Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

UPDATE 6-15-2018 ================== I'm raising this to four stars, since it's still working perfectly 4 years later. I haven't used this in a long-time, but it's still around. My elderly mother puts it in the rear of the mini van on long trips and actually uses it while the old man travels down the freeway. I kid you not. :-) ORIGINAL REVIEW ================== I have a small cottage, whereby I empty this at the neighbors once a week and it works well. It's not very deep, so gifted men might have to hold their private parts off of the bowl with sitting. I don't use those chemical additives because I found they stink just as bad as none at all, so I put a little bleach in the top reservoir. Poop is what poop is and emptying this toilet is a total disgusting activity, but that's going to be with any of them. Just hold your nose and put a fan in the window wherever you dump it. I mean STINK like no stink you've ever smelled before. Condensation with any of them builds up a slight bit, so wipe the toilet seat before sitting. All of these tend to stink like a bad rest area toilet if you don't keep the bowl wiped down periodically. The smell can get real bad if you're not clean. Keep handy some Clorox bleach wipes or a bottle of bleach water and wipe it down every couple days -- especially the parts where you'll need to touch (the plunger and lids). Don't flush the Clorox wipes or they won't make it down the toilet where you empty it. Keep the inside of the bowl wiped down, too, or it will stink like urine in a drunk alley. If you're a clean person, this toilet will work well for you. IMPORTANT: The pull out lever gets hard to pull and push after a couple months. Solution: pour a little olive oil at the base of the bowl and slide the lever in and out a few times to grease it up. Then it's like brand new. Don't pull the plunger until you're ready to flush, or else you'll let the fumes into the room. Also make sure the cap for the bottom reservoir is on real tight or it will leak smelly doodoo and peepee on your floor! SUMMARY: I wish I would have gotten one with a spring loaded release valve for the bottom of the bowl -- not the pull out lever kind, which makes things difficult without the olive oil. However, price-wise, I'm content.