Reducing toilet smells

I  definitely use a couple of the Lidl Bio Pods, and a little flower fragranced Zoflora  dripped into the closed bowl to give a certain " home aroma "  which is very nice, especially before joining a 300 metre  long supermarket queue these days  

Be nice. It's a serious question that I doubt I'm the only one thinking about in such strange times. 

I can honestly say I’m not thinking about it and never have. It’s part of life🤷🏻‍♂️

I will come straight out with it, is there any way of reducing poo smells while you are using the chemical toilet?

That is the best way I find  But rather than being a chore turn it into something more pleasurable, read the CAMC magazine and it will have you out of there in no time  Besides the window being open we also have a scented spray push type thingy, but even that meets its match at times.

After years of marriage it just isn't a problem anymore 👍

Chemicals should mask the odour. A chemical free solution, and the one I advise, is to fit a SOG system. This breaks down the waste and vents the smell. However, if you go down this route, ensure you change the charcoal filter otherwise you will simply be exporting your smells to the pitch next to you.

Emptying the cassette more frequently may help.

Oh that's nice !!  Good to see somebody has you well trained, Metheven  

I doubt that you are the only one thinking about it, but I also don’t think it’s a big issue. It might be for someone with mobility issues, given the limitations of space of some onboard bathrooms, but as far as a simple bodily function goes, you simply just need to get used to dealing with it as a simple fact of life, get the science and emptying bit right and you are away. It’s a whole lot easier, warmer and less of a faff than traipsing off to the communal loos at 4am in the morning.

The other thing of course is that if you are used to using your bathroom for storage, you might need to travel a tad lighter. Given the weather at the moment, you could safely leave the outdoor chairs, table, cadac, swingball, Etc.... at home😁

Let them that want to use bio pobs use them I always use good quality blue fluid and quality pink flushing additive never had a problem

We used to use chemical toilet additive in the rinse tank and waste cassette. About 10 yeras ago we came across people (mainly Germans at that time) using a SOG system. We thought they were typical Germans and very tight with their money in the house keeping department, but eventually realised that this was the right way to deal with the issue. We also came across ceramic toilet bowls used often by the same people and these are much cleaner than the plastic ones, because they rinse easily. They are very easy to clean just as at home.

We have had ceramic toilet in our caravans ever since, and always a  SOG. We stopped using the horrible smelling chemicals which we find are worse than the smell they are trying to hide. A properly installed SOG, used correctly, is the cleanest and most hygenic system. We get no smell in the caravan and we dont use chemicals. 

The SOG system evacuates air and odour from the toilet bowl, and partly from the toilet room. Anyone who has used a toilet on a ferry or an aircraft has experienced the same thing.

Air moving over the matter in the cassette breaks down the solids in the cassette quickly. When it's time to empty the cassette there is a short time of smell at the disposal point. Not a smell of horrible chemical, but of decomposing human waste. So what? That's what it is and it will not hurt anyone. Whistle a happy tune whilst pouring and all will be fine. 

For those with a plastic toilet bowl the rinse water really needs a small amount of additive in the rinse reservoir to soften the water and help clean the bowl and leave a coating on the surface of the bowl. This makes the surface slippier, and avoids staining.  A bio toilet pod is fine for that, Avoid softener as this can clog the rinse pump and may solidify when the reservoir is drained. 

@Obbernockle: Anyone who has used a toilet on a ferry or ....

Toilets I've used on ferries have use the same/similar set up to a Grey Funnel Liner ie it uses some of the sea water it's sat on/in to flush the toilet. Grey Funnel Liners used to just flush overboard .... they might very well have improved over the years 🙄