Pit Toilet Etiquette | Tips & Tricks On Using Trailhead Pit Toilets

[@slowlife2158]

Thanks for providing the public the outdoors etiquette that is so needed. That said, my favorite part is your supressed smirking throughout the video. If it was me, I’d have to do a million re-takes because of laughing too much.

[@HikeOregon]

It was pretty fun to film. Thanks so much for watching!!

[@brisketchick]

@slowlife2158 I watched this video while I was making dinner, so I wasn't watching closely. After seeing your comment I had to go back and watch again, and it was definitely fun to watch her face 😂

[@stevengeorge5605]

This is a great public service announcement video that needed to be made. Thanks for doing it! (My pet peeve is the lid being left up.)

[@HikeOregon]

Yea the lid up is awful when you walk into a pit toilet!!

[@timfarness9949]

Greatest video

[@HikeOregon]

😄glad you enjoyed!!

[@browser30]

I truly learned some amazing information from this. Fantastic video.

[@HikeOregon]

I am so happy you enjoyed it!!!

[@brisketchick]

Great video, thank you for making it! As for poop/bathroom kits for the car, I started carrying a wag bag in mine. I've never had to use it, but it could be a really useful thing to have in an emergency situation. Edited to add: but whatever you do, DO NOT put a wag bag down the toilet! It must be disposed of in the trash somewhere. If you have to use one, pack it out!

[@HikeOregon]

That’s a great idea to carry a wag bag!! I always think of situations where you might be stuck in horrible accident traffic somewhere and have to poop suuuuuper bad!!

[@kayla_sulak]

I hope the people who need to see this, do see it. Lol. A lot of people really struggle when it comes to toilet etiquette

[@Oregontrailblazin]

YA !

[@jimsheeran4952]

Please do not "find a tree" near the trailhead or behind the pit toilet. If you have to use a cathole, please move WELL of the trail (200 ft or more is ideal from both the trail and any water sources), and consider expanding your poop kit to include bags to pack out at least the toilet paper.

[@brisketchick]

She did say to pack out the toilet paper. That said, it never hurts to reiterate!

[@wafflesnfalafel1]

I don't get why so many folks like to take out their crazy whack-a-do aggressions on pit toilets like this. It's frustrating that 24% of the American population are basically subhuman. But thanks for tackling an uncomfortable topic.

[@HikeOregon]

Yes graffiti and trash are a frequent occurrence in these pit toilets.

[@timfify]

it's not just pit toilets, go to any bar on Saturday night and someone throws a T-paper roll in the commode

[@AlwaysonTayaTime]

Please sit on the seat. Hovering is messy and not neighborly for the next folks who need to use the pit.

[@HikeOregon]

Yes that is a good point!!

[@marnieandnoelle]

Yes, and you can use toilet paper to cover the seat if sitting directly on it gives you the heebie-jeebies!

[@Redbelly357]

Pit Toilet? Outhouse don't do it for you? 😂

[@HikeOregon]

Lots of different names for the same thing. Privy, latrine etc. I have always called them out toilets.

[@NoremacOktik]

We don't use dirty toilet paper in India.

[@HikeOregon]

The toilet paper isn’t dirty.

[@NoremacOktik]

@HikeOregon Should not use it at all

[@brisketchick]

​@@NoremacOktik different people have different customs, please don't judge others for doing things differently than you. I am curious though, what do people in India do in places that don't have access to water?