The Truth About Composting Toilets | Cheap DIY Composting Toilet - No Smell

No holding back! We talk about our cheap DIY composting toilet set up in this video. We live in 200 sq ft and everything in our home is close together so it was important that we had a good solution for dealing with waste. We use a 5 gallon bucket set up with a urine separator, and a 12 v computer fan that ventilates the compartment. We realized quickly that a fan is very important in this set up. All up, this set up cost about $200 and we have a no smell ever!
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[@ThisOffGridLife]

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[@teddyboef2821]

Do you empty the bucket after each delivery?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

@@teddyboef2821 just when it's full, about once a week

[@teddyboef2821]

Thank you for the reply.

[@henkdevries5042]

Planning to build a all new house, NetZero, off grid and off septic. Great!

[@Squivey3577]

What about a link to the urine separator?

[@wrenwillow3254]

" you cracked me up several times, but the comment on "This poop was brought to you by Canadian Tire" sealed it. Thanks fro promoting composting toilets.:)

[@keithstory6878]

"This shit was brought to you by Canadian Tire." Love it.

[@amyking3236]

I've been using a bucket system for 5 years now. I hated using drinking water to flush my crap. It is so wasteful. I let my compost cook for 1 year and then use it around my trees. I will never go back to flush toilet. "Society" is so wasteful!!! I use a separate bucket for urine and dump it daily on my compost pile which, like you said, put nitrogen back into the compost. I tried urine and poo in the same bucket. It wasn't bad but the buckets fill very quickly with urine and are very heavy to carry and dump. Thanks for your honesty.

[@blindkimberly1360]

I’m doing this in my house. When I heard people saying they’d give anything to have the “clean” water out of my toilet bowl, I’m like that’s it. I’m not flushing drinking water into my septic tank. Thanks guys!

[@ThisOffGridLife]

That's awesome!

[@kevinriese2167]

You said “farting”😳. I installed a composting toilet (same kit as you used) on my 37’Reliance sailboat before going to Alaska. Had no smell no and found it easy to clean and maintain. When I sold my boat, the broker said get ride of it and install the marine head. What a shame people can’t get over the stigma. Will install one in my van build. Great video👌

[@wiggleroom3039]

Urine is a valuable fertilizer. I've used it diluted one to ten to replace missing nitrogen in a garden and for houseplants and container plants. It's a precious resource.

[@tommypizzza]

Use a bidet, save the trees! Use a composting toilet, save the water! I’m just gonna poop in my hand and throw it at politicians. Seems like the best solution.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Sounds like a good plan 😅

[@ericpl7227]

Wouldn't faze them, they're made out of it anyway!

[@ThisOffGridLife]

We actually did a bidet to our composting toilet 😅 The video just dropped....kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYLCp6KNr9SXY6c

[@veganvocalist4782]

🤣😂🙌🏽

[@cynthiacrawford1573]

They might throw it back.And theirs is stinkier

[@outhouseamericana3601]

Thank you for your honest video. I've been building damn good outhouses since prior to the turn of the century & really like what you did. Few folk want the true compositing toilet because it cost more than the privy to house it and thy don't want to deal with getting electricity to the pot. Most folk don't want it in the living structure because of the stink but you gave me some wonderful ideas which I will modify and use for some future customers. Funny though you are not the first folk I've heard telling me they use a computer cooling fan. It's much more common then I thought. Keep up the good homesteading.

[@CrookedWoodsFamilyOrchard]

Got your playlist going, super excited for you.

[@henryanderson7606]

Thanks guys for the vid...and answering some questions about a composting toilet.....also dude your wife is an absolute keeper....I love her sense of humor and openess!

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@elizabethkleene3964]

This was very useful, thank you! I'm working on a similar off-grid situation and it gave me a few new ideas

[@LogHewer]

Y'all are too cool. Most channels sensationalize things for views, but you seem to keep it real. Appreciated. 💪🏼 I enjoy the humor, too.

[@marionbrown5651]

You young guys ... I’m so proud of you guys great video

[@MateoKupstysChica]

thank you very much for bringing the women's experience on this topic! it is very useful!

[@garyodriscoll3009]

Simple life is awesome good luck on your journey

[@whynopotatos]

This is awesome! Thank you for the tips:) the absolute BEST thing about composting toilets...No clogging.

[@Maggie-Gardener-Maker]

Oh you know it sister! Might be my number one reason to have it in my way of thinking!

[@longjonwhite]

And your number two reason also!

[@empressofmu2519]

This is the cutest couple ever .. so genuine

[@natek3954]

Thanks for making this! I'm highly considering doing this!

[@kumara5492]

I like your sense of humor and the video is very informative. Perfect solution when I buy a piece of land. Thank you and I subscribed.

[@rathaventerriniel8162]

This shit brought to you by.... Lmao! You two are really salt of the earth people. Don't ever change. You have a wonderful set up to live life at it's fullest and it will just keep getting better. Live your dreams that you both share and reflect on all the hard work you to have committed to for those dreams let that ride you through the rough times. It is a roller coaster ride that most people buy a ticket for and few ride it till the end. I truly wish you both the best.

[@Maggie-Gardener-Maker]

Oh my goodness, this is the absolute best video ever on this subject! Thank you so much for the tip about the Separate unit. You guys made me laugh and won me over to subscribe to your channel. I will watch your other videos eventually. I hope you are doing well and not having too harsh of winter up there. My homestead is in northwest Florida.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Thanks:)

[@KeepNitReeel]

*OH MY GOD, I LOVE LOVE LOVE* *YOU GUYS!*

[@Mark-xt8jp]

I found it worked well in my house using the Humanure system. I could smell the cover material and kept a window cracked, but no poop smell so long as you properly cover your deposits. Like you said, no water so no "kiss of Poseidon" from water splashes. I would say it works better to not separate the urine unless you're in a very wet location and let rain keep the compost pile wet. Otherwise the turds and sawdust are too dry for effective thermophilic composting. I found making a compost pile from 4 t-posts and hardware cloth around it helpful, instead of shoveling into the side like at the end of the video, you can use a garden rake to pull back the top layer of cover material, pour the bucket in the middle, wash/rinse it and pour that in too, then rake the cover back over and add a bit more to the top. A compost thermometer (which you can order with the Humanure book) is also nice for seeing those temps shoot up the day after a bucket is added, I would see it go from 120F to 130-135F which is plenty hot to kill off anything pathogenic.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Even though we live in a dry climate I find it very easy to manage the moisture content ( the occasional rainstorm manages it for me most of the year). I prefer to empty out compost toilet with no liquid in the bucket. We have 25' trailer (guest house) with a non urine separate toilet that has a significant increase in oder, mind you when we have people staying in it we make sure to inform them to use TONS of sawdust to cover the smell. A dry compost bucket is more pleasant to empty than a wet one. Check out our compost video!

[@lightingthedarkremoteviewi8086]

What u use? Dirt, pine, aspen?

[@Mark-xt8jp]

@@lightingthedarkremoteviewi8086 free city mulch, made from ground up trees and brush which were dropped off by landscapers. I screen the smallest pieces for the cover material and use the larger pieces in the pile along with weeds and grass

[@moxee33]

@@Mark-xt8jp this is actually genius!! thanks for the idea!👍

[@Itried20takennames]

Cute video. Considering an RV and looking at bathroom options, and your video was a great mix of humor and good info.

[@MamaZShaman]

Just found you both as I was looking to build a compostable toilet for the apartment until I get onto land. I just subscribed. Thank you

[@jeanneelliott7243]

Very earthy! Thanks so much!

[@buildanadventure]

Thanks for keeping it real :) Just subscribed!

[@fangbiangongjiang4004]

Very clever composting toilet!

[@noyopacific]

I appreciated your frankness in discussing this subject. The lighthearted wisecracks were great too. Our "dry cabin" on an island has an incinerating toilet. It's convenient but it is also a power-hog. I had a visitor recently who mentioned that he thought someone must be smoking a cigar nearby and that he'd always liked the smell of cigars. I realized he was smelling the exhaust from my burning turd. The exhaust is vented through the top of the roof but it isn't quite odorless. I told him where the smell was coming from and we had a good laugh about it.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

🤣🤣

[@ThisOffGridLife]

I worked in a remote area for a year and learned very quickly NOT to pee in an incinerating toilet haha.

[@noyopacific]

@@ThisOffGridLife That's a good lesson. I was surprised at how frequently I have to dump the 5 gallon pee bucket!

[@ASimpleLifewithChrisTara]

Never seen a setup like this for composting toilet. Thanks for sharing

[@ThisOffGridLife]

It's worked really well for. Thanks for watching

[@blackcatrichie]

Probably the best video I've seen. I've several dozen videos.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Thanks!

[@kristiharman2843]

I 100% agree that humanure is a horrible word, ick. I'm working on DIYing a composting toilet right now, thanks for all the great info!

[@owouwu9032]

A more benign word is 'night soil'.

[@luciebardos]

Great video, guys! Lots of good info on coposting toilets!

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Thank you 😊

[@thevagabondsageinthewoods]

My goal exactly. Great video.

[@rainbowkelly1349]

Thank you for being real about everything and adding the humor too! Best of luck! I am going to check out the book! If we all work together like you guys are we can save our beautiful planet! :-)

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Thanks. We're planning a Q&A video if you have any questions:)

[@veganvocalist4782]

Exactly 🤗one small action at a time

[@damionlucas9507]

You guys are so hilarious also the video was very informative

[@jakeandmahina]

You guys are so great! 😂 Thanks for all the info

[@crosisofborg5524]

I grew up sailing on a boat around the Bahamas. Using a porta potty or a bucket is old news to me.

[@scottc8152]

I used my urine to add to the nitrogen in my garden during the winter months and stopped close to Spring for a test garden. With a few Butternut squash plants watered twice daily, I harvested 100 squashes from my test garden. Might want to save that urine in a bucket for garden use. Great option also for people with holding tanks. Costs a lot to have them emptied now. Save the cost of the set-up and have better garden yields. I also used thick cardboard for planting in heavily weeded areas that have never been gardened, worked good. Not perfect, but an easy way to increase garden area. Pro tip: Put a stake where you want to water main plants, as they may grow so much you cannot see where they are.

[@udmbfckx2916]

Wow in all videos about RV life in Canada, Canadian Tire shows up.....kind of like the Walmart for RV Living.....

[@joystaelens6150]

We're getting ready to start a build on a 33.5ft circle J horse trailer to be our full time living to save cash for some acreage to homestead and have been looking at compost options, thanks for this vid as it's inspiring.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

That sounds amazing. Happy to hear you found inspiration in our video. Good luck in your build and search for a property. Keep us posted on how everything turns out, we'd love to hear an update.

[@leslumieres1237]

The best compost toilet DOES NOT separate urine and poop. Any bucket to receive both will do. Sawdust will do the trick after every visit to the composting toilet. We've used our "ensemble" for 8 years now, and we were never, ever, pestered by nasty smells, nor insects.

[@roxc.507]

Do you have a DIY composting toilet or did you buy one?

[@arlienelson1609]

Interesting. My sawdust bucket toilet is inside my one room cabin. When I pee in it the smells more.

[@graceanne6780]

I have never come across a composting toilet that didn’t smell without separating liquids from solids

[@Joshtapus]

Where do you get all the sawdust from for the toilet?

[@Bellllllz]

Hi! Diy cargo trailer conversion here! So obviously this is an option, what makes the world so awesome is that we all do things differently but personally I wouldn't ever pee on top of my poop because the mixture causes alot more ammonia to be produced. My husband and I drink a gallon of water a day, that much urine plus extra saw dust would make it so I have to change my toilet out once a week if that. Currently, we have a 3d printed urine diverter and our urine goes into our grey water tank (shower and sink water). It does not smell at all like pee when we empty it. So we never have to think about emptying a bucket of pee. We use dry cocofiber, I break up the bricks by hand, and once a week I scoop out the dry poop and I really don't have to do a full clean where I replace the cocofiber and scrub the bucket and pan with soap and peroxide like once every 2 months unless we are having stomach issues and our computer fan cannot keep up with the moisture. Basically I'm saying, my bucket indoor compost toilet with a urine diverter is less maintenance then if I didn't have a urine diverter. I've also Had and outdoor compost toilet in the desert but again we did not pee, that one was a 8ft hole in the ground with no stir, and used fire ash, if you peed in it, the smell would be horrible and the Flys were VERY bad, and that's in the extremely dry desert, but it also had no stir so, idk. Peeing on your poop scientifically does not make sence to me in keeping the smell down, everything I've ever experienced and read about the mixture is just bad news.

[@DaydreamAboutNiceThings]

Found you guys by accident. Looking for composting toilets. Love the video and great idea. Cant wait to watch more videos. Love your attitude toward things.

[@patwoman80447]

LOL "pooping in drinking water" Hysterical but true.

[@nategardoski1895]

I agree we have had one in our cabin since 1998 and its awesome. No smell and easy clean out

[@nategardoski1895]

Ours you roll it once a week depending on how many ppl using it. We use peat moss better than saw dust if you get the opportunity

[@nategardoski1895]

A little different than yours. We have a barrel with a handle that you can roll it. And then a switch that when you roll it it deposits into a squre bin below cabin outside for easy dump

[@ThisOffGridLife]

awesome. Sawdust is free for us, so that is what we use :)

[@flags2375]

This is my 20th year of using Joe Jenkins method of composting human poo. I have never had an odor problem and this system is used inside our house, our bedroom. We have had literally over 100 visitors to our home in this time and no one knew we had a toilet in our bedroom. No fan or hoses are used. I just do as Joe says, moisten the cover material with a spray bottle. This helps in keeping any odors controlled, or use damp sawdust. Follow what he says in the book and you will not go wrong.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

I will give it a try! The fan works great but if we don't have to use it that would be even better

[@lluthya]

Can you sum up, what to do? I tried looking it up, but couldn't find the info (and I don't want to read the whole book ;-) ) Do you cover your poop with sawdust and then just spray a bit of water on it?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

@@lluthya we cover everything with sawdust, we do not wet the top. We have another video about the composting process but the basics are you want to keep it hot, over 50 degrees C for an extended period of time, 3 months min. You want a 30:1 carbon:nitrogen mix, so humanure is the carbon, and grass clippings etc are nitrogen

[@averagealice8877]

Thanks for being honest about needing a fan. Lots of videos claim no odor without a fan...I think they're pretending there's no odor.... And yes a lot of the vocabulary is misleading when discussing composting toilets, or inaccurate, like "composting" which doesn't really happen for months and months.

[@Ad-Lo]

😂😂😂

[@jeanwillis6537]

Really called a dry toilet.

[@RedneckHillbillies]

We started with a Luggable Loo seat from Canadian Tire on a 5 gallon bucket, with pine shavings for cover material. Felt like a child sized toilet and filled up too quickly. The 2nd version we are using now has a urine diverter and we like that better. The next improvements will be a tube and soakaway pit for the liquids instead of a container, and a fan. Ours is in a separate outbuilding and not in our rv where we sleep, so quick and easy was good enough at the time. 😂

[@ccross15]

sweet yard and farm, I like it

[@garthrichert5256]

Really, very good. Thankyou.

[@gregmooney8154]

awesome vid!

[@tjahangon7286]

You both live a dream life ever

[@monteefrazee2301]

Thank you for making this video.!!!

[@tomasr64]

I made my own, and I bring it into the garden. Good job you two. I make videos too.

[@jameschupp2230]

You know people are the end of the "chain" meaning that we are eating other things... that have bad bugs, parasites... it is safer to put it into the ground and Not use it for fertilizer. That is why you hear of major problems like in North Korea where that is what they fertilize with. Or even in Mexico, there are recalls on food for salmonella or ecoli outbreaks. But By burying it in the ground, you let all the good bacteria and bio creatures in the soil to finish all the accumulated bad parasites... to be completely extinguished, but yet have a safe place for the human waste in the ground... if you leave it there. Although human waste is rich in plant-healthy nutrients, it also contains viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens that are not effectively removed by standard home composting processes. Chicken manure is Great to use in the compost and safe! Be Safe! I have had salmonella poisoning from tomatoes from Mexico that were contaminated. I ignored the news of contamination on tomatoes and ate a big tomato sandwich.... within 20 minutes it felt like I had literal violent fighting in my gut. It lasted for 4 days. I had very strong Colloidal Silver that I used and it still took 4 days... Many hours on the toilet. Very Painful ! Humans are the end of the chain, and have collected concentrated parasites from the animals that you eat and because of that you need to put the poo in the ground and let it stay... forget about it !!! Use animal manure !!! Just saying! www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Tomato-recall-includes-safe-list-1276057.php Read more at Gardening Know How: Composting Human Waste: Using Human Waste As Compost www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/ingredients/composting-human-waste.htm

[@cathleen1717]

The best CPT video ever 🤣😂

[@flynnjp19]

This is turning out to be a great channel...

[@gerlindaandpatrickar1456]

Brilliant video, thank you. Would you mind sharing the whole dimensions of your toilet set up, including the bottom 'step' which houses the sawdust ? I'd also love to see more of the area around, the cute sink, etc.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Here are the measurements, not taking into account the some of the angles. Toilet area (covers wheel well of bus), inches 17.5 deep 24 wide 28.5 high Step, triangular 15.5 deep 18.5 wide 12 3/4 high The next video will show a bit more of the bathroom, it is hard to film in there, mind you 😆 Thanks for watching

[@shnake_case]

Pretty cool! One thing I would do differently is I would replace the fan with an RGB one 😂

[@kenkoh1724]

Super helpful thank you for posting. I plan to do the same. Was that a bag you had in the bucket also?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

No bag in the bucket. We just hose it out and give it a clean occasionally

[@khaitrilachong7619]

It is quite interesting idea we all should take a good look at it, composting seems like a good solution for at least people who has property 1/4 acres and up for starting. More engineering thinking, we should have even more options and better creative ways to fit various needs. Just wondering if somehow the basket area be vented and with raised temperature , the combination of well vented and warm eliminates the feces moist that dries the feces and eliminates the odor. Just a thought .. hope a better alternative for our current system that consumes too much resources. I am shock to learn that in an average each of us consumes around 100 gallons of water each day. Thanks for sharing.

[@BS.-.-]

I have used a composting toilet in a weekend camp and I can tell you that you need a urine diverter. We have came back to maggots growing out of the bucket toilet many times. Yes you can empty it every trip but it still stunk even when we used very fine table saw dust like it was free, because it was.

[@Sweetlyfe]

Great video, I live off grid anyway in Australia, and just use the old outside long drop loo, dug it myself, but I do want to be able to separate the urine, so that link is great for the urine separator, my land is an old 1860’s commercial goldmine so it’s all sand and quartz can only grow native drought tolerant trees on it, like Eucalyptus and wattle, bottle brush, but I love it, I had to do it originally for financial reasons, but now after 3yrs I am very happy with much less, and I’m 55 just at the tail end of recovery from a broken ankle in August, but at least I didn’t have too far to crawl to get inside and call an ambulance I already broke the left one in the UK 10yrs ago, so I knew it was broken same exact kind of break, talk about clumsy. The only hard bit was the 90min wait for an ambulance, and then the 45 min drive to the hospital, but as I knew what it was, and had been there before I stayed very calm, even though it hurt like hell. But I really liked your fun video, cos what’s the big deal about poo we all do it or we are going to die, and wasting water is out of the question for me, having grown up with water restrictions every summer, and now it’s only getting worse with climate change. It’s good to tread lightly on the land, but still be able to stream videos and chat to mates all over the world, can live without most things just not the internet anymore 😂. Just subbed, sorry I know I am long winded. Keep it up keeping it real. Cheers

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Welcome. Where is australia? Do you recognize Hintos breed, the red dog 😉 I lived Aus for 2.5 years. Loved it there and tried to see as much as I could. I did the nullabor crossing 3 times. Hope your ankle heals up well!

[@veganvocalist4782]

Sounds heavenly 😊

[@ewanstevenson]

4:50 I always saw that as a plus. A wee bit of reverb improves the timbre no end! 🤘😂

[@Whogaftbh]

Lol ty y'all earned a new subscriber with this helpful video because this 💩 is serious business!!

[@Tom111060]

... I recommend the diverter made out of sturdy fibreglass by Strumpet & Trollop - (girls in GB) worth every penny ... check it out (and do not get those NEW Kildwick-things - these are made out of flimsy polystyrol ...)

[@rhoads2461]

You guys are really cool

[@stephengibbs5437]

Thanks- Steve UK

[@mrbilllollar]

Technically, this is NOT a “composting” toilet, because it does not actually compost anything. It’s a DRY toilet or a COMPOST toilet, according to the Humanure Handbook.

[@FathomlessJoy]

Rehabbing an old C&C 35 sailboat. Converting to liveaboat. Going with homemade composting toilet. Thanks for your crappy ideas :) Night soil is a substitute term if you don't like the H word.

[@fishmut]

Awesome video guys , I hate how society flushes , its way worse for our lovely environment, keep composting . 👍

[@svetlanikolova7673]

I live in the high mountains of Bulgaria. I had an outside loo, but.... in 20 below in the middle of the night? no way. I got a bucket, an old chair, a lid and saw dust and that was the best discovery of my 45 years living on this earth. I will never waste another drop of drinkable water again. You are good looking. Greetings from the Bulgarian mountains

[@ThisOffGridLife]

serious upgrade! no need to go out in the cold. Thanks :)

[@svetlanikolova7673]

@@ThisOffGridLife I build my bathroom with glass jars when I ran out of bricks so that was one cool upgrade to be abled to go.inside in 20 below. I feel like a queen of the composting bucket. LOL

[@ThisOffGridLife]

@@svetlanikolova7673 neat, it must be nice and bright

[@svetlanikolova7673]

@@ThisOffGridLife lol what is nice and bright? The color of the bathroom or the poo bucket? LOL. i use a recycled cake frosting 5 gal bucket.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

@@svetlanikolova7673 lots of light coming from glass jars

[@ClaLu]

That blue seat base is very well designed 🎉 where did you find it??

[@flyinggyros9745]

Great video.

[@lonewolfsurvival3453]

One lesson I learned, regarding odor is to NOT use cat litter, that smells HORRIBLE when mixed with human waste! I now use a variety of peat moss, saw dust or wood ash and, if I have none of those handy, just some mulch material from the forest floor does the trick as well and that is both free and easy to acquire.

[@scottc8152]

I would also suggest having a door to open from the outside, so you don't need to carry the bucket through the house. Open the outside door (inside locked or course) and easy access.

[@henkdevries5042]

Too funny, fully true though! Good thinking!!

[@robsteve7043]

Pretty good. The only room for improvement would be to have a smooth bore urine hose. There would be less place for the urine to lay in the grooves of the hose and smell.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Thanks. The hose come with the separator and is actually smooth inside

[@flygloria]

Very nice video-great job. My only question would be as you said you follow Joe Jenkins handbook, so why you separate the urin? Cause in his handbook he advises to NOT separate it...

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Thamk you. We use the handbook for the composting part, but find separating at the toilet it self works best for us.

[@coltinlaplante7400]

Lol that thumbnails hilarious

[@dcba43210a]

Well done

[@robertzelasko3991]

Good ideas

[@toddletrails1016]

Oh I love the disclosure about how nobody can hear the farting! That's awesome! Where do you guys live? I live in Alaska and worry about composting during our 7 months of cold lol

[@ThisOffGridLife]

SE BC. We get a few months of winter, it stays pretty warm in the compost pile during the winter if its insulated, but it's better in the summer when we have grass clippings etc to add. Nitrogen is hard to find when its freezing. You could definitely do it there, start in the summer and get it nice and hot, get as much compost as you can and insulate it before winter, oxygen reaching the center is important. We add meat and bones and they completely disappear, so we know that its fully composted then. It takes practice and monitoring but there's no reason why you couldn't get it going at your place. Good luck!

[@wiggleroom3039]

@@ThisOffGridLife your urine is where the nitrogen is. Dilute one to ten in water for use directly on plants. Pour on straw in compost area to save the nitrogen in winter. I mulched planting area with straw in winter, and dumped the separated urine directly on that, full strength. Urine is sterile, so no need to worry about it somehow contaminating anything.

[@volksman3]

So useful! Can i ask where the urine goes when it goes down the pipe?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

It goes into a pit in the ground

[@thomassparks36]

Nice throne!

[@PavedToPines]

Hey guys! Nice video :) Wondering if you have any updates on your setup! We just posted an unboxing of the OGO Composting Toilet.. pretty impressed!

[@nikicharlie5241]

Thanks! That was awesome. I'm wondering if I could avoid the separation unit if I keep the toilet outside?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Yes, you could for sure. Even inside as long as you have the fan. The pee tube froze up in that cold snap we just had so we had to use just the bucket. The fan is crucial.

[@nikicharlie5241]

@@ThisOffGridLife thank you!!

[@gbs7144]

How long does it take to fill a bucket? How long does it take the compost to breakdown after being dumped in the outdoor pile?

[@MountainRoots]

So we followed Jenkins book/method for about 4 (5?) years...got to be too much honestly for me to keep up with (or want to keep up with) for 5 family members & guests/farmhands using it. Granted- we didn't have the urine separator, but still, just the chore & management itself became tiring. I was really optimistic/idealistic at first, but kinda lost that after a number of years. At the end of a 15-18 hour work day, it was just one more thing x_x

[@ThisOffGridLife]

That's understandable. So far it's not a big deal for us and our garden soil really needs it. We are only 2 with the occasional visitor that has their own bathroom. I (katie) want to go with the kind that holds more and doesn't need to be seperated or emptied for months when we build the house but Greg wants to stick with this. As I mentioned in the video, the urine separator isn't exactly ideal for female anatomy 😆

[@MountainRoots]

@@ThisOffGridLife yeah, as a dude I don't think I could adapt to the squating position for taking a leak...but to each their own ;)

[@born2farmmp]

We have a sunmar composting toilet that has been a life saver in are cottage...I will admit the price was extreme but worth every penny. $3,500

[@toastieup]

Nice colour poop👍

[@FathomlessJoy]

Thank for the vids. After searching around for a while, I don't understand why these diverters are so insanely expensive!!!! I am fabricating one myself, if it takes me a year. No way I am paying $150+ for a little piece of plastic.

[@peterpiper5300]

do you really need a diverter?

[@Virtual-Media]

A funnel with a hose a hose clamp and a couple screws is a 30 minute project. Around $20 new.. Don’t finance the companies that are taking advantage of you.

[@RunawayRv]

Ok new subscriber. Thanks for the info. Y'all are funny 🤣. I started a new channel and in the beginning of my journey. Thanks for the knowledge. I'll be watching

[@jenniferw8963]

Cool, glad you worked out something so affordable and that it smells good inside your home. Is the compost from that pile only used for like flowers etc? I heard using human waste for veggie garden is bad due to potential parasites.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

We use it for food as well. If done correctly, the heat from the composting will kill any pathogens

[@kristyhanratty4751]

Nice video. How often do you have to empty the bucket? It looked pretty clean but I’m assuming you’d have to clean it every time? Does the composting pile have an odor?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Usually about once a week. We cleaned up for the video, it's not always that pretty haha. The compost pile smells compost-y, not poopy too

[@kristyhanratty4751]

@@ThisOffGridLife ha I figured. Can’t be as bad as the portable porta potty that we’re using now. I’m halfway through the Humanure book and feel a little overwhelmed. Your videos are very helpful. Thank you for replying!

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Great vid Where does the hose divert the urine to Thx

[@ThisOffGridLife]

It's just going into a hole in the ground as tjr bus is temporary. We will have a septic type set up in the future

[@piroshegyes9843]

coolcoolcool, thanks!!!! :D

[@curiousdog1207]

Great thing about videos, You can't smell a thing

[@craiglowden5995]

Great video, but don't you have to mix sawdust after each use?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Nope, just make sure everything is covered.

[@Bellllllz]

We divert our urine into our grey water tank and it works fantastic, but it has to go directly into the tank. I never have to worry about urine spillage and the grey water doesn't smell like pee since it is being diluted by shower and sink water. We used a 3d printed urine diverter (bout 100$) that sits perfectly on a 5 gal bucket and we use dry cocofiber in the bucket, I break it up by hand from a brick which sucks but it pulls the moisture off of the poop really well. I do scoop my poop about once a week, but it's dry since we have a stir and fan, and I completely empty and sanatize our toilet about every 1-2 months. I have to add, we can't actually use our compost toilet as compost because we travel full time, otherwise I would probably completely empty my toilet like once a week and do it more like y'all with the sawdust because I imagine you get that just from chopping firewood.