Best & Worst RV Black Tank Treatments
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- We will NEVER use this one RV black tank treatment again, but we found something that works AMAZINGLY.
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We're so glad you love RV Digest-It! We're hear tons and tons of stories just like yours all the time. Thanks for the kind words and happy camping!
The black tank in my used but new to me camper was pretty foul and always read full. Saw a video that suggested 1/2 cup boraxo and 1/2 cup dawn dish soap. Smells gone and meter cleared.
Thanks for the tip. When camping I've just gone on an all Indian and Mexican food diet so I don't produce any solid waste. 🤣🤣🤣
Now that's funny!
This actually works!
Mr. Black, Do you have a Bidet and do you drip dry?
OR
Do you use TP? ... A Solid that needs to break down.
I agree, Unique definitely works great and breaks down things much better.
I've been using Unique for two years. What can I say? You cannot improve on perfection. Unique has got this thing down.
I used to have a porta potty in my service vehicle. I used Thetford liquid and also their powder. I've got to say it broke everything down very efficiently. I even ran out of the proper toilet paper and used plain old Scott. It broke that stuff down too. I'm retired now and looking at buying a small trailer or possibly going all out for a Class A.
All the information that you guys share is very helpful to us just getting our feet wet, so to say.
Stay healthy, happy, and safe.
Thanks for sharing info on the Thetford product, John! Glad the videos are helpful. We started our own RV business and if you search for us on CZcams “Mission RV Services” you’ll see more tips we share weekly. Hope you get the chance to get out there and have lots of cool experiences in a trailer or Class A!
Thank you for a very well done and informative video. We are using Happy Camper, will give the Unique product a whirl. Nice to know that it breaks stuff down better.
Thank you for this video. I had happy camper in the cart but I’ll get this instead. Thanks
After dumping, we always put hot water in the the toilet about up to the top and put the drop in with enzymes and wait about 10 minutes to dissolve ant then flush. Works like s charm to break down everything.
I’ve used both of those products. The winner for me is Happy Camper. It truly works . The unique didn’t do anything for odor. I was disappointed.
Thanks you, that’s exactly what I use because of the RV Tech Tip dog food video. Great product 👍🏼
Unique is what the RV training academy in Texas recommends.
great video1 I switched to Unique some time ago, their sensor cleaner too. It is the best I've ever used.
I bought a used 2017 Apex UL that the sensors were always showing full even after running the wand of death rinser and the actual tank flush. Found Unique by accident and after two tank treatments the pyramid I could see was gone! Sensors work flawlessly and no odors! I even bought some of their other products like the skunk smell product for my English Setter for the very rare chance she gets to close to one and I’ll have it handy!
I use unique digest, it's great, cost a little more but well worth it. I have also used happy camper, it too is good. 👍🏻👍🏻
Best treatment I have found for black tank sensors reading full all the time is Zepp Acidic toilet cleaner available at Home Depot for around 10 dollars. Add one gallon to an empty black tank and use your black tank as usual until it's full. Mine took two weeks to fill. Drive your RV a few miles to slosh around this soapy mixture. Drain and flush as usual. Works in one treatment. No guess work. The acid in this toilet cleaner is the same organic acid that's in your stomach. It's very mild yet 100% effective because it is an organic acid that dissolves organic waste. No mess no fuss works every time. Be careful use a funnel to protect your plastic toilet and goggles gloves etc to protect yourself after all it is acid. It won't harm your tank or sensors.
I appreciate the insite. Thank you.
Thanks guys!! Solid proof is much better than solid.... well you know... Unique for my tank forever!!
I had an old rv person tell me to try this method and it worked
1️⃣ cup of borax
1/2 cup of dawn dish soap
1 or 2 cap full of cheap fabric softener
Place this make sure in your tank once you have emptied. The tanks add water to the
tanks along with the mixture. And by the time you need to empty it it will be pretty clean.
You can also use the fabric softener to keep the smell down when you're parked
I used this mixture when. I boondock and had no issues it even broke down the toilet paper ..
I tried it on a smaller scale to see if it worked
And we were impressed thanks for making the video
Thanks for sharing 😊
@@FaHoLo_RV_Life no problem
Wow! I have been using Campa/Aqua-chem (blue fluid) for 26 years between two rv’s and a 47’ cruising sailboat. NEVER had an issue with macerators, tanks, solids, reading glasses dissolving, odors, etc. Using Aqua-Chem now here in my Super C in the heat of Texas…was aboard my old sailboat two weeks ago and it had terrible head (nautical-speak for bathroom) smell from misuse in its very recent past. Pumped the tank, added 3gallons of fresh water, 8 oz of Aqua-chem…odors gone, macerator works fine.
In very warm temperatures I double or triple the dosage…never a problem with tanks, valves, odors, etc.
Thank you for your video and help
I love the Unique products…I normally use the ‘pods’….I fill water in the toilet, drop the pod in, wait until the pod is broken down there…usually 2-3 minutes, then flush it down and continue to add a good amount of water down the toilet and I have been VERY happy with this product!
Super smart to dissolve in toilet, great tip!
Do the pods have a shelf life as well (like the Unique RV Digest It liquid)?
Thanks for the info!!!
Thanks
I totally agree, we've been using the Unique tank treatment for awhile now and it is by far the best of all the treatments out there.
I use Unique Digest It when the weather is under 80° and like it, but when the weather gets hotter, it doesn't work at all. You can add their Tank Odor Eliminator along with Digest It, but that gets expensive. Happy Camper works fine in hot weather even here in AZ with temps over 100° every day for the whole summer. (The claim of being organic really means nothing -- it's just a marketing ploy.) I am very careful using HC, because you can't tell what chemicals are in it. Even if they're biodegradable as claimed, they may not be all that safe before they biodegrade -- hence the warnings on the container. This summer I'm going to try the Dawn soap/Boraxo treatments to see how it works -- so far, so good after a week. Found a good video on this Bio-Geo method on TR Bowlin's CZcams post.
I tried the unique but didn’t do anything for odor. Happy Camper is great and it breaks down everything as good as unique. The test between both were very close. Unique didn’t do anything for odor. Been using Happy Camper for 3 years of camping. I’m very happy with it.
Unique works awesome! I used their tank cleaner to clean my black tank which had been neglected by the previous owner and it did awesome. I am using the drop in type now for our trips.
Thanks for the comparison, we're actually trying to decide between using Happy Camper or Unique now.
For me Happy Camper breaks down as good as the unique very close Wednesday someone tested it. I tried the unique and it didn’t do anything for odor but Happy Camper wow! Is the winner for odors.
I was talking to a fellow RV'er that was afraid of the packet not dissolving. They said a tide pod didn't dissolve so why wouldn't a black tank pod do the same thing and gum up the works. Thanks for proving the point.
The packets disolve rapidly , I let them sit in the bowl for 1 minute they disolve then run water for 15 seconds to displace it 👍
The Unique Digest-It pods dissolve in the toilet. You can pop the pod into a full of toilet of water, and in moments the plastic will be gone and the powder will be in the bottom of the bowl. Flush and your tank is treated.
We have been full timers for 5 years and I like HC. What I do additionally is...once a month...after dumping I fill the tank and use a full bottle of dish washing liquid...not Dawn...an off brand version of Cascade...Cascade has a grit to it that I don't like. I use hot water to help the dish liquid and let it sit while we go out for the day, when we come back I dump and rinse, then add the HC with about 4-5 gallons of water.
Omg I've used like 6 different products over the course of 6 months and nothing has worked, gonna try this
Thank you!
I’ve always made sure the black tank flushing system is doing it job on the initial dump and rinse…. Fill, rinse, dump about 4x…. What I’ve come to do with my black tank is use a 5gal bucket of water and fill to about 3/5 full…. Drop the pod and stir and let sit for 10 minutes…. Take into the bathroom, give one quick stir before dumping into toilet….s as my trailer is not stored at home but at an RV site, the drive over gives it time to splash around and clean….. so far no bad issues
I purchased Unique. Heads up, it has a shelf life of 2 years.
Tank tech Rx works great too
does real hot weather 90-110 prevent it from working?
Drink Draft beer, and lots of it. Keeps everything flowing nicely
I’ve been using Happy Camper for over a year now and it seems to break up my TP and solids just fine??? Will try your recommendations as were always looking for a better way!
Happy Camper has been the best, it breaks down solids with no problem and wow! It works wonders , no odors . Unique product, I was disappointed it didn’t do anything with the odor.
Unique Digest It just bailed us out on a totally plugged black tank. I had to mechanically break through the pyramid under the toilet with a drain snake, then add a couple gallons of water mixed with Unique Digest It. Let it set a few days and the Digest It literally broke it all down and it flowed out as all liquid when I dumped the tanks! We have a bunch of other tank treatment that is going out in the trash. We are using Unique Digest It from now on!
Literally had the exact same situation happened, neglected my tank by using regular toilet paper and having guests over that did the same caused a poop pyramid 🤣 had to emergency order some digest it same day shipping on Amazon and it really worked after a day and a half of setting. Toilet wouldn't even flush before digest it.
He thought the second line on the red solo cup was 2 oz, sounds like he likes bigger shots!
What about odor? Does your new product choice take care of odor? I'm having a hard time finding original formula AquaKem and instead they have their new AquaMax. It's awful. I need to find another company that's worth throwing money at. Thanks!
U can no longer buy happy camper in California which I love so have to find a replacement
You didn’t explain if the rv dijest did well with eliminating odors
I just bought a used RV 2021 Heartland. I bought Digest IT. I am doing my 2nd black tank empty right now. I am fighting odor! Since the RV is used I am sure the tank was not in the best condition. Between my 1st black tank dump and the 2nd. It stinks each time I used it. So after my black water empty today I am filling the black water with water and 4ounces of digest and letting it sit for 4 hours then dump it. And then do another rinse dump in the morning. Any suggestions with digest?
One thing we just started doing, since we’re now in the summer time, & even though Unique breaks down wastes really well, it doesn’t seem to help the summer odor and IT STINKS. So we’ve been using TST (for Odor) that we bought from Menards in conjunction with Unique. The label says not to mix the TST with another chemical but Unique isn’t a chemical but only enzymes. That’s your call but it seems to be helping us with the odor and not causing any other problems.
Make sure your tp is at least septic tank rated. Test what you use in a jar of water.
We have used Happy Camper for 4-5 years without issues. One thing that is important that has helped us is we do not set for 1-2 weeks then dump - we always travel to the dump station at next stop or we have an interstate free dump near our home. The motion of the travel (at least 50-60 miles) does more to break up toilet paper and solids than any product. We use the sewer solution which is a water powered "macerator". We also mostly do not camp at hook up sites so we are careful with water usage as far as how much we flush and we always use our black tank clean out system to have completely empty tank. The bacterial treatments can require more water to work properly and to not rinse out the black tank. What product works may depend on other individual use patterns more than actual product.
Being stationary for months at a time changes the game quite a bit. I did find that traveling before dumping helped a LOT.
I finds that if you wants odour treatment as priority, Happy Camper works best
We’re actually about to do a new video on a new product we’ve been using (no affiliation) that works good on odor, called Liquified.
That is supposed to be a water soluble gelatin capsule. Not "plastic" . I always dissolve drop -ins in a couple gallons of water then pour it down the toilet. I haven't tried Unique yet. But It looks very promising.
Used them all. Happy Camper is the best.
I totally agree. I just used Unique because I ran out of Happy Camper and very disappointed with Unique it didn’t take care of the odor. Happy Camper is the true winner of all of them. And no problem with breaking down solids.
We've lived in our rv full time for the past 2 years. A year and 4 months in Central Texas (110+ summer temperatures!) and North Western Montana for about 8 months. We've used, at minimum, 10 different products for our black tank including my own mix of borax and dawn, with the occasional addition of oxy-powder. Trying to find the BEST possible solution for the LEAST cost. And after EVERYTHING we've used over months at a time in the extreme heat and cold(INCLUDING rv digest-it) by FAR the Best, by means of breaking down solids AND controlling odors is Happy Campers! Now I Do agree that the rv digest-it is better at breaking down solids, Especially if you use Lots of paper, it is NOT good at controlling odors. Adding borax to get more oxygen into the tank (which is ABSOLUTELY KEY) helps ALOT, but then your using 2 products, which costs more. I didn't want to admit it at first, because I really loved my mix / treatment, but I was spending almost 50% more than using just the 1 scoop of Happy Campers it takes for a treatment. Just our experience.
Water is all that's needed unless you let crap sit for days. Keep it wet and at dump time you rinse rinse rinse until clear. If you left it sit too long use hot water and drive around a bit before rinsing.
Thank You for going through the different black tank treatments. That's interesting to really see what product's work and other's that could literally tare apart your tank and emacirator. 😯 That rooster!🐓😂 You're very insightful and are beginning to help fellow RVr's. Keep up the great work!👍🤗❤🇺🇲
Just tryin to help. 😊 There’s so much to know about RVs. We had no idea before starting out! And I know, the roosters are loud and relentless! 😂
@@FaHoLo_RV_Life I hear you!👍 Such is the saying that goes: "We learn by doing." Have a pleasant weekend.
@@marymason9981 you too!
RV Digest-It truly is the best one I've used without problems. I did used happy campers before but something in it caused a build up that looked like calcium deposits but it was the happy campers.
There are 2 types of that great stuff, a cleaner and the normal. It Is good stuff.
Nice quick video and RV Digest-it I'm glad for y'all you discovered it because I've been using it for years and its the best works fabulous. One thing to know if your in hot weather you'll need to add more just fyi. Have a blessed day 🙂✌
Oh, I've tried adding more and using lots of water, but here in Quartzsite the temperatures are just too high and the enzymes are destroyed. I live alone and so the volume of waste is low, but with Unique Digest It, I would need to dump every 2 days in the summer. With Happy Camper, once a week is good.
@@glgartman Hi Zelda and thank ya for responding yes I understand the heat issue I deal with a 102-116 temperature range in the Mojave Desert. I usually just add a bit more RV Digest-it in the evening and it works for me. I did have a huge tub I purchased of Happy Campers (which I still have a lot of 🤣) I can't use it because something in it calcified and caused a white hardened pile inside my tank. I made sure to dissolve it completely before putting into tank never again am I dealing with that lol. I agree the really high heat destroys the enzymes but I just add a bit more in the evening when temperatures drop and never had an issue yet. I do use Dawn or Palmolive orginal only once in awhile in the evening and let sit overnight it seems to keep my tank clean. I do have a water softner as well just fyi. Happy Camping 😊✌
I didn’t take care of the odor, like happy camper did. Happy Camper breaks down the solids like the Unique.
@@Berrypancakes229 Hi Diana 👋 I'm glad to hear it works for you. I can only speak for my own personal use of Happy Campers and a few others in the military when we have been in high heat desert areas it did not work for us well so we stick with RV Digest-It it doesn't work that great in high heat for smell but it breaks down everything very well and that out weighs the smell for us all 😅 its a bigger plus for us no issues with clogs or calcification but that's just are experience with products. I always say to anyone try whatever and see if it works for ya, no better judge then testing products yourself my opinion is based on my experience and I share it in hopes to help anyone. Have a awesome day✌️
Aghhh crap….Patriots fans!
Did you buy a mini Tom Brady statue for the RV? 😂
Tom Brady bobble head? 😮
Just kidding guys.
Thanks for the time & effort in the video. ❤
🤣🤣 uh, no 🤣 🤣
thanks for watching! We have more “how to” & “RV tips” videos on our other channel MISSION RV SERVICES if you’re interested, now that Drew is a certified tech & inspector. 😉
Darn Shipping to US only
Great info, but how about you don't suggest using single use plastic solo cups since it's super wasteful and you can just measure by the cap fulls.
Good point!
Camco TST orange liquid or packs work excellent and you can get them anywhere . Been using it for a year and ZERO issues .
While it “works” for a little while, I find myself adding more after a few days to cut down in the smell. I won’t be buying more of it.
@@nathan3306 The hotter it is outside , the shorter it works . In fall winter spring it's great though . Put in every 5-6days
I tested the Thetford drop ins and they completely dissolve in less than 30 minutes. I don't doubt you found actually plastic in your macerator but I do doubt it came from the drop ins. Think about it.....Thetford markets these drop ins for all RV black tanks, boats etc. Many have macerators. They would be shooting themselves in the foot to market something that introduced plastic into the black water tank that would mess up the macerator. I did a test with some Thetford drop ins because I was new to using them and have a macerator. In a couple of cups of water, I placed a drop in packet. 10 minutes later the top of the packet was completely gone and the crystals inside began to disperse. Within 20 minutes, all that was left was the crystals. No "plastic".,
Okay, come back when that “one time” only shit happens moment and tell us all how you fixed your macerator when it just magically clogs with something plastic. I believe them cause they had the plastic in their hand and they said so; no guess work to that. It’s Unique for my black tank forever... thanks guys
I believe Happy Camper is illegal in California now.
I let a friend of mine stay on the couch of my 88 Terry I live in on my property. Total mistake on my part. Seems he was too drunk to understand the operation of my toilet. And I'd like to know what mess he made in my bathroom to where it was three rolls of paper towels he's stuffed down my toilet, while I was gone one day. I know how many rolls of paper towels I had. Seriously like the toilet paper pyramid from hell. We had words about it and he punched the hole in my absolutely pristine ceiling. Needless to say he got relocated to a local hospital. I used unique RV digest it. Followed the directions to the letter and it liquefied that mess. That was a couple years ago. I swear by it it's going to be one of the best products I've ever used for a black water tank.
I've used the unique brand and my experience is, it does NOT break down toilet paper any better than plain water.
I agree. I had a black tank blockage even though I was using Unique Digest-it. I added 8 ounces more and waited 24 hours and it didn't help at all. I had to buy a backflush kit to break up the blockage.
Unique may break down solids but it does NOTHING to eliminate Oder. I’ll NEVER Use it again.
Same here with the same experience. Unique didn’t do anything for odors. Happy camper was a miracle for me eliminated odor. Happy camper breaks down the waste as good as the Unique. I used unique because I had run out of Happy camper. Happy Camper is the big winner.
That’s why a bear goes in the woods.
2 oz. first line on the solo cup, who knows this? College students and bartenders, well, not all college students.
Nice ad for digest it. That crap doesn't work
Not an ad. Advertisers get paid. We didn’t. We never got a discount or werent even contacted by them. We Did this video because that’s what we use and it works for us. Maybe you didn’t use enough water. With every treatment, using a lot of water is key.
I have never utilized Pods of anything. Nor will I ever use them.
The black tank uses COLD water, which inhibits the breakdown of a lot of septic waste.
Even laundry Pods are found in washers and melted to the sides of dryers. And that plastic is harmful to the environment. Why anyone would use that crap, is beyond me.
I was gonna like and subscribe but you’re wearing a Patriots sweatshirt. Booooooooo!!!!! Just kidding, great video.
I’m a Patriot and proud.
Nothing like a nearly 6 minute static shot, complete with jump cuts, and stale banter. No close ups of the products, no demonstration of each; in other words, a totally useless video.