Should you use a dry flush toilet in a tiny house? 

I'm with you. If you're not using it full time, it a system that I would rather have than the a black tank needing conditioner treatments, dump fees and just plain nasty dumping and cleaning the drain thingy. These are expenses to consider when complaining about dry flush costs. No thanks. In the five years I owned a 36' pusher coach, I think I used the toilet about 50 times and I really hated that the last thing do do after a great camping trip was to dump my dumps....Yuk!!!

Thank you for the honest review! I hope they come out with a model with a bigger holding tank area.

Does it smell after awhile though?

@@alexapostolos that was my question as well.

@@alexapostolos no, but, the first flush after sitting for a while will smell...then nothing.

I love the concept of this, but why oh why do they make it so pricey to use? Surely they can come up with cheaper biodegradable bags to dispose of waste. I had planned on using this for my tiny, but now I am back to the drawing board. Probably go with the incinerator. Cannot stand the composting mess.

So f*cking wasteful, too! 🙄 Really irresponsible. I'm actually glad of the the high price tag, for that reason. Hopefully it's prohibitive for the VAST MAJORITY of people. .....I'd rather support a trailer co. whose owners have more of a mind towards sustainability, PERSONALLY. 😕

Yeah I was really interested in buying this until I did research it's way to expensive and not worth it! I'm shocked no one has figured out how to make the refill cartridges! If that can be done then I'd get it and make my own refills! At that point it's worth it

I like the Airhead composting toilet. No plastic to put into a landfill.

Why is it better if you are off grid? You must not use it for fertilizer. Most folks off grid prefer composting because they can use as fertilizer for gardening or growing crops.

@@thebigmann81 Its better that I am off grid because its my preference and I prefer to be off grid and it is my right. Never thought I would have to defend myself for being more respectful to the environment. I have a solar system with a powerwall so I never pay an electric bill and leave no carbon footprint. I use water by cistern so I have learned to be more conscientious about water conservation. And I dont need to be around people telling me what I can and cant do like questioning why its better I am off grid, as if I have no right.

@@wadekimball3499He was very clearly asking why someone who lives off-grid would prefer this toilet to a composting one, not asking why someone would live off-grid.

@@ulmersapiens I guess the point is why would it matter if I was off grid or if i feel its better for me. It was my opinion that for me dry flush is better. I went back and re-read the comment and perhaps I came out the wrong way but the question does still remain. Why would it matter if I prefer dry flush over composting. But point is taken, i could have not been so defensive.

Yes. I totally agree. I do not like composting at all. I did it as a kid and while growing up thus seeing first hand what I will not do, after doing it. I live off grid and do not triple use fresh water to smell like a sweaty boar hog when I sleep then live in my off grid mansion smelling like the mire I just laid to waste. Methane, in any form is toxic. Where it certainly does not need to be encapsulated for eternity, I don't need a bursting trail following me or a dung heap. A fly is normal and so is a maggot but they are not on my endangered species list to harbor in the back yard. We all have decisions to make per our own. My passion wagon is open for the city council should they find their way. I do not believe that a plastic bag no matter its mil is any more life threatening to the global community than methane is to corn and a poptart. I agree with you 100%. My way is my way. Good sound daily hygiene with clean smelling, stain free clothes without automation is fine for me. No triple uses of fresh water here and I don't lie down wallow and wake up to the mire I laid the day before. My cause for my humanity and decency is right there. Im not here to save the world, the sperm whale or the kangaroo rat. I run across any of that then I do my part...my part only!!! Unfortunately, these questions these people raise about taking a simple human "dump" borders on the fringe of the universally insane. They are in fact looking for those condemnations to point the castigating finger. It gives them their purpose for the fecal storm they run from and then create. Arriving to no where. Thank you for cutting to the chase. And the air just got fresher...

Composting method is a much cheaper way to go. If you do gardening or grow crops it can be used if not then put it in trash bags. Nothing fancy needed. Only a bucket with an attached toilet seat. But you do need to use saw dust or natural pine pellets without anything added,so no baking soda. You add to the bottom of the bucket and on top of the poop. Also, you can mix pee. I know a lot of folks say you can't, but you can it becomes ammonia which makes great fertilizer. Start a compost pile or throw into a trash bad.if throwing away put bag in Bucket before you start putting waste or anything in Bucket. Also you can always build a cabinet around the Bucket to make it look nice and fancy.

Jiffy Poop

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You win!

I was thinking it looked like Jiffy Pop...hahaha...Jiffy Poop is a good play on words. Thanks for this video...saw it mentioned on Vacay-Vans I think it is... Very interesting!

I laughed ... but no way would the owner of the name Jiffy Pop allow that. LOL

That’s hilarious

yeah, the cost to refill is insane, We not longer use this toilet for that and many other reasons.

@@TinyHouseBasics , so what have you two switched to?

@@TinyHouseBasics more information please

Ideally, the creator should update the video about the fact that they switched it out, for this reason. Or, take the video down. Lot's of people don't read the comments.

15 uses per cartridge is not much at all. That’s like 2-3 days of flushing. Doesn’t make financial sense.

That’s gonna be how I will use it when I get my camper van . I won’t use it for #1 . Too pricy 😄

Exactly my use. Perfect for that situation where I don't want to install an entire septic system.

Facts.. The cost is way too much its better cheaper options out there..

Todd, thank you

@@___GhostRider___ help me with options. I’m thinking about this for a yard bathroom with a self contained wand wash station. We have movie nights and barbecue in the back yard.

@@ronguy4420 My option would be a composting toilet..

Todd, I liked your post until I saw your image. BYU and everything that shit-hole stands for makes me want to vomit. Thankfully that Mormon "leader" idiot who gave the recent speech @ BYU has gained traction within the national university research community that BYU should never be take seriously as a research institution.

Excellent points, you are pretty much locked in to their refills

Now that you mention it why couldn't you rig something? The cartridges are just a peice of cardboard a mylar bag and a plastic ring. Simple enough to diy.

you can buy 3 refills at a time for about $60. if you do the math, that's 45 flushes which will last anyone long enough before ordering more.

Thank you. I was thinking that can not be green.

The reality is tho, if doesn’t matter.. your not going to save the planet by not using this product.. unless you eliminate China and India completely the planet is doomed

thank you!

Thanks! We have many more planned

Might stop it becoming a white elephant...

Agreed. Ill bet someone could re-use the cartridge holders and substitute a composting "plastic" bag.

No need to bolt to floor, just place on level ground. No smell should come from toilet. Waste is supposed to be sealed.

it smells afterawhile, no way to control it

It will not decompose sealed in the mylar which will never degrade.

Yes.

😢 betting not. 🗑🚮

Nope, it's so cool to watch the guests will play with it to watch it flush.

@@serenakoleno9338 thank you

No way!

They said $15 or so

It does seal

I wouldn't think it'd be any different than baby diapers and those just get tossed in the regular trash. It's basically a diaper genie for adults.

@@veronicag.6205 I plan to try the DYI composting toilet method before turning to the dry flush toilet method.

I've looked it up in my area and landfills do say that you can dispose of waste in bags like that. Think about how many diapers diaper genie bags etc going to landfills on a daily basis and it makes sense, although definitely not very environmentally friendly.

Hello Patrick, its no doubt expensive, but we tried to take our bias out of the video

We didnt like it, way too expensive and stinky!

Stinky, really? I thought it was supposed to make airtight seals in the bag to trap smells. Hmm... Thanks for your reply!

$85

That’s my thought. The incinolet. I like this for the price, but the bags are cost prohibitive as well as the waste. Seems the incinerator toilet will be less in the long run.

Or someone could create a urine diverter for this toilet. So only had to use the flush system with #2s. That would save lots of bag uses.

i totALLY AGREE. way to expensive and too much work, i'm sure it would smell, just as the diaper Genie does. It looks very small, does not appear stable and it sits low to the ground and I need a higher seat due to lumbar pain. I will be putting an incinerator toilet in my tiny house.

even then there may still be challenges, its not a fool proof design

you throw it away. or keep it, if that makes you happy. ew

@@GarthsWorld LOL

It seems like the least environmentally friendly solution as well as being dependent on the expensive bags.

You say that all self righteously as if you think you are something but all these people living in various rigs, traveling around, using composting toilets,... they aren’t actually composting their waste, it takes a year for human waste to break down and those toilets are getting emptied no more than every 3 weeks. they are tossing it in trash cans across the country so they aren’t anymore green. Get off your high horse!

Use a Gatorade bottle.

Pickle jar 😁

It's super deep. No way any human could fill that in one go. 👍

Right?? 🙄 ....ugh. So disappointing, to see them promoting this. 😒 Maybe they get some green from the company or something. 🤦🏻‍♀️