No One Talks About THIS Part Of RV Living (But They Should)!
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Some people have a rule against going #2 in the RV. For us, that defeats the purpose, and for other full-time families that isn't an option. In this video, we give you 10 tips on RV toilets and black tanks that will eliminate smells and help you avoid any potential poopsies. ⬇️⬇️ Click Show More ⬇️⬇️
0:00 Intro
01:38 Leave Black Tank Valve Closed
02:55 Upgrade Your Toilet
04:12 Toilet Bowl Hack
04:58 Use Quality Chemicals
06:35 The ICE Trick
07:43 Use the Black Tank Flush
08:37 Add Water To Tank After Dumping
09:24 Use Septic Safe TP
10:44 This Will Help With The Smells
12:24 The MOST Important TIP
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Charity, thank you soo much for that toilet paper roll tip!! All these years I didn’t know the roll came off the holder and a new roll would magically reappear there!! Seriously though, that had me laughing soo hard it was the best laugh I think I’ve had all week! Lol
Happy to help and thanks for watching 😉
Tip number 10, that is the winner! I, of course, have had decades of experience with this particular task, but it's very helpful to have a detailed video explanation that certain other people can reference again and again until they finally successfully complete the task. Thank you for this!
Happy to help! 😜
Thank you! I am not an RVer at present. If I were an RVer, I'd be watching your channel regularly. You're performing a great service and you should be commended! You're good people!
Thank you!
Good video.
1) I leave the grey tank closed. Too many stories of sewer flies.
2) We use Angel Soft. It actually broke down better than the RV toilet paper when I did the toilet paper experiment.
3) The most important thing is to use is lots of water.
4) The Unique digest it works great. I use Dawn and Borax as my treatment and add the Unique Digest It the night before I dump. I tried almost every drop in. Borax and dawn was the first thing that worked to fix the smell issue.
5) I use my tank flush all the time. I do the fill and dump until the water comes out mostly clean. I have found, the flush does not seem to hit my sensors very well. Every so often I have to pull out the wand and really hit the sensors.
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Mark, thank you for bringing up the issue with the sewer flies! Please add that "No Bleach" products are to be used in any RV; they deteriorate the rubber/plastic components. Also, installing a clear elbow gives you a visual how well your tanks are emptying!
Great video. On tip #10 you should also point out that you should ensure the TP is hung in the “over” position. The only thing worse than an empty roll is one hung under😎.
Now that is the great debate 😉 thanks for watching!
YES!
Beards are cool; mullets are not.
Mrs. D here, does it matter under over really as long as there is a roll there to use?🤣💩
@@iamfaithfullyhis It's not comfortable having to have the back of your hands hit the wall to get behind the TP when grabbing. The extra room is VERY appreciated.
So great, this is why we watch your videos. Honest, transparent and valuable content. Thanks!!
Thank you for doing your doody, and giving us some solid tips for our black tanks. Very helpful, didn't stink at all 🤣
love your choice of words lol
Thanks for #10! So many people think that mom is the only one who has the wisdom and know-how to accomplish that.🤪😘 (Jane in SC)
Thanks for watching 😉
Love the ice idea. We use the powder dishwashing detergent (about a 1cup) when we’ve cleaned the black tank and are heading out.
Great idea
The ice hack is brilliant! And your explanation of the toilet roll springy thingy cleared up a lot of miscommunication in our house! Keep posting I’m learning a lot!
I JUST DIED of laughter when she went over REPLACING the TP roll!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
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Thanks again for this! As “newbies” I can’t tell you how helpful all this is. We definitely will be upgrading our toilet. So added all this to all our checklist!!
Awesome!
Use a dedicated hose on the black tank flush to prevent cross contamination, it helps if it is a different color from the fresh tank hose (black). Create a black tank flush kit and place it in a closable 5 gallon bucket to prevent getting crap on other items in the storage bin (garden hose, gloves, strap wrench (helps to remove the sewer line cover connection at times), etc.) When staying at a site that has a dedicated sewer hook up keep the black tank closed and only flush when full or needed.
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I like the ice thing and I believe with all my heart that it will work very good
The demonstration at the end was very much needed 👍
Definitely tips everyone needs to know especially newbies.
These are great tips and wish I’d known them when I had a travel trailer.
The bloopers are fantastic and greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much!
Ice cubes. Brillant! That should clear out the black tank as you drive.
Some very “solid” tips 😂. Thanks for sharing. All these years I didn’t know that toilet paper roll holder was spring loaded! Who knew
Thanks for you no nonse straight and informative videos.
I bought an imported US class A camper in the Netherlands and your info is very helpful for me
OMG. I LOVE the toilet paper changing!!! Is there a family out there that doesn't have this problem???
Love the tips! #10 is so true no matter how many times you tell them. Thanks!
Thanks for watching
Great video about an embarrassing but important topic. Thanks for sharing. My wife agreed with you Charity, that Tip #10 was the most important one of all.
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Great tips! Love the video as always. :) Happy Camping!
#10!!!!! I needed that! I’ve been watching all the newbie videos and really needed a good laugh!! Thank you for all your help!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this information, and I absolutelyove tip #10! 😄❤I will have to play this on our TV for everyone to watch since nothing else works. 😆
It’s worth a try! Thanks for watching
We are going to be new to RVing soon. Thank you so much for all this information.
As for TP. We have a septic tank at home and actually use trash can to put it in. But thank you for the TP tip too.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 @ the last tip. And it applies to the house and not just the RV!
Totally!
Especially loved tip #10! 😂 The only thing we think is probably something that doesn’t work are the ice 🧊 cubes. The melt too fast to be truly effective. BTW at the beginning of your video I recognized the Dunlawton Avenue causeway that leads to the Dunlawton Ave (Port Orange) bridge and the Pirates Cove as you turned south onto A1A. Port Orange has been our home since 1980! Hope you enjoyed our area!
Tip #10. I love sarcasm! Thank you.
I want to THANK YOU SO MUCH for this informative video! We just bought a 2002 Class A RV which we are remodeleing (we haven't taken her out yet) and I was planning on using bleach and water in a spray bottle to clean our toilet.....ugh.....thanks for letting me know what a bad idea that was! I really am so grateful because what a problem I could have caused. I am going to buy the products you listed below. I honestly can't tell you how grateful I am to you for putting out the video content that you do. I watched every one and have gone back and watched all of your previous ones.....you are a life saver! Lots of Love going to you!
Thanks so much- safe travels
So thankful for this video‼️ We have had such a problem with the smell in the bathroom. TY TY TY‼️
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your very helpful videos. I learn a lot from them. Blessings 💕💕💕
Thanks for watching
thanks for talking about this!
That was soo informative and I learned alot so thank you for all your help. You guys are very much appreciated!!! Have a blessed week and safe travels.
Thanks, you have a blessed week also!
Holy 💩What an excellent vid, enjoyed watching, thanks for the tips.
Love #3. Never thought about doing that!
Lol these were hilarious! I loved the bloopers. And so much good info! Thank you for sharing all these tips! We go pick up our new 5th wheel on Monday!
Glad you enjoyed!
Thank you for this video. As always, very informative and spot on. Thanks for the tp stint. You made me chuckle.
Thanks for watching
Good tips.
Bloops were priceless!
Thanks for watching
Tip #10 is a classic! My 22 year old needs that lesson at the house!! Next could be the existence of the laundry fairy!
So I always watch to the end Your Videos are awesome. This was very informative
Thank you!
Love this. Thanks for the tips! So practical. Kudos.
Thanks for watching
What wait there’s a spring? Wow my life is complete now! Thank you for tips and giggles
Love these tips!
#10 = YES! Definitely. So many people don't even know.
As for RV toilet paper. We wasted so much money and time going to the RV dealer to get it, only to find our favorite butt wipe of choice worked just fine (your mileage may vary, please consult an RV plumbing professional). We've been using our usual Quilted Northern Ultra Soft and Strong with no issues. That said, proper application of tank treatment is of supreme importance! The Unique stuff is great. Happy Camper is also wonderful, if not as convenient as the pods. We've also used the Walex BioPak pods. The BioPaks are available with either "pine" or "orange" scents that can be a bit overpowering, but may serve the same job as the PooPouree.
Thank you so much for all the great info, especially the last one lol!
Thanks for watching
Hi, Thanks for the video. Gotta love #10. My kids are grown now and don't live with me, but I wish they could have seen the #10 tip. I had a really good laugh. Have a Blessed Day and Happy Trails. Shari
Thanks for watching
love the ice hack
The TP roll shade was epic! Lol
Going to share the video with wifey... She's the one who doesn't replace the roll.
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Love your bloopers! Very fun way to end your videos😁
Thank you!
Biggest thing we've found with keeping our black tank flowing as it should is to use LOTS of water. So when we go to dump our black tank, we will fill the rest of the way with plain water. Can't have too much water. We also use dawn dish washing liquid, about a 1/4 cup on travel days, so it can slosh around in there.
That is a great tip.
Good tips. Use them and learned some new ones
Awesome, thanks for watching
You two are adorable, hilarious. Great video & tips🤗👍
Thank you!
When rinsing the black tank, after letting the sprayer fill the tank and then dumping it however many times you like, also run it for a while with the valve open. It’s essentially a sprinkler and after a small layer of water is covering the bottom it is ineffective at blasting stuff off the bottom of the tank. You’ll be surprised how much extra much you’ll see run out the hose letting it blast away at the bottom for a while.
And #10 is a constant battle with my wife and son. He is autistic so has a good excuse but she is perfectly happy letting me do it. Doesn’t really matter in the long run though because on the rare occasions she does put a new roll on, I always have to remove it and put it back on the right way…
over is the right way I hope. ;-)
@@jeffc1532 D@mn right brother!
@@jeffc1532 wow. i never thought about that. I mean, I'm used to letting it run for 30 minutes or so but damn!
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Hee hee! All of us ladies deal with that sitting on top roll of tp paper! Home and away! Thanks for the 😃
Great tips, I learned a couple, like poo-pourri, I am hypersensitive and cannot use artificial fragrances. Also, very sensitive to formaldehyde, so using black tank enzymes us a great tip. I use baking soda to clean bathroom, but will try the ice trick. Now here is a new trick I came up with to put empty tp rolls to good use: I cut the empty rolls into rings, drop a few drops of lavender and peppermint oil inside each ring and loop them through the hook part of a clothing hanger. Hung inside closets, they help repel moths and carpet beetles. I also tack them inside wall cabinets with pushpins, or they can be tossed in drawers and cabinets to help repel mice.
Great tip, thanks for sharing
Love the part about formaldehyde free since I'm allergic! Lol about refilling the TP too!🤪
I knew most of what you demonstrated except the ice. That's genius
Thanks for watching
Except it’s been debunked. It doesn’t work.
You guys are too funny...the toilet paper changing one... loved it!!!
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Hey guys I just wanna let you know that I’m learning so much from you videos I have a 40 foot Fleetwood revolution I really like your videos
Thanks so much
Thanks for the tips. I especially appreciated the idea to upgrade to an elongated toilet. Most RV toilets that come with the rig are SO uncomfortable and questionable.
Thanks for the laugh, you know! Tip 10! Sad to say I see the unacceptable placement way too often. 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for watching
Holy cr*p! Number 10...I was laughing at that one! I thought I was the only one that knew how that springy thing worked. It's not a toilet paper SHELF either!
Reminds me of my Dad and his pet peeve the toothpaste cap.
I dump both black and grey before we head out, then add a few gallons to each tank then add about 1/2 cup of liquid dishwasher detergent to both tanks and let the water sloshing clean the tanks. Never had an issue with pyramids or odors.
Cheers!
thanks for watching
I ❤️ LOVE❤️ tip #10! 🤪
Thanks for all the tips. Never thought about using ice in the toilet.
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Great job on the tips !! We tried the unique but had better results with happy camper. Maybe we should try the pods. Thanks for the tips, I think we’ll try the ice trick too.
Thanks for watching!
I like your redneck bidet! I have one as well. Came in handy during the TP shortage! Two thoughts. Leave the tank flush on while your dumping. Washes more solids out. Don’t bother with the ice. Leave maybe 4 gallons of water in the tank and add a pod. The travel action will do the cleaning. I ignore any sensor readings on my tanks. Dump once a week or when it starts burping.
Love the toilet roll paper dispenser demo!
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When we add ice to clean the tank, we also add water softner to it as well. It cleans the tank and clears the tank sensors at the same time.
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You guys are so cute. Hubby and I argue the over or under TP issue. lol. But seriously a long time ago when a friend told us of a problem they had we started also closing the grey tank especially at night. It never happened to us personally but I hear that it is possible for little critters to crawl up to your tank and then into your RV. Anyway we decided it wasn't worth the risk so we just close the tank. It's a simple step to drain just the grey when we need to.
Hahahaha love it, especially to reload the toilet paper hahaha.
The most important tip ........... YES!!! 🤣
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Number 10 made me laugh! Seems like many people (men) don't know this tip!
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Although you recorded these tips a year ago, I watched it again and then sent it to my son who just asked me. "How do these RV tank systems work...." Yes, the last tip was most important, yet the "which way to face the roll" debate continues. It made me laugh.
Love it!
Hate the topic, but as my newbie RV experience approaches, I know I must watch videos on the topic. So I have been watching. Many. Yours has been the most concise, informative and least cringe-worthy I have seen. Thanks for that.
Happy to help! 👍🏻💩
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Love the spring 🤣🤣
😂 Happy to help
#10 Yes!!!!
Nice!!
The goober with the guitar at 11:00 pm
😂😆loved #10!!
# 10 Amazing! So that's how that works.
Happy to spread the word 😉
Here's a tip. Invent an acoustic transducer that lays on the bottom of the black water tank. Get your agitation from that. Think something like a subwoofer, but smaller and milder in output. That would be a great experiment to film. Try subsonic frequencies to ultrasound and see which frequencies break up the poo pyramids the best. That would be a supreme video and could be done in a garage with clear plexiglas tanks and peanut butter. :)
Interesting idea!
Thank you for the discount!
Thanks for watching!
What discount?
Love tip 10 lol
Dont forget to always leave an inch or so of water in the toilet. Some folks leave the seal dry, which causes it to wear out sooner and leak black tank gasses into the RV. Ugh. Keep that seal wet! Even on travel days or when the RV is stored. Otherwise…. 😵💫
Good point! To add to that, keeping a little water in the bowl also creates an extra seal!
1/2 cup of borax and a 1/2 cup of dawn dish soap after flushing your black tank does wonders in cleaning your black tank and controlling odor, especially when you travel and the motion helps clean. This also applies to your Grey tank. BTW, Costco toilet paper is septic tank compatible. We've been full time for 4 years and no problems. Lastly, never touch to toilet valve seal with a toilet brush, unless you want to rebuild the valve.
Thanks!
Wonderful suggestions if you don't have explosive IBD.
A couple of things I have found is when you buy your TP look for single ply. Now about traveling with your black and grey water tanks. Do not travel with them even 1/4 full. After having a black water tank break I called the manufacturer of all these tanks. Grey water black water it does not matter every manufacturer does not install these tanks as per manufacturer instructions. Now with the vent solidly mounted to the tank, these tanks are just set into angle iron on the outer edge. Any amount of weight in the tank causes the tank to flex and over time the tank will crack either along the edge where mounted on the angle iron or around the area the vent has been mounted. Here is what the RV manufactures are not doing and have not in forever. There are supposed to be straps mounted to hold the bottom of the tank up reducing the flexing that causes the failure. The other thing that happens many more times than not. The hole saw used to drill out the hole for the vent pipe falls into the bottom of the tank. If your tank seems to drain slow there is a good chance that the plug from drilling is in the tank causing the tank not to drain properly. Replacing a black water tank is a royal pain in the bottom. I have had to do it and it is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced.
Thanks for the info!
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Never thought of putting ice in my black tank good idea
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Okay # 10 was worth it
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#10 had me in the floor. I feel heard.
One item we've encountered twice (different RV's) is toilet valves that will stick allowing water to continue running into the bowl. Very bad situation since there's not an overflow drain. We've been lucky to catch it before filling the tank and water running onto the floor. Related to this, we turn the water supply off at the pedestal if we're leaving for a period of time in case a faucet decides to drip. Again, it's just a precautionary approach.
That's a good cautionary approach!
We use charmin ultra soft for our RV. It performed the water test better than most rv specific toilet papers, it costs less, and it feels a whole lot better on the booty! The ultra strong does not perform the same. It has to be the ultra soft.
Good to know
You can MAKE poopourri. Take bottle, put essential oil you want in bottle (few drops or a little more if you want it strong) water, and a drop of dawn dish soap (stops oil from separating). Done. Spray toilet, oil covers the top and shit usually sinks and the oil traps the smell. Floaters will break the seal
I don't have an RV, but I did enjoy your video, you brought a not so pleasant subject to listen and you made it to be very interesting and presented with lots of class, I took some note to use in my toilets at home. About the toilette paper, I think that the European and many other countries around the World do not throw any toilette paper on the toilet bowl, but throw it in a separate bag/basket dispose of it in the trash, i.e., plastic bag close it by tightening a know and then throw it in the trash bin, so there is nothing to flush other than "merda" ...
Interesting- and thanks for watching
Never heard "leave your grey tank open". Keeping the grey tank closed, building up some water, gives you a consistent back-up wash. Invariably for us our grey tank is full or nearly full whenever the black tank needs a dumping, so we run the black tank, followed by the grey. it does a great job of flushing any black tank residuals out of the hose as well, which makes disconnecting a less uncomfortable experience.
Like the ice-in-the-black-tank trick! I'm thinking we might do that as we leave a campsite to head home - most campsites we go to offer bags of ice, so adding some ice would be an easy way to make that post-trip flush that much easier.
We have a washer/dryer and family of 4 showering, etc. if we left our gray tank closed it would back up I less than 24 hours. It’s totally fine to leave open if needed. Thanks for watching
Remembering our 1st nomadic life (lol) 2 of us ,occasional guests +dog - it were little different in our no slide outs Coronado ,or our Southwind ,both class A ,we try our late parent's class C and it was fun ,but so happened we got great ,once in a lifetime deal from a friend ,whose love their bus ,don't want to sell to strangers -they had emotional attachment to it ,but wife decide ,her husband would be better not on a road - We All were HAPPY CAMPERS ! The toilet - we did the ice treatments ,we did the toilet paper ,have to buy something thin 1 ply for layering and normal that we didn't flush ,plus baby wipes -btw THE DIAPER PAL ,OR DIAPER GENIE -WORK GREAT FOR THAT TYPE OF WASTE ,our dog had pads too ,for emergencies and rainy days -great solution. I think it was home made deluted some cleaning solution with deluded Dawn (dishwasher liquid and dishwashers pods) ,plus somewhere i had recipe of herb mix to add once in a while -its bay leaves and something else crumbled . Thanks for tip with toilet change -really ,lol why to put marble counters and not the normal toilet/adapted design. Thanks !
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