do you guys use the stink packs in the toilet ?

[luberhill]

The PO left these bags of I assume deodorizer in the bath cabinet, do you guys use these and if so how often ?

[jplante4]

Never had any issues with the black tanks getting plugged until I started using chemicals on a regular basis. Had to get in there with the high pressure flush wand to free things up. Stopped using chemicals. Everything's fine. I do flush the black tank on a regular basis.

I think people use chemicals for the same reason people leave their porch light on all night.

[doxiemom11]

We use nothing but water. No stink and no problems. Generous amounts when flushing is all you need. And, of course it stinks in the tank, but if you have odor inside or out, something is not right. Neither you or your neighbors should smell what's in your tank.

[MrWizard]

i full time, and i use 'happy camper'

anybody who thinks their poop don't stink in their tank

is using an awful lot of water and dumping every couple of days

or has a radically different biology than the rest of us

i full time and i dump every (2) weeks and i NEED to use chemicals for odor control, even if i did not smell it, my neighbors sure would, stinky fumes spread from the vents

[Padlin]

We tried them once, one got stuck in the gate, it had never dissolved. We're happy with Happy Camper.

[Dennis12]

we use the kitchen sink so that the black tank does not stink.

[badsix]

rockhillmanor wrote:

Second Chance wrote:
If you use the search function, you'll find hundreds of threads on holding tank chemicals.

Most full-timers/long-timers don't use them.

....

Sorry that's just not correct to just make a blanket statement like that to a new RV'er. I full time and use them ALL the time.

There are 2 types. Some are just that, nothing more than a deodorizer.
The correct ones actually 'break down waste' and paper along with a odor 'control'.

It depends WHERE you RV. RV just once and sit at a CG with no sewage hookup where you have to break camp to dump IN FLORIDA? You won't leave home without a good black tank chemical.

When you flush it is a straight opening to the black tank. There is NO p-trap like on your residential toilet to separate you from the sewage.

You start filling up that black tank with waste and go to flush? That smell and all that bacteria does come into your coach if not treated.

And lastly all I can say is my sensors work 100% of the time because I do use chemicals. :W

THIS^^^ and as said before there cheep.
Jay D.

[wa8yxm]

Not very often.. I might on my migration hike every spring/fall but not in between.. Just dump every 1-3 weeks.

[Old-Biscuit]

Poop smells

Chemical poop stinks!

Working vapor barriers and dihydrogen monoxide works

[MrWizard]

If you mean toilet chemicals ?
Yes I use 'happy camper'

[Ralph_Cramden]

Chainwright wrote:
When we get to a CG the 1st thing we do is drop one of those thingies in there.

Sometimes before I make it to the campground I have to pull over, run back, and drop one of those thingies in there.

[Ralph_Cramden]

3 dog nights wrote:
Make sure it's a stink pack for the toilet. If left cabinet, it might have been a rodent pack. Unless you can positively identify, throw it out.

Toss it in anyway....if it is a Rodent Pack you just might get that pesky sewer rat someone had in their gray tank and posted about it yesterday lol.

[rockhillmanor]

Second Chance wrote:
If you use the search function, you'll find hundreds of threads on holding tank chemicals.

Most full-timers/long-timers don't use them.

....

Sorry that's just not correct to just make a blanket statement like that to a new RV'er. I full time and use them ALL the time.

There are 2 types. Some are just that, nothing more than a deodorizer.
The correct ones actually 'break down waste' and paper along with a odor 'control'.

It depends WHERE you RV. RV just once and sit at a CG with no sewage hookup where you have to break camp to dump IN FLORIDA? You won't leave home without a good black tank chemical.

When you flush it is a straight opening to the black tank. There is NO p-trap like on your residential toilet to separate you from the sewage.

You start filling up that black tank with waste and go to flush? That smell and all that bacteria does come into your coach if not treated.

And lastly all I can say is my sensors work 100% of the time because I do use chemicals. :W

[3_dog_nights]

Make sure it's a stink pack for the toilet. If left cabinet, it might have been a rodent pack. Unless you can positively identify, throw it out.

[MDKMDK]

Ralph Cramden wrote:
I drop stink packs in the toilet almost daily, at least I hope daily.

Now THAT is comedy.:B

[tenbear]

Never.