David Tyler wrote:
David Tyler wrote:
I'm going to join the composting brigade. When I get to Hawai'i, I'll see if I can get an Airhead sent across.
I now have an Airhead all bought and paid for, and all I have to do is to find a way of taking delivery of it, and installing it.
The Airhead is installed and working. I'm only using it part-time, since I'm currently at Ala Wai marina, with shore facilities available, but so far, so good. It doesn't smell at all, unlike my old Lavac.
My eco-credentials are unsullied. It came with a shrink-wrapped block of
coco fibre, house-brick size, which you put with 2 litres of water overnight and it swells hugely and turns out like damp, coarse sawdust. I've bought some more here, different brand (
Gaviota Green), but the same weight, 650 grams. If each is good for a month's use, I can carry a year's supply, easily.
I've emptied the P-tank once, no problem. I have a lot of
'Bio Magic' holding tank treatment stuff (no aggressive chemicals) left over from the Lavac, which seems to kill the smell in that tank as you empty it (Airhead recommend sugar).
I've given the Lavac to a local sailor, who thought it was going to be an improvement over his brand of pumped marine toilet.