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overthehill

01/30/2018 09:58PM

Well....not a slopjar, but do any of you old people bring a pee bottle? If so, what kind? This has been discussed here before. As I get older my memory fails me. But I DO remember the unpleasant task of rolling out to pee at least once a night. Grampa said there'd be days like this. Labeled Nalgene bottle? What if you lose your flashlight? Seriously; who brings a pee bottle?

Not to Hurry-Not to Worry

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Savage Voyageur

01/30/2018 10:14PM

First day I bring a Gatorade drink jar. After it’s gone I repurposed it to a pee bottle. Acrobatics in the hammock.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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muddyfeet

01/30/2018 11:02PM

Savage Voyageur: "First day I bring a Gatorade drink jar. After it’s gone I repurposed it to a pee bottle. Acrobatics in the hammock. "

Wisdom: even in the dark you will never confuse a gatorade pee bottle with a nalgene water bottle.

Me: I don't mind getting up and going for a short walk.

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread; places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul" -John Muir

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bhouse46

01/30/2018 11:45PM

I hope the going for the walk is not how the name muddy feet got assigned. I think it was here that I learned about the gator aid bottle.

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Banksiana

01/30/2018 11:58PM

Comes in handy if the mosquitoes are thick.

Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody’s going to die.

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pswith5

01/31/2018 07:00AM

Off brand nalgene. Round top so I can feel the difference in the dark. :)

Without the bad times, the good times wouldn't seem so good.

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Zulu

01/31/2018 07:04AM

I’ve always used a pee bottle even when I was young. I’m lazy. This wide mouth green Nalgene bottle accomodates me better than other plastic bottles which are fine for most men. I labeled it so it would not be mistaken for Gatorade or something.

You have to stay focused when using though because a drowsy mishandling of it will cause a spill in the tent or vehicle that would amount to a catastrophe.

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inspector13

01/31/2018 07:28AM

No. And leaving the tent at night gives me a greater chance of seeing northern lights and shooting stars.

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timatkn

01/31/2018 07:31AM

inspector13: "No. And leaving the tent at night gives me a greater chance of seeing northern lights and shooting stars."

Same here...but I reserve the right to change as I age...

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AmarilloJim

01/31/2018 07:47AM

inspector13: "No. And leaving the tent at night gives me a greater chance of seeing northern lights and shooting stars."

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anthonyp007

01/31/2018 08:29AM

My old man does the Gatorade bottle every trip, I’m guessing some day I’ll be in the same boat, but for now I’m fine with getting up and visiting the bushes. My son almost popped the Gatorade bottle open last year to take a swig of “Grandpa’s cough medicine”. Boy, was I thankful to be standing close by for that one. My dad proceeded to label it with a sharpie and some duct tape, just so everything was clear... or slightly yellow. Lol.

Tony

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pswith5

01/31/2018 08:34AM

Zulu: " This wide mouth green Nalgene bottle accomodates me better than other plastic bottles which are fine for most men. "

Wow!! There is some confidence. ;)

Without the bad times, the good times wouldn't seem so good.

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Skarc75

01/31/2018 08:43AM

Zulu: " I’ve always used a pee bottle even when I was young. I’m lazy. This wide mouth green Nalgene bottle accomodates me better than other plastic bottles which are fine for most men. I labeled it so it would not be mistaken for Gatorade or something.

You have to stay focused when using though because a drowsy mishandling of it will cause a spill in the tent or vehicle that would amount to a catastrophe."

I hope you're happy...

I've spent the last 5 minutes giggling at my desk. I'm receiving dirty looks from coworkers.

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walllee

01/31/2018 08:53AM

I have a red bottle in the tent at all times.

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Zulu

01/31/2018 09:05AM

Waiting to hear from the ladies on their experience with bottles.........

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missmolly

01/31/2018 09:05AM

I simply stop drinking around 4 p.m. and rise at 4 a.m.

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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bobbernumber3

01/31/2018 09:12AM

inspector13: "
No. And leaving the tent at night gives me a greater chance of seeing northern lights and shooting stars.
"

The Northern Lights and shooting stars are over-rated. Now a good whiz, on the other hand, is something I can appreciate.

+1 on the pee bottle.

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HowardSprague

01/31/2018 09:19AM

Yuck. Absolutely not.

"Enjoy every sandwich"

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mashpotatomezzo

01/31/2018 09:19AM

Lady here... Never even thought about a pee bottle, but saw something about it around here awhile back. I will definitely be trying out that strategy on our next trip. My husband is a heavy sleeper and although I like to think of myself as pretty tough and independent, I don't enjoy walking to the latrine alone in the dark!

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Gadfly

01/31/2018 09:36AM

I leave the tent in winter and summer. I usually just try to hold it a little longer in the winter since the -30 weather is a little less pleasant than the summer temps.

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4keys

01/31/2018 09:42AM

Another lady here. Never even thought about it. I just don't drink much after dinner. To use one I would guess I would still need to get out of sleeping bag so I might as well go for a walk. I imagine it to be very awkward in a small tent. Have no intention of trying it anytime soon.

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LindenTree3

01/31/2018 09:43AM

Gatorade bottle for me in the tent, and a one quart milk bottle in my off grid dry cabin.

May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.

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mirth

01/31/2018 09:59AM

I use a bottle when tent camping in the winter. Just too much of a PITA to get up and out to take a whiz. Warmer weather, however, it's nice to stretch.

Forgot the bottle once last winter when camping on the ice w/Scouts. Drank too much Russian Tea too late into the evening, had to get up 4x. That was ridiculous.

When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"

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MikeinMpls

01/31/2018 10:08AM

I only do this on solos, since my wife would not like it if I peed into a bottle in the tent. My solo tent is pretty small, too, and getting in and out (or even just unzipping the door and kneeling to whiz) is a task.

At the sake of completely grossing out some people, I use an empty Nalgene. I dump it in the morning. I make a bit extra hot water for coffee, and use the hot water to clean out the bottle. Then I use the bottle during the day. I see no need to bring an extra bottle just for this purpose.

Mike

I did indeed rock down to Electric Avenue, but I did not take it higher. I regret that.

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Northwoodsman

01/31/2018 10:09AM

I don't ever get up in the middle of the night to use the facilities at home or in the woods. When in the wilderness I stay well hydrated during the day and try not to drink anything after dinner, and very little with dinner. Coffee is the worst for me. If I drink 1 -2 cups of coffee in the morning I have to go about every 30 minutes all day long. If I drink anything else it's about every 4 hours. They do make devices for women.

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missmolly

01/31/2018 10:14AM

4keys: "Another lady here. Never even thought about it. I just don't drink much after dinner. To use one I would guess I would still need to get out of sleeping bag so I might as well go for a walk. I imagine it to be very awkward in a small tent. Have no intention of trying it anytime soon. "

It is. I tried it...once. I bought one of those lady pee-pee doo-hickies and even if you contort like a Cirque du Soleil aerialist, you still wonder if you kept your tent pee-free.

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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Tony

01/31/2018 10:49AM

AmarilloJim: "
inspector13: "No. And leaving the tent at night gives me a greater chance of seeing northern lights and shooting stars."

+2"

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Tony

01/31/2018 10:49AM

MikeinMpls: "I only do this on solos, since my wife would not like it if I peed into a bottle in the tent. My solo tent is pretty small, too, and getting in and out (or even just unzipping the door and kneeling to whiz) is a task.

At the sake of completely grossing out some people, I use an empty Nalgene. I dump it in the morning. I make a bit extra hot water for coffee, and use the hot water to clean out the bottle. Then I use the bottle during the day. I see no need to bring an extra bottle just for this purpose.

Mike"

remind me not to borrow your Nalgene

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bapabear

01/31/2018 11:56AM

After my first trip and I learned how much I drink on a trip and how often I need to go I felt I'd had enough "extra" trips outside the tent at night and went pee bottle. Works great. I found an old sturdy nalgene style bottle that has an hour glass shape and use that. Even in the dark I can tell which is which.

My superhero name is TYPOMAN. Writer of wrongs.

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Rich Mahogony

01/31/2018 12:11PM

Zulu: " I’ve always used a pee bottle even when I was young. I’m lazy. This wide mouth green Nalgene bottle accomodates me better than other plastic bottles which are fine for most men. I labeled it so it would not be mistaken for Gatorade or something.

You have to stay focused when using though because a drowsy mishandling of it will cause a spill in the tent or vehicle that would amount to a catastrophe."

Thanks Zulu. Now an entire waiting room of people are staring at me for laughing so hard!

I use a Gatorade bottle... Widemouth of course.

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GraniteCliffs

01/31/2018 12:28PM

At my age just getting up out of a tent in the middle of the night is risky. But despite getting up once or twice every night I have not yet gone to bottle method. This year on my solo I may make the switch.

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bfurlow

01/31/2018 12:36PM

Ummm, no. Not yet.

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GirlOnARock

01/31/2018 12:50PM

Lady here and I have a specific color for my pee bottle and it is indeed a nalgene. Gotta have that big rim for less mishaps of course, and a steady squat! No shame...sure beats mosquito bites here, there, everywhere!

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Frenchy19

01/31/2018 02:14PM

I have a dedicated, bright orange Nalgene that I use if it is raining and/or really buggy.

"The future ain't what it used to be" Yogi Berra

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Stumpy

01/31/2018 02:29PM

I'll say this...
That sleep after the "pee", is the best !

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly

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johndku

01/31/2018 02:49PM

My son and I sleep in hammocks, one hammock hung above the other, bunkbed style,under a NEMO Bugout shelter. I'm in the lower hammock, and getting out is a pain in the rear, as I can't sit up due to his hammock hanging 15 inches from my face. I'm also blind as a bat when I take my contacts out.

I haven't yet used a gatorade bottle, but I think I'll be considering it next trip......even if I have to get up and out of the hammock, at least I won't have to get out of the shelter, find my glasses, shoes, unzip the shelter, trip over ropes, get a flashlight, etc....

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mirth

01/31/2018 02:50PM

Forgot to say before that my bottle for winter use is an old repurposed Ragu bottle. It's usually good for two uses although one time it was a close call for capacity.

It's the worst feeling ever waking up because you have to pee and trying to ignore it to go back to sleep is futile.

When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"

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Northwoodsman

01/31/2018 03:51PM

This thread will surely prevent most people from buying a used Nalgene bottle on this site. I know that I won't be. "I don't pee into a bottle, that's an accident waiting to happen. I go pee on the fire grate to make sure that the fire is out". Now with that in your mind you won't be cooking on the fire grate either.

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Northwoodsman

01/31/2018 03:51PM

Some humor...
This thread will surely prevent most people from buying a used Nalgene bottle on this site. I know that I won't be.

"I don't pee into a bottle, that's an accident waiting to happen. I go pee on the fire grate to make sure that the fire is out". Now with that in your mind you won't be cooking on the fire grate either.

"I used my buddy's Jetboil pot that I tripped over trying to get out of the tent. I can vouch for the tight fitting lid". I hope he reads this.

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deerfoot

01/31/2018 04:11PM

Don't usually bring one. But if I do I always go with a PowerAde bottle - wide opening compensates for aiming difficulties and a nice smooth opening eliminates any chance of a nasty cut or scratch on a sensitive body part.

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Podunk

01/31/2018 04:25PM

Never used one in a tent but almost always have a gatorade bottle in the canoe. Real pain to go to shore to get rid of the morning coffee.

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bwcadan

01/31/2018 04:56PM

Since we take a tent for the 2 of us or possibly up to 4, no privacy issues in tent and do not bother others either. No mosquitoes is a given if staying in tent, but a bug whacker in each tent would be a must if exiting at night.

the greatest come backs are reserved for those with the greatest deficits.

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Grandma L

01/31/2018 06:21PM

Are you guys wimps? I am a 69 year old grandma and I still get up and out in the night.

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brantlars

01/31/2018 07:01PM

I keep my pee bottle next to my poop bag..both get rinsed and reporposed during the day..and the best part is i dont have to bring a water filter cause i am already drinking pee and poop;)

"If you don't like my fire then don't come around, cause I'm gonna burn one down"-----Ben Harper

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missmolly

01/31/2018 07:05PM

Grandma L: "Are you guys wimps? I am a 69 year old grandma and I still get up and out in the night. "

Speaking only for myself, "Yes."

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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fadersup

01/31/2018 07:57PM

Youuuuuuuuuu, liiight up my liiiiiiiiife.

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mjmkjun

02/01/2018 03:52AM

Stumpy: "I'll say this...
That sleep after the "pee", is the best !"

True that! A ridiculous situation to attempt to ignore the urge and continue sleeping. I've tried such. Glad to have a pee bottle near. I place it outside tent within reach of the zippered tent door. A wide-mouth Nalgene bottle I scored from a health care facility so it's uniquely marked.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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Unas10

02/01/2018 05:13AM

If in a tent I have a Gatorade bottle (or 2) handy. I usually use a hammock though and have not been able overcome the feeling of "wetting the bed" even if it is into a bottle. So, I am up in the night for relief.

I was in the ER once for some weird blood pressure issues. They hooked up an IV for hydration and meds, patches on my chest for a heart monitor, blood pressure cuff. I had to go. The nurse gave me the medical urine bottle (an expensive Gatorade bottle) and I could not relax enough. I had to get up with all the wires and tubes trailing off me just to use it. One of my brothers actually packs an "official" one along.

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4keys

02/01/2018 07:38PM

I must say I am surprised at how many responses this thread has already!
I'm thinking canoecopia and soft water can't come soon enough. :)

And since we're talking bathroom usage, you men should be glad you don't always have to bare your butte every time to to all the environmental hazards out there.

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nctry

02/02/2018 06:59AM

I'm thinking like GrandmaL... Get up and pee... But now I have pee issues of my own since my recent surgery. So I have to have a pee container. Hopefully I'll regain control again sooner than later. But for now, I'm using a plastic jar with a good lid. That said, how do you keep your pee equipment smelling OK? In my travels on the road I carry white vinegar. Other wise, well... You'll know you have the right bottle.

Nctry

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KarlBAndersen1

02/02/2018 07:15AM

muddyfeet: "Me: I don't mind getting up and going for a short walk. "

Yep - and it is short.

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mjmkjun

02/02/2018 07:29AM

@ nctry: I use few drops of clorox and rinse twice. Never a lingering odor but white vinegar is an effective disinfectant & environmentally friendlier.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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