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Louvin Thank you! We felt it was important to cover the issues that might be a deal breaker for those thinking about switching to the system. This said, we love the relative ease of using the toilet.
that toilet seems to be expensive but it is praised on many channels (among other chanels also on the channel of Cheap RV Living and he is a straight shooter, what works and what doesn't.
I concur lmao they're awesome so happy and upbeat this was awesome how they explained it...I personally couldn't take out an entire toilet just to drain and literally DUMP ur poop..that's gta b heavy
6 years of living with a “composting” toilet on my boat. I can tell you that I am very thankful for the choice I made for the unit I bought over what I see in your video. I say “composting” because in truth, trying to target actual compost makes life much harder than it needs to be. The 2 best MARKETED units are the one you chose, Natures Head, and the Airhead. These manufactures recognized that people will been to be converted from wet sewage systems to theirs. As such, they build in a lot of effort to isolate the user from the process. This is the complication I am speaking of. After my research, I picked the C Head for it’s simplicity, and the difference is HUGE. First of all, it is unfortunate that they are called composting toilets. Recognizing that they are actually dessiccating toilets. If you want the product to put on your compost heap, then that works. It used to be that we called personal flotation devices (PFDs) life preservers. But they were only an aid to keep you alive, and lots of dead bodies had them on. And too often, "life rafts" are found empty. They didn’t save the owners life. But calling it a life raft gives that sense of security needed to market them. The point is, the C Head bypasses all of the fuss of isolating the user from the process as depicted in your video. The “required” vent fan and hose are aids to removing condensation. That is the moisture in the solids that you want out. I have not installed any vent fan or hose in the 6 years I have been using my C Head, simply because the solids have dried sufficiently without it. But I have no problem speeding up the dessiccating with the aid of the fan and hose. But the Natures Head and Airhead do such a good job of unneccessarily sealing the process away from the users, that the moisture is pretty well trapped. The two choices of drying media that you mention are not the only ones. Sawdust of any kind also works very well. Again, it is a drying media, used to wick away moisture from the solids. Finely shredded newspaper could do the job. Removing the urine and solids containers means nothing more than lifting the toilet seat with the hinged piece that it’s attached to, and lifting out either the one gallon plastice jug (the exact jugs that we can buy milk or water in at the grocery store), or the plastic solids/media pail. As one of the comments below mentions, it’s a cat box for humans. I will add that is can be that, but without the cat box smell. Cats don’t seperate out their urine. I do treat my C head exactly like a cat box. The key to making these units work is the effectiveness of your drying efforts. If you get mold gnats, it means that the solid deposits got ahead of the drying. It has nothing to do with eggs in the media as some like to blame. And the C Head is a big step ahead of the sealed solids container units. There are things to know to make these units work, but there is no need to complicate matters like some manufactures do. If you walk your dog and pick up the droppings, just know that this is far less gross.
@Don Anderson I had never heard of the C Head before and now I wish I could see a video of it getting emptied out etc. And researching in I also came across The Think-tank Waterless Toilet and now those two seem to have replaced all the others in my mind as the top two contenders in my hoped for van conversion at age 70! I'm having a little trouble finding how you keep the odors down without venting it in your C Head. I have neither the desire nor strength anymore to want to carry an entire toilet outside to turn it upside down over a bag to empty it! :-)
I don’t blame you. Don’t use the supplied lid. It traps the moisture. I don’t “empty” the bucket as such. I treat it like a cat box, using a dedicated pair of wire whisk tongs.
I too recommend the C Head, much easier to dump. I didn't bother with the fan install. After 5 years no problems. I'm amazed that more people don't choose to install compost toilets. And the fact you can easily camp anywhere ( even friends property) because you don't need sewer, just electric and water hook ups.
As others have posted, thank you for tackling the two topics NO ONE ELSE apparently had: diarrhea and/or menstruation (I hadn't thought about vomit, but good to know about that too)! While talking about this may seem disgusting, these are really perfectly natural processes (as you correctly point out) and it's great to know that a composting toilet can handle them! Thanks for a clear and informative video.
Wow, all this time I thought composting toilets composted wastes ... but, they don't compost at all. Seems they are more like dehydrators. Removing liquid from the waste. I guess it will compost later wherever it ends up.
You have answered many of the questions that most of these composting toilet reviews leave as a mystery. Great job! And you've done it in a classy way!
Extremely useful information. Explained total process from a user’s point of view instead of selling point with tips and extras from trial and error. Thank you so much.
What impressed me most about this video was the fact that the gentleman was complete secure with going #1 sitting down. Now that's a man! :) Great video guys! :) God Bless! :)
The best YT video on this subject. As for men sitting down to pee, this has become standard in Japan. Sitting down keeps things clean-and that's THE most important thing, whether in an RV or in our case, on a boat. We will be getting a composting (it'd be more honest to say a "desiccating") toilet for our boat, for sure. Thanks you two for making this video; it's the most honest of all the ones I have seen.
If your still dealing with hoses and hauling water around to move waste, your an idiot. When you use a composting type system or just a bucket and bag , your just taking care of business as business needs taken, when you use chemicals to mask the stink ( still stinks ) and use hardware to drain from your property to someone else's your basically a sewage technician , why procrastinate with your stink , it only gets worse . 1st why waste water ( thanks for thinking of others ) 2nd when you finish your business and you wash your hands, your done. Just put the bag in the trash as you would a diaper,or doggy bag. Oh no lets haul stinking crap around ( not to mention all the love you've got to give towards dumping and maintenance ) You've got it going on ! Thanks for saving us some water. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
FINALLY!! Someone answers all the REAL questions about these things! Thank you both deeply for your frank discussion of, not the pros and cons, but the actual maintenance & upkeep that comes with actually using a composting toilet. Thank you!
Lets be real for a moment. THE BIGGEST issue i can cess with Van Life, would be the toilet situation. You two have discussed almost everything I was looking for in the most realistic, basic, comprehensive way. Much respect to you and all the best on your travels. One of THE BEST clips regarding van life I have seen. Thank You from the East Coast of Australia.
Vomiting in a piss bottle just makes you vomit more!! Thanks for being so real. I am in the learning process of getting an RV. I want a composting toilet. I will be alone, a little easier. Just life folks.
Thinking about converting a bus into a motorhome for full time living and I'm definitely going with a composting toilet. This video came in very handy, especially in confirming my decision to build my own toilet rather than using a nature head or similar. First, of course, there is the cost factor. I can build a good composting toilet for a third of the price a nature head would cost me. Second, I can connect the urine separator straight to my grey water tank. No smell, no emptying of the urine bucket. Third, the solid waste bucket is easier to clean (the plastic bag - preferably compostable - goes straight into the bucket). Thank you ever so much for this video. A straight forward approach to a topic that most people find difficult to talk about. 🙏🏼😉
Try this for a toilet idea. We just returned from our two week trip using the newly installed Seperette, cost $160. We have a class A motorhome and always disliked the standard toilet for a few reasons. The direct hole to the black tank when flushing, the water waste when flushing and knowing there was a tank of crap and urine we were dragging around with us until we found a dump station. I built the very simple box for the Seperette seat product and saw dust compartment. The Seperette simply seperates the urine as a compost toilet does. You supply a 5 gallon bucket for poop and a container for urine, a gallon jug usually. I was able to find a rubber cap for the 3 inch black tank opening and cut a hole in it the size of the included hose for the urine. I didn’t want to deal with the urine bottle, because I heard that stinks much worse after a couple of days than poop. So the hose for urine drains into the black tank which I now share with the gray tank, almost doubling my gray water storage. The urine mixes with gray water, by the way urine is sterile, and that gray water is actually safe to drain in into the environment. Just be cool and use biodegradable soaps for washing yourself and dishes. The poop simply goes into the bucket lined with a plastic bag. You put sawdust, peat moss or coconut husks in the bottom of the new bag and on top of poop. I drilled a 2 inch hole in the floor for a small computer fan which vents consistently and draws a very minor amount if power and cost less than 2 dollars. When the poop bag is full it is leagel and safe to simply toss in any trash can. The smell that does exist post pooping is venting out and once poop dries the odor diminishes almost to nothing anyway. The urine hose in my set up naturally forms a “P” trap which eliminates any smell coming from the tanks, we all know gray water still stinks. After urinating we spray a few spritzes of 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water in the urine area of the Seperette to neutralise the urine odor from the trap. I don’t need to visit a stinky dump station ever because my gray water and urine is actually bennificial to plants so I drain it in a convenient spot when I find one. I now have 100 gallons of waste water storage and use much less due to no flushing. We experienced zero smell from the bucket or the p trap urine tube on our two week trip. We don’t have remove anything other than a plastic bag of poop and sawdust from the rv, poop not even visible through a clear bag . We don’t have to clean the toilet as with expensive compost or cassette toilets. We save water, nurish the planet with our gray water, save dump station money, eliminate the need for sewer trucks running around transporting waste to another facility to process it and…I’ll never go back. If you would like photos of my project let me know where I can send them
@@incorectulpolitic ok coming right up...well maybe tomorrow settling into two week trip. Mojave National Preserve them Tuscan area boondocking. Hey what do you think about changing the sticks and bricks phrase which just sounds off to me to Still House. Get it, a still house doesn't move as apposed to a moving house or rv. No?
There are lots of videos out there where people talk about having composting toilets & how great they are, but very few actually show how easy/hard it would be to use it empty it etc. Thanks for sharing! Great video & very informative!
We've been using a waste-separating composting toilet for a while now. We add a cup or two cups of cheap "cleaning" vinegar into the liquids container each time after we empty it - and there is no smell from the liquids container at all! There's a scientific reason for why this works, too. The bad smell from the liquids mostly comes from the urease enzymes that we excrete with our urine generating ammonia by breaking down urea. The low pH of the vinegar deactivates this enzyme, so no ammonia smell :)
We purchased one of these for an rv and boat application . Works great and is way better than dealing with nasty dump stations and other peoples messes. And your right no smell, no mess, easy to dump, I love it ! No more dump stations !
Thanx for the video guys . I am designing my campervan and you guys have just made up my mind on what to get . Less money going down the drain . Composting is best . Thanx again
thank you sooo much for being so candid about these toilets. I've been wanting to get one when I get my tiny house or RV but the videos I've found were not this detailed and made it sound like such a tough thing to deal with. Thank you for debunking this. And talking about all those normal yet embarrassing aspects of bathroom happenings.
I would rather use the composting toilet than use ANY store or restaurant restroom toilet. Im a RN so the toilet talk is ok by me. I would rather hear EXACTLY how to use the thing than not know. Thanks much! Happy trails.
I love that you're bypassing the chemicals needed to compensate mixing solids and liquids. Composting seems much more nature friendly and a better option all around. Way less gross. I will totally invest in this for my RV.
Very good video, I started off with a narrowboat where no toilet had been fitted so decisions right from the start. I bought exactly what you have, everything you said was absolutely on the button, it being totally dry in the main bucket there is no smell, it is easy to handle, the most important part I feel is the fan to ensure it dries out. Paper I have a doggy poo bag dispenser and the toilet paper is popped into one of the bags then disposed as you have. If these were the only toilets available across the world think of the water we would save. I say poo poo to any dissenters to this eco friendly disposal. Guy
Getting ready to replace a chemical toilet in our van, and this is by far the most detailed video covering all the questions running through my head. Thank you both very much.
Thank you so much for making this video and thank you for all your advice and tips We are retired from dog sitting and retired from work so we are selling our 5 acres and our 2 story log cabin home in Alaska joining you in the RVing life Your videos are priceless to me thanks for taking the time 😄
Oh many people said this in the comments but I'm going to say that again. Best video to talk about these "embarrassing" topics. These are essentials. Can you please talk more about the flushing toilet.
@@LyfUninterrupted Place a big commercial coffee filter on the bottom of the bowl before going #2. Once you are done with your business, open the little trap door. The filter and #2 will easily drop down into the vault, leaving the bowl all, or mostly clean. This does add a small amount of additional waste to the vault, but not like toilet paper.
This is a great video and my partner and I are so appreciative of you two taking this on. We're humans; we poop and pee and emit all sorts of weird stuff. This sealed it - compostable toilet for us!
Came into this thinking a composting toilet would be nasty and unclean. I am very surprised. Composting toilets sound very much cleaner than a traditional system for the most part
Love how you covered everything so frankly. I am about to transition to full-time RV living and this is so much more environmentally friendly than a dry flush toilet. I stopped putting paper down my regular toilet about a year ago and have had no more stopped drains. The composting toilet is how I will go, especially after watching your videos.
Good job on the explanation. We have been using a Nature’s Head in our motor coach for four years without an major problems. While it is not a solution everyone embraces, it has worked well for us. We were able to easily combine our black and grey tanks to create an 84 gallon reservoir for grey water. These changes allow us to stay on limited hookups for several days.
You may want to try Coffee Grounds to take down the urine smell! I have a simple composting toilet, and use Cedar shavings and no smell! I sure saves a lot of water and no stinky smells! Enjoyed the video, and it was a very nice job by both of you!!!! You covered a few subjects that need to be told !!!!!!!!!! See you down the road!!!
Thanks for the great info on the composting toilet! I am building my shuttle bus into my forever home on wheels and was totally thinking composting toilet! For me it was a matter of living in it in the winter time and just not wanting to deal with a black tank and all that mess! Thanks so much for the information and I now know for sure that’s what I’m putting in!
Great review, straight forward and honest … loved it. Subscribed straight away 😂. By the way, sitting down to pee, is far better for men than standing up while peeing … you can let it go without freaking out if you pee next to it.
Very informative video. Thank you! My wife and I currently live in a fifth-wheel camper. We plan to move into a camper van with a composting toilet when she retires in a couple of years. We use a Diaper Genie for toilet paper. I empty it when I take the trash to the dumpster. No paper in the toilet and keeps the order under control.
Yeah, it’s really no big deal. The Diaper Genie is a good idea. Our little can with self-closing lid works for us. No odor at all. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Came here because I was curious about how that would work, stayed because of you guys. You breached some topics with honesty and humor. Subscribed and off to check out your other videos!
Love it. I am going to set up composting toilet on my future land that I am going to hang out on weekends and sleep in my van. So, if I have just pee I'll use empty liquid detergent bottles so that I don't fill up the composting toilet too frequent.
Seriously I bet most guys would just find a bush to pee behind, as long as there isn't a lot of people around and usually there isn't. Most people when RV'ing tend to spread out. Loved the video! 👍
Some friends who've spent extensive time in a boat with similar bathroom limitations said they posted a sign that says "Gentlemen Will Take A Seat". Thank you for talking about this. Different strokes for different folks and that's fine, but the more videos of this overall lifestyle I watch, the more I'm convinced this is not for me.
@Jon Esqueda True but I can't really figure out a way to replace a normal land based sanitation system. I have to admit I'm resistant to giving up that convenience. All the black tank/removable composting potties etc, they all just seem like incredibly poor substitutes for normal living.
You know, I've been looking into Van / RV life as a possibility after college and I've been trying to find information on the "worse case scenarios" with toilets and it has been a struggle. So I greatly appreciate the information!
i find i fascinating watching videos about mobile toilets, americans get quite hung up about the subject. here in britain, RVers and boaters talk endlessly about their toilets, maybe more than they talk about the weather!
Thank you for touching on a subject most of us wants nothing to do with it but very glad that you did. I've gained so much today about composting toilet. Thanks again. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
thank you for delivering the information in a straight, honest way. I cannot deal with those other travel vloggers who are ridiculously over energetic and bubbly
Everyone’s impressed about the menstrual stuff but I’m more impressed she mentioned doing number 1 and 2 simultaneously bc it just now occurred to me other women do that too
Together, you both did a great job of covering a "difficult" topic. In my experience sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, marine heads are way worse that RV bathrooms. Try going on a sailing trip for a weekend with 3-4 people (especially in warm weather) and you'll know what I'm talking about. Anyone that has a boat with a head should watch this video - and immediately swap out the marine toilet (which frequently has problems) for a composting toilet I've raised the topic of a composting toilet before with my wife - she freaks out every time. Maybe watching your video, which - again you did a really good job on, she'll be willing to consider it.
Thanks for the lesson. I used a 5 gallon bucket when I used to travel in my van. I'm a house painter. I often use a bucket at work also. I carry the bucket out daily and put the contents in my toilet at home.
Definitely an option. I prep my sanitary bucket with a bit of tap water, a splash of bleach, and then spritz it with Febreeze. The bucket has a cover. The bucket is just for #1, which is still plenty stinky. For years I was a Neanderthal and urinated behind a tree or in a shed somewhere. I avoid going in residences to use the bathroom to give people their privacy. The more you pee in one spot, the more it stinks. If I am working rural or at a farm I can go in the woods or in a barn--no problems. Otherwise, I carry a bucket out daily and refresh it. Having a port a potty company deliver an outhouse is another option and construction sites often have them.
I don’t have an RV, but I use a Septic System at home and we don’t throw anything like Toilet paper or the like into our toilets either and have a little trash can next to the toilet just for anything other than human waste. Keeps us from having to pay the cost for pumping out the septic System constantly. It’s something that’s so easy to get used to after awhile.
I'm so glad I found this video. I have been contemplating putting in a composting toilet as apposed to the toilet that's currently in my horse trailer living quarters. I ended up ripping the black tank off leaving a race and need to replace it. It's going to be so expensive so I had looked into alternatives. I think the composting will work so much better and like you said, saves water, chemicals, etc. Thank you for making this video!
Nicely done addressing things that people avoid talking about. Excellent review, comical, and interesting. Thanks for posting. PS you were both a delight to listen to.
Due to several comments regarding our choice to use a composting toilet, we though we’d post a link to a very good article about disposing of compost toilet contents. Both urine and solid waste. It’s very good and dispels the myth that what we are doing is wrong and somehow dangerous. www.livesmallridefree.com/blog/where-to-responsibly-empty-your-composting-toilet
@@LyfUninterrupted Last summer I reconstructed a Bronze Age primitive dwelling from 3000 BCE - so it's a locally harvested double wattle willow wall filled in with 6 to 8 inches of clay-slip straw for insulation. Then the wattle is covered with daub (horse-manure clay-slip) and the exterior has lime cement coating for waterproofing. 3 silicone-polyester canvas weave tarps and 2 layers of rockwool insulation for the gable roof - now being tested with over 6 inches of snow. A center pole to support the roof - nearby the wood stove. It's a Hermit Hut. I have 5 acres of forest for a "seasonal campsite" where I grow forest shiitake shrooms. I can camp in a tent there 7 months a year - legally. I also built a teepee tent as my 1st shelter. The Nature's Head was in a temporary tent that collapsed under the snow last winter. A tent still up after 6 months then legally turns into a "structure." I can have 300 total square feet of structure and anything over 120 sq. ft. needs a permit. So the teepee structure and primitive dwelling are each 120 square feet. So now the Nature's Head is in the primitive dwelling structure for the winter instead of a collapsed tent. haha. I need to go up there, now that deer hunting season is over. I didn't want to get caught in cross-fire. I fast and meditate - so I don't need to use the Nature's Head a lot. Last year I used snowshoes so I could use a hand saw to cut down trees for the spring mushroom logs - drill 30 holes in each log. Offgrid - solar panels for power. I got 100 logs to harvest shiitake shrooms for my first time this spring. Then if I need to live there all year round I can just camp for free in the nearby national forest or state forest. So my living fees would be $60 a year for taxes since it is unimproved rural vacant status in a forest agriculture zone. So then I just compost in the mini-forest since as your husband emphasizes - there's no sewage. I called our state pollution agency - I called the person in charge of sewage treatment systems for our area. I asked him about a composting toilet. He said: Is there discharge? I said no. He said: So no permit is needed. I said thanks and bye. Wow - I was so happy! haha. Keep the guvmint off my land!
@@k.pacificnw02134 I have not tested out my legal limit yet. I tried an extended stay but I was missed too much. I could always go to a town library for the interwebs. arctic-news.blogspot.com is a science report stating in about five years civilization may be collapsed due to abrupt global warming.
I got tired of emptying my N.H. toilet. So I modified it today, literally today. I have had the unit for a few years. I took out the mixing bar (of course all things first cleaned (used pressurized hose water)) and then measured and found a bucket at the local hardware store. I used pink insulation board to level and stabilize it so it would sit just below the slide hatch. I put in a plastic bag and going to layer the Peat that I have for now and when the bucket is mostly ready just tie up the bag and remove it... no dumping, trying to clean the gasket (which I had to replace with better product)... and all the crevasse around the top section etc. I had watched how to make one's own compost toilet and found that I could do the quick fix and we'll see how it goes. The liquid waste, being a man, I have several options and even use the bottles that N.H. sent, I just got / get tired dumping that too...
Hi guys, we have a hook in the toilet and we use doggy bags for the paper work, it works a treat and after you have finished tie it up and put it straight into the rubbish bag, job done
only the paper work, instead of having a small bin besides the toilet for your toilet paper, we just use doggie bags, we then put the paper straight into the small bag and when finished we just tie the bag up and dispose straight away
We are spoiled! In middle east when I visited there many years ago, all toilet paper, even in western style toilets, had to go in a trash can because their sewage system does not handle the paper. Great video, thanks!!
I have to admit that I am quite the squeamish girl...but y'all made this video watchable for me. I have been interested in learning about how these compost toilets work. You both did a fabulous job with this tutorial on a subject that most would pass on..ty!!!
Thanks for making this! I'm considering living the skoolie (bus converted to a home) lifestyle over the next couple years and I was jotting down some notes of some must haves for my bus. A toilet was one of them and I was trying to decide what kind of toilet would be the best fit. You really helped me narrow down my options. :)
I am converting an old school bus... this will be perfect for me... thank you so much for the demonstration and honest comments. Hope to see you on the road. Much love from Arizona... stay safe and blessed... ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Lyf Uninterrupted That’s terrific!! I am near Prescott, on a tiny little piece of land waiting for it to warm back up, so I can keep working on the bus. You folks stay safe and warm and blessed!! Hope your New Year is bright and full of joy... God bless...❤️❤️🙏🙏 thanks again for all you do...
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You're the first person I've heard talk about the menstrual cycle and a composting toilet. Thank you!
Thank you! Shawnna felt it was important to talk about something that most women could relate too.
Same thought, but another question: What if you need to wash down there like you would with a hand spray pedit?
HDD MOFP Cleansing wipes work well!
Humankind evolved without washing everytime you peed I'm sure.
My observation is the people that wash the most, get sick the most.
@@jaymorgan8017 Hmmm...Thanks for watching!
You are the only one that has ever discussed the female issues part of the composting toilet.
Louvin Thank you! We felt it was important to cover the issues that might be a deal breaker for those thinking about switching to the system. This said, we love the relative ease of using the toilet.
Love that you guys weren't too embarrassed to make this video (and did it with humor). It's useful to many people I'm sure.
Thank you! That’s what we aim for. No pun intended. Haha
I thought composting toilets would be really gross but after watching this my feelings have changed a lot. Thanks for sharing it.
Katie Osborn Thank you! We’re glad our information was useful.
that toilet seems to be expensive but it is praised on many channels (among other chanels also on the channel of Cheap RV Living and he is a straight shooter, what works and what doesn't.
You haven't seen the one that uses dynamite!!!
As a man who actually cleans his bathroom, I've taken to sitting for everything most of the time. Good to know I'll be prepared for my future life!
I have no intention of getting a composting toilet, but I was curious. Very informative! Thanks for taking the time.
Thank you!
I concur lmao they're awesome so happy and upbeat this was awesome how they explained it...I personally couldn't take out an entire toilet just to drain and literally DUMP ur poop..that's gta b heavy
No problem whatsoever. Very easy to empty and refill. Thanks for watching!
6 years of living with a “composting” toilet on my boat. I can tell you that I am very thankful for the choice I made for the unit I bought over what I see in your video.
I say “composting” because in truth, trying to target actual compost makes life much harder than it needs to be.
The 2 best MARKETED units are the one you chose, Natures Head, and the Airhead. These manufactures recognized that people will been to be converted from wet sewage systems to theirs. As such, they build in a lot of effort to isolate the user from the process. This is the complication I am speaking of.
After my research, I picked the C Head for it’s simplicity, and the difference is HUGE.
First of all, it is unfortunate that they are called composting toilets. Recognizing that they are actually dessiccating toilets. If you want the product to put on your compost heap, then that works.
It used to be that we called personal flotation devices (PFDs) life preservers. But they were only an aid to keep you alive, and lots of dead bodies had them on. And too often, "life rafts" are found empty. They didn’t save the owners life. But calling it a life raft gives that sense of security needed to market them. The point is, the C Head bypasses all of the fuss of isolating the user from the process as depicted in your video.
The “required” vent fan and hose are aids to removing condensation. That is the moisture in the solids that you want out. I have not installed any vent fan or hose in the 6 years I have been using my C Head, simply because the solids have dried sufficiently without it. But I have no problem speeding up the dessiccating with the aid of the fan and hose. But the Natures Head and Airhead do such a good job of unneccessarily sealing the process away from the users, that the moisture is pretty well trapped.
The two choices of drying media that you mention are not the only ones. Sawdust of any kind also works very well. Again, it is a drying media, used to wick away moisture from the solids. Finely shredded newspaper could do the job.
Removing the urine and solids containers means nothing more than lifting the toilet seat with the hinged piece that it’s attached to, and lifting out either the one gallon plastice jug (the exact jugs that we can buy milk or water in at the grocery store), or the plastic solids/media pail.
As one of the comments below mentions, it’s a cat box for humans. I will add that is can be that, but without the cat box smell. Cats don’t seperate out their urine. I do treat my C head exactly like a cat box.
The key to making these units work is the effectiveness of your drying efforts. If you get mold gnats, it means that the solid deposits got ahead of the drying. It has nothing to do with eggs in the media as some like to blame. And the C Head is a big step ahead of the sealed solids container units.
There are things to know to make these units work, but there is no need to complicate matters like some manufactures do. If you walk your dog and pick up the droppings, just know that this is far less gross.
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@Don Anderson I had never heard of the C Head before and now I wish I could see a video of it getting emptied out etc. And researching in I also came across The Think-tank Waterless Toilet and now those two seem to have replaced all the others in my mind as the top two contenders in my hoped for van conversion at age 70! I'm having a little trouble finding how you keep the odors down without venting it in your C Head. I have neither the desire nor strength anymore to want to carry an entire toilet outside to turn it upside down over a bag to empty it! :-)
I don’t blame you.
Don’t use the supplied lid. It traps the moisture.
I don’t “empty” the bucket as such.
I treat it like a cat box, using a dedicated pair of wire whisk tongs.
I too recommend the C Head, much easier to dump. I didn't bother with the fan install. After 5 years no problems. I'm amazed that more people don't choose to install compost toilets. And the fact you can easily camp anywhere ( even friends property) because you don't need sewer, just electric and water hook ups.
As others have posted, thank you for tackling the two topics NO ONE ELSE apparently had: diarrhea and/or menstruation (I hadn't thought about vomit, but good to know about that too)! While talking about this may seem disgusting, these are really perfectly natural processes (as you correctly point out) and it's great to know that a composting toilet can handle them! Thanks for a clear and informative video.
Thank you! We’re glad it was helpful to you!
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I don't think human nature is disgusting that is for people who don't live in reality.
Sense of humor is so necessary with this! I will never complain about my cat's litter box ever again.
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It’s like kitty litter for hoomans ;).
Kinda! Thanks for watching.
Haha Nice analolgy!!
I thought the same thing. lol
the Ferengi would capitalize on it...find a way to sell the poop
Wow, all this time I thought composting toilets composted wastes ... but, they don't compost at all. Seems they are more like dehydrators. Removing liquid from the waste. I guess it will compost later wherever it ends up.
This has been the best vid I’ve seen on the composting toilets. Good job guys 👍🏼
Thank you! Do you have one or are you thinking about getting one?
How many do you watch?
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You have answered many of the questions that most of these composting toilet reviews leave as a mystery. Great job! And you've done it in a classy way!
Thank you!
Extremely useful information. Explained total process from a user’s point of view instead of selling point with tips and extras from trial and error. Thank you so much.
Thank you! We're glad you found the information useful.
What impressed me most about this video was the fact that the gentleman was complete secure with going #1 sitting down. Now that's a man! :) Great video guys! :) God Bless! :)
Thanks for watching!
My wife and I have the same brand, we've been using it everyday going on 5 years ,we absolutely love it, never had a problem with it
That’s awesome! No problems with ours either!
Ohhh yeah, y'all went there. Thank you. Adorable couple that makes this stuff not be so gross.
Yes we did! There’s More to come on our upcoming FAQ video! Thanks for watching.
The best YT video on this subject. As for men sitting down to pee, this has become standard in Japan. Sitting down keeps things clean-and that's THE most important thing, whether in an RV or in our case, on a boat. We will be getting a composting (it'd be more honest to say a "desiccating") toilet for our boat, for sure. Thanks you two for making this video; it's the most honest of all the ones I have seen.
No wonder Japan is not making babies, their men have become women & the women are no longer interested in breeding. Same issue with the West.
You have explained this toliet better then anyone ty
Thank you! We appreciate you watching. Are you thinking about getting a composting toilet?
I have been thinking on it in a yr going out full time for a yr or two dry camping makes it very interesting
If your still dealing with hoses and hauling water around to move waste, your an idiot. When you use a composting type system or just a bucket and bag , your just taking care of business as business needs taken, when you use chemicals to mask the stink ( still stinks ) and use hardware to drain from your property to someone else's your basically a sewage technician , why procrastinate with your stink , it only gets worse .
1st why waste water ( thanks for thinking of others )
2nd when you finish your business and you wash your hands, your done. Just put the bag in the trash as you would a diaper,or doggy bag.
Oh no lets haul stinking crap around ( not to mention all the love you've got to give towards dumping and maintenance )
You've got it going on ! Thanks for saving us some water. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yikes! Glad you made it round to a compliment...we think?? Anywho, thanks for watching and sharing your views!
FINALLY!! Someone answers all the REAL questions about these things! Thank you both deeply for your frank discussion of, not the pros and cons, but the actual maintenance & upkeep that comes with actually using a composting toilet. Thank you!
Thank you! We’re glad you found our information useful.
5years using a Nature’s Head (sail boat). Perfect! No stink, no mess. No chemicals. No pump out.
Great testimonial! We love ours too! Thanks for watching.
Adding a small amount of vinegar to the urine tank can help with the urine smell.
Thanks for that tip!
Do not add Clorox!! Ammonia + Chlorine creates Chlorine gas, used as a weapon in World War One
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Lets be real for a moment. THE BIGGEST issue i can cess with Van Life, would be the toilet situation. You two have discussed almost everything I was looking for in the most realistic, basic, comprehensive way. Much respect to you and all the best on your travels. One of THE BEST clips regarding van life I have seen. Thank You from the East Coast of Australia.
Thank you for not candy coating any of this. I like your frankness. It doesn't confuse me .
Thank you!
Vomiting in a piss bottle just makes you vomit more!! Thanks for being so real. I am in the learning process of getting an RV. I want a composting toilet. I will be alone, a little easier. Just life folks.
a very common sense approach to an every-day event. thank you
Thank you. Do you have one or are you considering one?
Thinking about converting a bus into a motorhome for full time living and I'm definitely going with a composting toilet. This video came in very handy, especially in confirming my decision to build my own toilet rather than using a nature head or similar.
First, of course, there is the cost factor. I can build a good composting toilet for a third of the price a nature head would cost me.
Second, I can connect the urine separator straight to my grey water tank. No smell, no emptying of the urine bucket.
Third, the solid waste bucket is easier to clean (the plastic bag - preferably compostable - goes straight into the bucket).
Thank you ever so much for this video. A straight forward approach to a topic that most people find difficult to talk about. 🙏🏼😉
Thanks for watching. Good luck with your bus build!
Everything you wanted to know about a composting toilet, but we're afraid to ask. Thank you, very informative.
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Try this for a toilet idea. We just returned from our two week trip using the newly installed Seperette, cost $160. We have a class A motorhome and always disliked the standard toilet for a few reasons. The direct hole to the black tank when flushing, the water waste when flushing and knowing there was a tank of crap and urine we were dragging around with us until we found a dump station. I built the very simple box for the Seperette seat product and saw dust compartment. The Seperette simply seperates the urine as a compost toilet does. You supply a 5 gallon bucket for poop and a container for urine, a gallon jug usually. I was able to find a rubber cap for the 3 inch black tank opening and cut a hole in it the size of the included hose for the urine. I didn’t want to deal with the urine bottle, because I heard that stinks much worse after a couple of days than poop. So the hose for urine drains into the black tank which I now share with the gray tank, almost doubling my gray water storage. The urine mixes with gray water, by the way urine is sterile, and that gray water is actually safe to drain in into the environment. Just be cool and use biodegradable soaps for washing yourself and dishes. The poop simply goes into the bucket lined with a plastic bag. You put sawdust, peat moss or coconut husks in the bottom of the new bag and on top of poop. I drilled a 2 inch hole in the floor for a small computer fan which vents consistently and draws a very minor amount if power and cost less than 2 dollars. When the poop bag is full it is leagel and safe to simply toss in any trash can. The smell that does exist post pooping is venting out and once poop dries the odor diminishes almost to nothing anyway. The urine hose in my set up naturally forms a “P” trap which eliminates any smell coming from the tanks, we all know gray water still stinks. After urinating we spray a few spritzes of 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water in the urine area of the Seperette to neutralise the urine odor from the trap. I don’t need to visit a stinky dump station ever because my gray water and urine is actually bennificial to plants so I drain it in a convenient spot when I find one. I now have 100 gallons of waste water storage and use much less due to no flushing. We experienced zero smell from the bucket or the p trap urine tube on our two week trip. We don’t have remove anything other than a plastic bag of poop and sawdust from the rv, poop not even visible through a clear bag . We don’t have to clean the toilet as with expensive compost or cassette toilets. We save water, nurish the planet with our gray water, save dump station money, eliminate the need for sewer trucks running around transporting waste to another facility to process it and…I’ll never go back. If you would like photos of my project let me know where I can send them
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
erik, make a video how u did it and post it here the link
@@incorectulpolitic ok coming right up...well maybe tomorrow settling into two week trip. Mojave National Preserve them Tuscan area boondocking. Hey what do you think about changing the sticks and bricks phrase which just sounds off to me to Still House. Get it, a still house doesn't move as apposed to a moving house or rv. No?
They handled talking about an awkward subject so comfortably and seamlessly. Very informative. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
There are lots of videos out there where people talk about having composting toilets & how great they are, but very few actually show how easy/hard it would be to use it empty it etc. Thanks for sharing! Great video & very informative!
Thank you! We’re glad our efforts were worthwhile!
We've been using a waste-separating composting toilet for a while now. We add a cup or two cups of cheap "cleaning" vinegar into the liquids container each time after we empty it - and there is no smell from the liquids container at all! There's a scientific reason for why this works, too. The bad smell from the liquids mostly comes from the urease enzymes that we excrete with our urine generating ammonia by breaking down urea. The low pH of the vinegar deactivates this enzyme, so no ammonia smell :)
Great info! Thanks for contributing to our community! We will give that a try.
Best explanation and video on composting toilets I’ve seen 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for watching and for the BIG vote of confidence. We’re glad you found it useful.
We purchased one of these for an rv and boat application . Works great and is way better than dealing with nasty dump stations and other peoples messes. And your right no smell, no mess, easy to dump, I love it ! No more dump stations !
Glad to hear about your positive experience. Thanks for watching!
Thanx for the video guys .
I am designing my campervan and you guys have just made up my mind on what to get .
Less money going down the drain .
Composting is best .
Thanx again
Please keep us posted on the build!
thank you sooo much for being so candid about these toilets. I've been wanting to get one when I get my tiny house or RV but the videos I've found were not this detailed and made it sound like such a tough thing to deal with. Thank you for debunking this. And talking about all those normal yet embarrassing aspects of bathroom happenings.
Glad we could help! Thanks for watching!
I would rather use the composting toilet than use ANY store or restaurant restroom toilet. Im a RN so the toilet talk is ok by me. I would rather hear EXACTLY how to use the thing than not know. Thanks much! Happy trails.
Thank you!
Best realistic treatment of a perfectly normal topic that most of us would rather avoid! Thanks - very informative.
Thank you!
Amazingly helpful thank you!
Everyone wants to get out and explore but no one wants to deal with what everyone has to do.
I love that you're bypassing the chemicals needed to compensate mixing solids and liquids. Composting seems much more nature friendly and a better option all around. Way less gross. I will totally invest in this for my RV.
Thank you!
I use the Luggable Loo. Absolutely perfect. So easy on space, odor, and well, it poops just fine! It was $12 :-).
Thanks for watching.
Very good video, I started off with a narrowboat where no toilet had been fitted so decisions right from the start. I bought exactly what you have, everything you said was absolutely on the button, it being totally dry in the main bucket there is no smell, it is easy to handle, the most important part I feel is the fan to ensure it dries out. Paper I have a doggy poo bag dispenser and the toilet paper is popped into one of the bags then disposed as you have. If these were the only toilets available across the world think of the water we would save. I say poo poo to any dissenters to this eco friendly disposal. Guy
Hello Guy. Do you cruise the cut there in GB?
Getting ready to replace a chemical toilet in our van, and this is by far the most detailed video covering all the questions running through my head. Thank you both very much.
Our pleasure. We’re glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!
First video that addresses every bodily function that regular flush toilets are used for. Thankyou.
Thanks for watching!
One of the best videos on the subject I have come across. I got used to sitting to pee living on a boat. Tough to aim right.
Thank you!
Before seeing this video I was wondering how does these toilets work ... understood well now. Thank you both 👍
Thank you! We're glad you found the information useful!
Thanks for giving us the complete details that nobody else would cover. Have a blessed day!
Thank you. We’re glad you found it useful.
Thank you so much for making this video and thank you for all your advice and tips
We are retired from dog sitting and retired from work so we are selling our 5 acres and our 2 story log cabin home in Alaska joining you in the RVing life
Your videos are priceless to me thanks for taking the time 😄
I have to say thank you! You answered all the questions people are too embarrassed to ask! I appreciate both of you! Thank you!
Hi Valerie! Glad we could help!
Oh many people said this in the comments but I'm going to say that again. Best video to talk about these "embarrassing" topics. These are essentials. Can you please talk more about the flushing toilet.
Thank you! We appreciate the compliment!
Great video guys. And the key to a Nature's head is commercial coffee filters! 😉
Interesting! Can you expound on the coffee filters?
@@LyfUninterrupted Place a big commercial coffee filter on the bottom of the bowl before going #2. Once you are done with your business, open the little trap door. The filter and #2 will easily drop down into the vault, leaving the bowl all, or mostly clean. This does add a small amount of additional waste to the vault, but not like toilet paper.
Kim Young Great info! Thanks!
You both did a great job showing and talking about an embracing topic.
Cheryl Davis Thank you! We’re glad you found our video helpful.
Thank you for being so candid. I have never used a composting toilet. I’m trying to reduce my footprint and want/need information like this. 👍
Glad you found the information useful. Check out the Sun Mar GTG model. It’s looks like a nice alternative to the NH.
Thanks so much for the 'real details'. You're the first I've seen in my research that actually shares the important stuff.
This is a great video and my partner and I are so appreciative of you two taking this on.
We're humans; we poop and pee and emit all sorts of weird stuff.
This sealed it - compostable toilet for us!
Came into this thinking a composting toilet would be nasty and unclean. I am very surprised. Composting toilets sound very much cleaner than a traditional system for the most part
They are not for everyone, but they certainly do have many benefits over the traditional sewer system. Thanks for watching!
Poop happens, if this embarrassed you are you still in junior high LOL. Good video I always wondered how they worked. Great job
Thank you!
Thats a lie. Girls dont poop, everybody knows that
Love how you covered everything so frankly. I am about to transition to full-time RV living and this is so much more environmentally friendly than a dry flush toilet. I stopped putting paper down my regular toilet about a year ago and have had no more stopped drains. The composting toilet is how I will go, especially after watching your videos.
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U handled this topic better than any other video u covered it all thanks
Thank you!
So informative! Thank you! “...whichever business you're going to conduct.” Love it!
Good job on the explanation. We have been using a Nature’s Head in our motor coach for four years without an major problems. While it is not a solution everyone embraces, it has worked well for us. We were able to easily combine our black and grey tanks to create an 84 gallon reservoir for grey water. These changes allow us to stay on limited hookups for several days.
Glad to hear everything is working for you. We love the ability to go many, many days without dumping the grey tank.
You may want to try Coffee Grounds to take down the urine smell! I have a simple composting toilet, and use Cedar shavings and no smell! I sure saves a lot of water and no stinky smells! Enjoyed the video, and it was a very nice job by both of you!!!! You covered a few subjects that need to be told !!!!!!!!!! See you down the road!!!
Thanks for that info and for the compliment!
We have thought about a composting toilet.....thanks so much for being honest about how well it works.
Thanks for watching. It's a game changer for those who want to extend their camping adventures as well as water conservation while boondocking.
Thanks for the great info on the composting toilet! I am building my shuttle bus into my forever home on wheels and was totally thinking composting toilet! For me it was a matter of living in it in the winter time and just not wanting to deal with a black tank and all that mess! Thanks so much for the information and I now know for sure that’s what I’m putting in!
Great review, straight forward and honest … loved it. Subscribed straight away 😂. By the way, sitting down to pee, is far better for men than standing up while peeing … you can let it go without freaking out if you pee next to it.
Very informative video. Thank you! My wife and I currently live in a fifth-wheel camper. We plan to move into a camper van with a composting toilet when she retires in a couple of years. We use a Diaper Genie for toilet paper. I empty it when I take the trash to the dumpster. No paper in the toilet and keeps the order under control.
Yeah, it’s really no big deal. The Diaper Genie is a good idea. Our little can with self-closing lid works for us. No odor at all. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I just looked up that Coco Coir stuff.... you get it from the pet !store that's super cheap. I thought it would be pricey.
We buy a 6 month supply from Amazon for about $20.
@@LyfUninterrupted can you put the link for your stuff?
Check out our Amazon Store at www.amazon.com/shop/lyfuninterrupted.
Came here because I was curious about how that would work, stayed because of you guys. You breached some topics with honesty and humor. Subscribed and off to check out your other videos!
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Love it. I am going to set up composting toilet on my future land that I am going to hang out on weekends and sleep in my van. So, if I have just pee I'll use empty liquid detergent bottles so that I don't fill up the composting toilet too frequent.
Awesome! Let us know how it goes!
Seriously I bet most guys would just find a bush to pee behind, as long as there isn't a lot of people around and usually there isn't. Most people when RV'ing tend to spread out. Loved the video! 👍
Thanks for watching!
Some friends who've spent extensive time in a boat with similar bathroom limitations said they posted a sign that says "Gentlemen Will Take A Seat".
Thank you for talking about this. Different strokes for different folks and that's fine, but the more videos of this overall lifestyle I watch, the more I'm convinced this is not for me.
Thanks for watching!
@Jon Esqueda True but I can't really figure out a way to replace a normal land based sanitation system. I have to admit I'm resistant to giving up that convenience. All the black tank/removable composting potties etc, they all just seem like incredibly poor substitutes for normal living.
You know, I've been looking into Van / RV life as a possibility after college and I've been trying to find information on the "worse case scenarios" with toilets and it has been a struggle. So I greatly appreciate the information!
Glad our info was helpful! Thanks for watching!
i find i fascinating watching videos about mobile toilets, americans get quite hung up about the subject. here in britain, RVers and boaters talk endlessly about their toilets, maybe more than they talk about the weather!
Very nice of you to tune in! Thank you!
Thank you for touching on a subject most of us wants nothing to do with it but very glad that you did.
I've gained so much today about composting toilet. Thanks again. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for the nice compliment. Our main goal is to give people a glimpse of something they might not otherwise know about.
thank you for delivering the information in a straight, honest way. I cannot deal with those other travel vloggers who are ridiculously over energetic and bubbly
Thank you! We appreciate the compliment.
Everyone’s impressed about the menstrual stuff but I’m more impressed she mentioned doing number 1 and 2 simultaneously bc it just now occurred to me other women do that too
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Yo i do both at the same time I’m not sure how not to..
We think you covered all of the questions that we had in a very thorough manner. We will be installing a Nature's Head in our travel trailer.
That’s awesome! Let’s us know if you have any questions during or after the install.
Together, you both did a great job of covering a "difficult" topic. In my experience sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, marine heads are way worse that RV bathrooms. Try going on a sailing trip for a weekend with 3-4 people (especially in warm weather) and you'll know what I'm talking about. Anyone that has a boat with a head should watch this video - and immediately swap out the marine toilet (which frequently has problems) for a composting toilet
I've raised the topic of a composting toilet before with my wife - she freaks out every time. Maybe watching your video, which - again you did a really good job on, she'll be willing to consider it.
Thanks for watching! We loved going boating on the Chesapeake when we lived near Annapolis!
Thanks for the lesson. I used a 5 gallon bucket when I used to travel in my van. I'm a house painter. I often use a bucket at work also. I carry the bucket out daily and put the contents in my toilet at home.
Whatever works for you! Thanks for watching.
Definitely an option. I prep my sanitary bucket with a bit of tap water, a splash of bleach, and then spritz it with Febreeze. The bucket has a cover. The bucket is just for #1, which is still plenty stinky. For years I was a Neanderthal and urinated behind a tree or in a shed somewhere. I avoid going in residences to use the bathroom to give people their privacy. The more you pee in one spot, the more it stinks. If I am working rural or at a farm I can go in the woods or in a barn--no problems. Otherwise, I carry a bucket out daily and refresh it. Having a port a potty company deliver an outhouse is another option and construction sites often have them.
I don’t have an RV, but I use a Septic System at home and we don’t throw anything like Toilet paper or the like into our toilets either and have a little trash can next to the toilet just for anything other than human waste. Keeps us from having to pay the cost for pumping out the septic System constantly. It’s something that’s so easy to get used to after awhile.
Thanks for sharing your experience! We appreciate you watching our channel.
Great informative video! Thanks a lot for putting all the answers to all the questions about composting toilet together!
Thanks for watching! We’re glad you found it helpful.
I have wondered about those...nobody shows this stuff!
Great video!
Thanks. They are not for everyone!
Very interesting video about a tough subject but you guys handled it like champs! Kathy and I only cringed a few times...
Thanks! Glad you were able to power your way through the video! LOL!
I'm so glad I found this video. I have been contemplating putting in a composting toilet as apposed to the toilet that's currently in my horse trailer living quarters. I ended up ripping the black tank off leaving a race and need to replace it. It's going to be so expensive so I had looked into alternatives. I think the composting will work so much better and like you said, saves water, chemicals, etc. Thank you for making this video!
Thanks, Kimberleigh! Let us know if/when you make the change and how you like it.
@@LyfUninterrupted I sure will!
Nicely done addressing things that people avoid talking about. Excellent review, comical, and interesting. Thanks for posting. PS you were both a delight to listen to.
Thank you!
Due to several comments regarding our choice to use a composting toilet, we though we’d post a link to a very good article about disposing of compost toilet contents. Both urine and solid waste. It’s very good and dispels the myth that what we are doing is wrong and somehow dangerous. www.livesmallridefree.com/blog/where-to-responsibly-empty-your-composting-toilet
excellent link and vid! I have a Nature's Head also.
Voidisyinyang Voidisyinyang Is it in an RV or your home?
@@LyfUninterrupted Last summer I reconstructed a Bronze Age primitive dwelling from 3000 BCE - so it's a locally harvested double wattle willow wall filled in with 6 to 8 inches of clay-slip straw for insulation. Then the wattle is covered with daub (horse-manure clay-slip) and the exterior has lime cement coating for waterproofing. 3 silicone-polyester canvas weave tarps and 2 layers of rockwool insulation for the gable roof - now being tested with over 6 inches of snow. A center pole to support the roof - nearby the wood stove. It's a Hermit Hut. I have 5 acres of forest for a "seasonal campsite" where I grow forest shiitake shrooms. I can camp in a tent there 7 months a year - legally. I also built a teepee tent as my 1st shelter. The Nature's Head was in a temporary tent that collapsed under the snow last winter. A tent still up after 6 months then legally turns into a "structure." I can have 300 total square feet of structure and anything over 120 sq. ft. needs a permit. So the teepee structure and primitive dwelling are each 120 square feet. So now the Nature's Head is in the primitive dwelling structure for the winter instead of a collapsed tent. haha. I need to go up there, now that deer hunting season is over. I didn't want to get caught in cross-fire. I fast and meditate - so I don't need to use the Nature's Head a lot. Last year I used snowshoes so I could use a hand saw to cut down trees for the spring mushroom logs - drill 30 holes in each log. Offgrid - solar panels for power. I got 100 logs to harvest shiitake shrooms for my first time this spring. Then if I need to live there all year round I can just camp for free in the nearby national forest or state forest. So my living fees would be $60 a year for taxes since it is unimproved rural vacant status in a forest agriculture zone. So then I just compost in the mini-forest since as your husband emphasizes - there's no sewage. I called our state pollution agency - I called the person in charge of sewage treatment systems for our area. I asked him about a composting toilet. He said: Is there discharge? I said no. He said: So no permit is needed. I said thanks and bye. Wow - I was so happy! haha. Keep the guvmint off my land!
@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 Do you have internet for those 7 months? Do you get lonely?
@@k.pacificnw02134 I have not tested out my legal limit yet. I tried an extended stay but I was missed too much. I could always go to a town library for the interwebs. arctic-news.blogspot.com is a science report stating in about five years civilization may be collapsed due to abrupt global warming.
Best video I've seen about the composting toilet. Thank you!
WOW! Not that is a compliment! Thank you!
Thank you for the thorough honest education.
Thank you! We appreciate the compliment!
I got tired of emptying my N.H. toilet. So I modified it today, literally today. I have had the unit for a few years. I took out the mixing bar (of course all things first cleaned (used pressurized hose water)) and then measured and found a bucket at the local hardware store. I used pink insulation board to level and stabilize it so it would sit just below the slide hatch. I put in a plastic bag and going to layer the Peat that I have for now and when the bucket is mostly ready just tie up the bag and remove it... no dumping, trying to clean the gasket (which I had to replace with better product)... and all the crevasse around the top section etc. I had watched how to make one's own compost toilet and found that I could do the quick fix and we'll see how it goes. The liquid waste, being a man, I have several options and even use the bottles that N.H. sent, I just got / get tired dumping that too...
Update, I am using pine shavings and just layer it and no bugs or smells. better than peat and cheeper too.
Hi David. We tried pine shavings (pet bedding) and it did not work well in our CP.
Hi guys, we have a hook in the toilet and we use doggy bags for the paper work, it works a treat and after you have finished tie it up and put it straight into the rubbish bag, job done
Interesting solution. So the solids get removed and discarded into a doggy bag?
only the paper work, instead of having a small bin besides the toilet for your toilet paper, we just use doggie bags, we then put the paper straight into the small bag and when finished we just tie the bag up and dispose straight away
Some pine-sol in the fluid bucket after emptying does wonders for the smell.
Great info! Thanks for watching.
We are spoiled! In middle east when I visited there many years ago, all toilet paper, even in western style toilets, had to go in a trash can because their sewage system does not handle the paper. Great video, thanks!!
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Same in Greece! On vacay there we were told to put all TP in garbage can - even though it was a modern built chalet for 10 people.
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Same in South America
Loved your vid (and the updated one too) on the Nature's Head composting toilet - I was already sold, but this just helps solidify my decision!
Glad we could help!
I have to admit that I am quite the squeamish girl...but y'all made this video watchable for me. I have been interested in learning about how these compost toilets work. You both did a fabulous job with this tutorial on a subject that most would pass on..ty!!!
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Thank you for explaining this so well...first video I've seen that answers all of my questions!!
Factual and straight forward; good job!
Thank you. Do you have a composting toilet?
Laughed so much at the disclaimers! Cute couple!
Thanks! We thought those would be funny to some. Ya just don’t know who you’re gonna offend these days.
Thanks for making this! I'm considering living the skoolie (bus converted to a home) lifestyle over the next couple years and I was jotting down some notes of some must haves for my bus. A toilet was one of them and I was trying to decide what kind of toilet would be the best fit. You really helped me narrow down my options. :)
Best of luck! Thanks for watching!
I am converting an old school bus... this will be perfect for me... thank you so much for the demonstration and honest comments. Hope to see you on the road. Much love from Arizona... stay safe and blessed... ❤️❤️🙏🙏
That’s awesome! We’re in Tempe/Mesa for a couple more weeks. How about you?
Lyf Uninterrupted That’s terrific!! I am near Prescott, on a tiny little piece of land waiting for it to warm back up, so I can keep working on the bus. You folks stay safe and warm and blessed!! Hope your New Year is bright and full of joy... God bless...❤️❤️🙏🙏 thanks again for all you do...