My conclusion is that this compost toilet needs at least three to four month actual composting time during which period it cannot be used. More than two people using it should not be recommended.
I go as far as to state, false advertising. I would join a Class Action lawsuit immediately.

A word to the wise, always research products before you buy them. We learned the hard way.

U.E.W.

As I have stated in my prior post, I spent around $2700 dollars with your company. I bought the low flush remote system, with the top 4″ fan, and the 120volt unit with heater and fans. I also bought 2 of the low-flush toilets.

Here is my Question: Given the fact that I tried to research into your toilet system for three months prior to buying it, and I could not find any bad reviews, or people with real experience with your unit, Will you company honor me returning the main remote unit. It is past the 30 day period that you give for the return of your product for a full refund on only the remote unit, however it is unpacked out of your shipping boxes you sent it to me in, and has never been used.

The two low flush toilets I believe I can design into my own system, and can use them. I plan on making two storage tanks of concrete, almost the same setup your remote tank use’s except two issues will be different, one is that there will be no rake bars. After using one of your self contained units for eight weeks, I did notice that the bar method could become a problem.

The other difference is that I will be making the holding vaults much larger then yours, and using a two vault system. They will be set up to vent, and possibly to heat, but from my experience with the humanure method, the compost pile should produce enough heat if done correctly. I will also make the drain system design much easier to deal with, and use a larger pipe to drain my water with.

The only reason I am asking this of your company, is because I have some doubts after finding some bad reviews on your product, and I would hate to install and use the main remote system only to find out that there is truth to what some of the people are saying.

I am not interested in using a small shovel to remove compost that is not finished because the unit we bought that is rated to handle 8 full time users and 10 part time per day can not live up to its specs.

I do not mind using the rake bar if it really works, even if I have to clean it out more then once a year, every couple weeks to a month is ok as long as the rake bar works, and the waste I am cleaning out is not raw sewage that has not broke down in the unit.

I know from my 7+ years of experience that composting Human waste works, and because I know it works, I am really worried that if I use the main remote unit, that I will be out $1800 investment. That I can assure, if it turns out to be the case, will not be a very good day for all parties included.

I look forward to your response, and would like you to answer if I can return the remote unit that I have not used or unpacked. I believe the cost of it to me for the remote unit was around $2000

thanks for reading this,

And I look forward to your response

Don’t waste your money.

I have not installed this system yet, our house is framed in and dried in. I am ready to start to finish the inside of our new home. I have done the humanure method and for several years, for a single person it is not that bad. However any more then three, the simple 5 gallon bucket system starts to become a pain when cleaning them out to keep up with the waste. I would recomend to anyone wanting to try a compost toilet of any kind read that book. It is a process that you have to understand how it works before it will work. I am hoping for my own investments sake that the people on here that have had problems with there Evirolet system, just didn’t read the Humanure book and do not fully understand how to encourage a healthy enviroment for things to break down. My neibor has a self contained unit from sancor, and I used it for 8 weeks, full time use for number 2 movement and I did notice that when I raked the bars, that it did stink a bit, not bad though. She has no electric at all to it, just vented. The bars seemed to not do a really good job of raking the product down, but it did work. I will have to talk to her further now that I have seen some of these post. She and her husband do not use this unit full time. I am the type of person, that does many lines of work, Rough frame custom homes, finish carpentry, I build custom computers, because I got tired of buying crap Bestbuy computers, Yes I even Water cool my custom Quad core that is over clocked to 3.6ghz, and has a Raid 0 setup on the two 640gb WD Black hardrives, lol. I even build custom case’s from scratch lined with Granite as a part time way to make money, Full time I am installing Granite counter tops with Granite Transformations. I even do all my own work to my car, because I believe that 75% of repair shops are crooked.

I had thought about designing my own composting unit that would take out some of the labor and better handle a family using it full time, but I came across sancors website and all looked good when I could not find one bad review on the net about them.

I now am wondering if I should call them up, and start talking to them about returning their product before I even take it out of the box they shipped it to me in. This was a big investment for us, and I know I could of built a system that would of worked, for less money, however, I believe If I did, that I would of run into problems with the health department, even though there are no building codes or permits were we bought our land. I wanted something that was certified to work. Now I am wondering if I have just gotten a certified piece of $hit, for the bargain price of $2700!

I have been also looking for reviews on Sun-Mar but can’t seem to find any. The Excel Electric was another model i was considering. If someone has any stories to tell about them I would appreciate it.

Are there any self contained units that work?

Mike