I made a collapsible toilet out of a folding camp stool and some 2" polypropylene webbing. I removed the fabric seat that the stool came with, and sewed on two strips of webbing using a large needle and some heavy duty polyester thread. This was my first time sewing polypropylene webbing, and I found that a needle larger than that normally used on a home sewing machine is easier to handle, but too large a needle makes it hard to push the needle through the webbing.
The camp stool is the "Ultralight Portable Folding Camping Stool for Outdoor Fishing Hiking Backpacking Travelling..." on Amazon.com; similar models are available at other places. It comes in different sizes; I chose XL since the height of the stool (15.7") best approximates the height of a standard household toilet. For extra comfort, a standard toilet seat can be brought along to place on top of the deployed stool. I screwed in a couple of eye hooks at center front and center rear, underneath the standard toilet seat, so that the handles of the human waste bag can be looped around them to hold the bag in place. When sitting down, it is useful to grab the sides of the bag to hold it apart so that the interior opening of the toilet seat is covered by the open bag.
These waste bags are the Sani-Bag from www.cleanwaste.com. They contain some "poo powder" that gels liquid and helps control odor. The used toilet paper goes into the bag, never buried or left on the trail. After use, the bags, with the handles tied closed, can be stored in an odor-proof container (maybe an ammo can) prior to disposal in a garbage can when back in town.
This setup weighs less and is more compact than some of the commercially available portable toilets. This is not my original idea; someone else had a video of a setup like this, only without the standard toilet seat. The two straps alone support the weight of a person sitting down. But for extra functionality, he actually had four straps, so that when not used as a toilet, the four straps deployed across the top of the stool provide a more secure seat. When used as a toilet, the two outer straps are slid out of the way, down the legs of the stool, and the middle two straps are spread apart as shown below.
The camp stool is the "Ultralight Portable Folding Camping Stool for Outdoor Fishing Hiking Backpacking Travelling..." on Amazon.com; similar models are available at other places. It comes in different sizes; I chose XL since the height of the stool (15.7") best approximates the height of a standard household toilet. For extra comfort, a standard toilet seat can be brought along to place on top of the deployed stool. I screwed in a couple of eye hooks at center front and center rear, underneath the standard toilet seat, so that the handles of the human waste bag can be looped around them to hold the bag in place. When sitting down, it is useful to grab the sides of the bag to hold it apart so that the interior opening of the toilet seat is covered by the open bag.
These waste bags are the Sani-Bag from www.cleanwaste.com. They contain some "poo powder" that gels liquid and helps control odor. The used toilet paper goes into the bag, never buried or left on the trail. After use, the bags, with the handles tied closed, can be stored in an odor-proof container (maybe an ammo can) prior to disposal in a garbage can when back in town.
This setup weighs less and is more compact than some of the commercially available portable toilets. This is not my original idea; someone else had a video of a setup like this, only without the standard toilet seat. The two straps alone support the weight of a person sitting down. But for extra functionality, he actually had four straps, so that when not used as a toilet, the four straps deployed across the top of the stool provide a more secure seat. When used as a toilet, the two outer straps are slid out of the way, down the legs of the stool, and the middle two straps are spread apart as shown below.
