[Seldom Seen]

Lugable Loo. Its a toilet seat and lid that snaps on to a 5 gallon bucket(put a trash bag in first,don't need to be cleaning crap out of your bucket). Works a lot better for women than men. If you're a woman,this should be in the gear that works section. If you're a man then the hole is just to small to do both jobs at once,so you better pee outside before trying to use it. It does beat digging a cat hole tho.

[SmartAZ]

The presence of a female in the group is about the only reason anyone would lug one of these things.

[Seldom Seen]

When I'm by myself I don't take mine along. Sometimes I wish I would have, hard to dig a proper cat hole in areas with a lot of roots or rocks especially when you gotta go now.

[SmartAZ]

Gas lanterns outside. They offend the dignity of the night.

[fruit loop]

Drywall bucket from Home Depot - $3.99
Roll of 120 trashbags - $4.99
Bag of kitty litter - 2.99

Not having to get up, dress, grab a flashlight, and hike a half a mile in the rain to use a smelly portapotty at a reenactment, or get your ass chewed by mosquitoes going outside - PRICELESS

[Wojapi]

Drywall bucket from Home Depot - $3.99
Roll of 120 trashbags - $4.99
Bag of kitty litter - 2.99

Not having to get up, dress, grab a flashlight, and hike a half a mile in the rain to use a smelly portapotty at a reenactment, or get your ass chewed by mosquitoes going outside - PRICELESS

Igloo 2-gallon drink cooler, $2 at a garage sale, filled 2/3 full of dry fluffy peat moss. Rim is wide enough to sit on comfortably without having to fiddle with a seat arrangement, lid is easy to remove, and air-tight. We just use it for piddle, but can plop a plastic bag on top of the peat moss for..er...-plopping-. Holds 4 nights worth a piddle from 2 people.I just scored a -3- gallon one from Goodwill for 2 bucks! Has a larger diameter, should be good for a week! TP and baby wipes go into an empty coffee can with lid.....

[Hamilton Felix]

Hey, that sounds pretty functional. We'll give you the Real Survivalist award. :tp: Keep the TP well stocked. :D

[Hamilton Felix]

I'm wearing my black silk underwear today. I would have put this gear in the thread for stuff I'm really pleased with, except...... I've hardly worn it since I bought it a while back from Sportsman's Guide. The weather outside is typical "winter breezy." Temp is really only down to about 27, but wind is doing its usual, blowing about 40 pretty constantly and gusting to 50 or 60 mph. I noticed the computer at work caught one 73 mph gust in the last day, but it hasn't yet started hitting REALLY hard. I figured the thin silk longies under pants and shirt would be nice when I'm outside.

I am tugging on the bottoms, and they drag just a bit on my calf. I just tug gently and feel a couple tiny "pops" or something. Sometimes my hands are a bit rough and snag on fine fabric, so I don't give it a thought. Then I look down when I've got the bottoms on, and the d****d things RUN like ladies nylons! I actually have runs in my silk longies. :eek: This will NOT do!

So this gear goes to the "indifferent" thread. I like the underwear. In fact, this stuff was our choice at a winter survival class. The Instructor was waxing eloquent about polypropylene and its "wicking" properties, having already told us cotton was death, once it got wet. We said, "Hey, we're electrical workers. We're not supposed to wear synthetics that will melt and stick to us if we get flashed. We're supposed to wear natural materials like cotton and wool." We talked it over and concluded that silk met the requirements for electrical safety and winter inner-layer performance. I'd be tickled pink with it, if I hadn't gotten those runs.

Does anyone know if I'd see better durability if I'd purchased from WinterSilks or another "name" company? Maybe silk just has to be treated very gently.

Until I learn of some with better durability, this remarkably thin, light and comfortable silk will go in the "indifferent" category. Now if they could just make some with this much comfort, and the durabilty of a Carhartt chore coat... :D