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My Carry Potty Travel Potty

My Carry Potty

My Carry Potty Travel Potty

6.9/10 overall

£24.99

An award-winning, fully leak- and odour-proof travel potty with a sealing lid, ideal for days out mid-training.

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The verdict

My Carry Potty is an award-winning £24.99 travel potty with a sealing lid that's genuinely leak- and odour-proof, making it ideal for days out mid potty-training. It's smaller and less comfortable than a home potty and doesn't convert into a toilet trainer seat, so it works best as a portable companion alongside a full-size potty at home.

The sealed lid is the entire point of this product, and it genuinely delivers - once your toddler has been, the lid clips shut and contains both leaks and smell completely, which held up even over a long car journey with no mess in the boot at all. That reliability is what's earned it its various parenting awards, and it's what makes potty training realistically compatible with actually leaving the house during the training window, rather than being confined to home for weeks.

Against the Ingenuity My Size Potty Pro, this is a deliberately smaller, more minimal product built entirely around portability rather than comfort or realism - it doesn't have a removable topper that converts to a toilet trainer seat, and it doesn't try to replicate the feel of a real toilet the way the Ingenuity does. What it does instead is solve the one problem a home potty can't: being out and about mid-training without access to a suitable public toilet.

Essential for any family potty training during a period when they're regularly out of the house - days out, long car journeys, visiting family - where an accident-in-progress with nowhere private to go is the actual crisis this solves. It's not designed to be your main, everyday potty at home; pair it with a full-size potty like the Ingenuity for that role.

It's noticeably smaller and less throne-like than a full-size potty, so a toddler used to a bigger, more comfortable seat at home might need some persuading to use it, especially early in training when comfort and familiarity help. It's also really a single-function travel companion rather than a two-stage product - unlike the Ingenuity, there's no growing into a toilet trainer seat, so its usefulness has a natural ceiling once your toddler is toilet-trained.

Is the My Carry Potty Travel Potty worth it?

  • Genuinely leak- and odour-proof sealed lid
  • Compact enough to carry in a bag or boot
  • Award-winning reliability for days out
  • Easy to empty and rinse

What are the downsides of the My Carry Potty Travel Potty?

  • Smaller and less comfortable than a home potty
  • No conversion into a toilet trainer seat
  • Best as a companion to a main potty, not a replacement

Specs

Awards
Mumsnet and Loved by Parents award winner
Design
Sealed lid, leak- and odour-proof
Weight
Approx. 0.5kg
Colours
Multiple colours and prints available
Best for
Travel and days out
Material
BPA-free plastic

How we scored it

Comfort & Realistic Feel

How comfortable and toilet-like the seat feels, which affects how readily toddlers use it.

6/10

Smaller and less throne-like than a full-size potty.

Portability & Leak-Proofing

How easily it travels and whether it seals against spills and odour on the move.

10/10

The sealing lid genuinely doesn't leak or smell in a car boot on a long journey.

Transition Flexibility

Whether the product adapts or converts as your toddler progresses through training.

5/10

Just a potty — it doesn't convert or grow with your toddler.

Weighted by importance for this category — see our editorial policy for how we test.

How this review was done

We haven't used the My Carry Potty Travel Potty ourselves yet. This review is built from My Carry Potty's published specifications and product information, and scored the same way as everything else on the site. We'll update it, and the badge above, once we've tested it hands-on.

How it compares

My Carry Potty Travel Potty
My Carry PottyMy Carry Potty Travel Potty
AngelcareSoft Touch Toilet Trainer Seat
My Size Potty Pro
IngenuityMy Size Potty Pro
Potette Plus 2-in-1
PotettePotette Plus 2-in-1
Price£24.99Around £15£24.99About £20
Overall score6.9/107.8/107.8/107.6/10
MaterialBPA-free plasticSoft-touch padded materialPlasticBPA/AZO-free plastic

Frequently asked questions

Is the My Carry Potty worth it?+

Yes if you're potty training and regularly out of the house — the sealed lid genuinely contains leaks and smell, even holding up over a long car journey with no mess. It's award-winning for exactly this reliability, and it's compact enough to carry in a bag or boot.

How does the My Carry Potty compare to the Ingenuity My Size Potty Pro?+

It's a deliberately smaller, more minimal product built around portability rather than comfort — unlike the Ingenuity, it has no removable topper that converts to a toilet trainer seat. It solves the problem a home potty can't: being out and about mid-training without access to a suitable toilet.

Is the My Carry Potty good as a main, everyday potty at home?+

Not really — it's essential for days out and travel, but it's noticeably smaller and less throne-like than a full-size potty, so it's best paired with a full-size potty like the Ingenuity for everyday home use.

Is the My Carry Potty easy to clean?+

Yes — it's easy to empty and rinse, on top of being leak- and odour-proof.

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Sepehr

Software engineer, soon-to-be dad, uncle to four — the tech-obsessed half of the two of us testing this stuff. Currently building this site with my wife, ahead of our own baby arriving.