Composting Toilet

Naio wrote:
Lol, urine is sterile when it comes out of you, but it quickly becomes FULL of bacteria. Just try peeing in a bottle and storing it at room temp for a day, then take a whiff.

I also wonder about your claim that partially-composted poo is less smelly than fresh. Many things become MORE smelly when they are partway through the composting process. Not only urine. Leave a tub of preservative-free bean dip out for a few days, then smell it.

You seem to have less real word experience than the average RVer. Are you perhaps very young? Or have you lead a mainly indoor life?

i don't have a lot of experience with composting toilets, no. which is why i'm researching them and plan on trying one out.

if you empty urine every day what would be the issue? i understand it could smell worse but does that make it unsterile? also, what's the difference of me peeing in the woods for the whole day or dumping my urine at the end of the day?

why are you so down on the idea without trying either of the products linked in this thread? there's plenty of people that say they work great.

have you composted much? sure if you leave something out to rot, it will rot, but that's not composting. if you start the composting process it shouldn't stink. does your compost pile smell? mine sure doesn't. if it does there is something wrong. i grew up on a farm. i was around composted manure. i was around slurry manure. have you ever been around both of those? composted manure has a fraction of smell of a slurry manure, ie your black tank. so yes i can confidently say that composting manure does smell much less as it breaks down.

no, i don't have a lot of rving experience but i'm not new to the outdoors. i'm not sure what that has to do with composting though....but thanks for thinking you know me from a few internet posts...