This article is about a need all sketchbook illustrators share. Now, stay with us here. Don’t think we’ve gone off the deep end. Admit it. Restroom needs are an inherent part of every outdoor adventure. What we’d like to share with you today are tools that lessen the unspoken anxiety about outdoor excursions lasting longer than two hours. The best thing about these tools is they fit in your field bag, are lightweight, and are very clean. Be free of all your restroom anxieties with the travel toiletry accessories by RESTOP!
The items we are about to share with you have been used by those immediately associated with ArtPlantae and we can promise you that individuals, both young and old, have benefited from RESTOP products. What is it about these products that warrants their inclusion on these normally flower-filled pages? Here is a quick review of what each product has to offer.
Restop 1 (Disposable Urine Bags)
- What are they? – Bags with wide, semi-rigid openings that are easy to use by both men and women
- How do they work? – Fluid collected in each bag is absorbed by polymers and enzymes that will convert up to 20 ounces of liquid into a gel. Equipped with a one-way valve, spillage is not an issue.
- Can I carry it with me? – Yes! This bag will fit in your field bag, backpack, jacket pocket, and fanny bag. (Oops. No pun intended.)
- What do I do with a bag after I use it? – The self-contained, deodorized and environmental features of Restop bags make it possible for you to throw them away in the trash after they have been used.
- Why can’t I just go behind a tree? – Excessive human waste in public areas creates unsanitary conditions.
Restop 2 (Disposable Solid Waste Bags)
- What are they? – Clean deodorized bags that fit inside a commode and are designed to collect solid waste.
- How do they work? – Fluid and waste collected in each double-lined bag is absorbed by polymers and special enzymes required for solid waste. The construction of these double-lined bags ensures that odor and spillage is not an issue. Each bag comes with toilet paper and an antiseptic wipe.
- Can I carry it with me? – Yes! This bag will fit in your field bag, backpack, jacket pocket, and waist bag.
- Do I have to have a commode to use Restop 2 bags? – No. However, it makes things a bit easier.
- What do I do with a bag after it has been used? – The self-contained, deodorized and environmental features of Restop bags make it possible to throw them away in the trash after they have been used.
- Why can’t I just go behind a tree? – Excessive human waste in public areas creates unsanitary conditions.
Restop 2W – Wilderness Waste Containment Pouch
- What is in this pouch? – A set of five Restop 2 bags packed within a mesh bag that makes it easier to carry your used Restop bags out of remote areas.
- How do they work? – Fluid and waste collected in each double-lined bag is absorbed by polymers and special enzymes required for solid waste. The construction of these double-lined bags ensures that odor and spillage is not an issue. Each bag comes with toilet paper and an antiseptic wipe.
- Can I carry it with me? – Yes!
- What do I do with my bags after they have been used? – The self-contained, deodorized and environmental features of Restop bags make it possible to throw them away in the trash after they have been used.
- Why can’t I just go behind a tree? – Excessive human waste in public areas creates unsanitary conditions.
- What are they? – Sturdy grey bucket-like bases equipped with a full-sized folding toilet seat that can withstand 300 lbs of pressure for ten hours.
- How do they work? – Place a Restop 2 bag into a commode and fold the edges of this bag over the edge of the commode before lowering the seat.
- Can I carry it with me? – You could easily take this with you, but it might be better to set up an outdoor restroom facility (see privacy tent below).
- Why can’t I just go behind a tree? – Excessive human waste in public areas creates unsanitary conditions.
- What is it? – An easy-to-assemble tent with anchor stakes that houses a commode. The zippered panel opens from the inside to protect your privacy.
- How do they work? – This tent is assembled quickly through the use of quick-connect joints (those bendable support rods used typically with tents).
- Can I carry it with me? – Yes! This tent folds into a carrying case.
- Why can’t I just go behind a tree? – Excessive human waste in public areas creates unsanitary conditions.
Intrigued? Learn much more about these products at the RESTOP store.
We would like to thank RESTOP for allowing us to use their product images for this article.
ArtPlantae Today 
I am sorry but this is the most irresponsible and ridiculous thing I have seen so far, never mind the fact that this product creates more waste for the landfills (there was nothing about the bags being biodegradable or what chemicals it uses) but carrying around your waste the rest of the day ? I don’t think so. It would be much more environmentally friendly if you just carried a spade for digging holes and biodegradable toilet tissue and buried it so it can fertilize. Buried it does not cause a sanitation issue unless of course you have twenty people using all the same spot and then it would be a long drop.
Have we not learned anything yet!