Heidi bought a toilet

OK. So I have not really bought a bus ... yet. 

But I have bought a toilet! 

It is a Sun-Mar composting toilet. It is funny how toilets can come into your life. While in Utah, I was talking about my plans for the next year with an old friend. He excited exclaimed, "I know a guy who is selling a toilet." After making a quick call after dinner, he got us the specs.  The rest is potty history.

Why a composting toilet? We flush billions of clean, drinkable water down the john every day in North America alone. Believe it or not, our poo can become essentially soil, just like any other animal's poo. How barbarous! But why not? Coming from a bus standpoint, whatever latrine system we have installed, we have to lug it around somewhere to dispose of it. Why not deal with innate, sterile, soil nourishing compost instead of poop-sludge? The "poop sludge" link really proves my point...

The best part of the deal is that we have found a lavatory that is buyable in its used state. Think about it. This thing had held the droppings of some stranger(s).  Our seller cleaned it up nice and was very forward about its issues. There is only one problem with the lu: its fan is broken. We could buy a new fan easily. In any case, we saved $ 1,600 buying it lightly used. AND is came with loads of peat moss, squirting liquids and crystals of all sorts to help control the fecal breakdown.

I recommend doing your research. If you check youtube for testimonies on sun-mar products you can find both the good and the bad.

Whether or not this toilet will work for us is another question. Keep reading and I will loyally, toilet-ly let you know.

Tread light,
Heidi