TravelJohn Disposable Vomit/Urine Bag for Children and Adults 5 Pack

nice , useful to travel very good

I was already a fan of the plastic version of TravelJohn which comes with a plastic unisex collar, sometimes called a female adapter. This version I am reviewing now is paper with no collar/adapter so you just go into the top of the open bag. It has the same internal small bag of gelling powder that solidifies and neutralizes any fluid coming in contact with it. It's hard to tell myself that paper will hold liquid but this bag does, and the gelling powder is very effective. To use this one you tear open the top of the bag, made easy by a well-perforated tear strip. Then you unfold the bag to an open position and hold the bag with one hand on each side (or in front and in back) and relieve yourself into the open bag. When finished using, you pull off an adhesive strip near the top on the outside of the bag and fold down to seal the bag before disposing in the trash. TravelJohns are a big help to me when illness causes nighttime urgency but pain makes me slow getting to the porcelain john. I do have one warning about these paper ones though. I have used them successfully but last night I failed to notice that after I unfolded it, one of the sides reverted to a partly folded position. This diverted some of the stream onto the outside of the bag and a little fell to the carpet before I realized what was happening. To avoid this, hold the bag with a hand on each of the sides of the bag (where the vertical folds are) to prevent the creases from folding back up. For once I was glad I don't own a cat as I can just imagine it laughing at me while I searched Utube for the proper clean-up method. It was my bad for not noticing the bag had started to re-fold itself but I took off a star because it is not as easy to use as the plastic TravelJohon. Just be aware of the differences if you choose the economical paper version. I still like both products and am grateful for them in many situations other than illness. I have some in my car and my emergency grab & go bag.

I bought these to have in the car for emergency urinary needs. I got stuck behind an accident for about 8 hours one time and had to jerry-rig a solution to my urinary distress. I read a lot of reviews and saw a product my sister carries in her car, before deciding on this product.I think I'll stick with my jerry-rigged solution. This product would be fine for vomit and for guys. I'm surprised by how many women say they use these without a problem. I know I would have a mess on my hands (sorry no pun intended). I (wrongly) assumed the bag had a flat bottom. This is nothing but a paper bag with a packet of absorbent gel inside. I thought the gel would be built into the bag, as a sort of liner, but it is not. The gel packet is a completely separate item just sitting inside the bag. It may work just fine, I'm just letting you know the little surprises I encountered. Each bag comes sealed so the packet is not in danger of getting lost. To use, you tear off the top of the bag along a perforation.I will be posting photos showing the design of the bag and the gel packet. After tearing off the top perforated strip, the bag is 10" tall. The top of the bag, if formed into a circle, measures 16" around. It naturally falls into a 3.25" by 5" rectangle. You may notice those measurements don't exactly add up but they're pretty close.Since these aren't going to work for me, I sacrificed one as an experiment. I poured in one cup of water. In about a minute the gel had soaked it all up, I couldn't even pour off one drop. However, because the bag does not have a flat bottom, I had to hold the bag the whole time waiting for it to solidify. Maybe people just seal it up without waiting; I was just following the directions. It says it can hold up to 28 ounces.

This is a really weird product I decided to try out while I drove a long trip that was nine hours long, by myself with 2 young kids. I originally bought it with my 4 year old in mind, thinking my kid would have to "pee-pee" in the middle of nowhere. I ended up using it while the kids were sleeping and I needed to make a pit stop. Try taking a sleeping 4 year old and 2 year old out of car seat to go into a gas station to pee. Instead I just pulled over, pee'd in it, sealed it and kept going. It was strangely wonderful and "relieving" in all sense of the word.It's looks like a popcorn bag. And what I mean is that it's like a waxed paper bag with a waterproof coating on the inside. There is this mesh sock looking thing inside that hold crystals that absorb "liquid" and turns into gel. At first I was skeptical and when I did go in it, it looked like a paper bag full of pee. But then the gel started absorbing and the liquid started disappearing. By George, it was working! There is this adhesive strip that you expose, fold the bag a few times and it seals the "magic" inside. You then just toss it in the nearest trash. It did not leak, nor smell, or anything. It worked! Just the whole peeing in a paper bag was just so awkward feeling. It's weirder than peeing in a cup for a specimen. Maybe because it's a paper bag?! But I can't knock something that clearly works. It's great for emergencies and long trips. It says it's for both men and women, but I just don't see how great it would be for women. Men can just shoot it in. But women would have to hover over it or something. I couldn't imagine. I was able to do it still sitting down! This is awkward explaining how I pee'd into a bag in the car, but my story is my review. It worked. I'm happy. The end!

When looking at this product I scrolled down the page and looked at the information provided by TravelJohn. The product shown had an adapter at the top. It was a "urinal". I was surprised to find this product is only a bag with gel in it. You would be urinating into a bag which needs to be held by two hands.

gern wieder einmal. Danke

Well, I bought these a while ago, they seem like a marvellous idea. I used them for the first time on Sunday. I had to rush home from work as I new I was coming down with something.I'm being quite honest here, as nobody likes to talk about *this* sort of illness.I am 100% confident they would be 'enough' for small bouts of sickness, as stated, travel sickness, that sort of thing.However, I found out all too late, that they are not big enough to cope with something like norovirus, with projectile, or large quantities. To be honest - the bag was jettisoned out of my hand across the bathroom floor.This is going to seem like one of those comedy reviews, but it's not. You'll still need something more substantial for 'illness' scenarios, but for normal travel sickness, that sort of event, these bags will be great.It opened easily, quickly, and the stuff inside that makes *your* stuff gel, is in an inner pouch, so it can't spill out.I will definitely keep carrying them around in the car, and for when I'm sick in a more minor way with migraine.Good product, but don't overestimate it's capacity. xxx

Pratique pour les soucis urgents lors d'un transport et ça prend peu de place. A avoir dans la voiture ou le sac.

These saved me a fortune in taxi cleaning costs after my daughter became car sick following a long flight. Totally leak proof and wide enough that nothing spilt over. Couldn’t ask for more

Sturdy, layered & leakproof bags that hold a lot, up to 800ml. Although there is no closure on the bag itself, it does have a sealable tape at the top to use after folding the bag over. I found if I unfolded the bag first, got the bottom squared and pre-removed the tape & prepped the folds, then disposal was easy-peasy.I particularly like the wide opening of these bags, versus their urinal yellow bags as a narrower opening requires more targeting (especially if vomiting is involved, just sayin’). These bags have been a godsend for me in the car, have saved my upholstery & my clothes!