Do you use your van loo for #2s or only #1s

Back to answers to OP's questions, I only use for no 2. No 1 goes in plastic bottles with wide mouths ("This Water" (brand) has good bottles). OK, this system is better for males, but with a suitable bottle, females can do this as well. Toilet lasts far longer between emptying this way. And lets face it, who wants to empty the toilet every 2 or 3 days. Mine will last 2 weeks if I'm careful.

I'd really recommend to anyone separating your solid and liquid waste. One slight problem is you only have flush water in there, so when emptying you may need to flush with additional water to get it to flow out. I do use that blue dual purpose fluid in both tanks. I don't think it does much breaking down but it helps with the smells. Plus copious spraying of Febreeze after each use.

Pyramiding is got rid of by vigorous rocking back and forth. This is one advantage of using a floor based electric flush Thetford porta potti 125 (25 litre) and not one of those fancy cassette external door mounted things. I've used my porta potti for 14 months full time now, so have a system worked out!

I don't use toilet paper to line the bowl. This results in more paper in the tank which aids clogging. The bowl can be wiped if necessary with the side of the same paper you used for your rear end. And put a bit of nice blue flush water in, valve closed, to aid cleaning if needs be.
 
Lots of info..

As others say we try to use public toilets first.

Then water the flowers.

Or nettles in the dark (but you know the difference when you do that)

As for onboard We have a thetford toilet which we use as a toilet as we would at home.
however some friends gave us a tip.
We no longer use chemicals we drop 3 brewers yeast tablets in the cassette when it's empty.

Works well everything breaks down. Very little smell.
Easy to use and cheaper

KEV
 
i have a RADAR key, never found a place where it works. part from a nightclub but then i get the bouncers saying i shouldnt use it cos i dont look disabled..............

i take a load of meds, which dies my mouth out in seconds, so awlays a bottle of water or somethng at hand, i can and do pee so much. learnt how to do it while sat in my car with a bottle.
 
I think a program of installing more stand alone self cleaning toilet units around the country would be of greater benefit
to everyone concerned. Not only would toilet facilities be available to everyone 24/7 at the cost of 20p, but there would
be an overall benefit to the environment as well as providing some jobs for the people who have to service them.
 
with 3 of us using the van its no1s only by the women and if wild i water the plants no2 we do in plastic bag put under the seat of the thetford.did once pee in a wine bottle with screw cap during the night but my wife put this back in the fridge and was seriously angry when she had a sip the next night
 
guyd said:
As a husband of a full time wheelchair user - I think that is very irresponsible.:mad:
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Thank you Guyd, I thought I was the only one on here reading this and thinking 'how irresponsible and disrespectful'.
 
Ours is a loo and gets used as such, but if we can avoid using it we do. RADAR keys - I've got a genuine one and have never had to use it. Agree system shouldn't be abused.

One thing that concerns me about pooh generally whether it be human, dog (most common) or whatever is that we are encouraged to be environmental and green. Pooh will waste away quickly of its own accord. However, by putting it in a plastic bag, I guess headed for landfill, it will now take 100 years or more to biodegrade. It doesn't make sense.

I know it's a problem, and I don't have an answer, but people don't seem to think about it!
 
I wonder would it have smelt that bad if chemicals had not been used, but instead some of the biological suggestions on
here.....anyone using yeast tabs or bio powder ever forgotten to empty theirs for a long time and can comment?
 
I take Alan's advice....no chemicals.

I find it smells for a short while and then it is fine, including very hot days. I don't see any point in using chemicals...why spend money I don't have to?




Polly
 
Just use the SOG without chemicals - no one gets in your space at the dump point...
 
cooljules said:
i have watched it, but dont get whats funny or wrong
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we bought that one chem, and went a way for a few days, young un wasn't well for the last day, not sure if it was the one chem (think it was) but i had the same reaction, trying to empty it.
 
A quick spray of Silicon before use deals with Klingons :)
 
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I've been using Bio Washing powder of late. Seems to work well. I only ever empty when needed and we do all our jobs in it, I occasionally water the grass. Oh and we use the thick sort of soft toilet paper. I never have a problem empting it. We have a ceramic bowl which I throughly recomend over plastic and I usually partake of a No2 with the flap open. I am going to make a SOG unit as well.

I have no problem using a public loo as a disposal point. I can't see this is breaking any law.

I have often wondered if empting in a road side gully is OK too. Obviously not in a built up place. Thourghts please.
 
Roadside gulley technically not OK as it is putting foul sewage in a stormwater system. Many times it will go to a soakaway which is not too bad, but often it will empty direct into a local river or even a stream and have adverse effects on fish or human activity.

I too use the normal type of thicker paper you buy in a normal supermarket. The special stuff you buy in camping accessory shops at a ridiculous premium price is not worth considering.
 
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