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Old 01-01-2017, 09:40 AM
 
Location: Juneau, AK + Puna, HI
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That's a great deal. I recently got an IHeat locally, which is a similar unit, for about twice that price.

It's a big improvement over my old Paloma, for sure.

Regarding sewer, I wonder if anyone goes with a destroylet, otherwise know as an incinerating toilet, which turns solid waste into ash.
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Old 01-01-2017, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Puna, Hawaii
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I researched them once, in a nutshell there are freestanding units and whole-house units. The freestanding units are generally for going #2 only. They take a few hours to complete one burn cycle and use about 1.5 KWH of energy for a cycle. So in Hawaii that's between 45-60 cents per "flush", though they advertise that the unit can accept a few "contributions" before the cycle has to be ran, so I guess the cost depends a lot on your diet (?). You'll have to find somewhere else to go #1. And they are a few thousand dollars. The whole house unit essentially vaporizes everything including grey water. The pictures I saw the incinerators were the size of a bedroom. I can't imagine how much energy they consume, but I did read that they can run on a variety of fuels.
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