Which Toilet is right for you?
Toggle the options to find the right toilet for your RV or Van!
Do you want a toilet in your RV / Van?
Would you like to spend a night or more offgrid?
Do you want a permanently fixed toilet?
Will your toilet be in a wet bath or shower?
Is reducing your plastic consumption important to you?
Do you want to conserve your water to stay off grid longer?
Are the running costs important to you?
What is your budget?
Cuddy
$700
+
Infrequent emptying.
Don't require water.
Environmental.
Looks more like a regular toilet.
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Chemical Toilet
$80-$150
+
Affordable.
Portable.
Can be emptied at a regular toilet.
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Frequent emptying.
Smelly to empty.
Uses chemicals in plastic bottles that may be recycled due to contaminated.
Can smell when nearly full
Dry Flush
$750
+
Looks like a normal toilet.
Conserves water
-
Consumes plastic cartridges.
Loud 'Flush'
Ongoing running costs.
Incinerator
$3500+
+
Looks like a normal toilet.
No mess and easy to empty.
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Expensive.
Consumes considerable energy.
Loud 'flush'.
Public Restroom and Camp Site
$0+ !!!
+
Free (or Free with coffee!)
No emptying for you!
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Not readily available off-grid.
Unreliable - May be closed.
Cassette
$650
+
Looks like a normal toilet.
Can empty externally.
Affordable.
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Frequent emptying.
Smelly to empty.
Requires water.
Uses chemicals in plastic bottles that may be recycled due to contaminated.
Black Tank
$850+
+
Looks like a normal toilet.
Large Capacity.
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Requires water to operate.
Requires chemicals in plastic bottles that may become contaminated.
Cat Hole
$8
+
Never fails.
Cheap.
Feel badass!
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Only off-grid in rural areas.
Need to go outside in all weather.
Casette + SOG
$800+
+
Looks like a normal toilet.
Doesn't require chemicals or plastic bottles.
Low running costs.
SOG can be retrofitted.
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Frequent emptying.
Smelly to empty.
Consumes drinking water
Other Composting Toilets
$950 - $1150
+
Infrequent emptying.
Don't require water.
Environmental.
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Expensive.
Need to disassemble when emptying.
Difficult to tell when pee is full