looking for consumer review on, um, range extender bottles

A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased
every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption
of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on
the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have
never been able to find the article. Anybody know of the source?

The guys I used to fly to autoraces learned their lesson after the first
trip. Subsequent trips they brought along empty one-gallon anti-freeze
bottles.
Personally, I carry the piddle packs that contain the stuff used in
disposable diapers. $4 for a pack of three in the camping department at
KMart.

Paul kgyy wrote:
A friend told me a while back that that a couple of pilots purchased
every type of human relief container, and armed with prior consumption
of a gallon or so of coffee or tea, made a test flight and reported on
the pros/cons of each. I think this could be quite funny but have
never been able to find the article. Anybody know of the source?

In article ,
jsmith wrote:


Personally, I carry the piddle packs that contain the stuff used in
disposable diapers. $4 for a pack of three in the camping department at
KMart.

I fly jumpers....if my bladder gets out of synch with fuel needs it can
be distressing. One fine afternoon I got out of synch but think no
bigge...I have a water bottle. When I took the cap of the bottle I
dropped it..grrr. Filled the bottle then being worried about a spill I
decided to toss it out the window. Slowed up, opened the window and
moved the open top bottle out into the slipstream....


I called manifest and had the next load bring me a rag to clean up my
sunglasses, inside of the door, windshield....


I now use the piddle packs with the gel forming stuff....much better. G

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

"Dale" wrote in message
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In article ,
jsmith wrote:


Personally, I carry the piddle packs that contain the stuff used in
disposable diapers. $4 for a pack of three in the camping department at
KMart.

I fly jumpers....if my bladder gets out of synch with fuel needs it can
be distressing. One fine afternoon I got out of synch but think no
bigge...I have a water bottle. When I took the cap of the bottle I
dropped it..grrr. Filled the bottle then being worried about a spill I
decided to toss it out the window. Slowed up, opened the window and
moved the open top bottle out into the slipstream....


I called manifest and had the next load bring me a rag to clean up my
sunglasses, inside of the door, windshield....


The trick is to point the open end of the bottle outboard and aft as you
stick it out the window. Personally, I prefer the 32oz Gatorade bottles
myself, I've had to use a Snapple bottle in a pinch (first had to dump the
Mystery Oil out, prioraties!) though I had to empty it a couple of times.
THAT get's interesting, I'll tellya what, towing a banner at 300',
jettisoning the lav, flying the plane and ahem pinching it off...

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:02:46 -0600, "Mike O'Malley"
wrote:

I've had to use a Snapple bottle in a pinch (first had to dump the
Mystery Oil out, prioraties!) though I had to empty it a couple of times.

A friend was reduced to using the gasoline sampler. He didn't say how
many times he had to cycle it through.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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jsmith wrote:

Personally, I carry the piddle packs that contain the stuff used in
disposable diapers. $4 for a pack of three in the camping department at
KMart.

Internet search of K-Mart and Wal-Mart turned up nothing, but here's
another source:

http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/pag...Product_ID=299
Travel John (pack of three)
Absorbent pouch turns urine into gel instantly while destroying bacteria
and odor. Specially designed collar works for men, women and children;
spill guard prevents back flow during use. Convenient, sanitary and
compact, the Travel John is easy to use while sitting or standing. Will
not leak, even if punctured. Keep several in the plane, car or boat.
Holds 24 fl. oz.
Travel John (pack of three)
ID #: 6585A
Price: $5.95

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
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jsmith wrote:

Personally, I carry the piddle packs that contain the stuff used in
disposable diapers. $4 for a pack of three in the camping department at
KMart.

Internet search of K-Mart and Wal-Mart turned up nothing, but here's
another source:

http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/pag...Product_ID=299
Travel John (pack of three)
Absorbent pouch turns urine into gel instantly while destroying bacteria
and odor.

They do work.

The inevitable odour which occurs during the process, goes away pretty much
immediately as the stuff gels into a no-spill throw-in-garbage
plastic-bag-of-glob..

Now $4 for a pack of 3 is considerably better than the price I paid at
Oshkosh... if the KMart version works as well.

Darrel Toepfer wrote:

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http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/pag...Product_ID=299
Travel John (pack of three)
Absorbent pouch turns urine into gel instantly while destroying bacteria
and odor. Specially designed collar works for men, women and children;
spill guard prevents back flow during use. Convenient, sanitary and
compact, the Travel John is easy to use while sitting or standing. Will
not leak, even if punctured. Keep several in the plane, car or boat.
Holds 24 fl. oz.
Travel John (pack of three)
ID #: 6585A
Price: $5.95

I use these and they work just fine. I think I would seek alternatives if I
needed them more often but I don't make that many long flights.

We used to use one of those strangely shaped plastic bottles they give you
in the hospital and I'd probably go back to that if the chemical packs got
too expensive.

--
Frank....H

That's them!

jsmith wrote:
Personally, I carry the piddle packs that contain the stuff used in
disposable diapers. $4 for a pack of three in the camping department
at KMart.

Darrel Toepfer wrote:
Internet search of K-Mart and Wal-Mart turned up nothing, but here's
another source
http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/pag...Product_ID=299
Travel John (pack of three)
Absorbent pouch turns urine into gel instantly while destroying bacteria
and odor. Specially designed collar works for men, women and children;
spill guard prevents back flow during use. Convenient, sanitary and
compact, the Travel John is easy to use while sitting or standing. Will
not leak, even if punctured. Keep several in the plane, car or boat.
Holds 24 fl. oz.
Travel John (pack of three)
ID #: 6585A
Price: $5.95

Darrel Toepfer wrote:

http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/pag...Product_ID=299
Travel John (pack of three)
Absorbent pouch turns urine into gel instantly while destroying bacteria
and odor. Specially designed collar works for men, women and children;
spill guard prevents back flow during use. Convenient, sanitary and
compact, the Travel John is easy to use while sitting or standing. Will
not leak, even if punctured. Keep several in the plane, car or boat.

What I want to know is how easy it is to unzip and fish out one's
personal apparatus through briefs and a jeans fly and poke it into the
pee-pouch while flying a C150 solo (nobody to fly the plane while you
struggle with the business).