The Travel Toilet

Okay, I bought this after my wife decided she hated camping and not having a more comfortable place to do her business. So I found this produce. This is what a product should be made of.PROS: I love that this is compact and can be folded up. Its easy to set up and fold up. This toilet can be folded up and easy to travel with. The material so far seems to be really good quality and its great to have the real feel of a toilet. Its easy to clean and keep clean. It came with its own case to store it in after you are done cleaning it and ready to put it away. The big winner on this is it has a pull out hook to place your roll of toilet paper. I have not seen any other toilets that can do that.CONS: I haven't found any with this product.OVERALL: I gave this product a 5 star because of the quality construction and material, its easy operation, the fact is has a toilet paper holder, its sturdy, and overall it serves its purpose. I am very happy I bought this one and not a plastic fold up one instead.RECOMMEND: Yes I would.

The GOOD...The seat and stand itself are made VERY WELL, I read the reviews here about it before I bought, and just like the majority says, it's a little high, money-wise, but you definitely get what you pay for. I do not regret this purchase at all. I actually believe that you could stand up on this and jump up and down, it's that sturdy, but don't, that'd just be crazy... :)To be honest, I have not put it to work yet, :) but I can already tell, this sturdy piece of wonder will last for a long time, I'll have complete faith it it every time.Also, I did receive the BLACK version, not the white as some has mentioned...The BAD...The unit came shipped in a flimsy, light-weight box, the same cheap kind of box that you see in a store with all of the pictures and information printed on it. When UPS delivered it, the top of it was open, where the box is made to open, it wasn't ripped, and SURPRISE!, the 8 "Bio-bags" that were 'supposed to be' in it, weren't, I am sure they fell out somewhere. (At the VERY LEAST they should have taped this box SECURELY to where this would not happen) This is not the fault of UPS, if the thing was in a thicker box, INSIDE ANOTHER BOX, this would not have happened. This is not the end of the world for me, but now I have to wonder if that particular brand of bags is any good, because now I will have to go and try another brand, possibly.What SHOULD be done...So, the people that sell and ship at, "Matter of Time" really do need to do something about the shipping in a flimsy box that is made from about the same weight as the cardboard that comes with a ream of printer/computer paper. I am going to notify the company and let them know, we'll see if they send me the bags for replacement, and, if they are willing to stop shipping them in that manner. If they comply to those things, I'll come back here and let all know that they remedied the errors and actually care about what customers think. After all, I can't be the ONLY one that this has happened to...Aside from the slight "bad", it's CRAPTASTIC, (in a good way) and I am sure I will love it! :)UPDATE: Immediately I wrote them, and they responded, it was ME that took so long in this UPDATE, this is not their doing, they made me happy right off. (See below)I wrote the seller and told them the story about how things arrived, I received a reply the next day and was told that the bags would be sent to me to replace the lost ones. Also, I was told that they have now changed the way it is shipped, and they had already implemented the heavier-duty tape to ensure that the box doesn't come open. The next day I was told that I was to receive not just a box of replacement bags, BUT, they would send me 36 bags, that is a LOT more than what comes in the box. I was pretty happy with that, that is the way to make sure the customer is happy, they do have a REALLY GOOD way of dealing with customers, it seems. Anyway, I did receive the bags, but to be honest, they are wrapped up into (2)very tight rolls, and I didn't want to 'disturb' the roll, so I have not counted them, BUT, I am more than positive that it's a LOT more than the original 8 that was 'supposed to be' in the original box. So, I am really happy, so in case you do run into any problems, I have no doubt that they will go out of their way to make you happy.I can't wait to use them! :)

One of the tubes which snap into the plastic seat was misaligned to the point where it would not snap into place and hold, making the unit unstable. One does not want to fall off of one's throne. The other end of this tube was crushed. The tack welds were sloppy, and the overall workmanship was very poor. This unit should have been caught by some form of quality control and summarily rejected for shipment. It appears that the manufacture is cranking these things out and shipping them as fast as possible without regard for quality.Otherwise, the unit seems like it would work as advertised. The seat is full-sized and elongated and is comfortable.Update on Oct. 12, 2015:We returned the first unit and purchased a second unit from Amazon. On the second unit a vital part was missing: the top piece of the clam shell seat. This made the second unit worthless, as the unique concept of this toilet is that the two plastic parts of the lid seat together like a clam shell to hold a plastic waste bag in place.We returned the second unit and purchased a third unit, which was a keeper. Ala NashGrasser a seat, replacement hinges, and 1/4" stainless bolts were purchased from Home Depot, and a lid was added. A search for a plastic bucket as a safety feature proved successful when we found a cat litter container that was 7" wide and the right height. We used this toilet with a plastic trash bag inside a plastic bucket for safety.We had tried two other styles of portable toilet: a plastic tri-corner foldable and a 5 gallon bucket conversion. We persisted with the Travel Toilet because of all the portables we looked at, it is the most comfortable and stable for sitting, is the best height, and has the unique clam shell feature for holding the waste bag. After finding the right-sized trash can liners, the unit was field tested and was deemed quite acceptable.Three stars were awarded for the product itself, as it is the best solution we have found. Two stars were deducted as it took three tries to find a unit which was actually usable, and the price is too high. If the unit had a lid installed by the manufacture, the price would be more acceptable.