Convenience Redefined: The Toilet Tent

Rustic camping is wonderful. You can spend days just communing with nature. Unfortunately, rustic camping means you have to deal with an outhouse or a port-a-toilet. These facilities are often dirty and smelly, and can really detract from your enjoyment of the camping trip.

The solution? A toilet tent.

What is a toilet tent?

When we started tent camping, we bought a portable camping toilet. This toilet uses special chemicals and special toilet paper to eliminate germs and odors. We simply empty the toilet once a day and we have a convenient place to do our business. Unfortunately, the only place to put the portable toilet was in our tent. This became rather inconvenient as our family grew.

At the same time, we purchased a shower tent. We like to camp in very rustic settings without shower facilities. The shower tent is the perfect solution to keeping clean and maintaining privacy while camping in a rustic environment. A shower tent stands around 8 feet tall at the top, and has a base of around 5’ by 5’.

The toilet tent was born by combining these two ideas. We simply purchased an extra shower tent and placed the camping toilet inside to make a toilet tent. Alternatively, you could use your regular shower tent as the toilet tent, simply removing the toilet when you need to shower.

Portable camping toilet choices

Here are the specific products we use:

For the toilet, we chose the Bio Toi. The Bio Toi is the latest innovation in portable toilets. It’s both lightweight and strong. It’s unmatched in excellence, utility, hygiene, and eco-compatibility. This toilet uses special toilet waste bags. These licensed Bio-bags are 100 percent ecological and decay into soil within a period of 5-6 weeks.

For this, you’ll have to leave them in waste treatment plants or simply in compost pits. Alternatively, add special organic waste neutralizer to convert the waste into a gel. This procedure takes only seven seconds.

For the tent, we like the one offered by Tote. This toilet tent has two sections, and you can keep supplies such as toilet waste bags, toilet paper, etc. in the upper section. You can also attach a separate privacy tent to the main toilet tent.

The Most Important Wilderness Survival Principle

No one goes hiking or camping with the intention of becoming lost. The fact of the matter is, however, that accidents happen. People make mistakes, and nature sometimes interferes with our plans. The key is to be ready for when it happens.

There is one thing, though that you need more than anything else to survive in the wilderness. Can you guess what it is?

What it’s not

There are some important things you need to have to survive in the wilderness. These things are important, but not the most important thing. They include:
A first aid kit. Yes, you want to have one of these with you at all times. Yes, it will come in handy if you have an injury, or an allergic reaction, or any other physical problem. A first aid kit is important, but it’s not the most important thing in wilderness survival.

Water. If you don’t drink something, you’ll die in a matter of days. Long before you die, though, dehydration will cause your body to shut down and stop functioning properly. Water is an important part of wilderness survival, but it’s not most important.

Shelter. Protection from wild animals and from inclement weather is a necessity when it comes to wilderness survival. You have to be able to avoid these dangers in order to keep alive and safe until you can find your way or until someone finds you. But here again, it’s not the most important thing.
So, what is it? What’s the most important thing in wilderness survival?

It’s your mind.

Simply put, if you’re going to survive in the wilderness, you have to keep your wits about you. You have to be focused. You have to be coherent enough to watch for dangers and avoid them. You have to have the sense to seek out or build a shelter, or find fresh water. You have to be able to address your injuries, to keep yourself mobile or to keep yourself alive.

Maintaining a calm focus is the most important thing you can do to survive in the wilderness.

Pop-up Tents Prove to Be Popular

You can’t beat a camping vacation for getting away from it all. When city life leaves you a little frazzled, consider a camping vacation as your antidote to stress. Camping usually means you will be sleeping in some sort of tent. Depending on where you’re going and how many people are with you, a pop-up tent may be an option for you.

When you camp, you want to enjoy the great outdoors. At the same time, you might want to recreate some of the comforts of home. When your camping space is comfortable, you experience a more enjoyable trip. Pop-up tents allow you to achieve comfort simply and relatively inexpensively.

Pop-up tents allow for quick set-up; you simply insert a few poles through the tent fabric. Some pop-up models have Velcro attachments that make set-up even faster and more efficient. That’s what makes camping tents of this sort popular for use at camp and beach sites.

Other features of pop-up tents are fiberglass floors, which resist wear and tear and protect you from ground moisture. Zipped doors allow for proper sealing of the living unit when the day is done. They also allow for quick and easy entry and exit. Mesh windows improve ventilation and are good bug barriers.

When you choose a pop-up tent, you should choose one based on the weather conditions you expect to encounter. You also should choose based on the space you need. Keep in mind the number of people who will call the tent home for the duration of the camping trip.

Pop-up tents come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. It’s not hard to find one that perfectly matches your particular needs. Check out the wide assortment available to you and then get away for some well-deserved rest and relaxation.

8 Tips for Tent Camping Success

Tent camping can be an amazing experience for anyone. There’s nothing quite like pitching your own tent, starting a campfire, and spending a few days experiencing nature up close and personal.

Unfortunately, tents aren’t made of indestructible material. Over time, tents develop leaks as the fabric wears down. They can develop mildew, mold, or become unusable because of general wear and tear.

Over the years, we’ve discovered some important things about tent camping, and how to help keep your tent in the best shape it can be. Here are a few ways you can make sure your tent camping experience is a successful one:

1. Pick the right location to set up your tent. Avoid low-lying areas, because they tend to have poor air flow. In addition, low-lying areas are more likely to gather water, causing a flooding problem.
2. Protect your tent from the sun. Set your tent up in the shade, if at all possible. Try not to dry the tent under direct sunlight, either.
3. Don’t pull your tent material too tight during setup. If one side of the tent is creased, it is worth the extra time and care to adjust the frame. If the material stretches too much, you’re likely to develop a leak.
4. Keep your tent clean. Get rid of trash daily. Leave shoes and boots outside the tent, or use a mat inside. Bring a broom, if possible. Sweep the tent every morning.
5. Make sure your tent is well-ventilated. Allow the tent to get a bit of a cross breeze. If possible, face the tent toward the source of any wind to allow it to catch the airflow.
6. Keep your tent dry inside while you’re camping. This can be especially difficult when it’s raining, or if it is especially humid. You can even use anti-moisture sprays to stop condensation from building up inside the tent.
7. Keep your tent dry when it’s in storage, too. Don’t allow mold or mildew to develop.
8. Watch out for creases when storing your tent, too. Try to fold your tent along different lines each time.

Following these tips helps you preserve your tent and insures that your camping experience is a positive one.

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