What will you do for a bathroom in your campervan?
Here’s everything you need to help you decide the best camper toilet and shower options for you.
Naturally, you want your water to be clean and pure whether you are at home or on an adventure in your RV. However, not all water sources are created equally, and it’s entirely possible that you will encounter sub-optimal water supplies in your travels. To ensure that your water is clean, safe, and tastes good, …
Finding a suitable, comfortable toilet for your RV or campervan is crucial. While some people are quite happy managing with public restrooms or the great outdoors, others want a functioning toilet they can use in the comfort of their RV. One option is a cassette toilet, sometimes called a cartridge toilet. It’s not entirely portable, …
An RV water pump is a crucial piece of equipment for your camper, especially if you plan to boondock regularly or if your camper doesn’t have a city water connection. The RV pump is what pressurizes your water lines, bringing water from your fresh water tank to your plumbing elements like your sink, shower, or …
Campervan water tanks are central to a campervan conversion’s water system. They provide a means to store fresh water, collect waste water from showering and washing up and even waste from your toilet. The entire plumbing system needs to be built around them, so choosing the right tanks for your lifestyle at the design stage …
Our campervan sink probably gets more use than any other accessory installed in our Sprinter conversion. We use it washing up, preparing meals, making coffee and even as a kettle store when we’re driving. Space in most campers is pretty limited, and sinks can be fairly large components. A campervan sink is an integral part …
For a couple of years, we had a Thetford cassette toilet in our Unimog camper. The emptying experience was far from pleasant. We hated it. Chemicals are expensive, and finding places to empty them responsibly was often difficult when we were off-grid. Because we live in our van full-time, it was a compromise too far for us. So when we were …
So you want to get off the grid and see the world? We don’t blame you, and living in a van is a perfect way to do it. Life on the open road is exciting, rewarding, and liberating. You can wake up to a new view every day if you want, or hideaway off-grid for …
One of the major decisions when planning a camper van conversion, is whether to install a shower or not. There’s plenty of ways to maintain personal hygiene on the road without a shower so they’re not essential. Take a look at our van life hacks for more advice too. If you do want a shower …
Most of us don’t worry about water at home. We get a mains supply with enough pressure so when we turn a tap, fresh drinking water flows. It’s all different in a campervan. We need to store and carry a supply of freshwater, pump it to the taps and make sure we can re fill …
Should you have a campervan with a toilet or without? Many van dwellers adapt to living in a van without an onboard toilet. Others wouldn’t leave their drive without a fitted toilet. Whether you want a full size bathroom, an emergency use only solution or something in between boils down to the size of your …
Isn’t it funny how people generally shy away from discussing toiletry habits? The portable camping toilet is perhaps even more of a taboo subject given we need to empty them ourselves. So do you know how to empty a portable camping toilet? Maybe how to guides are appropriate. Observing people’s behaviours as they go about …
