Toilet paper, bin or flush ?

If I'm using the cassette ( only in countries that have service aires ) then the paper goes in the cassette , can't say I ever see paper come back out it always breaks down...the solids don't always .

If I'm in countries with no service aires then I bag n bin solids same as I do with the dogs ( who poo more than I do ) and I use a bottle for pee.

It never ceases to amaze me how much brits ( mostly men ) get squicked out with their own body ablutions . Obviously never changed a nappy or picked up a runny squidgy dog poo.

I hate having my travel restricted or dictated by a full cassette every 4/5 days. Especially when my water can last at least 10 days .

I've 4 dogs 2 that crap 5/6 times a day each , and 2 that crap 3/4 times a day each . That's a lotta poo I'm bagging and binning anyway, 1 more makes no odds to me.
 
Most hotels, lodges, B&B's and special sites around the world use septic tanks, or the pipe work can be small, So you must put the paper in the bin next to the toilet, one of the main reasons is to stop blockages, we have a special bin next to the toilet, and we use scented bags within the bin, because of this, we use less water to flash, and the cassette doesn't get blocked or sensors stuck.
 
Most English are naive or just plain arrogant when it comes to these things, when in a five star Hotel in Thailand, a couple kept putting their paper down the toilet, and it kept blocking (loo water wouldn't go down), so much so, after so many warnings, that they got kicked out of the Hotel.
 
DavidG58 said:
I think although we read it a lot, it’s a one man campaign in the main , amazed Lenny HB hasn’t found this thread yet 😁
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Our Motorhome in Portugal Algarve and now with Portuguese number plates. Trip to Albufiera and whilst not asked to pee in old plastic bottles, but toilet in provided bin, definitely not flush down toilet as known to clog system. Oh the joys for un - blocking

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Without wishing to be crude, I think most people use 4 sheets folded into one for the 1st wipe. We unfold this to two pieces before going into the cassette and we use dissolving toilet paper. We have a 40 litre black tank with no macerator that sucks from the cassette through a 30mm hose. First job each morning before using the loo for solids is to transfer yesterday's contents to black tank. Never have a problem with blockages. I think success is down to establishing a routine with how you operate the system.
 
Mr porky said:
When we had a cassette system we did stretch out our off grid time by peeing into bottles, however bagging the toilet paper is a step too far, in my opinion. However each to there own.
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Peeing in bottles makes a huge difference and definitely worth it- also means you can swivel out of bed and stay sitting or squatting rather than putting on lights waking you up more as you walk to the loo
 
May I suggest ... DAMP Kitchen roll ... I watched one of these 'off grid' videos a couple of years ago. The couple would dampen kitchen roll, fold it over, put it in a Tupperware and then use when needed in their natural composting toilet.
It is cleaner than using dry paper and only one is needed. I used to use baby wipes, as they were cleaner than a dry wipe loo-roll, but discovered they were causing problems in the sewage.

I now make my own 'baby wipes.'
Dampen a kitchen square with a dilute mix of surgical spirit/alcohol (whatever is cheapest) to add to the cleaning effect and keep them fresh. A tiny dash is all that is needed. I then spray each square after pouring the mix into an old 'spray-bottle' that has been thoroughly cleaned. Fold it over and pop them in the container.

They make ideal hand-wipes as the alcohol cleans the grease/dirt or after petting the dog and I want my hands to feel clean, and as a general wipe around the Van.
I use them in place of loo-roll because they are 'cleaner' than toilet paper and I only need one square of kitchen roll. Even after breaking very hard, no marks are left behind.
I use them to quick wipe around my home loo.
When doing jobs on the van.
Quick wipes around the house.
It can do a 101 jobbies ... or a 102 if you buy the bigger packs with 102 squares.

I also buy Asda 'super-duper' absorber kitchen roll. If I buy the cheaper ones, they become papier-mâché in the container. I've even stopped buying the Aldi-super-whatever's because they changed the 'recipe' and are thinner now. You can even put a drop of something like zo-flora into the water that you spray on the paper. A tiny-tiny drop mind you. It's strong stuff on the nose, so who knows what effect it would have on the 'Penny Farthing.'

Perhaps I should give a recipe as a rough guide and give people an idea of what quantities are needed:
1ltr Spray bottle
2 desert spoons alcohol gel/liquid/surgical spirit
Drop of fragrance (optional, especially if the ladies use it too)
Top up with pre-boiled water.
If the wet-wipes are not used up quickly, they can smell a little. Alcohol, boiled water and fragrance keep them fresher longer.

By the time they are ready to be used, having spent time in a Tupperware container they flush away very easily. If some BIO liquid is used in the cassette in the motorhome, that will help break down the paper. Never had any problems. And if you manage to instruct a friend on how to empty a cassette ... you never have to touch it.
It's easier, cleaner and with more uses than loo roll alone and I find cheaper ... and cheap is my favourite price.
 
I wonder why they don't install those Turkish toilets with the water nozzles across more of Europe.

Then one could just use a single sheet to dry and that could easily go into a bin without anyone feeling self-conscious about it.
 
Gazgandalf said:
May I suggest ... DAMP Kitchen roll ... I watched one of these 'off grid' videos a couple of years ago. The couple would dampen kitchen roll, fold it over, put it in a Tupperware and then use when needed in their natural composting toilet.
It is cleaner than using dry paper and only one is needed. I used to use baby wipes, as they were cleaner than a dry wipe loo-roll, but discovered they were causing problems in the sewage.

I now make my own 'baby wipes.'
Dampen a kitchen square with a dilute mix of surgical spirit/alcohol (whatever is cheapest) to add to the cleaning effect and keep them fresh. A tiny dash is all that is needed. I then spray each square after pouring the mix into an old 'spray-bottle' that has been thoroughly cleaned. Fold it over and pop them in the container.

They make ideal hand-wipes as the alcohol cleans the grease/dirt or after petting the dog and I want my hands to feel clean, and as a general wipe around the Van.
I use them in place of loo-roll because they are 'cleaner' than toilet paper and I only need one square of kitchen roll. Even after breaking very hard, no marks are left behind.
I use them to quick wipe around my home loo.
When doing jobs on the van.
Quick wipes around the house.
It can do a 101 jobbies ... or a 102 if you buy the bigger packs with 102 squares.

I also buy Asda 'super-duper' absorber kitchen roll. If I buy the cheaper ones, they become papier-mâché in the container. I've even stopped buying the Aldi-super-whatever's because they changed the 'recipe' and are thinner now. You can even put a drop of something like zo-flora into the water that you spray on the paper. A tiny-tiny drop mind you. It's strong stuff on the nose, so who knows what effect it would have on the 'Penny Farthing.'

Perhaps I should give a recipe as a rough guide and give people an idea of what quantities are needed:
1ltr Spray bottle
2 desert spoons alcohol gel/liquid/surgical spirit
Drop of fragrance (optional, especially if the ladies use it too)
Top up with pre-boiled water.
If the wet-wipes are not used up quickly, they can smell a little. Alcohol, boiled water and fragrance keep them fresher longer.

By the time they are ready to be used, having spent time in a Tupperware container they flush away very easily. If some BIO liquid is used in the cassette in the motorhome, that will help break down the paper. Never had any problems. And if you manage to instruct a friend on how to empty a cassette ... you never have to touch it.
It's easier, cleaner and with more uses than loo roll alone and I find cheaper ... and cheap is my favourite price.
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Apparently my wife says the Doctor said, don't use too frequently wipes on your female front part as it can dry out that area and cause problems !!
 
Tony50 said:
Apparently my wife says the Doctor said, don't use too frequently wipes on your female front part as it can dry out that area and cause problems !!
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True Tony, which is why the dilution rate with alcohol is minimal and fragrance optional for ladies. A couple of spoons in a litre is very little, especially when you think what chemicals we use willy-nilly without gloves. Anything that soaks into the skin enters the body.
 
Northernraider said:
If I'm using the cassette ( only in countries that have service aires ) then the paper goes in the cassette , can't say I ever see paper come back out it always breaks down...the solids don't always .

If I'm in countries with no service aires then I bag n bin solids same as I do with the dogs ( who poo more than I do ) and I use a bottle for pee.

It never ceases to amaze me how much brits ( mostly men ) get squicked out with their own body ablutions . Obviously never changed a nappy or picked up a runny squidgy dog poo.

I hate having my travel restricted or dictated by a full cassette every 4/5 days. Especially when my water can last at least 10 days .

I've 4 dogs 2 that crap 5/6 times a day each , and 2 that crap 3/4 times a day each . That's a lotta poo I'm bagging and binning anyway, 1 more makes no odds to me.
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wen there is no bin about i put my bags in 20l sealey tub then put in garage till i deal with it .

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I was told Free Loading Tossers take a tip from their travelling cousins and have a “system”

Start by stretching an extra large dog poo bag across the toilet, then, they pee in the sink, allowing the pee to dribble out of their grey tank, (thus mixing with the greasy washing up water from last nights roast hedgehog)

When ‘wee’d out quickly they sit and ‘Poo’ ensuring it curls up nicely into the bag. Then, using the serviettes they stuffed their pockets with, in MacDonald’s when they the 99p burger, whilst their other half ‘FaceTimed’ the family using the free WiFi, they clean themselves, dropping they soiled serviette into the bag.

Cleanliness is quite important, especially for groups that rarely shower, so I’d guess that the used bag is probably removed and knotted “one bag per poo”

It makes the cassette last ages so I’ve been told!
 
There are people who are disapproving of motorhomers. They say all sorts of disparaging things about them. They talk of their wildness, their unhygienic ways, their strange ablutions and customs and so on.

A law unto themselves, they say, among us but not of us, the twilight people.

I do hope that none of those people who demonise motorhomers in this way get to read threads that would confirm their worst fears about the depths of depravity among the Hells Grannies.
 
PaulW2 said:
There are people who are disapproving of motorhomers. They say all sorts of disparaging things about them. They talk of their wildness, their unhygienic ways, their strange ablutions and customs and so on.

A law unto themselves, they say, among us but not of us, the twilight people.

I do hope that none of those people who demonise motorhomers in this way get to read threads that would confirm their worst fears about the depths of depravity among the Hells Grannies.
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Why would people who hate motorhomes read a motorhomes forum?

And more importantly why would anyone take anything posted on a toilet thread, on a site called Fun take anything too seriously?
 
eddie said:
Why would people who hate motorhomes read a motorhomes forum?

And more importantly why would anyone take anything posted on a toilet thread, on a site called Fun take anything too seriously?
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Reminds of a story I was told about a nudist pool shielded behind a high wall.

Old lady called the police and complained about the visible dangly bits. Police arrived at her apartment and said they couldn't see it. "Well, if you stand on this table here in front of the window, crane your neck..."

People are very interested indeed in prurient information about other people. 80% of newspapers wouldn't survive if this wasn't the case. And watch the news on any day. Mostly it's the petty social outrages and gossip first. Then it's the global tragedies and serious news.

Somebody called someone else a moron, Prince William did something, woman wants a boob job for Christmas, Jack Whitehall gets engaged. Foreign motorhomer makes a health-threatening deposit in a public bin.

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