Comments on: Outhouse deluxe

By: Black Elongated Toilet Seat

Black Elongated Toilet Seat — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:51:55 +0000

Can the compost be used on the fields with crops for human consumption? I thought that there were rules preventing the use of human waste on crop fields due to the transmission of human parasites? Does the composting process remove these making the waste safe?

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:43:48 +0000

Hi everyone, well we think we have the best composting/earth toilet for the money only$200, www.lodge-tech.net we also have Geodesic Domes, Greenhouses and Yurts, at some of the best prices as well, let us know what you think?

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:40:06 +0000

These small self contained units (envirolet, biolet, clivus, etc..) are definitly limited at best ie: 1-2 people full-time and you’ll be busy maintaining these buggers. They will work on an intermittent use type basis (camp, cabin, etc..). If you want a maintenance free/perfomance guaranteed system for a full-time home a “box” off the shelf doesn’t work, a performance designed system for your particular geography and usage can be found at: http://www.best-composting-toilet.com
These systems are guaranteed to work, if you leave your e-mail and request a contact list they will supply phone #s of 45+ public systems some over 10 years in service with little to zero maintenance.

By: Susan Heino

Susan Heino — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:04:55 +0000

Please get it up and running–I am very anxious to hear what you think of it. We still haven’t made a decision on our composting toilet. Looking forward to hearing more.

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:59:14 +0000

I am curious how your composting toilet is performing a few years later?
Everyone is excited when they first install their new toilet but the stories seem to change later on. That was the case with my experience. I had an Envirolet self contained 120vac model that I tried to operate for almost 2 years with no success. I spent many hours on the phone with their support staff. At first I thought I was alone because all of the reviews on the Envirolet website are positive but now I am finding that any independent reviews tend to be quite negative for those people trying to use their toilets full time. In an effort to get the truth out there I have published the story of my Envirolet experience here: http://practicallyoffthegrid.com/2010/03/envirolet-composting-toilet-fit-for-the-pit/
My advice now is to put the same $2000 into building your own working composting toilet. I will avoid Envirolet like the plague for the rest of my life.

By: Susan Heino

Susan Heino — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:26:01 +0000

I am interested in comments from people who have installed and used composting toilets–what did you like/dislike? Should I go this direction even though my health department says I will regret it? They say it is messy, stinky etc. The envirolet sounds good, has anyone had experience using it?

By: crystal alba

crystal alba — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:52:08 +0000

hi i know you know my name now.i want to find out that were can i find the people.

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:47:39 +0000

Everett: I wonder why Envirolet isn't in that set of reviews? It seems like a big, established company, the tech support by phone was good (I called with pre-purchase questions), and the ordering and delivery were all smooth and no problem. I'd definitely check 'em out. But no, I didn't do an any real research, it was kinda impulse, plus the special. But I also chatted with a couple of students at a local environmental and forestry college, and got the impression that Envirolet was a "best" name in composting toilet fan circles! They have a full line, including flushing toilets for homes that have a central composting tank. Their web site has tons of info.

By: Everett

Everett — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:14:15 +0000

I've been researching composting toilets myself. What do you like about the Envirolet, or was it just the "special" price? Here is a good composting toilet review if you want to compare other brands. I might have to go look at the envirolet now too, but from your pictures the chamber looks pretty small. Good for an outhouse, but maybe not a full-time indoor toilet?

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:06:10 +0000

Briel: I’ll include pictures in another post, when the toilet is ready to go into action! I imagine you can find picks at the Envirolet web site elsewhere online. It’s basically just a compartment, with filtering and aerating gear inside.

willing hands organic farm: Yeah, I hear about the Humanure Handbooka lot, in fact, it’s been on my Amazon to-buy list for a year or two. Here, the amount of compost from the toilet won’t be significant compared to the size of the garden. I’ll probably spread on flower beds somewhere around the house. Your land set-up sounds pretty hardcore, I know someone who tried a really small, remote garden last year, and found it really hard to have to commute all the time, even though it was only 20 minutes each way. The whole access to land issue, including real estate prices, zoning, the whole bit, is quite disturbing, none of it favors real small-scale…

Andrea: It’d be great to see you again!!!