Re: [Paddlewise] $5.00 Boom Box for packing waste - SBG-1

In a message dated 06/04/2002 9:32:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
stephen.nestel_at_adelphia.net writes:

<< I came across a great idea for packing waste out of remote areas...  I 
plan to use it with a plastic bag liner with kitty litter to absorb liquids 
and smell.>>

Much better than kitty litter is SBG-1     http://www.urinbiz.com/sbg1.htm

I started out with the PETT  porta-potty system for van camping  
http://www.baproducts.com/pett.htm   The unit itself is fabulous because it 
folds to the size of a briefcase.  The waste containment system used some 
crystals and each pack contains tissue paper and a handiwipe.  The two bags 
are biodegradable.  The downside is that it costs $2.00 per use....tho on one 
desperate night I actually got 4 pees out of it but I knew I was pushing the 
system.  I wanted some more crystals - it's a really big bag.    (See SBG-1 
above).

The downside of the biodegradable bags is that I bought a 12-pack box with 
the system and the outer green bags were a wee bit crumbly....now, several 
months later, I see that the blacks bags have already started to degrade.

Now I use the SBG-1 ($18 for a 16 oz jar that will solidify up to 6 gallons 
of  liquid waste.  It would be easy to put smaller amounts into a small jar 
or ziplock:  3 oz will solidify up to a gallon of liquid waste.   Even after 
use, the smell is very pleasant!  I have not been desperate enough to use it 
for solid waste, yet.

I also got the Privacy tent.   At first I was paranoid about other people 
sharing MY toilet and didn't know how to handle it.  The first night I had 
company in the popup camper, I heard a lady friend get up in the middle of 
the night.  She walked around, obviously decided that the rest room was waaay 
too far away, there were no bushes around, and I heard her zip up the privacy 
tent.

Next morning....no problem...no smells.  Later in the day another lady friend 
asked if she could use it and again...no problem.  BTW, Stephen, thanks for 
making me look this up again.  I just discovered that I was supposed to be 
adding water!

CampMor sells this but I got mine from Cabela's because the tent was about 
$10 cheaper.  The list prices in the URL I posted above are just that.  I 
think they had a hard time selling them at list so started to discount them. 
Campmor has the toilet for $75 and the tent for $95.   If you go to 
http://www.cabelas.com/ and type pett in the search blank  (stands for PETT - 
Portable Environmentla Toilet) you can see a good photo of the set-up. 

I'm afraid I use the scented plastic bags.  I don't use it that often and 
when you think of all the disposable diapers (that no one is trying to forbid 
people from using), plastic bags with dog poop, not to mention the regular 
plastic bags..........

Sandy Kramer
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