pee in a bottle

[Geuf]

Imagine a cold night out in the woods. Pitch black, blazing winds, low temperatures and with the inevitable cold on the blatter: the call of nature comes.
When I go to sleep, well tucked up in my sleepingbag I always make sure I have an 0.5 litre bottle next to me, or in my sleepingbag. So IF I have to go, I do not have to get out. from all the people I ever went out with, I seem to be the only one who does this. I think it's a good tip (except for women) but others look at me in a weird way when I tell em. Good tip, or just nasty nasty?
It works for me anyway!

 

[Geuf]

p.s. I don;t know if this qualifies as DIY or Traditional crafts

 

[Hawkeye The Noo]

A new hot water bottle, My confession is having used an empty oasis in a traffic jam for similar purposes; one inch from the lid and start praying.

 

[kram245]

I do the same in my hammock, wide mouth bottles are best!!

 

[Toots]

Sounds like an accident waiting to happen lads! I reckon the idea of trying not to "spill" whilst half awake in the confines of a kip sack is a brave one. Then having to remember what the drinks bottle is like too!!! Dodgy.

 

[buckley]

I tried it the other day, following such advice, but whilst inside my hammock. I just ended up covered in pi**, which was nice!

Wide neck bottle would have made it alot easier

 

[Rebel]

I do the same but it's a bummer when you miss.

Maybe I need to practice at home.

 

[Goose]

For a while I thought that was what nalgene bottles were designed for, still not comfortable drinking from nalgene! :aargh4:

 

[Eric_Methven]

For a while I thought that was what nalgene bottles were designed for, still not comfortable drinking from nalgene! :aargh4:

Yup, wide mouth nalgene bottle in the sleeping bag in the hammock. The secret is to roll on your side, remove the lid, do the business, replace the lid then roll back into your sleeping position. You can hug the nalgene bottle for a while afterwards. It's surprising how warm widdle is!

Eric

 

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

Lol I got a purple nalgene for water and an orange one for the.... wetter business. Just to help me remember which is which!

Word of advice... don't let your friends borrow your "extra" nalgene... they never grab the "right" one

 

[Voivode]

We also do this to circumvent leaving the tent and trudging off to do business in the night. I have a 1L nalgene I've spraypainted white to make sure it's not used for anything else. My buddy has a similar rig.

My wife bought a Freshette female urination aid, as squatting over the bottle was a bit of a challenge and she cursed when she missed. Now it's dead easy for everyone.

 

[John Fenna]

When the year is old
And the nights are cold
And the end of you fingers are blue,
Listen to your Daddy -
He's an old camper laddie -
And he's camped out cold nights as well!
Before you go to bed
For God's sake don't forget
That screw top nalgene bottle -
Bloody hell!


An old poem revised!
John

 

[torjusg]

Wow, that is disgusting...

I'd rather not drink for a few hours before going to bed. But you Brits probably need your evening tea.

 

[dommyracer]

you Brits probably need your evening tea.

If by 'tea' you mean 'beer', then yes!!

 

[Batfink]

I've run into this problem many a time. Having the bladder of a squirrel is such a curse!

Personally I use a Lucozade or Oasis bottle. Never considered a Nagalene bottle - but I'll certainly invest now... not that I'm bragging or anything!

For the females on here, there's also the "SheWee" - although it's designed to be used standing up so I'm not sure how practical it'll be in a doss bag!!!

And why am I discussing this stuff at 0930 in the morning. I bet that the tone lowered for the rest of the day now

 

[xairbourne]

Yep its the pleasure and pain thing again.

Have a good drink round the fire, get into bed and drop off straight away…

Then wake up in the middle of the night busting for a pee your pi**ed haven’t a glue where you are.

Or is that just me?

 

[steven andrews]

I sleep on the ground under a tarp so, when in the woods, it's not a big deal to step into boots and bimble off for a pee.
However I must admit to having peeed in a Nalgene bottle on a family camping trip where the toilet block was about 100m away.

I think it's a good system - as long as you have a dedicated bottle..


(Which I didn't )

 

[JohnC]

I have a wide mouth bottle set aside for this..

 

[gregorach]

I wouldn't even consider peeing inside my down bag. Not in any conditions you're ever likely to find in this country anyway... If it's cold, I'm already wearing thermals, and my boots are always where I can step straight into them. I'd far rather get up and deal with a couple of minutes outside than take any risk of getting my bag wet. I lean out of the side of my hammock to drink rather than risk spillage on my bag. It's my one overriding principle - always keep your bag dry!

Yer all just a bunch o' jessies...

 

[Geuf]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one.
You've got a point there gregorach. I have a German military synthetic bag, but also a down one. Never thought about it like that. So in the near future I think I will go out when I'm out with my down bag. Never had any probs with pee-ing in a bottle though. And untill now I've used the 0.5 litre coca cola bottle with the tiny hole. Not that that says anything about the size o'...
...let's not go there

Anyway, also didn't know people actually bought bottles especially for this buisiness.