Dometic saneo BW toilet waste tank

I have a Dometic and find when removing from the housing there is always resistance and I need to give it a quick tug. Other than that no problems apart from one ocassion a platic wheel came of but the ground was rough

Just an afterthought is the blade pushed fully home before you want to remove the tank

Thanks Harryb, yes blade fully home. I was told at pdi I had to press down on the top of the tank so as not to snap something! A strange thing to be asked to do!

Our caravan is a 2013 Coachman  and the orange handle needs to be lifted slightly first before you pull the tank out ie its latches the tank in place.

Thanks Molly’s mum, I really wish the new vip had the type of toilet you’re describing!  Unfortunately it hasn’t and is I find not as good in terms of robustness and removing from the van. 

Ah! So they've fixed something that wasn't broken in the first place ..... 🤔

Absolutely!!! 

I completely agree that the plastic is brittle and weak. I have a 2018 Coachman VIP with this toilet and have smashed the tank after emptying and then refilling with a couple of litres of water. I picked it up with the wrong handle (very easy to do as it’s the one on the top when the tank is on its end) and as I closed my hand the handle released and the tank fell approx 1 foot. The seam around the tank broke and the fracture broke into the top part of the tank. 

I agree that the Thetford equivalent product is much more robust.

I think this product gets the award for backwards progress, well done Dometic.

Thanks for that viatorem - I think it's Coachman that has taken the backward step by moving away from dometic, They did replace mine under warranty (well dometic did ) but I dread having to empty it as I don't trust it at all, very brittle and weak by design....there is a 'pun' but I'd better not use it!