PACT Outdoors  Lite Bathroom Kit

Purchased this for bikepacking and it was so perfect. Small and lightweight. Shared it with my partner and had plenty of supplies for 3 nights out.

Has a fundamental design flaw with a few critical consequences. Although the all-in-one, self-contained design seems like a great idea, this means the trowel is a closed tube. What happens when you use a tube to dig in dirt? It fills with compacted dirt. So you need to frequently smack the trowel against something hard to dislodge the dirt. That's problem #1. Problem #2 is that unless you thoroughly clean out all the residual dirt... and I mean thoroughly... you will never get the holder part (that holds the paper tabs and mycelium pellets) back into the trowel. Even a small amount of residual dirt prevents the holder from sliding back in. The third problem is that if the soil is wet, the inside of the trowel will trap moisture that is then absorbed by the paper and mycelium. Better to buy a proper trowel, and water tight containers for the paper tabs and mycelium pellets.

The concept is great but the plastic isn’t strong enough to properly slide into the metal shovel. Once the edge has a tiny scruff it won’t fit back into the shovel. You have to be very gentle when putting it back together and make sure zero moisture gets to the tablets. It works good for backpacking but needs an improvement.

Took this up to Dolly Sods WV. Served its purpose as we spent 4 nights camping off the trails . But it was such a pain to slide it back into its storage. So irritating and to me not worth the fuss. Great idea in packing compact design but needs a redesign for easier use to put back into pack readiness. Too snug of a fit and constantly messing with it to go back into place

I owe Pact a long-overdue review. The Lite bathroom kit has made my least favorite activity to do outdoors SO much easier, quicker, and cleaner. I hate packing out waste so I love how convenient and eco-friendly it is. Not only is it an incredibly efficient, compact, and lightweight waste system, their customer service is fantastic. I was gifted a larger version of the Pact Kit but I really wanted the Lite backpacking version. I reached out to customer service to see if I could exchange it and they just sent me the Lite kit for free (just paid shipping) without having to exchange. Awesome team and product!

Overall quite nice. However, the shovel holds onto the dirt so you have to wipe it out/off before you can reassemble everything. Awkward to do while squatting behind a bush. Also, the carrier for the wipes does not stand up very well even with the little spike. It may just be a learning curve, so I'll keep trying.

I've carried this a lot during deer and turkey hunting, but have only used it once. The shovel is sturdy and can cut small roots, but it'll take you a bit to dig your hole as it's narrower than your old plastic trowel. The wipe stand did stand up for me, but ymmv. I was very happy with the compressed wipes, but can't speak to the composting ability as I'm not checking back up on that hole...

It’s genius!!! I wish I would’ve had this years ago. It’s so lightweight and easy to carry when camping or backpacking. Simple to use. It also makes me feel better about the environment. Kudos to the people who thought of this!

This is a great concept and is super easy to use and take anywhere. Recently went backpacking with my two girls and they were able to use it with ease. The wipes are phenomenal, like a bidet in the woods! Knowing the tabs break everything down makes this a no brainer.

Easily the best bathroom kit money can buy. The shovel is better than any other trowel I've used and its easier on the hands. It's lightweight and less clunky than carrying everything on a ziplock bag. The fungi tabs are cool and the wipes work surprisingly well!