I was very sad to hear we lost Sandy this year: www.thesurvivalgardener.com/memory-sandy-graves/ He was a great experimenter, full of enthusiasm - you are missed, brother!

Hi. I am an 80 year old woman. I got my C Head because I just moved into a small house with no plumbing (yet) I've been using coconut coir, which works wonderfully. I love it. My only complaint is, the compressed block of coir is very hard to break into small enough bits for the toilet. The other day, while watching KZfaq, someone was using coconut coir for their garden and soaked it in water to break it up. Lightbulb!! Why can't I do that. Today, my son took my coir soaked it in water, and spread it on a metal sheet to dry. Behold!! I now have fine coir , without all the stabbing and banging to break it up. And by the way, I love my C Head. It is so easy to use and I am always utterly amazed, when I empty it, at the beautiful potting soil it makes. Thanks.

David, I was telling people about this composting toilet. I just learned that Sandy Graves, the inventor, passed away in August 2022. Very sorry to hear that but his legacy and passion lives on. Someday will have one of these or similar. Thank you for this video.

We are full time RV'ers. We installed a C-Head in our 5th wheel during November 2015. The following is an excerpt from an e-mail I wrote to the maker of the C-Head several months later: "Great design, simple and effective, fit and finish are excellent, lower cost than other manufactured composting toilets and best of all the smell, or precisely the lack of it. You are 100% correct when you wrote that the C-Head would need no venting in most cases. No smell, No leaking, No dumping, No more pump outs at $75 a month. A lot of No's that equate to one big YES! " Almost 5 years later we still feel the same about our decision to go with the C-Head.

Great video... a few questions: 1) What is the capacity of the solids tank 2) How often does the solids tank have to be emptied 3) How do you empty and then clean the solids tank... this process would be a good video.

One of those who should be Awarded and Celebrated but Ignored People. Thanks 4 This

I am floored at the amount of usable information from this guy!!!

Love Sandy what a great job he has accomplished!!!

That was a great interview! And I really appreciate the quality of the content. He was so generous to share all of his information I wish you both a lot of success and a wonderful 2019!

We are researching composting toliets and this is the best we have seen. Thanks, David

Ran across your channel searching for composting toilets as we are sitting here waiting on hurricane Florence in Nc. I have gathered waste water in buckets in case we’re out of power. I have to say WOW! This video alone is packed full of info. I have so much to learn and can already tell you are the man 👍 look forward to following your channel. Thanks for your time.

Thank you so VERY MUCH David, for doing this video!

Wow, I learned so much from this video!

I love this video, especially all about maintaining the habitat for all phases of the soldier flies. This is great! I especially like the line "Your waste just flies away!!"

You can use that system in so many ways. Love it. Thanks David.

I would love to have one of his composting toilets. They seem like some very good toilets and they are just beutiful. I love how he builds them to look like regular toilets. He does a very good job and he truly cares about what he is doing . He cares and loves people to . Miss . Linda ❤

THAT WAS FANTASTIC!!! Thanks!

I enjoyed this very much, Thank you David!

I have one for over 2 years now and it is absolutely great, odourless and easygoing. Never had any issues disposing #1 and #2 in a respectable way of course.

Thanks for sharing. This is very helpful! Best wishes

wow this guy is freakin amazing!!

This ONE relatively simple change to current technology could prevent SO MUCH WASTE if it was even just applied to suburban homes. It IS possible to engineer a simple, workable system that mixes and slowly pushes the composting mixture into a partitioned container that could either be collected by city services (like garbage, but compost collection instead), or used by the homeowner in their garden/land.

I did an experiment with urine and water on okra. The okra with urine grew way bigger! This is a great product. Thanks. Rhonda

Very educational. Thank you for posting.

Wow… this was so informative!!! Will definitely rewatch. So much information

Given the chance, humans can show amazing creativity. This was excellent. :-)

Like no smell feature!!!!!! Great idea.... Will buy one.

I used a Biolet (liquid & solid go into the same place) for four years as my only toilet. It worked great and didn't smell, but as with any composting toilet, you have to be dedicated to installing it correctly and maintaining it. I much prefer the flush toilet I have now, but a composting one is a great solution when there's no other way - like, no plumbing!

Terrific video. The simplicity of using the free urine, an excellent fertilizer is a brand new technique for me. Love new tips and morphs on old ideas.

pure genius! wow. great job!

Good video here, I am learning a lot of knowledge here. Ill have to come back with a note pad and jot down the big stuff but between the half dozen gentlement such as you who ARE doig thise things, I am getting where I will be walk from start to finish and succeed in my endeavor. I may ask questions as we go down the line but really have a big plan here and you are teaching me tons of stuff. I can't thank you enough. Thanks Aaron

Incredibly informative video and what a nice pair of guys. I'd love to learn more from you two. Thank you for sharing.

I love the Black Soldier flies. I've done several videos about them. About to do another since its warming up and they have finally shown up again.

I love this one thank you... Which plants do better in a high acid environment???

I wish there were more people on this planet just like you. Thank you for the video and teaching others how to. peace.

Great guy, great invention. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Best CT / appropriate technology video I've seen.

Thank you so much for this video!

Wooow, this was full of interesting nuggets of wisdom 🙏

We've been using humanure for years and can attest to oak does not make a good material. It stinks when it encounters moisture. We have found that Hickory or Pine shavings is best and truly hides the smell completely.

Great useful video. Thanks.

Exactly what I needed.

I went to your website to answer my question, thanks!

We bought a c-head because we had to live in our rv for a month or so, without access to the septic. It has been just fine. However, we've been using pine and it is getting too wet. The medium only lasts 2-3 days in the toilet, with 2 adults. We are looking for peat moss to try. But the toilet, is great. And the best part, it's the less expensive option compared to others. It's dead simple in its design. 2 thumbs up

Composting toilets are a great idea/concept! One issue people overlook and really need to keep in mind, is the potential for bio-accumulation of "medications". Make no mistakes and do not succumb to denial, there are a lot of people (domestic animals and cattle included) that take/require medication/prescription medication on a daily basis and all those medications (from birth control pills to Xanax ((and everything in between)) can end up transferring into the finished compost. While this issue may not be that big of a deal if the compost is strictly used on non-food crops, it can become a very big deal/problematic when the medications build up in the soil over time and then make their way into the food crops (systemically) during the growing season...

Brillant and informative; thanks so much!

This place is on the main drag in Astor, FL. The videos are the real deal. I've been to their shop and will be buying one soon.

Fascinating! Thanks!

What a most excellent video!

Very good interview.

Thank-you and best!

Strong work

how very cool, thanks for the video

Thank you so much for this video! Composting toilets are sometimes hit and miss, but this one really does look very workable even for noobs!

I like that the handle is located on the top. Other models have it on side, where you would have to bend down to turn the handle.

The standard toilet IS useful...just add a $20 attachment and make a bidet out of it. It makes a little gray water, but you save $55 a year on toilet paper per person and save thousands of trees in a lifetime. Once you use the bidet you will never feel clean without it, and it saves on laundry too. Also, PLEAZE don't put the bureaucrats in a dilemma and ask or show off your wonderful composting toilet. Discretion is the better part of valor! Why get into a peeing match with the county? Just let the inspector check off on the regular toilet, and then keep your composting toilet in the shower stall. The C-head looks like a great toilet and little trouble! PS. In Florida, I shower outside 99%of the time anyway.

Very interesting.

Very cool thanks for sharing. Black soldier flys are amazing lil creatures.

Awesome.

You are very knowledgeable about natural cycles. I am researching soldier flies next! Thank you.

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this is amazing..... great thinking! Great way to lighten your footprint!

fantastic, thank you

Great Information

I know a lot of people separate urine but we can actually mix it. The urine turns into ammonia which makes a great fertilizer. But it needs to sit in compost pile for 1 full year before using to grow plants or fruits and vegetables.

Many people are farming black soldier flies to harvest the grubs as fish or chicken feed, High fat and protein content. The flies lay eggs near the waste source ...hollow cardboard strips are good for this purpose. As the maggots / grubs / larvae eat the food they fatten , then gradually turn dark in colour. At this point in the life-cycle their mouthparts are closing up and become inoperative. Then they instinctively crawl away from the food onto " engineered" escape - chutes where they can be collected and symbiotically cycled into feedstock. They can consume a whole (spoilt) chicken carcass in 48 hrs ...amazing !

Great info

thanks for sharing!

Black soldier fly larvae produce very little compostable material. That material is probably mostly pathogen free, and when added to worm bins with leaves, cardboard, etc become very safe by the time they become worm castings. Lots of predators, large and small, like to eat BSFL, so keep them contained. They also produce some heat and do well inside a humid greenhouse.

These composting toilets are hot items. They are expensive also. The whole world is trying to figure this out. Good job

What a good stop....SMART...

great system

Nice DIY version of the little manufactured plastic and fiberglass composting toilets. This will fill fast. The crank for the removed portion is what's good. It's not necessarily different from several other composting toilet designs. What's great is this guy is not an idealogue: he states there are many ways to accomplish excreta recycling.

I agree. I always wonder why nature makes one pee before and after poop That should give a clue on how own urine makes decomposition easier If Urine has no color or odour, your intake has been a healthy intake. If the secretion , be it poop or urine or sweat, is smelly, the body had accumulated waste found alongwith the intake one had. Reconsider what you eat.

Thanks for this video. What a great interview. Sandy is so knowledgeable and down to earth. Easy to understand and just easy to listen to. My only question is where is this in FLORIDA that has bears?

super information

This guy's remarkable. Does he do when he group presentations?

Thank you!

Cool toilet.

That’s an awesome idea, but I don’t know if the wife would go for it 🤣 maybe I can convince her one day

I have one of these next to my bed. No accidents ever!

I teach sixth grade earth science, and every year I try to find more and more information for my students during our water conservation unit (as well as energy conservation) and stumbled upon your site. You did a FANTASTIC job on this video! I love all the knowledge that you willingly shared for free. I had NO idea about the urine diverter system nor the flies! I am so excited about this (on a personal level too!) Thank you.

Didn't show how to empty it though! Also, would love to have a garden, but UNFORTUNATELY the gophers love it too !!😆 Looking at the toilet mostly for rv-ing. How and where to dump!!🤔

Great video, how do you dispose of the solid waste whilst at sea on long voyages?

New subscriber. Great video! Very knowledgeable gentleman, sharing his great wisdom. ?: Does the compositing toilet need to be ventilated? Most of the others I have seen require drilling a hole for the ventilation hose. I will be in a basic van and need something that does not require drilling.

What an awesome video! I hope you have one that shows exactly how you piped in the urine fertilization pvc system. I love people who are pro creative! We need to expose more minds lije this! Thank you! Also..csn you pleas state how much Pete moss is need to add to thechurning bucket and can it be the only medium used? You mentioned not mixing other people's recreations...so guests cannot use your personal composting toilet for wrong the compost in your personal food garden?

Now, that is awesome..you can get free saw dust just about anywhere and this will help slow 🐌 the pollution and would work good in outhouse on the farm 🚜 NO chemicals...I'd buy one ..SMART GUY..THANKS MAN

I switched my cats litter to the sawdust pellets and I love it. geez all that money I could've saved, he is 14 yrs old. no more little rocks all over my floor! but I had no idea it's what can be used for compost potty but I certainly can understand why. my litter box is so much cleaner, no ammonia smell, i sift it twice a week, after 3 or 4 days I start seeing sawdust on the floor.. wow, this is a great video, the soldier fly thing is awesome. so if you get a tiny home and park it a tiny home park, do they typically allow compost pile and back yard full of buckets?

Nice work David:-)

here's what people don't get either , water treatment factory's don't filter out meds you take that fish wind up with

I do not even compost our human or dog waste, all I compost is food refuse and lawn clippings and We have worm castings coming out of our ears! It is AMAZING to me how efficient red wiggler worms and soldier flies are! And NO odor! It smells good and earthy....my wife has the most discerning sense of smell and will not tolerate anything stinky...if she says it does not stink then it DOES NOT STINK! BTW soldier flies are NOTHING like house flies, they don't go into homes and don't bother you...they look sort of like some kind of wimpy black wasps. I have been afraid to do the human and dog waste BUT we are moving to a large rural property that has a septic tank and so especially with three large dogs we will definitely experiment with this! Also re urine? I love to save water and fertilize plants too, so easy for a man in the privacy of his back yard to urinate in a bucket, add a bunch of water and then go around giving a little bit each to many plants. Doing it this way does not stink up the yard as opposed to simply urinating in one spot...THAT will offend the sensitive nose of my wife every time but she does not notice the highly diluted thinly spread method...it is literally FREE fertilizer! AND saves water!! Both things satisfy my urge to efficiency and care of my own environmental footprint...I can't control what others do, but at least I can be less of the problem..

Saw this video a couple years ago and after doing some research decided to go with this toilet for our off grid trailer. We lived in our trailer (family of 5 at the time) for 4 months straight. I have to say I absolutely hated this toilet! I wasn't even having to clean it, my husband did that (which was complicated and not fun, due to the lid and center post), and I still hated this toilet. Sadly it is very poorly designed. When you lift the lid there is a standard toilet seat, that's just fine, but beneath the seat is another lid to be lifted off before using the toilet, also no issue with that, it keeps the flies out, but that lid rests on a "seat" of its own, this is where the problem is. This secondary "seat" creates a narrower opening, my sitting bones always ended up resting on it which was rather painful. Then with wiping, because of the narrower opening and the urine diverter there was very little clearance for getting in to wipe without getting messy. And you need good aim! This is more of an issue for women, you generally need to sit further forward to be able to use the urine diverter but heaven forbid both 1 & 2 come at the same time, that's not going to end well! It is also just slightly too tall, I'm a 5'4" woman and couldn't firmly plant my feet on the floor, which is likely why it hurt my tucas. Overall, when we build our permanent off-grid house I will not be using this toilet, and I do not recommend this toilet to anyone looking at a composting toilet.

That’s is an amazing savings over using water to flush! Plus you have all the fresh water for bathing, drinking etc!! Annnnnd no black tank to empty and no sewer smell in the RV!!!

May I ask the price please. This looks like a wonderful system.

can a person use flax straw for the compost toilet bin? A friend brought me 20 bales to cover my septic tank and I want to build a tiny house that will use compost toilet and so I was wanting to use some of the flax straw for the toilet compost if I can. If I can not use it for compost toilet can you please tell me what I can use flax straw for. Possibly bricks?

I have used a "Loveable Lou " for years and use the composted material in my garden.... It works wonderfully.....

The green man have a lot great information

We got our C-head from Sandy around 12 years ago. It's been in boats for live aboard, tents for boondocking, and over performed in every instance. Not often does something live up to its reputation so well. One note; peat moss is not a good choice, ecologically speaking. It's a non renewable resource and its harvest is damaging to the ecosystem that it is found in. Coir is compact, cheap, a by product of the coconut industry and completely renewable. I hydrate a brick partly in a bag to make it easy to crumble up.

Hi, I'm concerned it won't fit my roadtrek 190 pop...2008..not the sprinter the c h evy express...what do you think

How messy do the mixing blades get by the time you empty it?