Wag Bags

I’ve only used the GO Anywhere Cleanwaste bags for trips to Lake Powell.  I guess they’re OK, not having experience with anything else.  The bags contain a magic powder that turns liquids to some kind of gel. You get a tiny bit of toilet paper, a ziplock-type baggie to seal things in, and a sanitizing wipe.  The ziplock bag then goes into an outer plastic bag that seals with a wire tie.

Contents of the system are light and compact enough…until you use them.  Then they are heavy, smelly, and bulky.  Contents don’t escape, but the odor sure does.  I would really, REALLY hate to take a multi-day backpacking trip and have to haul several of these things out.  Eeyuu.

https://www.rei.com/product/662978/cleanwaste-go-anywhere-toilet-kit-waste-bags-package-of-12

The bulk is of course the result of your diet and your gastro intestinal tract, not the cleanwaste bag.  I have found that the cleanwaste bag needs another bag around it for security, usually a 1 or 1.5 or 2 gal zip lock depending on the length of the trip. My trips that require WAG bags are snow camping trips of less than a week with small groups where I usually like to plan multi course meals. In winter I have have found the smell manageable.

Cheers