pros & cons of waste pumps with macerators

ctilsie242 wrote:
However, if I'm extending a garden hose to dump on a toilet, being able to pump uphill is quite useful.

Rice wrote:
Can you explain exactly how to use a macerator to dump into a toilet? Where does the end of the hose go? Not just into the bowl, because that would overflow, right?

Of course not, the bowl just self flushes as the bowl fills, but if someone isn't holding the hose in place you want to secure it so it can't slip out of position. :E If there's any downside it's odour as there will be some - exactly the reason I installed an inlet to my house sewer stack. No fuss, no muss, no odour. :B

ctilsie242 wrote:
However, if I'm extending a garden hose to dump on a toilet, being able to pump uphill is quite useful.

Can you explain exactly how to use a macerator to dump into a toilet? Where does the end of the hose go? Not just into the bowl, because that would overflow, right?

For several years, I had trailer with a slinky. I now own a Class C with a macerator and I love it. Clean, easy to use and store away. Only downside is it takes a little longer to dump.

There was comment about a piece of plastic or a wrapper total clogging things up and what a mess to remove. I did have a plastic wrapper, I can’t remember what it was once but with the SewerSolution I could see it and just move the spray jet around and it unclogged and stuck on the side of the SewerSolution out of the way. I let it run the all water was clear and clean as was the wrapper I shut off the water disconnected the hose and threw the wrapper in the trash it was rinsed clean no mess.

DSDP Don wrote:
You got a lot of bad info from people who have never owned one, but are very good at regurgitating what they heard someone else say.

Read any forum long enough and you'll see this isn't uncommon online behaviour at all. :( Folks just love to opine about something they really have no first hand knowledge of, often carefully crafting their words so as to not admit they've never actually owned or even used what's being discussed. :R It's just hot air they've garnered from a collection of viewpoints they've read from others, often those who also have never owned the device either. Personally I try to avoid that, my preference being to offer comment only if I've actually "been there, done that", as I have with the subject of this discussion - a waste macerator which I find invaluable despite what the ill informed naysayers may expound. :R

"hatwate".....It's too bad you already made your decision. You got a lot of bad info from people who have never owned one, but are very good at regurgitating what they heard someone else say.

When Monaco coach was in business, the SaniCon macerator was standard equipment on their DP lineup. I've been using a SaniCon macerator for almost 13 years. It's funny, I don't have the issues these others who've never owned one are talking about.

When people say their 3" hose is faster, that's arguable. My SaniCon is permanently connected to my drain and uses a 1.5" flexible hose that stretches 20'. I never have to store the hose or wash it out. When it's time to dump, I pull out my already attached hose, unscrew the cap from the end and connect to the campground sewer. I open my black tank and turn on the macerator. Once the black tank is empty, you open the grey and dump. Once it's empty, you remove the hose from the drain, screw on the cap and stuff it back in the storage bay.....you're done. No pulling your 3" hose out of storage, no dripping hose on your shoes, no gloves while wrestling the hose to put it away and no need for a second hose to flush out the 3" hose. When you look at the time to do all those things, the SaniCon is done.

Many will say they need the whoosh affect of dumping with a 3" hose, which is really a fallacy. You can still use your tank sprayer if needed. With the SaniCon, I can dump without using any water. I dump the black tank, turn off the SaniCon, and then open the grey tank. Gravity causes the two tanks to equalize, filling the black tank with grey water. I dump a second time and now have a black tank rinsed with soapy water.

My coach has a small black tank, (40) gallons, and fills quickly with two macerator toilets. I installed an electric black tank valve on mine and installed a second switch for the drain valve and SaniCon inside the coach. If our black tank gets full late at night, I just electrically open the valve and turn on the SaniCon from inside the coach. The great part is.....on the day we depart, while putting things away inside, I open the valve, turn on the SaniCon. I can hear it spin faster when empty. I turn off the SaniCon, close the drain and I'm done. I bring my slides in, disconnect my power cord, water hose, and cap the SaniCon hose and stuff it back in the bay. No waiting.

My SaniCon got blocked one time when someone put a moist towelette in the toilet. I service mine about every three years with a new impeller and have never had an issue.

I have a SewerSolution it is portable and was inexpensive, I keep it in my garage for those times I need at home dumping. I have also added a 50 foot 1” hose to it due to the locator of our septic tank to where I park the coach. I try to dump leaving a campground but at our state parks if you are not there by 10 am Sunday morning you may have to wait 2 hours to dump. So I skip that and dump at home. Sometimes I dump leaving a campground but we use the toilet on the way home especially if it is a multi-day trip home. Often on the way home we may park for the night at the relatives or some other non-campground so dumping is not an option. The SewerSolution allow me to dump at home in to my septic tank. On weekend where we go to a State park we usually reserve our #2’s for the campground restroom and use the coach for #1’s only although my DW does use an exorbitant amount of toilet paper, then I almost always dump at home. I do not know if Macerators are the greatest to use all the time but it works for us the way we use it.

Thank y'all for your insight. After reviewing your comments and our situation my husband has decided not to buy a waste pump. Thanks, again!

Big Katuna wrote:
Another negative is that they can jam if someone puts anything like a candy wrapper or a you know what down it.

THIS!

If the pump jams, it needs to be removed and unblocked. NOT a pleasant task, especially considering the half gallon or so of effluent trapped above it with no way to drain it before disconnecting. :E

The biggest pro, in my opinion (at least with a permanently installed macerator pump) is that it's much easier and cleaner to use. You don't have to connect/disconnect the hose or rinse it out when you're done. You just screw the little plastic cap back on and roll the hose up in the compartment.

We use a sewer solution for three years without any problems. Not worried about water as we always stay at full hookups. The reason for us is on our MH trying to run the stinky slinky out underneath the MH always had clearance issues underneath and I needed to walk the waste down to the drain. We have the slinky ramp but it didn't help as it always backed up because the ramp wouldn't fit under the MH and the hose was lower there.

The sewer solution is a few minutes longer but work fine, even going uphill. I do appreciate not tripping over the stinky slinky and it looks better when out.