

This is just a compilation of our research efforts and opinions gathered by the van/RV Instagram community.įirst off, how does a composting toilet work?

Also, we aren’t toilet experts by any means. Note: No one is paying us to list these brands. We asked you guys on Instagram what you’re using, what you like, what you don’t like, and got some great feedback I’ll share below! All that comes to mind is the scene in Dumb & Dumber where Lloyd passes Harry the pee-filled beer bottle in the van and spills it everywhere. I can’t imagine dragging a urine-filled container in and out of the Airstream every few days. Our main goal is to be as off-grid as possible. One thing we definitely decided is a unmodified composting toilet just isn’t for us. But for this new build we wanted to explore alternative options.
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It never happened since that as we figure it was just a combination of a nearly full tank and wicked hot temperatures. That smell will be forever etched in our brains. We were right at the tail end of a week without emptying the tank and all of a sudden, with no warning, it hit us like a ton of bricks. One hot summer in Iowa last year, when temperatures reached 100°, we had the first whiff of what it smells like when the black water tank odors pass a tipping point. Sometimes a little more if we didn’t spend the majority of our time in the Airstream. The most we ever lasted without emptying the tank was one week. It never smelled, it never leaked, it never did anything except what it was supposed to do. We loved it and had no real problems with it. In our first Mavis, we installed a regular black water toilet. It’s come time to select a toilet for our new build.
