So What is the best bucket for sitting on?

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Having been a bucket and chuck it type, I like to know what back up facilities are available these days.

Side Lugs rather than top lugs for the handle are a must, or they dig in!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Wide rim for comfort /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

High section modulus for prolonged sessions with book or broadsheet. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

High shock loading capability like for the time I was sat on one in the cockpit one dark evening on an Orwell mooring enjoying a distant lightning display... when a CHERRISSST WHAT WAS THAT bolt of lightning hit the water about 50yds away - I felt the bloody static!!!!. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Damn cheap bucket actually buckled under the take-off and landing weight /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Got an indoor bog now but miss the summer alfresco effect /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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We have a pound shop bucket for emergencies while out for the winter. It ticks all the boxes - even has a matching lid.

Putting much weight onto it could have undesirable consequences, though...

Perhaps the true answer is, it doesn't matter as long as you don't kick it.
 
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Transom mounted toilet seat saves flushing after and with a following sea washes your bum as well!
 
Put a tyre on top....bliss. French crabbers used to favour the wooden seat over the stern with a semicircular rail round it, hence, we thought 'Johnny crapoo'. (Not so, of course, it's from 'crapaud')
The space behind my wheelhouse is known as Poo Corner.
 
Every so often Lidl have horse buckets - they are strong, cheap and comfortable to sit on. Available in any colour as long as you like black.
 
I bought something from a mobility shop and was asked to sign a disability form so no VAT. I said "it's just for the boat" - the woman said "We had a man in the other day who bought a toilet seat and said it was for his wife to use on the boat bucket.

Some chaps know how to spoil a lady /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Cannot in any conscience recommend the B&Q bucket - even if they sponsored Dame Ellen. The handle is poorly attached - doesn't like being dunked on the end of a lanyard, and the plastic isn't at lowish temperatures - tried to knock a bit of ice out and the whole thing shattered.
 
When camping, before I had the boat, and when my kids were small, I had an excellent strong, oval shaped 'nappy bucket'- not only did it have a tightly fitting lid, but a childs plastic 'toilet trainer' seat fitted neatly on the top for comfort. So try Mothercare... pick up your nappies for soaking up bilge oil and 'nappy sacks' for used toilet tissue at the same time.
 
I've found plastic buckets disapointing both in the "stool" and "collectstools" positions. The strength leaves something to be desired. In the Med, some(all?) of the locals are required to carry a fire bucket - painted red and unaffected by heat - ie a good old fashioned galvy bucket. If you don't like the handle lugs, smack them over with a hammer and bend the handle to suit. Back to you, Our William.... Or , if you're into easy cleaning, a nice enameled one from the byre.
 
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