by Joe Jeffrey
New Thetford machine could eradicate the most annoying aspect of caravanning and motorhoming
The trial of a new device, set to revolutionise the way in which waste from cassette toilets in caravans and motorhomes is disposed of, is set to begin.
In a collaboration between outdoor equipment manufacturer Thetford and The Camping and Caravanning Club, caravanners and motorhomers will simply be able to insert their toilet cassette system into a Thetford-designed machine and allow the machine to do all the dirty work for them in just a few minutes.
Easy and straight forward to use, all that is required is for the user to insert the cassette toilet into the machine, turn the outlet pipe and remove the cap. The machine will then empty, rinse and dose the cassette with toilet chemicals, enabling a squeaky clean cassette to be reused in next to no time. To ensure ultimate freshness, two-litres of water will be added to a dose of Thetford Aqua Kem Blue to dilute the product.
The trial, which will take place at The Camping and Caravanning Club‘s Kingsbury Waterpark Site from 12 – 18 October to coincide with the Motorhome & Caravan Show 2015 at the Birmingham NEC during 13-18 October, will be free to visitors of the site, although a charge will be applied should the idea take off and the machine is rolled out to caravan parks across the UK.
In Holland, where a trial has seen the machine rolled out across ten campsites, the cost for a single use is 3.50 Euros (approximately £2.50).
Bob Hill, Club Sites director, said, “We’re keen supporters of new developments in campsite technology, so we’re excited to see what kind of response the machine generates from our members.”
Paul Martin, Thetford commercial executive, said, “We’re delighted to partner with The Camping and Caravanning Club for this exclusive UK first trial of our machine. The response has been hugely positive from ongoing trials in Holland, and we’re confident it will be received just as well here in the UK.”
What do you think? Is this something you’d use or do you think you’d pooh-pooh the idea?
