Cassette Toilet vs Conventional RV Toilet

s1214 wrote:
One plus for the cassette: in colder weather I fill the self contained water supply with windshield antifreeze. Neither the supply nor the tank freeze up.

We do the same with our black tank...flush with pink stuff in winter.

One plus for the cassette: in colder weather I fill the self contained water supply with windshield antifreeze. Neither the supply nor the tank freeze up.

They both have there place. The toilet in my lance was great for fairly short stays or in an rv park but for extended stays in the boonies, it's hard to beat the porta-potti way or if your winterized, just grab the portable toilet and some water and your good to go with a warm place to stay.

Snowman9000 wrote:
If I was running a gas station, I sure would not want to see some person lugging a suitcase full of krap past my donut counter. Call me crazy. :)

I'm not against the cassette in principle, but I don't think carrying it into public restrooms is something I could feel good about.

I agree with you regarding the gas station inside restroom scenario. Somehow I've managed to find outside restrooms. I figure if I buy a cold drink or cup of coffee it's no different than using their bathroom. It's not messy and in my experience the "matter" has broken down enough that it won't clog a normal household toilet.

The way we camp, sometimes days, up to a week or two away from civilization, our 45 gallon black tank is just something that we learned to love. I wonder how many with casette owners have to sneak out and dump when nobody is around...Gross!!

Hi, There is only two of us. We have a small tc that came without any potty. Being very short on space. I found a hollow step that I made into a nice thrown. This may sound crude but it has a real full size seat with a bucket underneath lined with bags. We pick up after our pets . you get the point. It works for us. Bill

We built a Thetford C403 cassette toilet into our camper design. It looks a lot like a normal toilet and has the removable 6 gallon tank. I plan perhaps to get another tank and create a storage space under the flatbed truck for carrying it, giving us 12 gallons of boondocking storage. We don't intend to spend a lot of time at campgrounds...forests, deserts, gold claims are more my style.

Camp alone and boondock most nights - so cassette is perfect for me.

Lots of winter camping as well - flush with RV antifreeze.

Have had both black tank and cassette. Currently have a conventional toilet/black tank.

Wish we had a cassette.

With our current setup and mostly staying away from campgrounds, when we get home I have to pull around the other side of the house and get out the FloJet (macerator). No dump stations anywhere near us.

Wintertime use is much easier with a cassette too.

We are on a septic system at home, so our water use there and in the TC is very careful- our old cassette toilet was good for several days before needing to be dumped.

IMHO, I would rather take a completely contained cassette and dump it into my toilet than walk around some of the disgusting dump stations at campgrounds.

If I was running a gas station, I sure would not want to see some person lugging a suitcase full of krap past my donut counter. Call me crazy. :)

I'm not against the cassette in principle, but I don't think carrying it into public restrooms is something I could feel good about.