Talk:Portable toilet

message: I object to the assertion that porta-pottys "do not overflow".  From unfortunate experience I can confirm that it IS possible to fill a porta-potty to overflowing.
We have portajohns at my deployed base with both toilet paper and/or hand gel dispensers, but you're right, saying "most" have them is definitely not accurate. is it sandycan or sannycan anyway  Thehappysmith 08:47, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The photo has been changed, but perhaps something about overturning port-a-johns could still be said in the article?--Koeppen 00:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Old comments from 2005 and 2006

message: I think the picture on this article is not at all encyclopedic, and should be replaced. The picture's focus is not on the portable toilet but on the two fellows having fun on top of it.
:I've now replaced the port-a-john tipping picture with one more "appopriate".--Koeppen 00:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed picture replacement

message: Could someone dig up weight figures for a standard Portable Toilet? I think it might be important shall me and my budies decide to try to move one (we're considering a big get-together and a place to use the bathroom will be important).
They weigh approx 200lbs, http://blacktieservices.com/portable_toilets.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.37.23.2 (talk) 16:11, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weight? 

message: What if someone put masking tape around a portable potty? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wayne Neptune (talk • contribs) 20:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Masking Tape 

message: The article says " ... odor that builds up within the enclosure can quickly reach an unbearable level, especially in tropical climates, where users' behavior (as well as aiming capabilities) can quickly soil a newly disinfected unit."
Is this supposed to imply that people who live in the tropics have less sanitary behavior, and don't aim as well as people in other latitudes?  Are we supposed to gather that they're less civilized down there?
I suggest that that statement be reworked.  71.241.228.118 (talk) 14:38, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peoples in the tropics are less sanitary?? 

message: "This is probably due to the fact that the ventilation units are too weak to oust foul-smelling air fast enough, and have a open air duct (without compromising privacy) to allow fresh air in. Consequently, use is akin to a self-imprisonment with one's excrement - especially if one has a habit of taking a long time to defecate."
The first sentence doesn't make sense; it looks like someone tried to tack one point on a completely different one that just happened to look related.  The second is just inane--especially the second half of it; if it's unpleasant in there, whatever your "habit" is, you're motivated to hurry up.  And the next person might be grateful for that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.228.118 (talk) 14:43, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who wrote this? 

message: It seems there are also portable "wet" (that is hooked up to a water supply and the drains somehow, the latter hookup often involving the waste pipe entering a manhole thorough a custom cover) toilets, usually in the form of a portacabin (or equivilent) with a number of toilets in it. These usually seem to be used for medium term needs (such as when the permanent toilet block it being refurbished or similar). 86.22.248.209 (talk) 20:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  portable wet toilets 

message: Though I'm a big fan of Dr Who, I don't think anyone from the UK calls a portable toilet "Tardis"  I believe this company might be using the wiki to further their website.  I'm not in the UK so I won't delete it.  If anyone can verify that Tardis isn't a real term???  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bseiffert (talk • contribs) 23:35, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Removal Of Tardis 

message: Im from the UK, i have heard of people using that term before, i think its the same as what portakabin did with the term "portaloo" plus a portable toilet is the same kind of shape as a Tardis so it makes sense for a company to play on that a bit.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DSReeves (talk • contribs) 08:59, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  A "Tardis" Is A Real Term

message: I may be entirely wrong, but the toilets in the picture captioned as above do not look at all like portable toilets to me. Even if Chinese portable toilets don't look like US/UK toilets, I doubt they look like that. Those are pretty clearly cobbed-together camp-site type permanent toilets. Perhaps they are chemical toilets, but at least one appears to be sitting on a concrete slab that forms the floor and steps up to it. I'd hate to be the guy who has to move several tons of concrete around to move a toilet. The rust around the base of the toilet bowl also suggests a permanent fixture.
We have toilets like this in the parks around here; some are flush toilets, some chemical, some are just outhouses. All are very lightly-built and flimsy, and not exactly "permanent", but they definitely are not intended to be portable...and most of them aren't built on concrete foundations either.  .45Colt 05:49, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Portable toilets on a mountain in China"? 

message: the first patent for plastic portable toilets was not in the 1960's to Polyjohn Enterprises Corporation but to Harvey Heather of what is now JW Enterprises in the 1950's. It was a solid molded portable toilet rented to construction sites. It was called the "strong box". Harvey Heather used to be partners with George from Polyjohn. George developed the modern portable toilet after and allowed us- JW Enterprises to be the first to ever manufacture them in 1961. I have pictures of the units we now hand out as piggy banks to our customers. Feel free to contact us 800-350-3331 ext 210 Frank Lindstrom or Polyjohn Enterprises Corp to confirm.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.198.95.18 (talk) 20:58, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  strong box 

message: This article is currently all about chemical toilets only. So I think the content should be moved to there and the article on portable toilets should be expanded to explain the full concept of portable toilets (which may or may not be a chemical toilet). I have put the equivalent comment also on the talk page of chemical toilets In my opinion e.g. a bucket toilet is also a portable toilet. Portable in my opinion equals "mobile" - whichever technology is used. EvMsmile (talk) 12:17, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, User:Carbon Caryatid. I see you've worked on this article (great, thanks!). What do you think of the suggestion I made in October about this article? See above. EvMsmile (talk) 08:35, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think this is one of those times when - having raised it on the talk pages -- you just need to be bold and go for it. I've made some comments on the PS talk. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 19:21, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK, done. Needs further work (for this article and also for the article on chemical toilets).EvMsmile (talk) 03:33, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move content from "portable toilet" page to chemical toilet and re-work portable toilet page 

message: I propose that the section of honeywagon on use in TV and film industry is moved to portable toilet. This section of the honeywagon article talks about trailer-mounted, portable toilet blocks not about the vacuum trucks referred to in the lead. Little pob (talk) 19:48, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honeywagon merge proposal (Oct 2015) 

message: I'm so glad that this article has got a clearer mandate. I'm not sure about the Nature's Head image, though; I'm unfamiliar with the brand, but the caption indicates that the unit has not yet been installed. Once it is, doesn't that make it no longer portable? Carbon Caryatid (talk) 19:07, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, we need more images. I have a few more in mind by SOIL Haiti, I think they are already in Commons, will check. I think the caption was unnecessarily long, have shortened it. The toilet will look exactly the same one it's installed, only that it would probably not be in the middle of the room but next to a wall. But we can look for better photos, too. EvMsmile (talk) 07:24, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, I found the images I was thinking of on Commons (I had them uploaded there a while ago). You find more similar ones by putting SOIL Haiti into the search field in Commons or search for EcoLakay. Maybe we replace the image of the Nature Head toilet with this one? Or should we start up a gallery? As the article is so far only short, I guess we can't have more than one photo, unless we set up a gallery, perhaps? EvMsmile (talk) 07:30, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Two problems: first of all, the article now has two photos, both of which are of UDDTs. Surely, for an article of this brevity and with several sections, there should be no more than one of each type? I.e. let's aim for one photo per section. Secondly, my original point: a toilet that is "installed" sounds to me as if it is not portable. Am I misunderstanding? Carbon Caryatid (talk) 22:50, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, I agree, only one photo is better while the article is still short. So which one to keep? I suggest to keep the one from Haiti and remove the one from USA. "Installed" in this case simply means the toilet is put in the correct place of the house - it doesn not mean that it is "connected" in any way and therefore it remains fully portable. If we take the photo from Haiti, then this issue of "installed" or not, does not arise. - Done. EvMsmile (talk) 01:45, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Good choice. Thanks for the explanation. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 12:24, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main (only ) image