RV TOILET OR HOUSE TOILET?

[OKIE9ERS]

The Mrs spotted what seemed to be regular home style toilets in some conversions.
With most of you already having done this, are you happy with your choice? Pros/cons? Thank you in advance

[TomC]

House toilets are simple, but use a lot more water (even the new low flush) than an RV toilet. I have the same RV toilet in my bus since 1994. The only thing is rebuilding the ball valve and water valve a couple of times. The RV toilet is relatively light compared to the heavy house hold toilet. But many do use them. Geoff in Prescott, AZ swears by his. Good Luck, TomC

[dtcerrato]

House toilets are simple, but use a lot more water (even the new low flush) than an RV toilet. I have the same RV toilet in my bus since 1994. The only thing is rebuilding the ball valve and water valve a couple of times. The RV toilet is relatively light compared to the heavy house hold toilet. But many do use them. Geoff in Prescott, AZ swears by his. Good Luck, TomC

What Tom said and we've had our RV toilet in our bus since 1979! Probably only because it has a china bowl...
It is known as the Traveler 910

[luvrbus]

House type are lot cheaper than a good RV toilet some RV toilets are over 2 grand,you can buy a house type all day long for less than a 100 bucks that is what a repair kit will cost for a rv toilet or more 

[dtcerrato]

Bought our RV toilet in 79 from JC Whitney for$79. Oh those were the days...

[luvrbus]

Bought our RV toilet in 79 from JC Whitney for$79. Oh those were the days...

I just replaced the one in the Trek the seal was leaking don't you know they don't just sell the slide and seal rubbers you buy the complete mechanism with the foot pedal lol cost $149.00 to repair a $125.00 toilet so I bought a complete new piece of plastic junk   

[richard5933]

House type are lot cheaper than a good RV toilet some RV toilets are over 2 grand,you can buy a house type all day long for less than a 100 bucks that is what a repair kit will cost for a rv toilet or more

Lots of options a 1/10th of that $2000 model.

RV toilets are the way to go unless you're hooked to a campsite all the time. You run out of water and fill the black tank otherwise.

[luvrbus]

Lots of options a 1/10th of that $2000 model.

RV toilets are the way to go unless you're hooked to a campsite all the time. You run out of water and fill the black tank otherwise.

Sure there is but I think paying $2000 for a RV toilet is not smart, then I paid $1200.00 for a Microphor in 1999 for my Eagle the wife ordered it because she didn't like foot pedals and wanted it not directly over the tank  good Rv toilets are exspensive now   

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Expensive aren't they Clifford?  Talking wives, not toilets! 

[luvrbus]

Expensive aren't they Clifford?  Talking wives, not toilets! 

They can get that way Ed 

[dtcerrato]

Our old (1979) Traveler 910 (aka Sea Land) was one of the last - last forever (China Bowl) RV Toilets on the market IMO. The two parts that were needing replacement ongoing were the vacuum breaker assembly - which we deleted w/o incident 25 years ago and the ball seals which Thedford  (Traveler) get $45 a pop for. We by Chinese knock offs for $20/two set & they'll go for five years. For those that are glued to the high $$$ throw away world - our sympathy... straight from a nickel pincher

[Lin]

I agree that it is a bit much to pay $2000. for a toilet, but there are lots of RV toilets available for less than $200.  If you want a little fancier, you could spent up to $300.  I do not know what we paid for ours some 15 years ago but it is porcelain and was certainly less than $200.  Of course, since we only use ours to dispose of human digestive waste, I do not see the need for any gold parts.  For those that have more high class uses for a toilet, that may be warranted.

As mentioned by others, a house toilet can work. It just uses a lot more water.

[biff]

I love my house toilet. Its a low flow and i adjusted it for even less water. plus a whole lot cheaper. and you dont have that stupid rubber seal that allways fails.

[Utahclaimjumper]

I like the little hand held squirt wand on ours that is used to remove the skid marks and stubborn paper that is reluctant to go down..>>>Dan

[chessie4905]

skid marks? you need more fiber in your diet, especially with heartburn stuff like Prilosec or equiv.