I live in a camper van – the way I empty my toilet sounds gross but it honestly hasn’t been that bad
A TRAVELER has revealed how she empties her portable toilet when she lives out of her van.
She said even though it sounds gross, the actual process wasn’t that bad.
Allie (@minimerwin) shared the video with over 50,000 TikTok followers.
She filmed the in-demand demonstration after receiving many requests: “Y’all were very interested in my porta-potty,” she said.
She lifted up the lid of the toilet: “Basically you go, you flush a bunch of times, then you pull this lever, and it comes out and all the waste goes into this bottom part,” she said.
To empty the toilet, she opened up the top part of the toilet and uncorked a hose.
The hose compartment contains all of the waste in a locked container, which she dumped into a toilet.
Although she understood how tedious it sounded, Allie reassured her viewers that her porta-potty wasn’t too bad.
“I know it sounds gross but honestly it doesn’t sound that bad, this is only for emergencies and it’s really convenient to have in the van,” she explained.
People took to the comments to share their thoughts on the unconventional toilet.
Some thought her emergency scenarios weren’t too bad: “Emergency for me = the side of the road, LOL,” joked one commenter.
Others agreed it wasn’t too terrible: “I’ve used one when ‘glamping.” It’s not bad at all,” agreed another.
Others didn’t see what the big deal was: “Yes I would indeed be brave enough to use it in a van or whatever it is,” said one viewer.
“I mean…if it’s an emergency…you gotta go when you gotta go!”