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04-26-2016, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Happy Camper works for me.
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04-26-2016, 09:05 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Plymouth, MI
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We Switched
We are pretty conservative with water so using nothing didn't work for us. Used Potty Toddy tablets for years but it still had some smell. Read about Happy Camper on several of the threads on this site and figured it couldn't hurt to try it. WOW! What a difference - absolutely NO smell. Not even after a week in Florida when hot and humid. No perfume smell to cover up the real smell either. There just isn't any smell at all.
Thank you to all of you who have recommended it. After decades of RVing, you can learn something new.
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04-26-2016, 09:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wdebarmore
Happy Camper works for me.
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Same for me. I've tried many other chemicals over the years and this is definitely the best I've found. Guaranty RV Travel Center store in Junction City, Oregon (Eugene area) has it in stock. Great stuff!
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04-26-2016, 09:44 PM
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Community Moderator
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Location: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
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2016 London Aire 4519, Freightliner chassis, Cummins ISX, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Blue Ox Avail with AF1. TST 507 TPMS
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04-27-2016, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,794
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We've been using Happy Camper (no relation) tank treatment since we started RV'ing in 2001. We've never had any odor and it dissolves just about everything! I think it's probably the lowest cost stuff out there if you buy the 130 Oz containers (roughly .50 per treatment). They say it's so safe that you can eat it without harm! No, I can't verify that!  
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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04-27-2016, 04:12 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2011
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You don't need anything but water. Why does anybody put a deodorant in the black tank? If you can smell the black tank odor or the deodorant odor, you have a problem with your system and/or something is amiss with the plumbing. We don't use deodorants in the toilets at home because the system is vented...just like your RV. If you insist on an additive, use Calgon which will aide in dumping...anything else is a waste of money.
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04-27-2016, 05:42 PM
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I think the idea is use water softener to loosen everything and then rinse thoroughly. Once the tank and line is clean, use enzyme or chemical or just water as people said. I also use happy camper and I can't say it does a lot. We just make sure to flush it good every week.
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04-27-2016, 06:49 PM
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We ordered the large container of HC from Amazon yesterday. Gonna give it a whirl.....and can't wait to see what it tastes like!!! 
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2001 HR Vacationer (SS Minnow) - Gasser!
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04-28-2016, 08:07 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Columbus, MS
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Originally Posted by B Dubya
We ordered the large container of HC from Amazon yesterday. Gonna give it a whirl.....and can't wait to see what it tastes like!!! |
You might want to add a little salt & pepper, it's kinda bland! 
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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04-28-2016, 03:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Apex, NC
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And Tobasco sauce.
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04-28-2016, 03:59 PM
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.....a couple of Manzanita olives and a celery stick! Yum, this is sounding good.
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Lovey & Thurston - Cali Foothills
2001 HR Vacationer (SS Minnow) - Gasser!
Obviously A Lowly and Inferior MH
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04-28-2016, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Elko, Nv
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The Tabasco is why the tank stinks.
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04-28-2016, 04:19 PM
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Gulf Streamers Club
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central Texas
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Need to make sure your vent tube for black tank is clear and air is flowing. (And your vent for the grey holding tank also.) I have been using Happy Camper for years and would recommend it. Just a note, I cleaned the vent tube above the toilet a couple of times when we were having odor problems and it did not help. Then I found out our vanity sink is plumbed to the black tank, not the grey tank, and the vent for the black tank is above the vanity, not the toilet. When I got the right vent cleaned, no more odors. It had dirt dobber nests in it.
Happy trails. 
ronspradley
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04-28-2016, 04:24 PM
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Senior Member
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That's really interesting. I'll have to check my vents. I have so many mud daubers around here it ridiculous. Just knocked one off the MH when I was doing the sway bushings. I wont be surprised if there are nests in there. Thanx.
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2001 HR Vacationer (SS Minnow) - Gasser!
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