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Nope the washer tablets don't work for me phewwwww so back to the blue stuff and a sweet smelling toilet
 

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Try Sainsburys cheapest bio laundry powder. I use a 1 cup baking measure and there is never any smell. When emptying I can just smell laundry powder.
 

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As a newbie with a new van and reading many many threads decided not to risk it. We have used dometiq new tablets ( which admittedly look like dishwasher tablets) - not a single smell, not even a chemical clean one. Will be sticking with them

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Our soon to be new (to us) van has a sog system fitted. Do you need to put anything in the cassette with this system?

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Our soon to be new (to us) van has a sog system fitted. Do you need to put anything in the cassette with this system?

Yes, unless you have a strong stomach in my experience. There should be no smell during normal use as the fan draws any smell away. The problem for me came when you have to empty it!

I use Tesco biological washing liquid. Two capfuls is ideal, especially when it is hot, but try one capful first and see how you get on.
 

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Lidi sell Formil tablets and liquid which many MH's find works well, and that's what we use, and it's available all over Europe.

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Yes we only use a cap full of cheap bio just to make it a bit nicer when emptying with the Sog fitted , mind you we mainly only do tids in it :thumb:
 
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We use the Aldi bio liquid which works well. And cheap :thumb::thumb:
I use Lidl bio powder tabs, I just break one packet (2 tabs) up & there is never any smell, & believe me, after a session on the Guinness................. need I say more.

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Just so I fully understand - people use cheap bio washing tabs/liquids in the loo? Do you then just flush with plain old water? Do you put a couple of litres of water in with the tab/liquid to start it off or something?

The loo cartridge in our van is so horrible and old that I have ordered a new replacement. Should I start doing this now, from new. Does it really not smell at all?! Amazing!
 
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went out and got sum good old formaldehyde blue stuff I have tried the washing powder tabs dose not work for me :Eeek:pewwww
 
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the formaldehyde kills the bacteria in our septic tank, adding a massive bill every year. It should be banned.

that's why when on sites with tanks we only use washing powder and blue flush if we can empty regular
when out on the road we find that empting twice a day is not possible so will use the blue stuff when we only can empty every second or third day
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Yes, unless you have a strong stomach in my experience. There should be no smell during normal use as the fan draws any smell away. The problem for me came when you have to empty it!

I use Tesco biological washing liquid. Two capfuls is ideal, especially when it is hot, but try one capful first and see how you get on.

Assuming that the liquid acts as a deodorant, coupled with a SOG (thinking about one), does that give the best of both worlds?
 

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Assuming that the liquid acts as a deodorant, coupled with a SOG (thinking about one), does that give the best of both worlds?

You certainly do get a nice smell when emptying it but I think the stuff acts as more than a deodorant as the smell isn't the usual poo and wee smell with added perfume. The bio action seems to inhibit the whiff producing bugs as well.
 
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They still pong when you empty em whether you use loo blue loo green or Formil Bio.

However using Formil the cassette doesn't scale up half as quickly as with expensive special stuff!

A strongish solution of Formil and enough HOT water to half fill it when you come home, and leave it to soak, turning the cassette from time to time, also actually removes the scale and crud far far better than eg Thetford Cassette Cleaner. And of course, it's considerably cheaper.

The first time I cleaned the cassette we were amazed at how much brown scale came out - so if you suffer from terminal pong, I should try that as soon as possible and see if it improves things!
 

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OXYGEN.....

breakdown of sh!t requires oxygen and bacteria and bio powders release oxygen.....the nice smell is a bonus.

in our last cassette toilet we used Oxy-clean washing powder

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We are using DAZ laundry tablets, got a box of them from Buyoligy near the Par Market, under £2:thumb:, nice smell when emptying, no smell when using:roflmto:
 

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sorry but we have always found the bio tablets to be well er crappy as they need warm water to dissolve. liquid or powder easily distribute around the contents and eat the bacteria up. chemically the new blue loo liquid is very similar anyway, since formaldehyde products were banned a while back.

as for a sog, stupid amount of money for a switch and a computer fan. worst part being the smell of your shit gets blown out on your neighbours as they sit outside having breakfast etc. sure theres less stink inside but it has to go somewhere but maybe not to be antisocial on a campsite or rally meet. at least by using bio liquid, it masks the smell a bit

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MattR

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We use Tesco bio washing liquid - it certainly works; the smell only starts if I do not add enough - we normally start with 1 cap full and top up as the cassette gets fuller. We managed 4 days with 4 of us just using it for no. 2s and watering the plants outside when having no. 1s - as soon as the smell started, we added more washing liquid and the smell went. The emptying process was almost smell free.

We normally add enough water into the cassette to give about 1 inch covering of the bottom and add the washing liquid.
 

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Our soon to be new (to us) van has a sog system fitted. Do you need to put anything in the cassette with this system?

NO! ... don't waste cash on chemicals, just empy it as often as you like.
You can empty it anywhere even septic tanks where chemicals are not welcome.

Hope you enjoy your new M/h.
 

OddSocks

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You certainly do get a nice smell when emptying it .........

They still pong when you empty em ......


Well, that cleared that up nicely! :shout::Doh:

So do we use the bio wash powder/liquid/tabs etc with just plane water flush or with pink liquid?

Can we use any old loo paper, or are you supposed to buy special stuff for chemical loos?

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