Tippitoes Travel Potty

Initially I was disappointed with this potty. It was fiddly to put together, looked too small and low to the ground for my 2 year old to feel safe sitting on, and the first few times I tried it out it leaked.But I'm glad I persevered. It just takes a bit of practice to get the hang of assembling it in a hurry. In the very early stages of potty training when a toddler needs the potty *NOW* it is rather frustrating messing about with plastic bags, but once she can hold it for 20 seconds it's fine.The bags that come with it are useless. They are too small. You have to stretch them to fit them over the seat and if you try to do it in a rush (which let's face it, will usually be the case) they split! I thought I must be doing something wrong at first and tried fitting the bag just over the base section, and then placing the seat on top. This caused the aforementioned leaks. I was right first time - the bag needs to be fitted over the entire seat. I've given up with the supplied bags and followed another reviewer's advice. I now use pedal bin liners. Tips for anyone planning to do the same:1) Make sure the liners you choose do not have safety holes. Obviously.2) Use bags with tie-handles so they can be secured over the edge of the base.3) Before packing your potty bag, fully open the bags and blow into them so they're no longer "stuck" together, then roll them up to pack. Saves precious seconds later on.4) Tie a knot in each bag about 4 ins from the bottom. It just stops excess plastic bag billowing about and makes it fit the potty better. 5) Pack 2 squares of kitchen roll for each bag, folded into quarters.6) Take some nappy sacks along for an extra layer of protection if you have to carry it all home, and for courtesy when using someone else's bin!So with a bit of creative adaptation it can be successful. For a 2-year old girl, at least. If the supplied bags fitted properly it would have had 4 stars.

Great idea, loved that you can tie the bags and put in bin afterwards. Better for girls than boys as it's tricky making sure the pee goes in the potty with boys. The curved inner rim means that sometimes wee goes everywhere! Replacement liners are expensive but works just as well with nappy bags (stretched a little) and sq cotton pads which are much much cheaper.I carry it all set up with a liner in a draw string bag and put it out where ever we are so he knows it's there if he needs it.It's very small, my son is 2yrs 5 months and on the 9th percentile growth wise so he's not a big lad. So I'm not sure how a bigger toddler would manage with this potty. Again more of a problem with boys than girls.As it's only used occasionally when out I would recommend. It's very light to carry even with spare liner bags and cotton pads.It's very cheaper compared to other travel potties and it's done the job for us.

We bought the potty for traveling. We have used it for a couple of months now and it has not failed. Our 2.5 year old boy likes (sitting n a bag which lines the potty was never a problem) it and is comfortable while the bag system allows us to use the potty even if there is no toilet nearby (the bags do not leak and are large enough to contain all the wee he can produce). Sometimes we tie the bag and carry it to the nearest suitable place to dispose of it. After use you can disassemble the potty so that it takes less space (assembly takes several seconds so even if there is an emergency you can deal with it quickly). The drawbacks that we noticed are two: you need to keep buying bags (supermarket bags often leak or have hole made on purpose) this adds to the cost and I wish the little absorption pad was bigger so that if there is not much wee it could all be soaked).

Was a godsend when potty training and we started going out and about. Comes in a travel bag so handy for throwing in the botton of the pram or if you have a giant handbag like mine.At first it was a bit tricky tring to put together, especially when under pressure from a hopping toddler waiting for you to sort it out, but was fine once i got the hand of it. My toddler was rluctant to use it at first as not as comfy to sit on as his regular potty but we got round that by saying it was a special builders potty we had to build everytime it was going to get used (he's obsessed with buiilding and tools so this worked for us)Having a boy we found stray wee's going in their own direction, so found it easier for him to sit on it back to front which avoided any problems.Even after potty training was complete we kept in the boot of the car rather than a normal pottly as was much easier to dispose of the bags than having to clean up.Overall as you use it for such a short period of time during potty training I'd recommend this rather than the much more expensive ones as ultimately they do the same job and you can have as much trouble convincing them to use a £20 potty as you can using a £5 one

This is a great idea, but perhaps for under a year olds! My son is nearly two and half and this is far to small for him. We decided to buy a normal cheep potty (tippitoes blue potty) and just have it under a pram or in the car. It is cheep enough to put it down for experience, so no harm done. If you start potty training at 8 moths, then this is probable perfect. It is very sturdy and well made. Compact enough to be discreet, but strong enough and will definitely not claps under your child. Bags are fine and the insert in them also. You can make your own cheaper, as per suggestion of another persons review on amazon. I couldn't find right bags and as this potty is to small any way, we didn't invest any more money in it. Using normal potty is much simpler for us. We manage to tip the wee in the drains in the car parcs or just in the bushes. Poo, well just need nappy bags with you and a bit of kitchen roll, antibacterial wipes. Not so scary as it sounds, basically you just need an emergency kit with you!