I've found the easiest method is to add your ingredients of choice to the toilet, then fill the toilet with water. Use your bowl brush to both help the powders to dissolve and clean the bowl :)

This was the most helpful things I have seen yet. Thank you so much for the very straightforward way you did this.

Thank you for wonderful video. I love the wooden walls!

I took notes! Great tip.I have seen a lot of stuff about RV friendly TP and the little pods, or eco friendly ways to clean this GEO method is new to me and seems easy.

Thanks for sharing! We are new to RVing, and the smells/cleaning associated with dumping have been a concern for me. The previous owners used the pods, but this sounds so much better. I'll be doing some research for sure!

Thank you ssssoooo much . have a great day

Just came across this, thank you!

Thank you

Hey Eric, although I use Happy Camper products with a water softener agent. The GEO Method appears to be an economical way of sanitization the G&B, which is not a bad thing. I have to try that one day. Thanks for sharing.

Good informative video. I empty my tanks on the way out of the park and then it is parked until next time. Should I do this after emptying and leave it in the tank when it is sitting unused?

Thank you! Newbie rv camper and I appreciate a much more environmentally friendly way!

Thank you. New to Rving and a bad asthmatic with too many allergies to count and we 1st started using TST and it didn't do a good job. I bought a swivel stick and had to use it for 15 min along with dawn to get the sensors reading right weekly. Then I bought Campa Chem not realizing it was a formaldehyde formula which is a cancer causing toxin and horrible when breathed in which sense black tanks ferment and break down some these gases leak into the camper and are causing migrains so now I've bought this and I'm hoping it works because this Campa Chem is horrible and putting our health at risk. Don't but it! It should be illegal to use honestly. American Cancer Society talks about it. You should not use this crap. I wish I would of discovered Geo Method 1st to save me the money time and migraines. Thank you. You are a life saver with this information.

Great video! I'm surprised the laundry detergent doesn't build up on your sensors. We used an eco brand and it really messed our sensors up. I wonder if the water softener breaks it down. I know one reason they say to use Dawn is for that reason. To help break up and loosen the slimy stick.

Hi thx for the info. But a question. After putting it all in, then what? Is this a process to add at end when packing it all up and Drive home w it to shake it up? Leave it in while camping? Use the toilet as usual w that in there until time to dump?

Geo Method all the way! We've used it exclusively since 2005 when we bought our trailer new, and there's never ever been any vile odors, not even the time I stupidly dumped black water all over the dump station. Sensors still work fine too. Here's a tip: we found washing soda works just as well as Calgon, is easier to find, and is cheaper. We live in Canada, where Calgon isn't sold any more, so for some reason we tried washing soda, and it worked. In a pinch, you can make your own washing soda by heating baking soda in a 350 oven for about an hour. Don't use baking soda in your toidy, it won't work.

Tanks for sharing 😜 hahaha

The GEO method has two major problems: (1) it degrades seals (borax does it less quickly than bleach, but it still does it), and (2) it kills the beneficial bacteria in your holding tank - and in the septic systems into which the black water tanks are discharged (NOTE: formaldehyde is deadly to leach fields because it not only kills the bacteria, it makes the soil toxic to them - so you destroy the field). Some background: Borax is a mineral, sodium tetraborate. It's basically a salt of boric acid (sodium + four boric acid molecules, bound together via an ionic bond - they stick together because the sodium is positively charged and the boric acid is negatively charged). When added to water, that bond is disrupted and the sodium ion separates from the boric acid molecule. The sodium acts as a water softener, and the boric acid acts as a buffer - it raises pH to a more neutral level (a pH of 7, which is what plain water is, more or less). Calgon contains zeolite and polycarboxylate. The addition of Calgon to hard water causes the calcium and magnesium ions of hard water to displace sodium ions from the anion of Calgon. This results in the removal of calcium and magnesium ions from hard water in the form of a complex with Calgon. Think of the ingredients in Calgon like a magnet - sodium is less attracted than are calcium and magnesium. So it's a more effective water softener because instead of just adding sodium, it also removes calcium and magnesium, which like to ionically bond to other things in the water to form mineral crystals (precipitates). Scale is primarily calcium carbonate (CaCO3), magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2), and calcium sulfate (CaSO4). So borax and calgon both soften water; calgon additionally removes calcium and magnesium, which are responsible for the formation of scale. The detergent makes things slippery. Seals are composed of polymers, which are basically building blocks of carbon compounds linked together in long chains, which chains are cross-linked with each other. Acids degrade seaks becayse attack the bonds that link the polymers , and the seal disintegrates. Borax is a weak acid, so it won't attack the rubber as badly as bleach, which is VERY acidic, but it still degrades it. BTW, vinegar is an acid, which is why you don't want to use it to clean things like expensive espresso makers. Here's the helpful article which I just plagiarized :-) uniquecampingmarine.com/blogs/news/the-geo-method. In pertinant part: "WILL THE GEO METHOD KILL THE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IN MY TANKS AND CAUSE PROBLEMS? A quick primer on bacteria: Anaerobic bacteria, which is already in your gut and is present in human waste (poop), is much more resilient to chemicals and may often survive treatment with the The Geo Method. At first glance this sounds great! Unfortunately, though anaerobes are helpful in digesting solid waste, they also release methane and hydrogen sulfide gas which make that all-too-familiar sewer smell. Unfortunately, aerobic bacteria that DO effectively break down solid waste and eliminate odors by releasing carbon dioxide and oxygen (the kind you really want in your tank), will likely die off in the high ph environment created by Calgon. Simply put, with The Geo Method you are reducing the chances your solid waste will get adequately digested. Furthermore, it is likely that if used as a regular treatment, you will actually increase the ability of anaerobic bacteria to create strong toilet odors.

are you adding something else to break down the black water? or does this combination break down the #2 stuff?

Borax is not a cleaning agent. It's mainly salt, so mainly just a water softener. Water softener makes your soap more effective.

Thank you for the tips. Just curious, what do you use to sanitize your fresh water tank? Thanks

Can I ask you what program name exactly you use to make your videos? Where you have words in rectangle boxes?

Hey Eric, we had a 93 Southwind which we bought new and had it for 20 years. We added "blue stuff" occasionally, but when we sold it, the sensors all worked perfectly. Granted, I was very careful and had a place where I could dump, add more water and dump again. We sold it and bought a 6 year old Georgetown with 20k miles on it. These sensor have NEVER worked. Unfortunately, the Georgetown doesn't have a bathroom window, so adding water and dumping again is a bigger deal.. (What was I thinking when I bought it???) I have tried the GEO method several times to no avail. I haven't looked at the Happy Camper method yet but I will when I get a chance. Any new suggestions would be appreciated. I'm not nixing your GEO method, just stating I have a bigger problem than you.

Hello! Complete newbies here! So you do this after you flush the black tank... then leave it until your next camping trip? Or flush that out as well before you leave the campsite? How long do you leave it in there?? 🤣🤦‍♀️ Sorry for the rookie questions! Thanks for your help! -Holly Jordan

I have used calgon for years as it leave the inside of the tanks slick. Sent the wife for calgon. She came back with calgon bath oil beads. I didn't say anything I just thought what the heck. Now my poop smells like Lavender & Honey.

How well will this method work on Rv's parked over the summer at the lake or anywhere else since the RV doesn't move to slosh the water around

hello. once you've added your calgon, borax and soap, can you continue to use the toilet or do i have to wait for some time

I wonder how these 3 ingredients affect the rubber seals on the dump valves?

2 capfuls water softener, 1 cup detergent, how much Borax? Thanks!

Thank you for your work :-)) How big is your black thank and grey tank ? Mine are 20, I should put half of what you put if you have 40 ?

i use dawn liquid

Is this to replace the pods? It stays in the tank till dumping again?

Question; when you get to laundry detergent ... do you use it for the smell the detergent gives off or will odorless detergent work as well.?

Do any of these products affect the natural operations of a septic tank? I know bleach can kill the natural enzymes, do any of these products do that?

If we using the geo method do we still need to use the pods?

Hi I have been using TST for a while now but I noticed that my husband and I have to empty our tank once a week because it smells and splashes. Also, I don’t think our sensors are accurate either. Anyway, I wondered if you use RV or regular toilet paper with your method? How often do you empty your tank? If you do use regular toilet paper, do you feel like your method dissolves the toilet paper well enough?

U have to be careful of the seal on toliet and the rubber seal on release valve harh chems can ruin the rubber seals

Please keep a safe position when mixing chemicals.Don't want anything to blow up in your face. Just b mindful!

No way I’d mix those chemicals without having any knowledge of the effect on rubber material in your valve gasket

And now... the tanks are full again.. lol

Please say "generally" one more gatdam time. . .

Are people stupid, just dumping random shit into the tanks?