Thank you Larry 🤩

Hi Larry, I hope you’re doing well. I was just curious how you’re enjoying your new Trovato?

Thank you for the subscription and support of our channel. It was quite the conversation to say, “hey let’s talk Toilets” 😂. Great idea on the G-bags.

Roland, thank you. That is quite a compliment. I’m very appreciative of you taking time to visit and subscribe to our channel and share your thoughts. We have more ahead and hopefully it’s helpful information for better understanding of the EKKO. Thales care and best of wishes in your adventures and travels.

Hello, thank you, thank you. That is very kind of you to say and we are very appreciative. That’s pretty exciting that you’ll be out there hitting the road and having your own adventure. If there’s ever anything you’d like to see or learn about don’t hesitate to ask us. We will do our best to help with the information or at least provide a lead.

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the kind comment and for watching our channel. Sorry I did not respond sooner.

Thank you so much for your kind words and feedback. Coming from someone with your extensive technical training background, it means a lot and I’m grateful. I am equally grateful for the time you took to watch the video and share your thoughts. I'm glad you found the presentation effective, and I hope the demo proves helpful when you get your own EKKO. Thank you for your support!

please post some content about tires and lifting the right up "2.. thanks again!

Hello Lola and Oscar, thank you very much for the kind words and time you took to subscribe to our channel and share your comments. We are building our channel and having some fun with the experience. If there is anything that you would like to see in the future, don’t hesitate to let us know. We are open to offering other info and tech/modification information. Take care and best wishes, Jason and Michelle

@@ekkonesters599 Wow ,, just logged back on and saw the content about tires !! thanks I understand about building... I have to channels.. one travel.... check it out I drive across the USA , my last trip, this year , I have to videos up so far and editing Part 3 as we speak.. It is called, ON THE ROAD WITH LOLA AND OSCAR. the other channel is my Crafting channel.. CRAFTING WITH LOLA AND OSCAR.. 😃

Big thank you as well for taking the time to subscribe and watch our channel. Appreciate the feed back, wishing you the best of travels ahead. Jason and Michelle.

You are very welcome! Thank you for taking the time to watch our video and share your thoughts and comments. Means a lot to us.

Hello Jhing, thank you very much for the kind words and for watching our KZfaq channel. I’m happy it was helpful. I did a lot of research on a toilet, “lol” of all things to learn as much as possible to keep it functioning. It’s pretty simple and Thetford is the best in the industry so simple how to maintenance equals money saved. Anyway, appreciate you watching.

Thank you Jon! Grateful for the feedback.

Hello Linda, thank you very much for taking time to watch your video and share your feedback. Do you happen to have an EKKO Or a similar vehicle with a cassette toilet?

Thank you for the kind comment and especially for taking time to check out our KZfaq channel.

Tom, thank you, thank you very much for subscribing. Your kind comments are motivating for us to continue to share and improve our content.

Thank you for the kind comments and for taking time to watch our channel. I am very happy to hear that there was information and tips that were helpful. In the description I have link to the parts sheet as well.

Thank you Michael grateful appreciate the feedback.

Your very welcome. Thank you for taking time to watch our channel and share the kind comment.

Glad it was helpful! And thank you for subscribing and checking out our channel.

Hello Grant, hope all is well with you. We truly appreciate the time you took to watch the video and provide such great feedback and observations sharing constructive criticism. We hope you continue to follow along. Don’t hesitate to share in the future. Best of travels and health ahead, Jason and Michelle EKKO nesters.

😂 it’s honestly not bad. After about 2-3 experiences, you don’t really think much about it.

John, why did you get a cassette toilet then?

Thank you, for taking the time to watch our video And check out our channel. That’s awesome to hear that the information was helpful. Take care, and happy travels to you.

Paul, thank you. I apologize for the delayed reply. Not like me, especially when you took the time to watch and share your thoughts. Wishing you the best ahead.

Thank you Danni! We much appreciate you watching and sharing your feedback. Take care and Happy Travels.

Hey, don’t worry I know where you were going with Bad Betty looks bad… we actually are working towards a package called the Bad Betty Package.

I can handle that, lol, no pun intended. Thanks for the tip. 😎

Hello, I just realized that I did not respond and give you a thank you for your feed back and for taking the time to watch our video. We are always grateful and appreciative of comments, subscriptions and for you taking time to enjoy our videos. Happy Travels and take care.

I will check this out. Thank you for sharing and watching our channel.

I can see both sides. Our old Argosy had a holding tank and the only thing I didn’t like was connecting at dump stations. Sometimes they were like the outhouses. Less than desirable.

@@ekkonesters599 you I see your point but if an RV already has a gray water holding tank and you have to connect a stinky Slinky to it might as well dump your black tanks that's convenient

@@camposvazquez you are correct.

Thank you for watching our channel and leaving such a nice comment.

You’re very welcome thank you very much for taking time to watch our video and share your thoughts. We greatly appreciate you following along with our journey.

Greatly appreciate the feedback and for watching our channel.

Hello, I’m am very sorry we did not respond sooner. I recall your message, but still don’t know how I kissed the reply. Thank you for taking time to provide some feedback. I agree at first, I wasn’t sure, but know it’s at to easy to just manage it as we need too plus, cleaning is a breeze.

Thank you Doug. I greatly appreciate the feedback on that. I spent a lot of time researching a toilet if you can imagine lol I just figured I didn’t wanna have to prematurely replace it and there seem to be more to it than just dumping it. Anyway, take care and thanks for subscribing/watching our channel. Much appreciated.

@@ekkonesters599 Your detail was excellent !!👍 Im thinking of getting some kind of RV in the future. And like doing research. For me the toilet type is a big decision. Thanks again. I'll be watching more of your Videos .

Bob, thank you for the kind compliment. Sorry to hear that you left the factory with the wrong cassette toilet. That seems odd. By the way, I just watched a few of your videos and I did your style. I also subscribed to your channel. looks like you know quite a bit about Overlanding so I’m gonna keep my eye on your channel to learn. Let’s stay connected. Glad you came over and visited our channel. Take care.

@@ekkonesters599 Thank You we sure will hope to see ya on the road someday

Just checked out your truck on your KZfaq. That is pretty 😎 cool. I’ll keep my eye on the magnetic catch as well. Good reminder on the shoes too.

@@ekkonesters599 Thanks ! have fun relish the moments , we are all just walking each other home ~peace~

Thank you Ken! I’m pleased to hear that you enjoyed the video and the content was helpful. Again, thank you for subscribing and taking time to watch. Do you currently have a rig with a cassette toilet?

@@ekkonesters599 No rig yet. My wife and I are still in the planning stages and have narrowed our RV choice to an Ekko because of the layout and storage capabilities. We started planning for the RV purchase back in Year 2016. We rented our Oregon home out, and started to live in our condo with a goal to save money for RV purchase. More than six years later we are about there. Since this will be our first RV purchase, I hope to learn from those with more experience.

Thank you for the kind words and for watching our channel. I can see the benefits especially their way. On the smaller rig like the EKKO, I prefer that they went with the cassette. Happy Travels ahead and be safe.

Wornout Wrench, thank you very much for the kind words, watching our vide and taking time to share your thoughts. We greatly appreciate your subscribing to our channel as well. Take care and hope to keep you interested with future videos. Don you have an RV currently? If so what kind? Best ahead, Jason and Michelle.

@@ekkonesters599 Hi guys. Right now I have a 22 foot travel trailer that I am towing with an old 1998 Chevy with the mighty 6.5 turtle diesel. I love the old beast but its time has come. Time to upgrade. Thinking of a Class B. We are retired but don't have enough $$ to go out and buy new. (On a side note, I LOVE the Ekko but at over $250K in Canada, it is not in the picture.) Lots of the B's have the cassettes. Have read many stories, some not too pleasant. But just about nothing on maintenance, simple little things and tips, like you did. Oh, and my name is Brian. I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic. Hence the Wornout Wrench.

@@wornoutwrench8128 A pleasure to meet you Brian. The KZfaq name makes sense fits for sure. All the way up in Canada 🇨🇦 pretty cool. Class B’s there’s lots of options for sure for sure. In respect to the cassette toilet, I think Thetford cassettes have a pretty solid reputation and I would not hesitate to go with a rig that has one. I can’t believe $250k is what the Ekkos bring up there. I agree that’s a pretty healthy price. In respect to the class B options are you leaning toward the Sprinters, Ford or Dodge? Keep us posted on what direction you head it would be cool to follow along the journey.

@@ekkonesters599 I just looked again to check my pricing, yup, $264K. The Loonie is sitting at $.73 right now. I spent the last several years of my working life keeping a fleet of heavy haul highway trucks running, so I have had a fair bit of experience with the systems needed to keep a modern diesel engine running, and I really don't want to go there again. $1000 sensors are just not in my future anymore, well for as long as I can possibly hold out. I would like a Transit based unit, but most of those are still pretty new and $$ so probably not. I'm not a fan of Dodge and especially not a fan of the Ram Van but if one that I liked came around I would look at it long and hard. I really like the Winnebago Solis 59PX. They are close to $200K new and since they are still so new, used are still up there in price. I really like the floor plan of the 59PX. So something along those lines. Sprinter. Ah yes. Something like a Revel would be the ultimate but those are crazy pricing plus it is a modern diesel so... Sprinters fall into their own weird category. They were and are designed as a work van yet because they are sold by Mercedes they are considered a Luxury vehicle and if you have ever taken your vehicle into a dealer for luxury cars the prices are shocking. My sister in law has a MB. It is a nice vehicle but some of the pricing is nuts. One of the little plastic hoses for the windshield washer fell apart so my brother told them to repair while it was in getting the oil changed. $300 for a new piece of tube and labor to change???? Needless to say as soon as it came off of warranty it hasn't gone back to a MB dealer ever again. Now having said that as far as Sprinter's go, yes, definitely in the running but looking at pre-2009 to try to avoid all of the emissions issues. Last summer we looked at a Leisure Travel Van, 2008 model, the 3 liter diesel but only runs DPF so not too hard to keep running. It was a really nice unit, only 81K km on it (51K miles) but the stealership that was selling it and I could not come to an agreement so we let it go. Looking back on it, should have bought it but we were just starting the search. Anytime I see someone with an older sprinter I ask them what they think of it and usually pretty positive. I have the whole cold wet west coast of Canada winter to look around and see what is out there. Hoping that the prices will come down a bit and some of the older units will show up. They are out there, I have a couple I am watching to see what the price does.

@@wornoutwrench8128 It sounds like you know what you’re doing for sure. We have a 2006 Mercedes sprinter that I now use for construction. It was our original camping/exploring vehicle. Probably the best year Mercedes ever bill. I recommend if you’re on Instagram, there’s a auto trader type website called vanlifetrader. All one word. Thousands of vans are posted there some are incredible deals. If you have trouble finding kit let me know. vanlifetrader.com/ Here is the website. Take care and I hope to hear you found a van soon.

Very creative and we can somewhat relate. Our old van was the bucket/bag and dispose of at rest stops and gas station, etc. we can definitely relate. Very clever on your end. We are currently spoiled, but so have our veteran years in the past options as noted. Thanks for watching and supporting our channel. Wishing you safe travels ahead.

Hello John, thank you for the great compliment, following and taking time to checkout our videos. Very much appreciated. We’re grateful that your a subscriber.

Great idea. By the way what made you decide on an EKKO, what was your biggest inspiration. I always love hearing what drove people toward their decision, I recall our journey.

The ability to go off the grid. We live in Sedona, AZ and there is a lot of BLM land within a days drive to boondock. Also, I’m 6’4” and I can stand up in an EKKO but not a Sprinter. It’s just my wife and I (both retired) and our Golden Retriever. We toured both at an Outdoor Expo in Flagstaff 18 months ago and ordered the EKKO.

Thank you Jeff. Uggh on the deleted sewer hose compartment. It’s so convenient. Maybe next best place is there the outdoor shower and control valves are located.

Hello, thank you for the compliment. Yea we ran the Van compass TOPO 2.0 lift. We are very happy with it. We also have the Falken 225/75/16 ( I have a video on this and we’ll). You can use 245/75/16 as well. Just requires rear spacers, which is no issue. If you go with the 225/75/16 you can install those without the lift. But 245/75/16 require the lift.

That was is a great idea. You really have me thinking now. I’m doing some research. I appreciate your following and support. Let me see what I can come up with that would be a balance of cost and reward. I dig the idea. 💯.

Also, thank you for the compliments and feed back. Very encouraging.

@@user-ot1ek1pf2n I think Dometic and a couple other companies have comparable sizes. It could be worth a swap.

They take care of #1 and #2 😂

Your suggestion is great, and I totally agree when I remember to it sure does make a nice improvement. Also, just wanted to say thank you for falling along with us and watching our videos. I appreciate you providing the reminder as it definitely is a good idea. Do you happen to have a favorite treatment that you use in your holding tank?

@@ekkonesters599 yes. I’ve been using the Citris scent Camco RV toilet treatment Drop ins. TST MAX. I’ve been buying them at Walmart. They work great. Each pod I believe is made for a 40 gallon black tank. Mine is only 12 gallons, so a little overkill. Since your cassette is only 5 gallons I think you can buy this particular treatment in liquid form so that you can measure a smaller dosage.

Glad it was helpful! Lol on the hard pass. It’s still pretty convenient, but I understand.

You know anything’s possible, that would be an interesting idea. I’ve never considered it. I think it might be easier to split the line where the cassette toilets located.

There are definitely pros and cons to the cassette toilet for sure. The cassette toilet is convenient based on overall accessibility to dumping locations. (Outhouse, public restroom, rest stop, etc) light weight and doesn’t require a dumping station. Also, overall plumbing and weight based on RV/van size. However, the disadvantages to the cassette can be the frequency/need for disposal compared to having a larger capacity black tank (15 -50 gallons). With the black tank you may be be able to hold for longer periods of time, but a dumping station will be required which can be more difficult to find unless your primarily traveling with the intent to stay at RV Parks. One other consideration is the overall intent of the RV based on travel life style. If your more of a boon-docker or off the grid type of RV adventurer/owner, then you’ll probably find cassettes a great option. But again if your traveling with RV park life style then yea a large capacity holding tank is a plus. Also, weight can be a consideration on certain builds. I hope this helps. Thanks again for sharing thoughts and comments and especially watching our channel. Happy Adventures and travels to you.

@@ekkonesters599 Thanks for the reply. Very good points made. Things a hadn't thought about. We really like the EKKO, it's currently at the top of our van shopping list. Keep up the well done and very helpful videos.

Hi Daniel, thanks for taking the time to share your experience. I have a quick question for you I’m assuming Do you have the same cassette toilet? I have not actually experience that much pressure in my cassette, Not to say that it couldn’t happen. But the auto vent, I am assuming relieves some of the pressure based on my understanding. You actually have a super curious about a few things and I’m grateful for your sharing because I can do some more homework on this take care and happy travels I may shoot you another message based on my discovery.

@@ekkonesters599 My EKKO is on order but I currently have a truck camper with a porta-potti and it is very similar to a cassette toilet but it does not have an auto vent. So it looks like my concern about pressure buildup does not apply to an EKKO.

@@danieltaylor3396 it was cool to share info though thank you for the dialogue. Congratulations on your future Ekko.

Lol, it can seem like a process the first time. But once you do a few times it’s pretty quick and efficient. Thank you for sharing some thoughts and watching or video and subscribing. Truly appreciate it.

That’s a great idea, but it might be a little difficult on the echo because the graywater drain port is not the best at trying to trickle or regulate small amounts of water. But you never know I might give it a try and shoot a video on it. Thanks for the great suggestion. And thanks for following our channel and leaving a comment.

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Believe it or not its actually very efficient and simple. I think its easier than maintaining the black holding tanks.

Believe it or not its actually very efficient and simple. I think its easier than maintaining the black holding tanks.