Peeing on the go: new portable toilet for your car
Yes, more toilet talk here at Gadling. We seem to be obsessed with bodily functions, don't we? Well, here's another toilet option that you can actually add to your travel gear: a portable toilet for your car. Japan's Kaneko Sangyo Co., which manufactures plastic toys, has come up with a small toilet you can put together as needed. If you're stuck in traffic and can't wait, simply assemble the cardboard toilet bowl and fit a water-absorbent sheet inside. The toilet comes with a curtain large enough to conceal users and a plastic bag to collect waste, and can fit inside a suitcase. Just politely pull the curtain closed and you're ready to go! Sounds like something I'd take on a long bus or train ride through India rather than in my car.
You'll have to hold it until November 15, when the company will begin selling the new product online.
[via Reuters]
Filed under: Gear, Asia, India, Japan, Transportation, Budget Travel
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Oct 24th 2007 @ 1:06PM
Paul said...
If I were riding next to you on the bus, and you tried to use this thing, I'd punch you in the face.
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Oct 24th 2007 @ 2:52PM
Catherine said...
Paul,
For some reason your comment is the funniest I've ever received.
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:27PM
Lindsay said...
It seems that this is when "Depends" are what's necessary for those who are concerned about entrapment in a bus, car or building...
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:30PM
postl3 said...
Paul: AMEN!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't put it better myself!
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:39PM
Stephanie said...
this is digusting! if i ever saw someone with this i think i would heave!
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:43PM
Carol said...
Is the new car toilet made by Kaneko Sangyo made to work for women's needs as well as men's?
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:45PM
Rayne said...
If used this product on a bus or somewhere public, my friend you would end up on youtube. With Paul punching you in the face.
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:49PM
Laura said...
Well it's easy for guys to say use a public restroom. You just have to stand there, we have to go into hover mode. So if you have weak knees or a bad back it could be difficult to do. I'm sure they didn't create this with the idea of using it in a public setting like a bus.
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:51PM
lisa said...
you have got to be kiddin. take a dump in my car? how about fixing the potholes in the roads and then we can talk about potty problems?
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:52PM
saltnpeppa said...
if you need to go that bad its called pull over and go in the damn weeds.. i dont ride the bus so i dont know about that scenario but it sounds sick and Paul thats funny! (i hope you would punch the person before they use it that would be messy) lmfao
also who would want to fold it and put it back in their briefcase after using it... YUCK! and whats this about an absorbant pad who wants to carry those around and what are you supposed to do with the waste, is it a desposible toilet LOL LMFAO
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 8:59PM
Missy95 said...
OMG they have invented some dumb things but darn this is by far the dumbest
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 9:04PM
Muffin said...
Obviously, you all have not driven a semi around on the interstates! This is a grand idea. I hope Walmart carries 'em really really soon!
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 9:17PM
chuck said...
just pee into a urinal bottle like they have in the hospitals
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 9:26PM
Big DADDY said...
WHAT the hell are people thinking. we have more problems in the world. I dont think where to go piss would be problm for me.
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 9:35PM
coach said...
I drive a custom van, and I keep a campers toilet in it when ever I go more than 50 mi. from home and it is a God send when needed, just pull over, pull the curtin, open the rear windows, flush and spray deodorant and your good to go. I don't think its appropriate for a car unless you are the only one in it or you're married.
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 9:48PM
HoofHearted said...
Paul's got the answer!
anyone taking a grunt sitting next to me on a bus would have more to worry about than taking a shit!
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 10:00PM
yoasty said...
Lots of comments from young men without much experience or imagination or even compassion. Firstly women cant use bottles for urinals. Secondly, this could be a god-send for handicapped people who cant use bushes or even public facilities. Like women who have lost a leg.
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 10:07PM
Dave said...
That was the funniest post I've read in a while Paul!
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 10:08PM
Just wonderin' said...
That astronut chick, the one who tried to kill... umhmm....talk with her rival would have loved to have had one of these while she rode non-stop from Texas to Florida.
And Chuck....urinals are fine for half the population!
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Oct 28th 2007 @ 10:08PM
Cassie said...
You've gotta be kidding! If my husband chose to use this in our car, I'd punch HIM in the face! Married or no, use the frickin' weeds!
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