Hi All, I have my ileostomy for over 55 years, since I was a teen of 15/ After 4 years of hospitals, & surgery, I wwas anxious to get back to real life, and having an ostomy made it possible for that to happen.. Back in the day, disposable pouches with plastic and cardboard, and didn't hold up well. We washed and reused both plastic wafers, and rubber pouches. Yet, that never stopped me from figuring out what I needed to do what I wanted to do.. I hiked, went boating and swimming and used the coffee can method.. That worked well. Plastic bags stuffed with paper towels also worked well.. The towels absorbed the extra fluid. I always travelled with a " beach bag", and additional plastic bags.. I f I was in the woods, I dug a hole, and emtied right into that. For peeing, woman have a bit of a disadvantage.. I t raveled for about 7 years in a single engine plane.. that had a range of about 3 -5 hours befored needing to refule. My frined the pilot had it easy. He went ot the back of the plane and peed in a bottle.. I held in the pee, but restricted eating, until we were about an houor from a gas stop. Only once, did we have to make an emergency landing, on a grass landing strip, in the middle of fields, for me to use a rest room... It's always w orked out.. As for two piiece appliance....there are quite a few to choose from. I use convatec two piece system, and all you need to do is snap off the old pouch and snap on the new one ( although a few drops of water are needed to have the two pieces snap together.) I''ve done that on ocassion as well.. Best luck to all.. Think " easy// out of the box. Bring along some pampers, to enpty the pouch, absorb t he fluids and pop into a plastic bag.. That's also easy to dispose of...