Airhead Composting Toilet | Our Favorite Upgrade for Full Time RV Living 

💥UPDATE: The smells we were experiencing from the exhaust vent were totally user error. We did not fill the solids chamber with enough coco coir! We refreshed the solids chamber with new coco coir filling it to within a 1/2 inch of the agitator bar. No more smells! I am now completely satisfied with the placement of the exhaust vent and do not think the extra effort is needed to connect it to the black tank vent stack! - Dennis ✌️

When us RVers geek out and get excited by toilets! 😂

Hi.. Just ran across your Channel. You did a real nice job going over composting toilets. I have a natures head. Your blooper comment at the end about the urine is pretty important. It’s those trips to the toilet in the middle of the night that can do it. You are wasting your money using plastic bags that decompose. Unless you’re using your own composting pile. Items that go to a landfill are buried under so much weight there is no air getting to them to aid composting. They have done core samples at landfill sites and come up with things like heads of cabbage and bagels that were at least 20 years old and still look like they did when they were put into the site. I have subscribed. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for sharing your travels! You and Dennis are so nice to share!

Excellent explanation of the how it works and answers most, if not all, of my questions. Thank so much. You two are great!

Thank you for another wonderful video. We love the way you tell it like it is and that is what people really need to know.

Great video! Thanks for comparing Nature's Head and Airhead. I had wondered about the comparison before. Thanks also for showing how to install it and telling us what you would have changed about your install. Y'all are doing a fantastic job. Keep up the good work! Safe travels and happy memories!

Hello! I used an airhead for a few year on my boat. I tried different composting mediums, and also struggled breaking the coconut fiber blocks. My favorite medium by far was wood saw dust. It was cheap, easy to find and easy to put into the airhead, since it didn’t have to be broken like the coco-bricks. I applied it dry, so it would dehydrate the solids faster and for longer time. Also, the wood dust smelled nice. Cheers!

Yes! Deliberating buying an Airhead, not cheap so really appreciate you guys doing this video on the pros/cons. Thanks guys!

Thanks for the detailed review. Very very helpful!

Just recently learned about the existence of this thing, the composting toilet, and tried to find more information about it. Thank you for your great video with in-depth explanations and comparison. It helps a lot. 👍

I am old but I would find it so difficult to separate no 1&2. So much cleaner and more eco friendly, but even though I do not eat meat any more and avoid plastics as much as I can, my water closet toilet is for me a must have, everyone does what makes them feel ok.

Thanks!

This was so helpful and informative. Thank you for sharing!

Thank for posting this video...enjoyed comparison, install, and review...

Excellent video! Just found your channel and subscribed. Look forward to watching all your other videos. I like how you both present yourselves, unlike other couples who are more into themselves, you both are genuine and I like that!

Really enjoyed your video. The both of you have a nice style, convey very informative and helpful information and are a pleasure to watch. Thanks!

Thank you again both. I plan on getting Cross Trek and the composting toilet is one of the first things I want to get.

We love our Airhead composting toilet. I agree with the reasons to purchase this over the other brand - especially the ease to remove the pee pot and the 'real' toilet seat. It really is odor free which surprises anyone not familiar with the concept. The 'woodsy' smell of the solids filter reminds me of a drive through the Redwood Forest.

Thank you for the very informative presentation. This type toilet is new to me, since I put in a recirculating 12 volt marine toilet in our 15' camp trailer circa 1976.

Great video! Thanks.

One of the best videos I have seen about that subject, thank you two for such a very nice presentation; this will be our first upgrade on our next travel trailer 👍

As someone who’s in the market, this video has been very informative. Thanks

Great video. 👍thanks ive been checking into them. 🤫🤔

Very informative. Thank you.

Great video! Well shot/explained!

Learned a lot. I like the idea of an exhoust pipe on the roof.

Very helpful thank you

Really great video!

Great video Liz and Dennis! We installed our Airhead CT at the beginning of summer and love it. Emptying the pee tank every couple days can be a hassle but we plan at some point to plumb it directly into the black tank. We agree, no smells. We were skeptical prior to buying, I mean we're pooing into a bucket after all but it's really true, no smells. Thanks for the great video, we can pretty much agree with everything you said. All the best, Norm & Kim

Great review. Thank you

Try this if you hate cleaning the compost toilet. 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, 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

Great video thank you

first one who smelt it dealt it :) thanks for the video

Thank you very much

Very clean install

You’re right about the exhaust, it gives gas fumes it’s best to put it on the roof 💝

great video guys , I be sure to check out your other videos .

Nice to see an airhead review. Much better than Nature's Head, IMO.

I currently have a nature’s head and LOVE it. In my case, I connected the exhaust to the black tank vent. So it vents out the roof through an existing system. I will be purchasing a new, small, Class C next year and was debating about what brand of composting toilet I wanted to use. After watching your video I think I will get the Air Head instead for two reasons. First, the smaller footprint makes a big difference. Second, in a tight space popping out the liquids tank is pretty inconvenient. Thank you so much for your great review.

Great presentation! I must say it was very pleasant listening to you both...no "ums" or "uhs" ...or "basically"s...thnx

I've been in the market for one these toilets for a while. Though the price is a challenge, in my case, the biggest challenge is the footprint because is going to go in a sailboat. Also, urine breaks down when mixed with water so occasionally dumping your urine in the grey water tank is not a sin. The fan exhaust, would have been better using the original toilet vent. Manufacturers suggest the shortest route because their supplied fans are low flow ( measured in CFM) to reduce power usage, and noise, but can be upgraded. Great show.

Thank you that was an awesome video I knew absolutely nothing about composting toilets you calmly and thoroughly explained it all you should put a link in the description so you can we get some form of rebate cuz I would definitely use it thank you again

Awesome video! We just got a fleet wood icon 24A 2008. We have a natures head in Kurt omg house and love it compared to a black tank.

We have a Nature's Head! I use baby wipes to clean our top bowl and just underneath trap door! I use vinegar after each liquid use. Also, I put a small amount vinegar in the bottom of the liquid jug each time we dump and restart and it actually helps the liquid smells. My husband and I actually have minimal smells because we drink around a gallon of h2o each, each day.. so, the more hydrated you are the less smells it seems. Anyway, great video!! Maybe one day there could be a compromise head toilet that takes the pros from the airhead and Nature's head and combines them.. like the ease of the latches on the Nature's head and the toilet lids on the airhead..lol!! Just a crazy thought!!

Personally, I've been boondocking for 15 years and never really needed a composting toilet. I usually get bored with staying longer than a week, or 10 days in the same place and just drop by a dump station on my way to my next stop. I guess if you have a very small black tank this might make for a better deal. There are sites on the internet that list all the dump stations in the US. It seems like more work to go through than just dumping my tanks. I've developed a simple and easy system for dumping my tanks and never have a problem doing it. And I keep a container of baby wipes in my RV basement for when I'm through, even though I never get anything on my hands. cleaning out that composting toilet is far more work and mess than dumping a black tank. Most people just wear rubber gloves for that anyway. If I've got to dump my gray tank anyway, I might as well dump my black tank. Dumping your gray tank at your campsite may not be harmful, but it sure makes for a muddy campsite for the next campers.

"Ask us how we know ....", lol. Another great video! (PS: I was called an "Airhead" back in high school.)

I see that the smell issue has been solved, but what came to mind is that you could have a removable PVC pipe that would raise the odors up over the roofline when you were camping, then taken off and stored on the roof when driving. A helper (low voltage computer/usb fan)fan could also be inside the pipe. There, I got that off my mind! Love the vids!

When emptying the liquid tank I reccomend using a piece of TP to catch any liquid that might fall onto the ground

You've sold me on the composting toilet. I like that it doesn't have to be emptied out more than about once a month, it doesn't smell like a portapotty and I'm glad you mentioned the price. It is pricey, but all quality things are. My only question is does it have a plastic or porcelain bowl?

I use peatmoss, comes in 40-80 liters plastbags here, normally used in gardens, I m used to pee before visit toilet, so just need a bucket with a plasticbag, and a toiletseat, dump on my fields, thank you.

Perfect timing... I'm installing an Airhead in my Jay Feather this week and have been going back and forth on where to install the vent - rear (easy), roof (more work). I've decided on the roof. You mentioned getting an additional fan housing if you had gone for the roof... why is that?

Thank you, its hard to find good information on someone actually using a composting toilet in an RV. I have come back to this video several times for reference. It really seems the way to go over a black tank, especially solo. So much less work for someone alone on the road.

I was really hoping it was less exp than Nature's because you said it fit your budget better - but no! Oh well, maybe next year! Really helpful video!

At last I understood the whole idea...💡👍🙏. Quait pricy though....

I started watching this and accidently skipped to 5:11 and I was completely mortified.

My friend I have an idea what to use in your compost toilet there is I have seen this it looks like little capsals it doesn't small bate you could find that in Home Depot or Lowes Department Store. And it works no joke.

Very instructional and well done video! Thanks. I have one question: how do you clean the bowl after a, ahem, major job? Thanks

Try adding baking soda to the composting compartment to help with the wood odor.

I've considered replacing our toilet with a composting toilet. We haven't yet, but I think it would be great to double our time at boondocking time. LOL.

I think the Trelino Composting Toilet are must easier to use. You throw #2 in the trash when the bucket is full and there is no mixing..

never understood why things that are better for the environment are so much more expensive...so frustrating but Im def going this route in the trailer, thanks for the vid

The major difference is men can stand up to use it. We have been using it 2 years full time. I plumbed a seperate liquid tank. Perfect off grid toilet

I think you bypassed a lot of the dumping and cleaning of the solid tank

How did you integrate the 12v fan into your wiring? All these types of loos are $2,000 plus here in NZ.

My question is is, how do you clean the streak marks after taking a dump if you can’t get the solids wet how do you keep it clean

Hello, thank you for this video! Do you Have a Link to the Compost Toilet featured here? How much did it cost??

Would it be possible to super clean the black water tank and vent the toilet through the black water tank, utilizing the black water tank vent?

This is great! Why didn't you plumb the liquids into the gray tank? no more dumping pee bottles!

I got hit with a febreze ad at 4 minutes and 40 seconds. Perfect timing if you ask me.

Sorry this is off topic but it got me thinking while watching your video, when you are on the road full time and want to Boondock, how do you go about filling your fresh water tank? Thanks for a great video/review!

I'm thinking to buy that toilet and to place the exhaust vent on the roof in order to use a solar energy for the exhaust. I'm not sure of the place ! What do you think about that, I'm worried it will be to long…Thanks for you're explanations.

Not to get too personal, but some times when I am boondocking in the National Forest lands, I find it more convenient to just grab my flip flops and a shovel and head into the woods. This saves me so much work dumping and flushing the black tank......I have never tried a composting toilet but there is still Work there....

Excellent presentation! So tired of hearing fourth grade references to waste. Simply meaning thanks for using the terms, "solids and liquids." And, like many other comments, the two of you are so easy to watch; no wasteful nonsense. Thanks for the thoughtful work. I'll be looking for more of your vids as they apply to my build.

Well, watched about six of your videos, I'm a huge fan of many other RV channels my favorite being Trent and Ali and The Fit RV. I wish you guys lots of luck your channel is cool but it's more of a travel and experience site with not much story or adventures. I'll check back as I know your storytelling skills will increase with time and experience.

I have always wanted to know: if you bought a new black tank, could you use it for potable water? If the material it's made from is not food grade and IMHO not safe for drinking water, then could it be used to store washing/bathing water?

Where did you get your airhead toilet?

Nice RV, what is the year make and model? What kind of toilet did it come with when you bought it? Cassette or compost ?

Great video, Trying to understand if the Airhead composting toilet is waterproof when you are sitting on the unit. Planning to place the toilet in the shower stall.

You should have piped it out the bottom if u could have get rid of the crank handle that does nothing put a bag in there then when full toss out bag.

4:54 Coconuts do not have byproduct. Everything in a coconut; from the roots to the leaves, are used.

What do you do about the doo doo streaks in the toilet bowl if you can't get water in the solids area?

How much does it cost to change the toilet to compose toilet and how was done?

Imagine how much cleaner all restrooms would if men sat down to pee. The splash on walls is so ridiculous!

Hello! What type of toilet did you get? There is a marine or household option / also flat back or straight back? Thanks so much!

great video guys .. when will you be heading back to Mexico?

What did you guys do with the black tank? Can you connect to gray to have more space for gray water? If not, Why not use the regular set up , you can dump the black when you dump the gray.

Is it possible to place a plastic bag inside the solids compartment to help keep it clean? That way you would only have to lift the bag when full, and wouldn’t have to put the bag over the top of the full solids compartment and flip it over to transfer the solids from the compartment into the bag?

What is the price

Great vid! You said you converted the black tank to a second grey tank (in one of the responses below). How complex was that process?

I like the clean look of composting Toilet, However How will you keep the Bowl clean after use without liquid?

If you have a wet bath(shower toilet combination) how well would a composting toilet work in there? Would it fit? Would you have issues with the shower?

What if you have a condition that makes daily explosive #2? more like a 3 lol. Will it still work? What about cleaning? Sorry about the gross questions lol

Will you re-plumb your black water tank for more gray?

Can we make bio gas for cooking purpose from rv toilet?

You can break up the coco coir after you add water, easier.

Did you consider an incinolet?

Does the fan have to run non stop 24/7?

Um... how do you clean the #2 streaks and splatter after each event?

Does it have to have the vent system? How do you do the electric?