Kalencom Potette Plus 2-in-1 (Travel Potty) Trainer Seat White/Gray

My daughter is 20 months old, and decided she wanted to use the big potty. Im not one of those weird moms who puts their kid on the toilet every 20 minutes so they can be potty trained at 9 months old (for a mention in their latest YouTube video about how to teach your child French while practicing Mommy and Me Yoga). On the flip side, many of my friends said it was a waste of time to potty train before her second birthday. I ignored them because she showed definite signs of being ready. First, my daughter was always an obvious pooper. Panicked looks, squatting down, grabbing the edges of furniture, and saying ooo-eee - what I say when I change her diaper - had been her poop trademarks since she was very small. But the doctor said that it would be easier to potty train her when she can control her bladder better, and that wet accidents happen more often than pooping their pants. Makes sense. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago; I thought she had taken a liking to saying baby one morning as I was making breakfast, before I realized too late that she was actually saying peepee, and had relieved herself of he pants, diaper, and urine, all over the carpet. I didnt want to deal with the headache of cleaning out a baby potty, and transitioning to the big toilet, because I dont really understand the point, so I began looking for a portable seat that goes on top of a regular toilet. The options were pretty limited. I wanted a seat to use at home, but that was small enough to take to public places so she could use the bathroom without falling in the gigantic oval abyss that most public toilets have become. I narrowed it down to this one, and the cheaper, more compact but more dubious looking seat that folds into quarters. After reading reviews that the smaller seat occasionally falls in, I bit the bullet and bought the Potette Plus. Its wide, sturdy, and was stable even when my kid wiggled around trying to dance when she was excited about the amazing poo-poo in the potty song I wrote, sang and produced for her pooping pleasure. I cant say anything about its use as a stand alone potty yet, but may use it for camping trips. Its been a few days, and my daughter has only had 2 accidents, one because I was cooking and couldnt run her to the bathroom. I still keep her in pull-ups at night, but she has been having a great time getting to sit up high on the big potty. If you have a boy, the splash guard is pretty small, and you might get peed on.

Since I bought it, Id mostly used it flattened out, as a potty seat to place on top of other toilet seats when not at home, rather than as a potty itself. Its not the smallest thing to have in the diaper bag, so I was starting to wonder if I really needed it anymore. Maybe it wasnt worth the bulk, since my daughter is starting to get better at sitting on regular toilet seats. But last weekend, I used it as a potty, and it worked perfectly. We were at the zoo, and for some reason, we found ourselves relatively far from any bathroom when my daughter announced she needed to go. We ran around looking for it, and when we finally found it, there was a line 15 people long, and I knew there was no way she was going to be able to wait. So, we ran over to a nearby tree where it was somewhat quiet, and set up the potty. It was easy to set up, it was just in time, and it wasnt messy at all. Im so glad I had it. I dont really understand some of the other reviews that complain about it collapsing. If you set it up properly, and you know it has been when you hear the click, it works without any fear of it collapsing.

There are so many travel potty seats out there, but I love the fact that this can be used as a stand alone potty. When first potty training this was crucial as some outings just didnt have bathrooms nearby and it was critical to be successful and always have a potty available. Were well established with potty training now, but weve moved states since then and with traveling back home for the holidays this past Thanksgiving/Christmas with 8-9 hour car trips, it made our stops so much quicker and easier when we needed to make a quick potty stop without needing to eat, etc. We just set up the potty with the liner in the van, then buckled back in and we were off again without all the unnecessary time since little ones need to go so much more often. The seat is much bigger for this reason, making it not as convenient to store in the diaper bag and not at all discrete as youre toting your toddler to the bathroom with it under your arm at a store or restaurant. You really dont realize how non-standard toilet seats/shapes are until you go through this stage. When using on a standard toilet it isnt aways a perfect fit, but Ive never had an unstable fit where I was concerned about it not being safe or anything.

I got this to have in the car because my daughter is potty training and it has done the job. It is exactly what I was looking for. Easy to open and fold. Love that I can also bring it to hotels to use over the toilets. I highly recommend it.

This potty/potty seat seemed like a terrific idea for travel and walks, but the folding legs dont snap into place firmly. One of my daughters was particularly excited to use it ... until the legs folded when she was on it, and she fell on her face. Now shes afraid of it and would rather wet herself on a walk than use it, which really defeats the purpose. The problem is that the legs move between their three positions -- fully folded, down for use as a potty, and straight out to the sides for use as a potty seat -- very easily. Yes, they snap in place, but they also snap out of place with just a little pressure. With a design like this, there should be some locking mechanism, or it should at least take a lot more pressure to move the legs from position to position. FYI, the potty comes with a few bags to get you started and also includes a plastic draw-string back you can use to carry it around. July 2016: Coming back years later to revise this review. Yeah, its easy not to lock the legs in place properly and end up with a spilled kid, but once you get the hang of how to lock the legs, these potties are pretty darned handy. To tell you the truth, we still carry one of these around in the car for kiddie emergency pee breaks, three or four years on. Any cheap plastic item we still find useful after four years deserves more than two stars! A very handy item. Just practice locking the legs before you start using it.

Buy it, you won’t regret it! Having a 2.5 year old who has recently been potty trained and finding a clean safe public bathroom is a nightmare(especially with a girl). Worry no more with this light weight travel potty. It’s literally saved us from TONS of accidents. We take it and have used it everywhere we go. City streets, trains, car rides but most of all playgrounds. When your kid/s has to go they have to go! Good luck running, trying to find a bathroom with your other children and a stroller. Almost impossible. They can’t hold it for long so having this travel potty makes life so convenient. We get stopped often when it’s out and so many people can’t believe how cool it is. It’s my favorite child item for sure! You won’t regret it. We store ours in a light weight draw string bag, with tissues, wipes and tons of plastics bags and we’re good to go!

This thing is great. We use it in public restrooms, the park, the side of the road, everywhere. It folds up and fits in a backpack which means its always with me.

Absolutely love this travel potty! We have used it countless times while traveling in the car. Short & long distances. The bags are super easy to attach and are very absorbent! Absolutely no mess! I think the size is best for kids under 5 but my 8 yr old has used it in an emergency and it was fine!

My little one is over 3.5 years old and finally went full on potty training about a month ago. She had an incident at daycare where they were concerned about a possible UTI, so I took her to urgent care. They needed to collect a urine sample and after 10+ Unsuccessful trips to the bathroom and so much frustration between us, I remembered I had this foldable toilet in my car. Once I sat her on this with the “hat” for urine collection, she peed without hesitation (I think this was more comfortable for her tiny butt than the grown up potties). I also have the bags that can be bought separately, and used one of those because she also had to poop. I’m so glad we had this potty on hand!

Loved this! At first I was very skeptical because I thought there was no way my daughter could sit on it in the potty chair mode without having to hover or her touching the bag, but she was easily able to it on it like a regular potty chair with no hovering and no touching the bottom of the bag. It’s a great travel seat! We bought this to keep in our van specifically for the times she has to go and there’s no where to go. We’ve had it for one week and it has came in handy three times! At the park with no actual bathroom? Use the Potette! At a out door event and don’t want your child to use a nasty port-a-potty? Use the potette! It’s small enough to fit between our front seat and captains chair in our Toyota Sienna, so it is very discreet. Seriously wish we had purchased sooner!