Flush tank additives

Going use Bio Tabs on next outing got Bold 18 for 2:99 Home Bargains, bargain indeed we shall see how they work. Most likely still use the pink for the flush tank though.    

I use Aldi bio pods in the waste tank which I find far more efficient to blue and fabric conditioner by Aldi in the flush tank. . It's highly scented and keeps things smelling sweet. I also like the idea of zoflora in a spray around the bowl - that also works. Don't use detergent, you'll have suds! - especially if you have a 'cling on' and you are doing the 'waste tank shake' LOL! You shouldn't have with bio pods- they break things down pretty well!!

Hope these are biological gel filled pods Lynton? Can we all call them pods and not tabs as the latter tends to suggest Tablets which is not what you need!!

Sorry Merve Freudian slip yes bio pods still bargain pods 

Daft question I'm sure, but this thread seems to be a good place to ask.

But will following any of the above advice of using products other than "normal" toilet fluids etc invalidate any form of warrenty (if there is any?) on a 2017 caravan with a "Thetford C260 toilet with electric flush and 18 litre wheeled waste tank" What ever that might be?

Never had this problem with a trailer tent but a caravan is a whole new ball game.

May want to stand well clear of the "unsure guy" peering down the waste pipe of a C260 at the empty point!

Harribo,

If  you  are  concerned  w r t  Warranty  at  Service  time,  just

make  sure  the  toilet  is  thoroughly  flushed  clear  &  rinsed.

I  am  110%  sure  nobody  at  the  Service  Dept  is  going  to

do  chemical  analysis  there     !!

I used to put the pink stuff in the flush tank and always got lots of black bits at the start of every trip.  This could probably have been avoided if I'd bothered to drain the tank and flush it with clean water at the end of each holiday/trip but, alas, I never did. Once the last bottle of pink stuff ran out I didn't buy any more.  Having used water only to flush for the last 18 months, there's been no black bits and no smell (that the additive was supposed to deal with).

I think I might try Ecover laundry wash. Zero unpleasant smell and it creates very little in the way of bubbles in the washing machine.

I think the point of the tabs - for me at least is the pleasant smell.  Plus  I rather think Ecover is non biological so it wouldn't work.  (I use ecover at home for my laundry although am almost converted to tabs for that too).  I definitely wouldn't use soap in the flush tank either.  

I am not sure how likely warranty work is on the cassette - the seals are inexpensive really and the only problem I have had is one leaking because the two halves of the cassette - came apart - at the seam.  Hideously messy that was and the dealer kept saying I must have traveled with the blade open.  I suspect it could have been frost damage or a faulty cassette in the first place.  As a matter of fact - I might not have discovered that if I had been using Tabs at the time - I just spotted the blue coming out of the seam when emptying it.  But that wouldn't send me back to blue nowadays! 

We tend to use pink stuff, but I get the cheaper stuff that is branded by one of our more local caravan/ camping stores - Jacksons of Arley.  We've had no black bits using this. See HERE

David