Composting Toilet

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We have an Air Head on our boat. Looking at the Natures Head for soon to be built E21c. I have found the urine container hard to remove on the Air Head. The overflow container on the Natures Head and the snap locks and hinged top all looked like improvements over the Air Head. We will continue are research for other options.Did you keep the black water tank? Thank you for your quick response.

 

[GinoandLinda]

We have an Air Head on our boat. Looking at the Natures Head for soon to be built E21c. I have found the urine container hard to remove on the Air Head. The overflow container on the Natures Head and the snap locks and hinged top all looked like improvements over the Air Head. We will continue are research for other options.Did you keep the black water tank? Thank you for your quick response.

Agreed, the Natures Head has better features. We do have an installed and vented black tank. Makes resale a little bit easier not the we are planning on selling. Who knows what the future hold.

 

[sclark7621]

I would use a laveo dry flush toilet if i had a 17a. It appears that you would need to modify the cabinet a bit to store it though. Dimensions are 18 high and 14 wide. So the cabinetry is not quite high or wide enough to hold it. But they work great. No smell. Cartridges are a bit expensive though. U get 15 flushes with one cartridge. But no mess.

 

[John in Santa Cruz]

Composting toilet

We’ve ordered one for our 23 and definitely researched extensively before deciding. Can’t imagine why I would choose to deal with black water hose and tanks, clean up and dumping over a composting toilet. Not to mention saving water boondocking.

(I know this was an older post)

just curious, have you ever dumped RV tanks at RV dump stations? Its a remarkably sanitary process.

1. make sure you flush enough water into the black tank to cover the floor of the black tank before you use the toilet.
2. make sure you have at least some water in your grey tank.
3. pull up to dump station, ensure your drain is over the 'apron' around the dump sewer
4. put on some nice heavy rubber gloves just in case.
5. hook the dump hose to the RV, put the right angle end into the sewer drain
6. open black valve. WOOOOSH, all the nasty black water goes out. when it stops, flush a few bowls of water down the toilet, close the black valve.
7. open the grey valve, grey water washes out the sewer drain and your hose.
8. grey always takes too long to dump, so flush about 5-6 toilet bowls full of water into the black tank to prime it while you're waiting (see step 1)
9. when the grey finishes, close the grey dump valve, 'milk' the dump hose to let any leftover grey to go down the dump.
10. disconnect grey hose from trailer, and use the dump site's water hose to rinse it off, and flush water down the dump hose
11. drain all water out of the hose down the drain, rinse off the angle fitting that was in the sewer drain hole. put the hose and elbow away. rinse out the trailer drain pipe.
12. rinse off the apron if there was any spillage. rinse off your gloves for the sake of it.

done. sounds complicated, but really it just takes about 10 minutes. so called composting toilets don't actually compost, you are dumping buckets of pee and bags of poop.

 

[GinoandLinda]

...Its a remarkably sanitary process.

1. make sure you flush enough water into the black tank to cover the floor of the black tank before you use the
2. hook the dump hose to the RV, put the right angle end into the sewer drain
3. open black valve. WOOOOSH, all the nasty black water goes out. when it stops, flush a few bowls of water down the toilet, close the black valve.
4. open the grey valve, grey water washes out the sewer drain and your hose.
5. grey always takes too long to dump, so flush about 5-6 toilet bowls full of water into the black tank to prime it while you're waiting (see step 1)
6. when the grey finishes, close the grey dump valve, 'milk' the dump hose to let any leftover grey to go down the dump.
7. disconnect grey hose from trailer, and use the dump site's water hose to rinse it off, and flush water down the dump hose
8. drain all water out of the hose down the drain, rinse off the angle fitting that was in the sewer drain hole. put the hose and elbow away. rinse out the trailer drain pipe.
9. rinse off the apron if there was any spillage. rinse off your gloves for the sake of it.

done. sounds complicated, but really it just takes about 10 minutes. so called composting toilets don't actually compost, you are dumping buckets of pee and bags of poop.

...Its a remarkably sanitary process. ..

3. put on some nice heavy rubber gloves just in case...

John, sanitary and heavy rubber gloves can't be used in the same post...