Composting or cassette toilet. Who gas one ?

I have room for both. The 6 gal.floor lock-mounted cassette extends our stays at places where we do not have sewer hookups . We visit a lot of friends and use their property as a campsite, the 2nd cassette toilet works well and enables us to use a dump station a lot less often. Its a "Curve" cassette with electric (battery) flush.

I used to think that a regular RV toilet and black tank was the way to go (pun intended). But I've come around to a preference for a porta potty/cassette type unit. I'm sure it isn't for everyone, but I like it. I don't need to find a dump station on the last day before home, because the portable empties easily into my home toilet (and I have never made a mess with splashback). No hose or anything special to deal with. No standing in line at the dump stations, either. Easy to clean it and make it ready for the next trip. I travel alone, so if necessary I could use it for a week or even longer before it would get too full.

CavemanCharlie wrote:
When winter camping I just use a port-potti in the bathroom and put a garbage bag in it. Then I throw the garbage bag in the dumpster. It works, and I'm not to timid. But,,, it is more gross then just using the built in toilet in the travel trailer and then simply pulling a handle on the waste tank to get rid of the waste.

One of the main reasons I have a TT is for the toilet.

I sometimes camp at places that have vault toilets and my TT built in toilet is way, way, nicer then them. Some of the vault toilets are so primitive that I'm afraid some animal is going to attack me while I a setting there.

(Not likely I know but, you do have to open the door to the vault toilet slowly and look around before you barge into them. You never know what is in there. Skunk would be bad.)

Usually these are so gross with tons of biting flies inside the 15' pit below the seat and around, spreading diseases to you, that I simply find a porta potty MUCH BETTER!

When winter camping I just use a port-potti in the bathroom and put a garbage bag in it. Then I throw the garbage bag in the dumpster. It works, and I'm not to timid. But,,, it is more gross then just using the built in toilet in the travel trailer and then simply pulling a handle on the waste tank to get rid of the waste.

One of the main reasons I have a TT is for the toilet.

I sometimes camp at places that have vault toilets and my TT built in toilet is way, way, nicer then them. Some of the vault toilets are so primitive that I'm afraid some animal is going to attack me while I a setting there.

(Not likely I know but, you do have to open the door to the vault toilet slowly and look around before you barge into them. You never know what is in there. Skunk would be bad.)

Bumpyroad wrote:

Lwiddis wrote:
I don't believe that RV toilets use that much fresh water...and even less if you "save" shower water and dish rinse water for toilet use. Additionally, where are you going to dispose of the cassette toilet material safely and legally?

yep, if you want to be primitive, just put garbage bags into a 5 gallon bucket and buy the seat.
bumpy

These work much better and don't smell, and easily disposeable. BUT they make going to the bathroom an expensive action.

Toilet and Refills






I only use these when it's to cold to use my water filled Porta Potty.

I have had all 3. The porcelain toilet in my Jay Flight works the same as the cassette potty except the fill switch and flush valve open lever are combined into one, into a foot pedal instead of a top mounted push button fill switch and flush valve open lever.

They both work identical except the porcelain toilet is connected to the fresh water supply and the cassette has a small 3 gallon separate fresh water tank I have to add by hand with a milk jug (very VERY inconvenient).

The battery powered porta potties by Thetford work the exact same way as the cassette toilet except they are portable.

They all save water by using only what the user wants to add.

Dumping a cassette or porta potty in a toilet is a mess. The splash back, even with vent push button open, still gets on the floor and toilet seat. Not the greatest for the next guy and most campgrounds don't want you using their toilet for this.

Thus using the dump station is not very fun, having to get the hard pvc drain spout into the dump stations septic hole which usually has a snap cover on it that only opens partially. This makes you fight to get the cassette drain spout into the septic open, needing to by right by the filth. Awesome!!!!

Porcelain or plastic marine toilets are by far the best, over cassette or porta potties. I still use my thetford porta potty when camping while still winterized or while tent camping.

Lwiddis wrote:
I don't believe that RV toilets use that much fresh water...and even less if you "save" shower water and dish rinse water for toilet use. Additionally, where are you going to dispose of the cassette toilet material safely and legally?

yep, if you want to be primitive, just put garbage bags into a 5 gallon bucket and buy the seat.
bumpy

We have a port-a-potty we keep handy all the time. Because we use the camper a lot in the winter and don't run water through the lines, the port-a-potty works very nice. But when water is available, no need to use it.

We use it when traveling also, because we travel with no water in the tanks. Come in real handy sometimes. But I'd never want to replace the on-board toilet for this thing! No! Never!


So, if you get or have a camper, why not just pick up a port-a-potty, or cassette toilet and you are still free to use it!

"Composting or cassette toilet. Who gas one?"

I think gas goes into either the same.

There's nothing special about dumping a cassette toilet. Just dump in any roadside toilet or dump station.