Composting Toilet

I've used two composting toilets extensively in a permanent 'camp' setting -one of the composting toilets was a smaller model, and one was the deluxe full-size. With both units, the composting did not happen in any kind of a timely manner. Emptying the poop part was a real mess, even without a smell problem. But the worst, the very worst, the nightmare, was thousands and thousands of small, tiny flies. Did they come from the peat moss or the wood chips? We bought those supplieds direct from the composting toilet manufacturer, both times. We tried diatomaceous earth over and over again to kill the flies. They were an infestation. It happened in both camps, years apart. And yes, you need a platform, because you need a small drainage pipe to come out the bottom. And the fan must run 24/7. And you need a vent stack to carry fumes outside. I will never never never have a composting toilet again.