Pett Vs. Wet
#11
Posted 10 September 2009 - 12:27 AM
We bought ours through Amazon for less than $100, the same can be done through Camp World or other suppliers.
2006 Tacoma, '66 AS Caravel, 2002 Eagle
#12
Posted 10 September 2009 - 01:34 AM
The wife and I use the Pett in our Hawk and we like it better than the Porta-Potty. I have a 3 gal. sealed bucket I use for storage until we can find a suitable place to dump it. It fit's nicely under the couch. Warning: The Wag Bags aren't cheap! I just ordered 12 from Cabela's for about $42.00 delivered
The best prices I've found for PETT bags and powder are at TRDParts4U. 20 bags for $41.00
The PETT system is compact and the nice thing is once you're done with your business, you can safely and greenly deposit it in any trash container. Safe for public landfills. And I like the idea of not carrying around a load in a chemical toilet for days at a time.
#13
Posted 10 September 2009 - 02:22 AM
'08 Hawk
#14
Posted 10 September 2009 - 05:48 AM
As for chemicals for the holding tanks and porta-potty, I pick up the liquid from Walmart, just read the side, if it say's Septic Safe, you can dump it anywhere. The other stuff isn't septic safe and will kill a septic system in no time, just like anti bacterial soap.
Good luck
#15
Posted 10 September 2009 - 03:47 PM
I like that Thetford enzyme stuff instead of the old electric blue goo. Since I am stuck with what I got currently, I may as well make the best of it. Besides, I like kissing my knees.
Scott, Valerie and Dukino
2002 Tacoma Ext Cab TRD 4 X 4
2020 FourWheel Fleet, loaded
#16
Posted 10 September 2009 - 04:33 PM
they do not break down...you have to read the fine print.
once they are buried they last as long as any plastic bag.
#17
Posted 10 September 2009 - 07:58 PM
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#18
Posted 12 September 2009 - 06:04 PM
Craig K6JGV_________________________ 2004 2500 CTD 4X4 FWC HAWK 1960 CJ5
#19
Posted 12 September 2009 - 07:22 PM
I just wanted to comment on the old "dig a hole and squat" thing. Nothing wrong with it, I still use that method on occasion. Its just one of those things that has to be done appropriately. Nothing worse than finding a nice campsite and going "ewww whats that smell?" or seeing little piles all over. Basically, I'll dig a hole while traveling but not while I'm actually camped.
Good point. If you don't know about the "Leave No Trace" website, here's what they have to say:
http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles_3.php
Then, there's this well-known trade paperback:
http://www.amazon.com/How-Shit-Woods-Environmentally-Approach/dp/0898156270
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#20
Posted 13 September 2009 - 07:12 PM
After spending a decade as a mountaineering and backpacking instructor and whitewater raft guide I have used every system imaginable from the cat hole in the woods, to group latrines, to crap in a plastic bag in an ammo can then have to cut the corner and squeeze it into an rv dump station. I have seen groovers (the toilet) from rafting trips explode on people after being left for weeks in the sun and I've seen porta pottis clog with tp during the pumping process and splatter the pumper so I am done with any wet toilet that isn't mounted in my home. I own the pett toilet now for our multi day rafting trips and love it. Easy to set up, easy to clean up. I haven't used it with our new camper yet but it will be my system of choice. Too many years dealing with other peoples poo to deal with porta potti's now
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