I understand your thinking @tonyc and had no intention of making smart arse comments ... just curious.
I was pondering a Simploo dry toilet last year, but (perhaps fortunately as it transpires) after a deal of research I went with a Thetford and two cassettes.
This gives us upto eight days to locate an Elsan, but invariably we pass one every few days (whether marina or public).
I was surprised that some folks, having spent money on dry loos, have now reverted back.
Rog
No worries Rog, I wasn't thinking of you. But you know what its like- there are a few people who turn into trolls as soon as the subject of separating toilets comes up.
More so on CWDF than here, to be fair.
If pumpouts never ever broke, I would like them better. They are a fantastic solution, right up until they become a nightmare.
I've heard some horrible stories about people struggling to get a welder to fix a rotting metal pipe in an old pumpout, and unspeakable-smelling sewage swilling around the bilge if there is a leak, and people just having a lot of stress when they go wrong.
If you have a strong stomach then fine- but if you're a bit squeamish, an old pumpout might not be a great idea.
i dont know, maybe I've just heard too many of these awful stories.
Cassettes are fine, and if there was an elsan every two miles I'd like them better too, but my nearest elsan now means going about 3 miles forward to a winding hole, then the same back, and then through three lift bridges in a busy spot- and the same to get back here.
Its half a day of messing around just to empty the loo.
It just seems a lot of hassle compared to the separating toilet, which only needs emptying every two weeks or so, and which can at a pinch be stored with trash in the cratch until you reach a CRT refuse point.
There's no perfect solution, of course- each of us picks the solution that suits our own priorities, our needs, and our natures.
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