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Originally Posted by rolorun
After speaking to Thetford, I now know a lot more about toilets. For me, it's a weight issue when dumping. I can only lift and pull light objects.
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How heavy can you comfortably lift? I have a medium-sized PortaPotti that can be heavy when full, but it's easy enough to never fill it to the max. The fresh water tank doesn't need to be filled up at all, it is easily added to
in situ with a water bottle if it runs dry. Of course, we have a filled squirt bottle always handy anyways to deal with any "Cling-ons off the starboard bowl" issues.
The lower tank can get heavy if you let it, but it's easy enough to do a quick dump every day or two to prevent that. And, in theory at least, you never have to lift both tanks at the same time, although separating the tanks in the tight confines of a Sprinter without contaminating anything can be tricky.
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The porta potti has it's own waste tank and is lighter, especially if I get the small one, but no wheels or handle.
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The lower tank
does have a handle. I (not very convincingly) pretend it's a briefcase when I'm carrying it into a restroom to "do some business".
Overall, I like the simplicity of it. It's self-contained, unpowered, and cheap enough to just replace if something goes bad.
That said, just being able to trash a sealed bag instead of having to do a thorough cleaning at the end of a trip does seem appealing.
Incidentally, you'll likely want to remove the toilet in order to have enough room to shower. That Laveo claims to be 26 pounds empty.
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