Some designs combine a piston pump (to get pressure into the tank) with a push button to release the water. At the top end of the market, you get battery operated, or ‘electric’ toilets. Why do portable toilets need chemicals? You’ll find it hard to beat us on price. We make it our job to regularly compare our rental prices with our competitors, to ensure you’re getting the best deal for portable toilet rental services. What’s more, every portable toilet you hire from us has a fitted sink, soap dispenser and toilet rolls so you can rest assured your rental requires no further planning or cost, saving you time and money. If you were able to connect the portable toilets to the mains, you should not have any problem cleaning the units. They are easy to clean just like the toilets at home since they have access to the mains plumbing and sewage system. With just a little bit of elbow grease and some bleach, the units should be as good as new. Emptying the 335 requires some dexterity when it’s fully ‘utilized’. It can get a bit heavy, although you only have to carry the lower half to the Elsan point and this also includes a handy spout for emptying. Hold your nose and look away!

Educating users: Display instructions for proper toilet use to prevent misuse and maintain cleanliness. Take this portable camping toilet with you on your next camping trip. It’s easy to empty and clean with a detachable waste vessel and is suitable to use with toilet bags and toilet chemicals. Delivered Monday to Saturday 8am-8pm, excluding bank holidays. Once despatched you will receive updates from the courier. A flushable camping toilet is on the more luxurious end of portable toilets. The Thetford’s Porta Potti range has some great portable flushing camping toilets that consist of two parts. The upper section is a combined flush-water tank and toilet bowl with a detachable seat and cover, and the lower section is the waste holding tank. The two sections come apart easily, allowing you to empty the waste conveniently and hygienically.Some chemicals used are more toxic than others and can contain formaldehyde. So if you’re disposing of water that has been treated with formaldehyde, then you must ensure it’s disposed of properly. Failure to do this can cause serious harm to the environment. The pink chemicals are for the clean water tank and flush. It has multiple functions, including removing grime, ensuring a smoother flush, cleaning the toilet and eliminating odour.

At Camping Secrets we are absolutely dedicated to testing any gear we recommend first hand. However when it comes to “trying out” a camping toilet, it’s not entirely practical or hygienic to fill a review unit with ‘real’ waste. Sorry for any mental images created there! If the Air Head is on the large side, another option, recommended by boat owner Andrew Polson is the Simploo Waterless Composting Toilet, which is made in the UK. Originally made for anglers, it’s been a gamechanger for wild campers, festival goers and overland drivers. It contains 12 compostable liner bags with sachets of powder, each capable of turning up to 2 litres of waste into manageable gel, plus 40 biodegradable wipes. This folds up for easy transport and usually includes a seat and waste bag. • Flushable camping toilet:Whilst the urine will need to be emptied frequently, the solids can stay in-situ for anything from 4 weeks to a year. If you don’t have access to land for composting, and have small infrequent amounts of waste, you can double-bag the dry solids and dispose in appropriate wastebins. When folded it takes up very little space, but expands to a height of 1.9m and over a square metre of floor space. The updated model we had to review included a rain cover which could be used to cover a mesh opening at the top of the tent. The mesh is useful to allow unpleasant odours to escape! One of our favourite camping gadgets is this amazing steel Military folding shovel. We recommend having one of these stored in your travel equipment whenever you set off for an adventure. The Campinggaz portable toilet is aimed towards the latter half of that trade-off and gives real toilet comfort for an excellent (in our opinion) price. The downside is the size of the thing for transportation.

Sometimes you need a guarantee to be sure your investment is worthwhile. That’s why we offer a satisfaction guarantee. We’re so confident that you’ll be satisfied not only with our portable toilet rental in Leicester, but also with our customer service, we literally guarantee it! The 7.5l urine container should be emptied daily where possible – not in inland waterways where the nitrogen acts as food for algae. The time taken to fill the solids tank will vary with use. On weekend boats, the solids tank might last a season. On liveaboard boats it might need to be emptied every three to four weeks. Failing to comply with the current OHSA standards can lead to fines or an investigation on your project if the issue is reported. Whichever toilet you choose, take time to read the instruction manual and make sure you understand how to use it effectively. This could make the difference between a pleasant holiday and a rather smellier one. If you’re limited on space, a collapsible camping toilet such as the Carplife Bivvy loo is a good idea, as this will fold up easily and include a seat and a waste bag.Odours are removed with a 12V fan which can be powered by a 12v battery, solar panel or plugged in to the mains with a 230v adaptor.

PBO reader Stefan Leschner says ‘Air Head’ is the way to go. The Air Head compost toilet is a durable, waterless toilet suitable for canalboats, campervans, caravans, yachts and motorhomes. Odour-neutralising agents: These combat unpleasant smells, ensuring a more comfortable restroom experience. The liner bags contain special powder which combines with the waste to produce a neutral end gel. The bags can then be safely disposed of in any bin. This is really useful and means you don’t have to search around for an Elsan point or dog waste bin. The Thetford 565E feels like a proper loo. You sit up high and can occasionally start imagining you’re a king or queen sat on the throne. In fact I did start humming a few Elvis numbers until I remembered what happened to him on his final day. The 565E has a cool little hatch too which opens to reveal your toilet roll, ready for action. The seal in the cap needed to be removed and replaced with the softer seal provided in the spares bag.Options range from regular commode liners to compostable toilet bags such as these by Better Boat . Waterless options: These are environmentally friendly and require no chemicals, but they have limitations. Remove odour-producing bacteria in the waste, which helps to reduce the smell. Such chemicals are often used to sanitise public areas. Chlorine is the biocide used in swimming pools, for example. Surfactants The first rule of chemical toilets is that you must only empty them in a specifically designated place. Apart from the obvious hygiene issues, the chemicals should not go straight into the sewerage system. The company will also wipe down the surfaces inside the toilet with bacteria removing agents and replace the toilet roll and hand washing soap and towels.