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Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Thu 02 Sep, 2010 7:44 pm
by Drifting
I might give these a try next time I go any distance from a loo. I wonder if you can drop them into compost toilets? They claim to be compostable.

Beats making poo stew with a stick, water and a cathole.

http://www.backcountry.com/outdoorgear/ ... WR_GSS0004

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Thu 02 Sep, 2010 7:58 pm
by Lindsay
I wait with anticipation for the photos to be uploaded as the ad suggests....

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Fri 03 Sep, 2010 9:39 am
by optdyl
haha the photo on the packaging is hilarious. She looks most relieved!
I doubt that it would break down fast enough to go in a compostable toilet.

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Fri 03 Sep, 2010 10:04 am
by ollster
Lindsay wrote:I wait with anticipation for the photos to be uploaded as the ad suggests....


OMG.

Actually, I have been tempted to try the poo-tube and bagging approach. I do get sick of digging holes, and there are some places/conditions which make it a very labour intensive process - frozen ground, rooty or rocky terrain. Not real sure that bagging and burying is a good approach though.

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Fri 03 Sep, 2010 6:13 pm
by Drifting
I was thinking more of bagging and then tossing it into a composting loo when I came across one.

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Fri 03 Sep, 2010 6:40 pm
by walkinTas
Even the most well-intentioned cat hole or group bivy has the potential to release harmful pathogens
Is this some new meaning of the word bivy that I was previously unaware of. I always thought bivy was an individual thing. The two words group and bivy don't belong together in my way of thinking.

Is bag and bury not an option?

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Sat 04 Sep, 2010 12:07 am
by Liamy77
seems like a lot of $ when you could do the same with a normal snap loc and empty it into the loo.... and if you bury it well in an isolated/less frequented area do you need to? good idea but i'm not convinced.... suck if ya got a burst bag.......

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Sat 04 Sep, 2010 10:15 am
by Drifting
Liamy77 wrote:seems like a lot of $ when you could do the same with a normal snap loc and empty it into the loo.... and if you bury it well in an isolated/less frequented area do you need to? good idea but i'm not convinced.... suck if ya got a burst bag.......


What do you do with the ziploc bag afterwards?

Re: Backcountry Poo Solution

PostPosted: Sat 04 Sep, 2010 10:38 am
by Liamy77
well i'd put it in my rubbish bag done up.... don't think i'd like to recycle it that much but please yourself i guess..... if ya wanna laugh check out :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale ....Hmmmmm glad i don't live in Bristol!