Spare cassette

barge1914

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I know a lot of you have a spare cassette. Where do you carry it? And do you get any problems like leakage or smells when stored full. We can go up to 5 days or so on water tank, but because of size of cassette can only last 2-3 days, which means we need a service place, loo or campsite every 2-3 days. Given likelihood of campsites being full and public loos closed I’m thinking of a spare to increase our range. Problem is I don’t have an outside locker to store a full cassette, only a large vertical locker which opens both inside and out...hence the question.
 
When we had the Bessacarr we used to store our spare in the shower in one of those Ikea blue bags, only once did we seal it in a black bin bag due to smell.
 
I do carry a spare, in a heavy duty black bag inside the garage. In fact when I came home from Italy last year I had 3 as I bought a new one when I went shopping in Milan. If the seal is good then there’s no smell.
 
There are 20 ltr containers with a large enough filler which you can empty your cassette into and possibly stand up right in your locker no chance of smell or leaks + much cheaper than a spare cassette. I got mine from a dairy farm he had a pile outside dairy but they do similar cans for home brewers
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We carry a good quality plastic lidded bucket to wee in which goes out with the washing water into a hedgerow or bush.
This makes the cassette last longer. We have actually gone 9 days before now without having to empty.
I will add that this was during touring otherwise we would have the “pyramid” problem!
 
A very debatable subject camping dig hole and bury - motorhome if you want freedom and extended cassette duration has to be p pot like it or not make your own choice - rather than some dirty bugger dumping crap in bushes
 
We have a cheap "plastic jerrycan" with 2 large openings with suitable screwcaps.
It is similar capacity to a cassette. As the screwcaps are good we keep in in the garage.
But we have never had to drive with it even1/2 full
You can empty your cassette into it and it will not smell or leak etc.
We have not had to use it for poo as yet because with careful habits and the odd bush or Public toilets we can go (or should I say not go) for 3 days
As we spend a lot of time in europe "blackwater emptying" is usually done at aires or stellplatz or sosta daily (or every 2nd day for a cost of 2euros
The main use the Tand gets gets is to empty grey water into and then carry to grey dump......Saves moving the vehicle.
Ours is black and was about £12 from Aldi
 
The cassette's have a vent to release excess pressure presumably for the decomposition process ( cassette compartment fairly well sealed off from interior of van ) so whatever you do worth thinking about
 
mfw said:
The cassette's have a vent to release excess pressure presumably for the decomposition process ( cassette compartment fairly well sealed off from interior of van ) so whatever you do worth thinking about
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The "Black tank" I have is a touch flexible (unlike a casssette) thus I suspect it wil expand slightly to allow for such pressure change.
But as I posted only ever usedd it for grey water.
It it were to be stored upright and secure the top screwcap could be left in place but not fully closed which would allow venting !
 
My cassette is the c400 long & thin capacity 18.5 ltrs fills in about 3.5 days so about 5 ltrs a day , avg healthy male urinates 2 Lts a day by using a pee bottle (I have a 2ltr fabric conditioner bottle ) emptied into hedgerow etc I can extend the normal 3-4days to 5-6 ,
I previously carried a cleaned & bleached cassette as a spare for 3 years and never took it out of the sealed bag I'd put it in
 
I carry a spare cassett in one of the lockers, if it’s full I put it in a black bag just in case but been fine so far. I also have a 25litre black container (grey waste type thing) that I can empty cassette in if needs be. I also carry a shovel
 
We put the spare cassette on the bike rack when it is full, then just tie it down with bungee straps, works a treat for us
 
rugbyken said:
My cassette is the c400 long & thin capacity 18.5 ltrs fills in about 3.5 days so about 5 ltrs a day , avg healthy male urinates 2 Lts a day by using a pee bottle (I have a 2ltr fabric conditioner bottle ) emptied into hedgerow etc I can extend the normal 3-4days to 5-6 ,
I previously carried a cleaned & bleached cassette as a spare for 3 years and never took it out of the sealed bag I'd put it in
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Yes
Pee bottle is good..as long as the fabric conditioner does not make things too soft !
 
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