Dirty Secrets of Cassette Toilets • RV & CAMPER VAN Realities
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2020
- We are sharing a one year review of the RV cassette toilet in our 4x4 overlanding expedition vehicle. There are a lot of dirty secrets about full time living with the European style toilet.
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A good tank cleaning tip for any black tank. Empty the tank, reinstall or close valves, dump in a bag of ice and a small amount of chemical and finish your drive home. The sliding around of the ice will help remove any accumulated solids and liquify them as the ice melts. Most tank replacements are because of waste turning to concrete. Clean tanks make for good trips.
We have experienced poopcrete and it’s rather fascinating.
from daily riding of a commuter train with a dry bowl toilet I learned that if you lay down a thin bed of toilet paper in the bowl you can avoid the brown streaks and it flushes much quicker thus saving water. I do that in our RV toilet.
That is a very effective method. I jokingly call it the lotus flower method.
We do the same. We use about 4 square (2 square side by side) of toilet paper.
Hmm? Good to know. Definite pro tip.
Absolutely brilliant. 10/10.
A little tip for reducing skid marks is to use a little silicon spray on the bowl, this is good for lubricating the blade and stops the sh** from sticking as much, just make sure the bowl is dry before spraying, kind regards
This is true!!!! Silicone lubricant spray is great for plastic, if you put multiple coats the skids will slide off into the abyss like a well seasoned skillet
@@simplistic_nick468i used carwax on mine 🤭
"push that button right there...." Oh man you are so lucky she didn't beat you with the remnants of the cassette! LOL. Thanks for the dirty secrets :)
Lee Kinder damn that’s like pull my finger. You NEVER push the button! Lol
This was a great video. I had a cassette toilet in one of my previous campers and loved it. I also had a spare cassette I stored in my truck and it was a life savor. I will be installing one in a cargo van conversion I will be starting soon. One silly little tip: I have lived in campers and had to laugh about the skid marks. I almost hate to admit it but I started using car wax in my RV toilets and it really helps in keeping it clean and your stuff washes off easier. The first time I waxed my toilet I knew I have entered a new dimension in RV living. You guys look like you have lots of fun. Thanks again!
Thanks. Happy to help.
We are going to try the car wax trick.
Try applying a superhydrophobic ceramic coat. It should last years, if it bonds with the material.
perhaps simply non stick baking spray or silicone mould release would do the trick without needing to get stuck in with wax and a cloth...
I just strategically place enough toilet paper (three squares) to create a landing strip and that solves it for me. A no toilet paper tip: run the water before and during the "pushing", to create a mini water slide for your 💩💩💩
@@DissonantCat"...a mini waterslide..." 🤣🤣🤣 I can't!
Hahahahaha!!! The forbidden button. I nearly jumped up out of my chair. Hahahahaha!!!
My goodness. I can't stop laughing, and the video has come to an end. I bet you won't do
that again.
Thank you for actually using the toilet. Another known RUclips couple did a video about their cassette toilet, saying how great it was, but at the end they said that they only use it for number 1. You can do that anywhere, and they didn't say where they did number 2. That was a glaring omission.
Why have a shitter if you don’t use it!!!!
I've just come from that video LOL Brand new to the lifestyle and thought Wow the contents is quite Modest and then the admission "We don't do number 2s in this" LOL The League of Gentlemen at Royston Vasey 🙃
@@outliersoverland Do you add anything to your flush liquid?
No we just poured orange stuff in the cassette.
They acted honest for them own kind products
Been an RVer for almost 20 years -- now in a truck camper part time. This video answered a LOT of questions my wife and I have had about the cassette toilets. Job well done!
"My junk touches" lol, i just spewed a mouthful of coffee when you said that!
Been a sub for some time now. Really like that you guys are so down to earth and share when things dont go perfect.
Thanks for all your hard work making these videos and sharing them. Looking forward to 2020.
Safe travels friends.
Needs a booster seat
I have been waiting to find a video like this! Thank you for explaining all the details about the maintenance of a cassette toilet...and in such a simple, easy-to-understand way! 😁
Happy to help.
Thanks for sharing those last seconds. Made my day, Happy camping!
Hi loved this thank you guys! I’m in the process of purchasing a van to build out. This has helped me do much in deciding this step. Thank you for all your great info, honesty and humor. I just subscribed! See you on the road
“Full sized man”, loved that. Thanks for the realistic review. Thanks guys
Glad you found it helpful.
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing this. This answers a lot of my questions about cassette toilets with an external compartment for a tank. Other RUclipsrs with Cassette toilets always say they only do #1 on their cassette toilets which is ok but when you gotta go #2, you gotta go.
Thanks so much...this was hugely helpful for someone evaluating whether to go with a camper with a cassette or "traditional" toilet. Love the candid, direct information.
Glad it was helpful!
What was your final
decision and reasons? I am facing that dilemma right now.
Many thanks for posting - I have leaned towards cassette and have access to many off grid forestry pit toilets to dump. This will work very well for my needs. BTW - been following you on IG for a while and only just found you on YT - awesome!
Thanks SO MUCH for all the info, I am a new trailer gal that has never used a cassette toilet, so helpful!
Glad it helped.
Thank you for being so open on the subject. Great info! Safe Travels 😎
You’re welcome. There are so many fluff videos out there a brutal dose of reality is refreshing.
Thanks for watching.
This video is awesome. I’m a sucker for honesty and you nailed it. I appreciate the open communication regarding bathroom business.
With that being said, what I have found to be beneficial when taking a #2 is lay some toilet paper down first. This helps prevent those streak marks. Happy pooping everyone.
Thanks.
We lined the bowl as well and jokingly called it the lotus blossom.
Perfect timing for that vid, thanks very much! Wife and I are just now considering the toilet solution for our next build, and those were precisely the questions we had.
You’re welcome. It may sound weird but if there was a way one could test drive all the toilets out there it would be very helpful.
His and Hers VLOGS not weird to us at all lol! We’ve tried a number of different toilet solutions along the way, they all have good and bad points of their own, it becomes simply finding the setup that best matches the need.
I think in our case this next go around it’ll be a separating compost set-up, but that has a lot to do with the rig and where we’ll be going mostly.
Everybody is going to have their own situation to match all of the gear up to.
We love your rig!
Thank you for this straight forward, no nonsense dissertation on cassette toilets.
So nice to hear someone not shy away from describing the real practical details. I got junk and I will be discriminating regarding toilet design. Love your rig.
The messy details are what matters. Everything else is propaganda.
Before buying a composting toilet I really want to test drive one.
Thank you so much for this review/information. The most helpful thing I’ve ever seen on this subject.
You are very welcome. There is real value to brutally honest truths.
Brutally honest and I appreciate that. We used a cassette toilet in our rented RV when we traveled England and Scotland for 2 weeks. Like you, I am a "full-sized" male and when you gotta go, you gotta go. I found your video to be truthful, so I just had to subscribe!
Honestly this is one of the BEST vids on cassette toliets that I have seen. As a complete newbie to motorhoming, the toilet is one of the aspects which really concerns me, and so although I know it's never going to be pleasant the fact you guys were so honest and forthright with your tips and advice is so incredibly valuable. I think I must have watched at least 2 hours of RUclips so far about these toliets - but you guys are No.1 in my opinion. All the best on your travels! By the way have you ever tried 'Happy Bowl Liners' ? I found them online and they look like a good idea - but no clue as I've never tried them...( I have no affilation with or interest in them BTW)
i guess Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account??
I was stupid forgot my login password. I would love any tricks you can offer me
@Marley Gus Instablaster ;)
@Bruno August i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and Im trying it out now.
Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
excellent video. yall got me sold on getting one for my conversion camper. and you gained a new subscriber .
Thanks. Glad you found it helpful.
Welcome.
Watching this while eating my lunch at work. Thank you for being so honest.
awesome video with great strait shooting points! i wish more people would make useful info videos like this with honest user end experience.
Thanks. I feel the same way. Promotional videos are so fake.
We have since changed to a waterless separating toilet and made a similar type of videos, just with more humor.
ruclips.net/video/vcGIPg1ACXg/видео.html
Thanks for an honest review. Get tired of all the others they say they only go number 1. When you gotta go, you gotta go!
No shit!
From SURPRISE, AZ - Lol, Ben, thanks for the visual of the junk-tuck-n-roll! Had to laugh cause we all know how true it is. And that vent button...I’m still shell-shocked! Thanks for your honest experience, we do appreciate it.
This taboo topic is something that literally every human has to do. Most of us can relate.
Love the realness one the few videos I’ve seen thus far.
Thanks. That was our goal.
I know it's an old video but thank you for all the great information and the cherry on top was the end I learned and laughed thank you
This makes me feel happy about my basic camper (no toilet). Bath houses work just fine (for us) and so does my back up (bag lined bucket with toilet seat). 😊 Thanks for sharing. First informative video I’ve seen on cassette toilets.
Looking for a caravan trailer and all seem to have a cassette toilet. And I had no clue what it actually means and how it works. Now I know! And I even know how to avoid the unpleasant mistakes that I would inevitably make.. thank you very much guys!
Happy to help!
well done. thanks for the fun ending.
Very Informative and funny. Thanks guys!
Glad you liked it.
Quality info, great video and awesome truck
Thanks. Glad you found it candidly helpful.
Great info. I gave up on going #2 in my rv toilet a long time ago. Skids, smells, sensors, and that small hole that everything has to squeeze through was always a problem. Thanks for sharing and Happy Camping
It’s a dirty place!!!
@@outliersoverland how about this.... cut rice paper into 10 inch squares, call it... His and Hers VLOGS Skid Plates ! ( currently skid plates are only made for automotive applications ). How fun would it be to have your arch nemesis printed on the paper with orange stuff :)
Awesome video. Very informative and detailed. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed!
Thanks. Happy to help.
Surprisingly we really liked the cassette toilet more than we thought. Spent 3 months traveling Europe in a rental class b. Things are set up so emptying the cassette is really convenient. There are emptying stations at alot of the rest areas along the highways. Most campgrounds have a room near the restroom especially for emptying the cassette.
A special dumping station in the states would be awesome.
Very honest, open discussion.
Excellent video guys, .. very honest ... everyone talks about the good things .. but you talked about the raeliness of things, thank you very much.
Thanks. Glad you found it helpful.
We have a cassette toilet in our aliner, it's in a strange place, but, we'll give it a go, we just got the aliner so we'll be out and about this May, can hardly wait. Really glad I came across your video, helped a lot.
Great vid! I buy Spic 'n Span disinfecting spray at the Dollar store. Spray the bowl with that before removing your "skid marks." Also, after dumping my cassette, I spray the outside of it and let it air dry to keep it more sanitary.
Thanks for the direct and honest discussion! I'm considering a new Winnebago EKKO which has lots of fresh and grey capacity, but a cassette toilet. Your discussion makes it all seem much more doable and perhaps advantageous compared to the black tank approach.
Happy to help.
Really enjoyed y’all. I’m a truck driver and I’ll be keeping up with yawls journeys
"food for thought"? I'll never be able to get that out of my mind!!!!!!
Great Video! Two things that I"ve used is spray pam for Skids and a pee bottle for him.
One of our friends recommends wd40. We are not included to try it but Pam maybe...
As to the lack of space for a toilet brush, try the Clorox disposable set up. All of the disposable heads fit in the holder and are covered with a lid. The wand sits in the side of the container, so you could easily leave it sitting in the wet shower or store in your underbelly and use as needed, maybe 1 or 2x per week. We use it in our travel trailer and it makes a huge difference!
Good tip.
Love the honesty
When he says "push that button" @ 10:09 and you do it. Literally "ohhh shyattttttt"
That is a C series Thetford. It does have an electric pump! Second in years of use including full time use, I have never had a skid issue. My plastic toilet bowl is smooth and perfect because it has never been scrubbed with a brush or even toilet paper. Stuff slides right off as it did when new. If you scrub with anything the surface will not remain smooth.
Well done guys! Great video.., 👍. I just subscribed ☺️
Thanks. Somebody needs to speak the dirty truth.
Touch the yellow button in the cassette really make me laughed...technical glitch for newbie hihi....
You said 'skidmarks' hahahaha Love it.
Good tips! We also like our cassette toilet but it would be nice to have a spare one then we could go 5 to 6 days. Also when we winterize we still can use it with a little water and RV antifreeze. Thanks.
I have the much older rv 8-track toilet... It's bigger,but the quality isn't there. Lol 🤣
Haha good one!
Especially challenging is cleaning the chunkies off that little piece of aluminum foil.
That Video was very informative and well edited so much so I had to Subscribe.
Welcome! Glad to have you ride along with us! Thanks for your kind words.
this was great!
Thanks!
That darn vent button!! I was waiting for the “oh shit”!! Gave me a chuckle!!
Shit happens....
Yes it does! Just bought an Aliner family expedition camper which had a cassette toilet. I’m sure I’ll have a few oh shit moments of my own til I get used to it!
Brilliant Video guys. Really Really good
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
this has to be the most down to earth realistic video on this subject, subbed. it makes me laugh how people will sit in a posh cafe or restaurant and stuff their faces with SLAUGHTERED cows, pigs and sheep with burgers but it's hush hush secrets when it comes out the other end 🔥 it helps when you've had a nephrectomy and partial sigmoid colectomy and also if you've raised children and have dogs 🙃 crazy how folks will wipe up anything that comes out of any orifice of a baby or pet but when it comes to the adult toilet it's a serious embarrassment not to be discussed outside of one's house 💥 greets from middle earth
@8:49 ~ I thought you said “poo forethought“, but since I watch all my videos on 2X bead there’s often a little distortion between similar sounding words. So I relisten to it at regular speed and confirmed I did hear it right the first time. Lol.
Very useful video. Thanks!
You’re welcome. Glad it helped.
Your 4x4 is very very cool!
Thanks for the honest info.
Thanks for sharing your 'dirty secrets'. We don't have a 'cassette' toilet, but we do deal with it's close relative, the 'porta-potti. We have 2. One, we have in our guest cabin and the other is our bush cabin. The one in our guest cabin, at our stix and brix, has a sign one of our kids made that says "Please don't poop in the potti'. It's for our guests to use at night when going to the outhouse or into our house is not practical. It was much simpler than installing plumbing. The other one we have at our bush cabin where (as Alaskans you will understand) running out to the outhouse at -40C in the middle of the night is to be avoided at all costs! We really appreciate our porta-potti! I'm seriously considering changing out my RVs regular RV toilet for a porta potti. Paying to dump the tank every week or so bugs the heck out of me! TFS!
You’re very welcome. In Alaska they are called Honey Buckets.
Great funny video. The only thing I'd debate is having the fan pull from the rig vs. pull. I've heard that it's easier to evacuate air than force it in.
Give our method a test, it works, as long as not all the windows are open.
It’s always best if the stink never leaves the bathroom.
Thanks! 👍
Some ideas we find useful when doing No 2's. Always open the cassette first so 1's & 2's can go straight down and not sit in the bowl. Stick (with water) some toot paper inside the front of the bowel so No 2's sit on & can more easily be flushed away with less water
I stay at my parents house a lot in their RV and my Dad rigged up an outside dump station that goes right into the septic tank for me. The only thing I have to worry about is using septic safe chemicals.
LOL love the honest nature
I have found that to avoid the skid marks from going # 2 if you open the tank and drop directly in the tank it avoids the skid and clean up with tp ... it can be a little stinky but it works
Very informative do not hit that vent button till you are dumping.🤣😂❤
real. appreciated.
One more tip. Make sure the lid is down when opening the latch to the cassette after going from sea level to altitude. We got a nasty surprise.
I forgot about that problem.
Ours will give you a 3D splash up towards your face when first opening the gate.
Okay, this is isn't glamorous stuff but extremely honest and helpful! Videos that gloss over the "bad stuff" are about as helpful as the "natural family planning" classes we had to take from the Catholic priest. Theory just doesn't cut it, we need all the gritty details from someone who's walked the walk lol. Thanks for this great video. Extremely helpful!
Man I’m with ya about yo business touching the inside of the toilet!
Gotta get that scoop snd close game down. Lift it up and close your legs
Lol...we like ours and there are three of us (daughter is almost 2). Biggest drawback of these is how little they hold. Three days is about right for us. The SOG system out of Europe is an excellent addition for venting and smells.
Helpful tip: use a plastic stick to (remotely) move and wipe the toilet paper 🧻 to clean skid marks off the bowl - we made one from a thick plastic coat hanger, cut off the bottom. Works well and easy to clean and reuse.
Thanks. This will be the maiden voyage to the dump station
Beware of the yellow button.
Haha, make your wife push it ! I had a nice laugh there.
I would never do that....
Consider installing a composting toilet. Ours is in operation since 2 years. No electricity, no water, no bad smells, no annoying dumping process. Disposing the waste is so easy, it´s pure nature. Life can be so easy ;-). Safe travels. Cheers
It’s a gamble we are not willing to take in a wet bath. In a future rig a dry bath and composting toilet would be ideal.
Informative yet entertaining. 🥴
That’s what we were shooting for.
The down and dirty!!! Thank you ;-)
I remember that vent pooping at her by accident, Wink wink. I learned a lot on this one. What make and model it the toilet you have?
Thanks for watching. We have the Thetford T4.
Use some toilet liners like happy days liners. Like no2 into a coffee filter , thats if you can find them
One of the best instructional videos ever on and channel or topic.
Thank you guys😀
I like the silhouette logo of your truck in the bottom right of the screen
Thanks. We are very happy with the design.
A little "Poo for thought"
It’s better than “dropping a bomb on you”. Lol
That's why l keep water pressure on. The shower head cleans that cassette toilet perfectly.....
It also fills it up quicker…. There’s tons of compromises.
Thanks for watching.
I can’t recommend a Sog kit for the thetford cassette toilet enough. Removes the need for chemicals. It vents any fumes from the toilet to the outside with the use of a tiny fan. The extra oxygen aids in breaking down solids.
There is a funny toilet commercial that mentions skid marks and a Corolla that lays down skid marks.
Great video. One question. Do you put the orange stuff in the bottom of the tank as well as the flush?
Thank you. We add the orange stuff after dumping and a quick rinse.
'my junk touches the bowl'😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 u guys r great!!
Just keeping it real.
lol get a toilet seat spacer like the kind old people use so they don,t have to travel so far to sit down, that will stop your junk from hitting the bowl. And 2nd after cleaning the inside try waxing or spraying cooking spray inside to prevent cleaning skid marks lol. cant stick if its too slippery.
Too funny. We actually tried the booster seat. It worked but all the junk was still crammed down that hole.
The cooking spray idea is worth trying.
Question: is the orange stuff used as a rinse, or does it stay in the cassette until the cassette is dumped? Thank you.
We do not rinse with the orange stuff.
"A little food for thought" :)
A little goes a long ways....
Awesome Review! Brother, Thank You for letting me know on touching your junk part! You don't have a problem with tea bagging right though? Best Regards and Love the Rig!
Happy to help. Glad you liked the crappy video.
Anti skid mark hint: tear off a length of toilet paper (around 5 or 6 squares joined together), fold it over into a V shape & place it in the bowl. Do your thing & flush - no skid marks lol :-)
That is a very good technique.
Have u guys not used 'bowl liner' - it should take care of skid marks and other inconveniences !!