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Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet
Would anyone like to give an opinion on which system is best: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet.

The question is for my "Plan B" if my new LD can not be built and an SOB would need to be purchased.
Sam
Re: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet
Reply #1 –
Cassettes are basically mini black tanks. You'll have to dump it often.

Best review on composting toilet use I've seen is from the Fit RV https://youtu.be/vM71d8wMuUU

I vote for a black tank sized to last you at least 2 weeks before dumping.  In my case, the RB 25 gal lasts 3 weeks.
Linda B
Green 2021 RB
2022 Ford Maverick toad
Re: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet
Reply #2 –
I think it’s a personal preference 🚽🧻😁
Daughter of the first Lazy Bones
Hitting the road on my own and with a friend 🚐 while reporting back to the Lazy Bones at home 🛋

2 Lazy Bones - Home
Re: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet
Reply #3 –
"Would anyone like to give an opinion on which system is best: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet."

I have had experience with a regulation black tank and a Porta-Potti, but not a composting toilet.  If I had to choose, all other things being equal, I would opt for a regulation black tank for regulation camping.  Other circumstances may dictate a different method, but a black tank will probably go for the longest amount of time before needing attention.

But when it DOES need attention, a regulation dump station is required.

A gentleman traveling alone could possibly put the described amount of water into the tank, then use a portable collection unit to save multiple flushes during each day.  This could lengthen the time between "black water duty" occasions by a sufficient number of days to get you through a boondocking situation.

Such devices are made with a lady's anatomy in mind as well, so this solution isn't just male centric.

Good luck with your choice.  Let us hear how it worked out for you.

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   Judie

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Re: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet
Reply #5 –
Keep in mind that the waste tank sections of most porta potties and/or cassette toilets have a capacity of 4.7 to 5.5 gallons; hefting, carrying, and “controlled” dumping 40 (+-) pounds of effluent may not be a workable task for some.
2003 TK has a new home
 
Re: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet
Reply #6 –
Interesting dump station photos in that article. The large one- to two-foot-square funneled openings would make emptying a cassette or Porta Potti tank relatively easy. But in twenty years of RVing, I have never come across a dump station that looks like either of those depicted. Are they perhaps European?

Having used a Porta Potti during the seven months I spent camping in a small fiberglass trailer, I found it somewhat tricky to dump into the standard 3" hole provided in dump stations I encountered. And as Joan points out, carrying forty pounds isn't for everyone. Note the posture of the woman in that article's photo. See how she's leaning away from the cassette she's carrying, and has her other arm out to the side for balance? That thing is heavy.
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"
Re: Black Tank, Cassette, or Composting Toilet
Reply #7 –
Quote from: Andy Baird  - 
Interesting dump station photos in that article. The large one- to two-foot-square funneled openings would make emptying a cassette or Porta Potti tank relatively easy. But in twenty years of RVing, I have never come across a dump station that looks like either of those depicted. Are they perhaps European?

Correct, they are European, ran across a number of those style stations in France in April.
Dave

2017 TK