Cassette Toilet vs Conventional RV Toilet

I think the idea of a cassette toilet was a good choice for me as the one without a cassette was a gray tank that the toilet dumped into. I did not like that idea at all.

Cassettes are nice, but I prefer a toilet with a black tank. Either is great when there are kids along.

I don't know about anyone else, but I absolutely don't want to have to look at sewage to dispose of it. That is a deal-breaker for me and if I had to lug a big box of nasty stuff into a bathroom to dump it in a toilet that would be the end of RV'ing for me. Kudos to those with stronger stomach's though.

exhaustipated wrote:
I'm with WoodGlue on this one and would prefer the conventional rather than the cassette. It also fits my lifestyle better.

3x...we have had both.
No cassettes for us.
PIA.

I know this is an old thread--but--I have only just found it (or been interested to find it)-----We travel in Europe and have had several RVs (5ers & truck campers) and until our latest A class---a German made Niesmann+Bischoff have always had black tanks--we carried a wheeled dump tank, a 3" hose and a Flojet with about 90ft of 3/4"? hose in 3 sections---( we had a load of 1 1/2" lay-flat,but found that a PITA to stop kinks)------on most trips--not using camp grounds--that we found ground level dumps about 50% of the time--the rest we found WCs (or raised dumps---common in Europe) close enough to macerate into, have not used the wheely thing since we lived on c-grounds.
Our present van has a cassette and it was one of the things that I had to compromise on----We have a proper made storage locker for the second cassette----so it is easy to slip one out and the empty one in-------but we can still go less than a week before finding a dump place-----a lot of public toilets in Europe now forbid cassette dumping--probably because there is no hose to clean- up any 'spills/splashes'----------I am looking at changing our cassette for a 'proper' toilet as I VERY MUCH prefer it.
On our extended trip in US---inc. Texas and Alaska with our TC we never had problems dumping our tank-----and rarely stayed on c-grounds.
Nigel & Pamala---UK

s1214 wrote:

billtex wrote:

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.

Do you have a separate water supply for your toilet? If not, how do you keep it ice free?

Keep a jug of pink by the toilet...a little pour when there are "solids" to flush...
Temps like we are having now (neg deg F) there is no H2o in the system. End of Feb/early March when temps are (hopefully) a little more reasonable, we will use H2o system, for toilet, showers, cooking, etc
Too bloody cold now...

Bill

billtex wrote:

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.

Do you have a separate water supply for your toilet? If not, how do you keep it ice free?

Jgwoods wrote:
My Northstar has a Thetford Cassette toilet. Once I got used to trying to dump every day everything has been fine. Traveling back and forth to Alaska last Summer we would often see roadside somewhat primitive rest stops with basically outhouse accommodations. I could dump my cassette in one of those in about 30 seconds and have it back on board ready to go.

The few times I had a problem came when I had not found a suitable place to dump that day and the warning light came on at midnight...knowing it was going to need to be used 2-3x before I could dump was difficult.

My upcoming solution is going to be a reserve tank.

The best of both worlds; a cassette toilet with a black tank!

My Northstar has a Thetford Cassette toilet. Once I got used to trying to dump every day everything has been fine. Traveling back and forth to Alaska last Summer we would often see roadside somewhat primitive rest stops with basically outhouse accommodations. I could dump my cassette in one of those in about 30 seconds and have it back on board ready to go.

The few times I had a problem came when I had not found a suitable place to dump that day and the warning light came on at midnight...knowing it was going to need to be used 2-3x before I could dump was difficult.

My upcoming solution is going to be a reserve tank.

Those that have the Portapottie say they can go a week without dumping it...so if they had a 20 gall black tank they could go a month before dumping it!...once a month beats once a week imo!