ncherbie

We've had cassette loo in the past, but have had a separator composting toilet for ten years now and we wouldn't go back to cassettes. Believe me, emptying the solids into a bag is a lot less unpleasant than emptying a cassette. We put coir fibre (from pet shops) in the container each time we start and empty ones and that works well. We bag ours up and take it home at the end of a trip. It goes in the garden compost and rots down nicely. I would never put it in an elsan point, its much to dry and solid and would probably block it. The pee of course can go in the elsan point. A properly installed composting loo with an air flow pipe and fan to the outside should have no smell whatever. The pee goes in a separate container and we have found it useful to buy a second pee container so we can go for longer between emptying points.

GJWDirect

FWIW Here's a link to my blog page from 2008 where I show Herbie's hinged hatch and discuss its pros and cons. Although we had mixed feelings about it not being very "boaty" it has stood the test of time very well and continues to be secure and watertight.. It's also very easy to take off entirely although we very rarely do. https://nbherbie.blogspot.com/2008/05/down-hatch.html Neil

Well Maffi you could have a hatch like ours on Herbie, which is a hinged lid you just lift up and there is an attached prop to hold it open a bit like on a car bonnet. You must have passed under it a good few times but maybe you've never noticed it. Ours is made of ply with a glass fibre skin on the outside. It lifts pretty easily and in 16 years has never let a drop of water in. It was put on by the previous owner whose wife was struggling with the slide. I've never seen another like it. Neil