I read that Bubbletoes used a pee rag. Now I am reading a new journal of another female that says she will be using a pee rag. Someone please explain this concept to me?
Stick chick
Pee rag - Appalachian Trail
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#2
Pee rag is a substitute for t.p. basically. I’ve never used one but I think that’s it. Use, rinse and let it dry?
Apple Pie
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#3
I use a pee rag. I made one out of 8mm silk. I put a button hole at one corner so I can slip another corner through it to attach to my pack. The silk dries extremly fast and is light weight. The rag gets rinsed with hot water once a day.
No T.P.
I do use half a wet wipe for the other job. It starts at my face, neck, underarms and then my butt.
bycorley
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#4
I use a pee rag as well and find it quite convenient. I value health and hygiene while hiking and have seen many many practices that are considerably more “disgusting” than using a pee rag.
Smack
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#5
Why not just use Bio TP. I think that is alot cleaner than letting the rag dry and get who knows what on it and reusing that dont sound to safe. But ((MEN))don’t have this problem OB works great also…
Tambourine
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#6
I learned the peedanna trick from my good friend Nemo. Its really handy. Plus if you hang it off your pack the sun dries it really quickly (unless of course its rainning then it gets washed!). Its definitely better than buying any paper product and then figuring out what to do with that. Of course stick, leaves, and the like work really well too.
GreenT
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#8
I also use a peedana- I have used regular cotton bandanas (soley for that purpose- and silk as well.I hang it from my pack or just keep it in an outside pocket, rinsing it frequently. the drip dry method contributes to chafing for me and using TP is a pain- you either have to bury it well- I usually just packed it out.
doodlebug
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#9
I have always referred to mine as the “dab rag” but it is essentially a P-rag. I think more and more females are using them. Just easier the replacing TP at every town stop. It is actually a very old fashion solution that was used in olden day… Usually we do not actually require a whole wad of TP, it is just a drip or two that need to be dab and absorbed. Rinsed and dried daily a dab rag is a very hygienic approach. It also weighs less then a roll of TP for those that count grams…
Hammock Hanger
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#10
I always wondered why Green T’s bandana had a strange ammonia smell too it when I borrowed it to wipe the sweat off my face. :x
feral
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#11
To each and his own. I am female and would never use such a thing sounds like it just breeds germs and smells terrible…I used to drive tractor trailors and if you ever smelled a truck stop in TX at 100 degree weather that is what I imagine it to smell like not pleasant…:girl
Tambourine
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#12
the rag only collects a few drips and drops. Not like one uses it as a diaper. There has never been any smell associated with my dab-rag. In fact I know women who wear shorts that say it is so much easier to clean out a dab rag at the end of the day and that before that those drips accumulated in the shorts and then there was a nasty upwind smell. I have spoken to my physician about it and she says as long as the rag is rinsed out periodically there is nothing wrong with it. As with all things on the trail it is a personal choice and no one way is right or wrong. :girl
Hammock Hanger
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#13
I did an outward bound trip once and they promoted the PeeRag concept.
Personally, I vary–on long trips, a Peedana it is… On weekends, it’s TP and pack it out!
Sandals
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#14
Simple tip for securing any cloth when hiking. Fold over a corner about 2 inches and sew down the corner. This creates a loop you can thread through any strap. On a hot day, I hang my bandana from my sternum strap. Just the thing to wipe my eyes. After this discussion, I will never use my bandana again without thinking of all the stuff I just learned about other uses for a bandana. Yikes!!
Clark Fork
Clark Fork
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#15
As long as you rinse that bandanna often. Between dripdrying and using a pee rag, I’d take the pee rag! Drip drying can leave a female irrated down there, not some thing you want on a long hike. Anyhoo, just rinse it out after use, and let it dry while walking. Cotton bandannas dry very fast! And yeah, make sure that is all it used for…
sarbar
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#16
I was wondering if any of you that use/have used a p-rag, can it also be used to “freshen up” down there. I have battled with chaffing and was wondering if that might help.
Stick Chick
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#17
For chafing, I’ve found Bag Balm to be the answer. No, I don’t carry the big green can, just a little in a double plastic baggie.
Lady Di
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#18
once again some one has “impersonated a response”(i wish i knew how this happens!)…i think this subject is a legitimate one though, if folks would ditch the jokes and stick to the info that really helps… i actually appreciate a discussion on the subject and would now consider the 'dab rag’approach…
the REAL maw-ee
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#19
I know some women hikers do have questions.And it is good to have others to talk with I am with you Maw-ee The jokes have to go …it is nice to have other women to talk with.
Tambourine
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#20
I used half of a superlight biodegradable pack towel.(They come in a little disk that explodes with water) I clipped it to the side of my pack with an alligator clip (electrical section of hardware store) on a strings. When you hike all day you drink water all day. It has to go somewhere. If I had used TP all day I would have been packing out alot and using alot of time. Hike with a skirt, detach pee rag, move underwear aside, dab, reattach rag and you’re off. Yes, rinse it out and with a cheap packtowel you can easily replace it quite often. Keeps your underware much cleaner. When you are not changing it for days you need all of the help you can get. I was just never really good at the drip dry method!
Bubble Toes