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Sanitation & Hygiene

Camp toilets, showers, privacy tents and washing setups for sites with no facilities. Rules referenced from Leave No Trace, never invented here.

Woman enjoying a refreshing outdoor shower under a sunny sky, embracing nature

Solar Shower: How Long to Heat, How Warm It Gets

A solar shower is a black bag of water left in the sun. That is the whole technology, and it …

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Top-down shot of numerous purple portable toilets arranged outdoors on grass

Portable Toilet for Camping That Actually Seals

A portable toilet is only worth carrying if it stays shut. The complaints that fill review sections in this category …

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Rustic wooden shower pouring water with tropical palms in background in Maraú, Brazil

Portable Camping Shower: Pressure Without a Pump

The complaint about camp showers is almost always the same: not that the water was cold, but that it dribbled. …

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Young woman with long hair enjoying a refreshing outdoor shower

How to Shower While Camping With No Facilities

Camping without a shower block is not the problem people imagine. The problem is doing it badly: shivering in a …

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Explore the serene Altai landscape with twin wooden outhouses amidst a lush green field and cloudy sky

Composting Camp Toilet: Worth It for Car Camping

Composting toilets arrived in the camping world through vans and boats, not through tents. They were designed for people who …

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Brightly colored wet wipes package on a blue surface, symbolizing hygiene and cleanliness

Camping Wipes and Dry Shampoo for Long Weekends

Nobody sets out to spend a long weekend washing with wipes. It happens anyway. The shower setup stays in the …

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Bright orange tent in a Canadian forest

Toilet Tent: Privacy That Stays Standing

A toilet tent has one job, and it fails in one predictable way. It blows over. These are tall, narrow, …

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A hand reaching for a cleaning set with bottles and brushes on a wooden floor

Camp Toilet Chemicals: Which Type for Which Tank

Walk down the aisle and camp toilet treatments look interchangeable. Blue liquid, green liquid, drop-in sachets, tablets, powders, all promising …

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Vibrant purple trash bags stacked in a sunlit garden setting

Camping Toilet Bags and Gels That Actually Gel

The bag is the part of a camp toilet that does the actual work, and it is the part people …

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A line of red portable toilets under green trees in a sunny outdoor setting

Camping Toilet: Bucket, Cassette or Composting

Most people start shopping for a camping toilet after one specific weekend. Either the campground vault toilet was a long …

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Close-up of a stainless steel shower head outdoors amidst lush green scenery

Camp Shower With Hot Water: Propane or Electric

Hot water at a campsite comes from one of two places: a propane burner heating water as it flows, or …

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Green tent set up in a peaceful grassy field near forest edge

Shower Tent: Floor, Drain and Wind Anchors

A shower tent has to do three things a toilet tent does not: cope with several gallons of water hitting …

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Everything here is general information about camping gear, not a substitute for the manual that came with your equipment. Anything that burns fuel, including stoves, lanterns, heaters and fire pits, belongs outside the tent unless the maker publishes a rating for enclosed use, so follow the clearance and ventilation instructions and carry a working carbon monoxide alarm. Campfire and fuel restrictions change by season and by site, so check them with the land manager before you light anything. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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