Personal Cleaning Wipes

Put one in a glass jar with water in it. Shake it up. Does it dissolve? If yes, then probably OK for the RV.

I'd have concern they would not dissolve in the tank and could create a plug. Way to find out for sure is to take a personal wipe and put it in a bowl of water. Let it sit for several hours and shake the water. Did it dissolve into fragments (like TP will)? If so, then safe to use. If not, if it stays rigid (like a paper towel), then I'd not want to use it in my RV.

What do others think?

Won't dissolve.

The flushable ones should dissolve.

They are likely to stick to the side of the tank. My son, the plumber, has always told me to never use them, even the flushable ones. They do cause issues in the house plumbing. The RV does not have the same amount of water pressure sending things through, basically gravity. I wouldn't put them in the system.

You can use them but I wouldn't flush them. Some RVers don't even flush their TP (why I will never understand), but you could do what they do and use the wipe at the end and place it in a ziplock in the bathroom trash. We bought a used fifth wheel years ago and it had the infamous pyramid in it and for that reason I won't flush the wipes. We did clear it but it wasn't fun to finally get it softened and out of the tank.

There was a thread recently about them and more than one person had a bad problem, because they DO NOT dissolve, but clump and plug the system.

The best way to choose a brand of TP or any wipes is to put a piece of it in a glass of water. If it dissolves its OK.
I don't think the wipes would dissolve, they are pre-moist.

My understanding is that those wipe won't dissolve. We have a septic system at two of our homes and they shouldn't be used.

In the motorhome, we have a macerator toilet and I wouldn't think that would be good for our toilet. We also have the option to use our macerator/hose when it's time to empty the tanks, again, not good for a macerator.

I just recently bought TP at Walmart. The 'Coleman' brand of TP for 4 small rolls was $3.99 a pack. We went over to the grocery section and found the cheap Walmart TP and was .89 a four pack. So, I bought several as it said on the pack it was septic safe.

When I got back to the motorhome I compared our .89 Walmart TP to our Camping World TP, put them in the sink, ran water on them and they dissolved exactly the same. So, it's Walmart TP at .89 a pack from now on! LOL!

Safe travels,
MM.

nevadanick wrote:
The flushable ones should dissolve.

The Equate Flushable Wipes (compare to Cottonelle Fresh Care wipes) say that they "break apart after flushing like toilet paper, reducing the chance for blockages at home and in waste management systems". Say that they are "Certified Flushable for Sewer and Septic - Use one or two wipes per flush".

Now having quoted Equate, I have put them to the jar and water test and after 24 hours they did not dissolve! Have not tried them in the black tank, except for one or two that ended up there by mistake. Don't know what happened to them while they were in the tank. Don't know if they are still in the tank, or if they came out during a dump.