Toilet: porcelain or plastic?

A number of years ago I purchased a used camper and I soon discovered that lingering "toilet smell".

I blasted out the holding tank, repeatedly! Checked the stack to be sure no nests or other blockages where the culprit. I scoured the toilet bowl. EVERYTHING I could think of.

The smell got a little less noticeable but it was STILL THERE.

A couple years later, I removed the toilet because I would be dry camping for a season and the toilet space was used for a portable camp toilet.

I brought the camper toilet home with the intention of storing it in the rafters of my garage. It never quite got there.

I was working in the area of my garage when I suddenly got a wife of that all too familiar odor - the camper toilet!!!! It was that darn toilet the whole time.

No more plastic for me - 'nuf said.

We've had the Aqua Magic Style Plus for about 5 years. We like the porcelain, but not real happy with the toilet. Replacing next week with Dometic 320.

RT

We've had an Aqua Magic Style Plus with a porcelain bowl since 2008 with zero problems in nearly full time use. I even moved it from our previous coach to our current one a couple of years ago because we like it so well. We much prefer the standard residential seat and the ease of cleaning the porcelain bowl. We would never go back to a plastic toilet...

I've had a couple of each over the years and prefer the porcelain although I'm guessing it likely doesn't much matter.

I've had two porcelain types. The first had a plastic pedestal with a porcelain bowl which was very shallow. The shallow bowl created some issues but the real problem was the porcelain bowl just broke apart one time when I sat on it.

We had an Aqua Magic V and were happy with it except the hand flush (more on that below). We wanted to add a Fresh Spa Bidet attachment so we had to go with a model that used residential toilet seats.

The one we have now is an Aqua Magic Style II with a deep bowl and residential toilet seat. The only thing I don't like about it is below the ball valve "stuff" gets stuck and looks nasty when you look inside. Some of it can be cleaned with a toilet brush and the spray attachment.

I've had several plastic in older RVs and really don't see the difference.

I prefer the foot flush. No real reason I just didn't care for the hand flush.

By the way- the bidet attachment is one of the best modifications we have done http://brondell.com/spa-suite/freshspa-dual-temperature-bidet.html
It provides that "fresh" squeaky clean feeling.

I've had both, I don't see any advantage or disadvantage. Both had plastic seats. My current camper has a porcelain throne, but a plastic seat. Been think real hard for 3 years now about swapping out that seat for a real wooden one. Haven't done it yet though, I'm still debating. Sometimes, some of the simplest decisions are the hardest to make! :)