Pee bag gel

We have cats and just got a new type of litter for them called SoPhresh Gel Lock. This stuff would be great in a zip lock pee bag! Super absorbent and turns into a gel immediately. I have not tried it in flight yet, but once i saw how this stuff worked i knew it would be great to put in some pee bags. They have it at Petco and probably amazon as well

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcos...lti-cat-litter

What do you think?

On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 9:02:35 PM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:
We have cats and just got a new type of litter for them called SoPhresh Gel Lock. This stuff would be great in a zip lock pee bag! Super absorbent and turns into a gel immediately. I have not tried it in flight yet, but once i saw how this stuff worked i knew it would be great to put in some pee bags. They have it at Petco and probably amazon as well

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcos...lti-cat-litter

What do you think?

Thirty-four bucks for a bag of kitty litter, wow. I throw that stuff away, so I buy the cheaper crap at target and use a leg bag in flight. Keep the kitty in the bag as it were.

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 8:46:35 AM UTC-7, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 9:02:35 PM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:
We have cats and just got a new type of litter for them called SoPhresh Gel Lock. This stuff would be great in a zip lock pee bag! Super absorbent and turns into a gel immediately. I have not tried it in flight yet, but once i saw how this stuff worked i knew it would be great to put in some pee bags. They have it at Petco and probably amazon as well

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcos...lti-cat-litter

What do you think?

Thirty-four bucks for a bag of kitty litter, wow. I throw that stuff away, so I buy the cheaper crap at target and use a leg bag in flight. Keep the kitty in the bag as it were.

its really good stuff though.

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 9:27:11 AM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:

its really good stuff though.

So is a tube through the bottom of the glider. No bags of liquid or gel to sit with for hours.
Jim

....Except when it corrodes anything it gets into.

There are gel filled pee bags available, but the medical grade urinary
bags work just fine.Â* They're cheap and if you're cheap (like me) they
can also be rinsed out and reused.Â* They have a drain and an anti-reflux
valve so they're mess free.

And did I say cheap?

On 4/30/2019 10:42 AM, JS wrote:
On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 9:27:11 AM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:

its really good stuff though.
So is a tube through the bottom of the glider. No bags of liquid or gel to sit with for hours.
Jim

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Dan, 5J

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 1:17:45 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
...Except when it corrodes anything it gets into.

There are gel filled pee bags available, but the medical grade urinary
bags work just fine.Â* They're cheap and if you're cheap (like me) they
can also be rinsed out and reused.Â* They have a drain and an anti-reflux
valve so they're mess free.

And did I say cheap?

On 4/30/2019 10:42 AM, JS wrote:
On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 9:27:11 AM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:

its really good stuff though.
So is a tube through the bottom of the glider. No bags of liquid or gel to sit with for hours.
Jim

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Dan, 5J

I used to use ziplock bags with toddler size diapers inside to soak up the liquid - optional but helps prevent spills. Perhaps the gelling cat litter can replace the diapers.

An "english ice bag" (available on Amazon for cheap) has a largish mouth with leak-proof screw-on cap, and expands to hold 2 or 3 uses. I use it plain (no gel or anything). Rinse and repeat (i.e. use on next flight) - it doesn't smell when the cap is not open. Since I got it I use very few of the diaper baggies. I bring a large zip-lock bag to put it inside of, to catch any liquid that misses the mouth of the English bag, and in case it springs a leak, and to protect it from abrasion so as to avoid a leak. No leaks in two seasons.

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 10:17:45 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
...Except when it corrodes anything it gets into.

There are gel filled pee bags available, but the medical grade urinary
bags work just fine.Â* They're cheap and if you're cheap (like me) they
can also be rinsed out and reused.Â* They have a drain and an anti-reflux
valve so they're mess free.

And did I say cheap?

On 4/30/2019 10:42 AM, JS wrote:
On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 9:27:11 AM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:

its really good stuff though.
So is a tube through the bottom of the glider. No bags of liquid or gel to sit with for hours.
Jim

--
Dan, 5J

Oh you rise yours out before reuse?

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 1:17:45 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
...Except when it corrodes anything it gets into.

There are gel filled pee bags available, but the medical grade urinary
bags work just fine.Â* They're cheap and if you're cheap (like me) they
can also be rinsed out and reused.Â* They have a drain and an anti-reflux
valve so they're mess free.

And did I say cheap?

On 4/30/2019 10:42 AM, JS wrote:
On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 9:27:11 AM UTC-7, soaringjac wrote:

its really good stuff though.
So is a tube through the bottom of the glider. No bags of liquid or gel to sit with for hours.
Jim

--
Dan, 5J

I use these gel pee bags often, bladder just wont hold like it did in years past. They really work just fine and there is no track in your pants when you land. I usually fill them up and plan a final run over the local trailer park, most people from the north call them manufactured homes, but they are actually trailers with some being double wide units. I just make a nice pass over the park and drop the gel bags from about 2K.I guess they think it is a doggie scoop bag. Bob

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 12:02:35 AM UTC-4, soaringjac wrote:
We have cats and just got a new type of litter for them called SoPhresh Gel Lock. This stuff would be great in a zip lock pee bag! Super absorbent and turns into a gel immediately. I have not tried it in flight yet, but once i saw how this stuff worked i knew it would be great to put in some pee bags. They have it at Petco and probably amazon as well

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcos...lti-cat-litter

What do you think?

The real deal is Sodium Polyacrylate powder. Search on the internet for best price. Add a bit to your pee bags and, voila, same as the expensive commercial pee bags at a much lower price. Turns urine into a soft gel. But I wouldn't throw it out the widow as it would hit like a mortar. Or just use vegetable bags from the grocery; pee, wind up but without knotting and chuck. The winding will come undone after clearing the glider but before hitting the ground and the fluid will depart the bag and evaporate. Tubing which vents the fluid out the glider will definitely corrode the rear cables and gear. Wear a condom catheter which will give you extra length and prevent spillage in the cockpit. They make some without adhesive which does the job adequately and they are cheap enough for one time use.

I believe a couple "well know in the US" pilots did zip lock baggies.......
They would put an eaten apple core in the bag before tossing.....sorta like an apple core and "apple juice" going out....issue is.....DON'T zip it closed going out.....the drop flutters most liquid (thus energy) on the way down....
A quart or so dropping a long way has a ton of kinetic energy.

I used to buy Gatorade by the quart......I picked a reddish color drink.....easier to figure out "drink vs. pee" after a flight.....
Same for long road trips......LOL......