I Bought a New Toilet - Thetford Porta-Potti Qube Review

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[@pradolover]

We have this loo and use it for camping. Best camping accessory ever, so much better than getting up and walking to the amenities block!

[@millomweb]

Pee on the grass, shit in the woods - who needs a loo ?

[@tomdonaghy8757]

Nice to view a Real Life experience with one of these, especially by a woman. Far more valuable than a sales pitch. Thanks for sharing.

[@paulroberts5677]

I have the Porta potti excellence. The larger capacity poo tank increase you range. The other trick I employ is pee in a separate container and this extends the capacity. The two and a half litre milk containers work for me. I use some of the pee to flush with and this helps with water use. The toilet 'blue' and 'pink' chemicals do control the odour and break down the poo. This makes emptying time less stressful. The excellence is quite tall and, even for long legged 6'2" me is a bit far from the ground (mainly because of the shape of the boats keel. Another good vblog. No nonsense, practical, description. Thank you.

[@danstafford5977]

Portable urinals are handy!

[@christophermusson4479]

Thanks for a good video, I have just moved onto my first narrowboat on my own and all videos like this are useful My boat has a Thetford cassette toilet as the main loo, and I have a brand new potapotty as a backup so I found this very helpful. Thanks again

[@derekmills5394]

2:55 "Scared the crap out of me" - Well at least you were in the right place lol!

[@MadMonk_]

Thetford is one of the best portaloo's on the market, and if you are cruising you can get a spare waste tank. Thetford also do service kits to repair the handle if it does get broken... Oh, and be careful when emptying the waste tank as I've lost a couple of caps down the elsan point lol - busy easy to get replacements !!!! Good chouce LBG Love the Tatts by the way !!!!

[@joelwainwright1457]

They are great toilets, but a must is to use the 2 chemicals for the flush and waste, they stop any smell and also break it all down , I keep one in the van for emergencies

[@yorkshireman6650]

That’s what i like to see a woman with a sense of humour great video keep up the good work

[@jiloute22]

Very important subject, treated with a lot of humor

[@jamesjetty625]

You want to use the chemical as it helps to breakdown the waste in the waste tank

[@shawnsalazar5416]

I think it is a good idea the to have the Porta Potti as a back up together with the pump out, it is always good to have options.

[@ladygardener100]

Ive had an Excellence for five years now, its a nice height and has a large capacity, but its a bit leaky when i carry it, i use a trolley, but it has to be manhandled off the boat horizontally . It will be replaced if anything stops working.

[@flapsfalkland5181]

Thanks 😁 just installed one in my camper conversion 👍

[@danensis]

Brewers yeast tablets help with the smells. You can get larger quantities from farm supply shops.

[@ianofsjkartwork]

Brilliant explanation Lona....thanks for sharing

[@dirkd9519]

Thanks... Got one of these for my boat but lost the instructions👍Very helpful..

[@Namdor2012]

Well the best place to get the crap scared out of you, is sitting on a toilet.......PS, press the white button to let air in, it drains faster and less glug the glug turbulent aromatic fumes....

[@tony72I]

Awesome review 👏. Thank you

[@mattlad6935]

Recommend using bio laundry liquid (I use Aldi's) one cap full in the waste tank and one in the flush tank. Seems to work for me!

[@millomweb]

I like that idea very very much , cheers !

[@danstafford5977]

Use a dishwasher drop-ins!

[@ladygardener100]

I use Porta Potti Excellence. I use a sack barrow, it is heavier! 7-8/9 days or more [liveaboard]. Use Blue, and Pink rinse, to stop smell. I wear mask, impregnated with lavender oil, gloves and goggles etc.

[@Beanbag109]

Hahahahaha “I did it for the dislikes”.... to hell with them, BE YOU! I don’t wear gloves when I go to the loo, nobody has ever given me negative comments about that. Great video as always!

[@terryduperon4354]

Thank you, very informative and helpful.

[@jarrettstodupdates]

do u have to dump it ever time u go to the bathroom?

[@catfish24]

I have one and it's 14 years old and I am still using it.

[@ozwzrd]

Odorlös brand works for me to deal with odor issues. Baking soda also has its uses ad an additive as well as on the rinse. Edit: May be spelled "Odorlos" for an internet search.

[@SNAKEPIT359]

The chemicals do make a difference to keeping odours to a minimum. Also you might want to consider the dissolvable toilet paper.

[@lornajaneadventures]

SNAKEPIT359 thanks. I don’t put paper in the toilet but I’ll give the chemical a go and see how much difference it makes

[@millomweb]

Dissolvable bog roll - all of it pretty much is. Loses all strength when wet.

[@danstafford5977]

@@lornajaneadventures Use a portable bidet no toilet paper needed!

[@steveriordan6348]

A great video, very informative, a lot of help, thank you.

[@uncledodge9396]

Thank you, that was very informative, I'll be moving onto a boat this year and I just had loads of my as yet unanswered questions covered by this video, good luck with your water situation, I watched that video and it grossed me out a bit when you opened the hatch!

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[@ambrsanford3703]

Fruit and nut bar, haha. Ok, so I'm not the only one. :P

[@haroldhorseposture9435]

Just wondering.........has your leak been sorted ? Just starting on your vlogs, so you may have covered it, but we jumped on the 3 that address it directly in the titles. Nice to see someone other than me with a lavatorial sense of humour. Also, on the tour of your boat, we saw no evidence of any heating, no stove- shock, horror !- you must have something, but what? Bogs, eh ? You gotta love 'em !

[@lornajaneadventures]

Harold Horseposture there will be a couple of plumbing videos out very soon

[@millomweb]

If only the heating was methane off rotting doodahs !

[@eastcoast4233]

“Scared the crap out of me”, what a pun lol. It will smell - those sorts of toilets should be used with toilet chemical fluids - the so called pink and blue.

[@peterkim1999]

Oh boy, if you could, Nature's Head Composting Toilet all the way.

[@philradnor7701]

What a nice surprise ! only the 3rd vlog on toilets this week , 2x humans and 1 x cats....all by you know who boaters . Roll on the spring when they all get back to cruising., ….. "and the Armatridge Shanks Award for Best Toilet Vlog goes to ………….." At least you made less fuss than them Foxes.

[@floatybyboaty]

R.Swipe the Great inventor of the porta loo

[@millomweb]

That's quite a title for a bog. We got one in the 1980s - still got it can't remember the name of it but it's pretty much what you have there. So good point - it's a long well-established design. Intelligence - you found the pouring tube cap too late. Clearly, several days too late as it should befitted securely before use ! Pouring out - I'd suggest not aiming directly for the Elsan hole but to make use of the funnel effect to minimise the drop distance. This will minimise splashing. Chemicals - we always used chemicals with ours Gloves - Totally agree with not using gloves ! It makes you far more aware of what your touching. How many people wear gloves during the process, handle various things inc. chemical bottles etc. then at some other time, handle the same things without gloves - immediately contaminating their hands with bugs and yet doing nothing about it ! I generally work on the basis of one clean hand one 'dirty' hand - whether it's toilets or preparing food. With the latter, the clean hand handles knives and whatever while the mucky hand handles the food. And if you think that's the wrong way around, you clearly are clueless about hygiene.

[@admiralsadventures]

Love the wee toilet jig at the end 😂😂

[@steve-vd3wh]

It smelt bad... surprise surprise.. use blue liquid in the bottom loo there will be no smell

[@chrisflint7317spiderandson]

I would be inclined to use a compost toilet

[@caahacky]

Thanks.

[@getubelogin]

I think Gilbert would find a 30 llb child a lot more comfortable to carry than a Porta Potty!

[@cyrildhy8993]

Correct amount of Blue and half a cup of water to charge the wast tank

[@millomweb]

Loving the bio laundry liquid - probably a better smell than Blue and could be quite effective.

[@chrisandjaneonnarrowboatpo3917]

Poo no blue in it lol 😂

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

Lorna, this was pretty interesting - but I have two comments for you to consider. 1) A couple of the items you mentioned made me think that the instructions weren't very good, or perhaps you did not read them at all. 2) Based on the capacity numbers you mentioned, the larger tank (when full) would weigh about 30 lbs. This is not much more than a 2-year old child, which I see women carrying while shopping all the time. Are you out of shape? 😏

[@lornajaneadventures]

Gilbert Franklin I wouldn’t carry a two-year-old with one hand at arms length and complaining about the smell...or would I? 😉

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

@@lornajaneadventures - Ok, I get it. You cuddle a child tight next to you - but a full tank? Hmmm,,, 😕

[@JCDiamond]

The tank looks so tiny - do you really think it would last a week?

[@lornajaneadventures]

Justine C Diamond I work full time and go out most evenings. Cc reckons it would last half that long if I was in more

[@JCDiamond]

@@lornajaneadventures CC would know...

[@millomweb]

@@lornajaneadventures My POV is from caravanning - 4 of us - so again, it only got used in evenings/nights/desperate times. Caravan site had a bogs block as well. So a bit different in a place of permanent residence.

[@catfish24]

Use the perfume chemicals you can't smell a thing when you empty it I mean you're emptying shit it's not going to smell like roses everytime.

[@pambromley7481]

Absolute no no not to add the blue stuff. Yuck.

[@hughcarson6837]

interesting

[@ticklishhoneybee9754]

Why does youtube keep repeatedly and continuously recommending your toilet to me?

[@markwng]

shit hot, as we say in Australia.

[@reteperialc]

You didn’t put chemicals in it and it stunk after a week. No shit Sherlock. Come on, that’s the first thing I checked before I bought mine.

[@robsin2810]

The Foxes were a bit over the top. Have stopped watching them.

[@millomweb]

I'd love to know why you've stopped watching them ?