As a hiker, I hate sneaking off into the bushes for a surreptitious pee only to discover a pile of used toilet paper strewn around more than anyone. When you’re out in your hiking boots for long periods, nature is eventually going to call, but the current advice on peeing and pooping on the trail is to bury your waste in remote areas, or better yet pack that paper up (along with your poop to be honest) and carry it out with you in heavily-trafficked or sensitive areas, unpleasant though the thought may be.
So a few years back, when I noticed people starting to talk about pee cloths for hiking, I took notice. According to some vocal female hikers, they were a game-changer and I was mad not to have one. Reddit threads on pee clothes are full of rabid fans, a few complaining theirs are smelly, and the odd confused user wondering why women wipe after a pee, but that's a separate article. The point is, a lot of people seemed to think I needed one.
