Pee Bottle

[Brad L]

I know I'm opening the "flood gates" with this question but will do it anyway..... When using a bottle at night so as to not have to leave your tent, how are you cleaning this bottle the next day for sanitary purpose to use again and keeping it away from other gear? TIA, have fun with it but real answers would be appreciated.

[tdoczi]

why would you clean a bottle youre just going to pee in again? urine is sterile, not going to hurt you or make you sick or anything if you carry around a dirty bottle.

[Tipi Walter]

Other options:
** Squat in your tent vestibule and pee.
** Pee in your cooking pot. Empty, wash out. Cook up dinner. Have a nice day.

The bigger question is this: How to birth a turd in terrible conditions? Nonstop deluge, -10F blizzard with 40mph winds, etc. Place paper towels on tent floor. Squat and release angry turtlehead with an in-tent Deposit into the Special Account, wad up paper towels, place in ziploc for later burying. Light stick of incense. Inhale deeply my friends.

Final option: Squat by tent in snow at 0F. Hook, catch and release Turtlehead. Leave on ground by tent. By morning it will be frozen like a hard olympic discus. Either bury or hurl.

[Kookork]

Well, I use an apple juice bottle with wide mouth that is nothing like my water container.
It has a different shape because in the middle of the darkness by touching it I can feel it's shape and I don't want to quench my thirst with my pee. I always keep it in my left hand side while the water bottle is on my right. I do everything possible not to make mistake because when I am tired and wake up in the middle of the night, I am operating on auto pilot most of the times .
I rinse it with water when possible but the smell is always there . It is not annoying because it is always closed .

Wide moth bottle is a must because of obvious reasons but how wide? Your girth may vary! so choose accordingly.

[Puddlefish]

Urine is not sterile. That said, yeah, just the wide mouth bottle/shape vs. my smart water bottles for drinking. Empty away from civilization/water sources. Wash the bottle if it smells worse than you. All it takes is a drop of peppermint soap.

[Feral Bill]

Other options:


The bigger question is this: How to birth a turd in terrible conditions? Nonstop deluge, -10F blizzard with 40mph winds, etc. P

Long ago in the Whites I faced just such a scenario. Windier really, with 0, and I mean 0, visibility. It's amazing how long you can hold it if you have to. After around 36 hours the size of the resulting output was impressive.

[ALLEGHENY]

One more advantage of being a Hammock Hanger. Hang it over the side. No problem!

[MuddyWaters]

In the end, you get dribbles on you and gear.
After a few weeks you recognize a smell similar to a homeless mentally ill street person

BO, with a lot of wang to it.

[Vegan Packer]

I dedicate a receptacle, and use it only for this single purpose. After dumping it in the morning, I add a little water, swish it around, and dump again. I give it a good cleaning after I finish the trip.

[MkBibble]

Well, I use an apple juice bottle...

Great idea! Then you can offer some apple juice to the loudmouth in the shelter.

[tdoczi]

Urine is not sterile. That said, yeah, just the wide mouth bottle/shape vs. my smart water bottles for drinking. Empty away from civilization/water sources. Wash the bottle if it smells worse than you. All it takes is a drop of peppermint soap.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...954809/?no-ist

fairly new and seemingly rather groundbreaking news, but yes, it seems youre more up to date on urine than i am.

that said, the type and sort of bacteria we seem to be talking about here really dont seem an issue, since it comes from your skin and your skin is already on you.

[Heliotrope]

In the end, you get dribbles on you and gear.
After a few weeks you recognize a smell similar to a homeless mentally ill street person

BO, with a lot of wang to it.

Noooooooooo! Very funny!


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[squeezebox]

In the end, you get dribbles on you and gear.
After a few weeks you recognize a smell similar to a homeless mentally ill street person

BO, with a lot of wang to it.

So what's the difference between you and a homeless mentally ill street person??
Oh Yea!! You're on a trail and not on a street!!

[Venchka]

Ok. I have to ask.
Just exactly how bad does it have to be outside your tent to prevent you from going outside and not using the bottle?
The answers better be good.

Wayne


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[Internet Hiker]

So what's the difference between you and a homeless mentally ill street person??
Oh Yea!! You're on a trail and not on a street!!

I spent more on my gear.

[nsherry61]

. . . Just exactly how bad does it have to be outside your tent to prevent you from going outside and not using the bottle? . . .

With practice, the bottle is pretty easy to use and leaves you with a nice warm bed partner for an hour or so. So, to answer you question, if I don't feel like getting outside, I don't bother. If I want to get outside, I do it. If I don't feel like putting my shoes on and it's cold, the weather can be just lovely, and I'll still pee in my bed.

[Tipi Walter]

So what's the difference between you and a homeless mentally ill street person??
Oh Yea!! You're on a trail and not on a street!!

The main difference between me and a typical homeless person is that I have much better gear. And yes I used to be homeless and a dumpster diver for 7 years around the small college town of Boone NC from 1980 to 1987. In those years I met many fellow homeless people and I certainly had better gear and walked much further out of town to get into remote forest camps of my choice, while they had to crash in alleys and in town cemeteries and other stealth camps.

Ok. I have to ask.
Just exactly how bad does it have to be outside your tent to prevent you from going outside and not using the bottle?
The answers better be good.

Wayne


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Any nonstop rainstorm at 35F is a perfect time to use the pee bottle. Or as mentioned in a -10F windstorm with blowing snow. Or for those with a cantaloupe-sized prostate who take 7 minutes to urinate.

[rocketsocks]

Once I ran out of paper towels, so I dropped a duce in my pee bottle. Couldn't shake it out so I buried it bottle an all...it was like a little see thru coffin for it.

[squeezebox]

Once I ran out of paper towels, so I dropped a duce in my pee bottle. Couldn't shake it out so I buried it bottle an all...it was like a little see thru coffin for it.

I did not need to hear that!!

[George]

I use gatorade water bottles and peel of the label when it gets designated for pee bottle use