Coleman Portable Toilet Review

The Coleman portable toilet review explains the pros and cons of the Coleman portable flush toilet to help you decide if its worth purchasing.

Your husband wants to go rough camping off the beaten trail, you want some of the convenience of home including a place to go to the potty without digging a hole? What do you do?

For most people the answer is simple take along a small privacy tent and a porta potty. This is exactly why the Coleman toilet for portable use was made.

Designed for those rough camping spots you can still get to by car, for camping with small children who can't always make it to the campground facilities or simply for those late night emergencies.

Porta potties offer a convenience that many people appreciate. Coleman Porta Toilets have been around for a while and have been leaders in porta potties.

The Coleman portable flush toilet is designed to make you feel at home regardless of where you may be.

Features of The Coleman Flush Toilet

• Holds 5 gallons of water.
• Easy to dump and clean (though a bit heavy when full)
• Durable
• Contoured seat for more comfort
• Has a hose connector for easy cleaning
• one hand flush
• Can purchase sanitation products to help prevent smell

Keep in mind that the clean water tank used for flushing holds more than the waste tank. This means that if you don't keep an eye on the waste tank, you can overflow this Coleman Portable Toilet and create a mess.

A Word About The Reviews For This Product

Normally we encourage potential consumers to read as many reviews for a product before buying it. However, the reviews for this Coleman portable flush toilet are extremely mixed and therefore very confusing.

While it is clear that some reviewers had never owned a porta potti before and had unrealistic expectations, other complaints seem genuine and worth taking note of. Only you can decide if you can live with the flaws some users found with this product.

Reviews ran from 3 out of 5 stars to over 4 stars depending on the websites visited. Overall, this Porta potti seems to receive just a little above average scores which concerns us with any gear for the outdoors we buy.

The reviews for the Coleman Portable Flush Toilet at Amazon.com are a good example of what buyers have said.

Pros Of The Coleman Flush Portable Toilet:

• Made of strong durable plastic that some reviewers found lasted them years
• Most liked the large size
• Most liked the fact that this porta potti was of good height
• Easy to clean a dump
• Comfortable

Cons Of The Coleman Flush Portable Toilet:

• some users found that it leaked around the flush button (one user stated if you gave the button a small turn the leakage stopped.)
• a few users experienced their toilet bottom cracking even after limited use. (this seems like a problem with individual toilets rather than a design flaw but, since there were 2 or 3 reviewers having this problem it needs to be considered)
• A few users also had some problems with the toilet flushing as it should.

Overall Conclusion and Ratings

Overall, The Coleman Flush portable toilet seems to be well made. However, there have been users that have had some significant problems with it cracking which will certainly be a big problem if it happens to you.

The bottom line is that there may be better portable toilets out there including the non flushable Coleman Portable Toilet.