just the wipes that I dispose off of in the little basket. So, everything in the toilet is digested by the enzymes. Only once I did rinse it but I did not notice any advantage by doing so, the results were the same. 😉

I wash it every time. Takes a minute. Refill with chemicals.

Hi, that is a great question! You made me realize I didn't include that important detail in that video! Thank you! I will make a new video, hopefully better. To your question: since it is so important to be clean when you live in a small space with a more limited access to showers, every step has to help keep us clean. I find toilet paper really inconvenient for several reasons: when it is new, it takes a lot of room in your vehicle and when you use it, it doesn't really clean you. So I use unscented moist swipes I got from Walmart. They are a great substitute for daily showers too! And, I have a tiny este basket that works at keeping those out os sight until I dispuse with them. Those are not flushable so I can't use them in this toilet because I will then empty this toilet in a regular one and I will probably be creating a problem for that other toilet. Too messy. Besides, anything you put in this toilet takes room in its little tank. I'd rather just use it for just 1 and 2 so I only have to empty it every 4 or 5 days and not more frequently. There's a larger capacity toilet but that is too heavy for me to carry and it is larger, it takes more room in the vehicle. I hope it helps, I will make a note comprehensive video. Thanks again!!! Adriana 💗

Absolutely do!

​@@MichaelWilliams-ro9bmit would take more space in the tank and make her have to empty the toilet more often. It's less practical.

What is that part? I may be able to fix it 😄

@@Manyroadsnorules the actual dumping of the potty contents 🙈 I know that is yucky but it’s the part I was the most worried about and I just wanted to see how someone could actually do it without getting themselves messy. I checked out some more videos and saw someone dumping into a pipe into the ground. That was helpful. I think you said something about connecting to a hose?

Hi Sherry! Exactly! I don't want to train myself to be selective with that!!! 🤣 and thank you but my weight is just really going down now. I am way less heavy than in that video! You will see, soon! 🥰

Her porta potty is the Thetford 365. There are many different companies that have Cassette Toilets. As she said some are higher and more comfortable if a person has problems with their knees.

Hi Vashawn, as Judy said, it's the Thetford 345. Click the link in the description of the video so you can see all the info, specs, etc. Have a great week!!!!! 😊

@@Manyroadsnorules I will thank you 😊

@@vashawnlife this is the link: amzn.to/3vD6Elr

hahaha thank you Kenneth!

Oh no Honey!!! we are millions!!! hahahahaha :)

Well, we all come up with our own little hacks, don't we? 😊

I put the enzymes in the tank, I don't use the flushing tank (it only adds more volume therfore you have to empty more frequently) and I put my words in a bag for later disposal so, again, I don't add volume. Those engineers are not boondockers! 🤣🤣🤣

For what purpose?

Hi Kate! I chose this toilet as a matter of preference... I studied all the available possibilities and this one was the best for me. I assume the pine pellets work best for you. It's all about choices, luckily we have lots of them! Have a great week. Adriana 😊