Laveo Dry Flush Toilet: A Van Life Review

This article was guest written by: Haley Holt, Marketing Director @ Vandoit

A campervan sounds like a great idea to travel to your heart’s content, but what happens when the 64 oz lemonade you had with your road trip pretzels is gone? Or when you hit the desolate campground with the most stunning views, but no facilities?

There are a lot of options for camper van toilets out there, including the classic ‘dig a hole’ method that many adventures use. I don’t know about you but that method has never seemed so appealing to me. That’s why I love the offering of a fully contained toilet, smell-free toilet like the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet. This toilet is battery operated, smell-free, and optimized for van life. Vandoit chooses to install Laveo dry flush toilets in their conversions, and you might want to, too!

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Size and Weight of the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet

Weighing in at 29 pounds, this toilet is perfect for pulling out when you need it, and storing away when you don’t. Not only is it small, and portable, but it doesn’t require any water. The toilet functions perfectly on a heavy duty slide-out drawer. This slide out drawer is also a modular base option when buying from Vandoit! When properly secured, the slide holds 500+ pounds.

The dimensions of the Laveo Dry Flush toilet come in at 16″ wide, 18″ high, and 20″ deep. See example placement below in a Vandoit layout.

How Does the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet Work?

The Laveo Dry Flush Toilet uses a 15ft mylar tube that vacuum seals after each flush, giving you about 15 flushes per cartridge. It is also battery operated, not hard-wired, allowing you to move it anywhere you need with ease. You can do your business with a view of your campsite if you choose!

The battery will fully charge after one hour and lasts up to 300 flushes.

Cost

To purchase this toilet for your DIY conversion, see options below. To add the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet to your Vandoit, visit vandoit.com. A pack of 3 refill cartridges runs you about $67.75, which equates to about $1.50/flush.

Laveo Dry Flush Toilet

Emptying the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet

This is probably the least glamorous part of any campervan toilet, but with the Laveo Dry Flush it is a pretty quick and painless chore! Especially compared to composting toilets.

Are you a visual person? Check out this 40 second video!

You simply:

Lift the lid
Remove the seat and the mylar cartridge
Throw the full cartridge away

There is a bag attached to the spinning drum in the toilet to catch any additional leaks, so you can throw that out too, and replace it if necessary.

To set it up for use again:

Place another bag into the spinning drum
Secure with a rubber band

The new mylar cartridge will sit on top of the edge of the drum and the bag will cascade inside. Place the seat back on, and you are good to go for 15 more flushes!

Overall Appeal for Van Life

The Laveo Dry Flush Toilet is just like toilets in houses making it a comfortable choice:

The design keeps you from smelling or looking at your waste (a huge plus for me!)
Because it is waterless, you do not have to worry about chemicals, or dumping waste anywhere (which can be a huge struggle when adventuring!)
It has only one mechanism within in, making it really easy to troubleshoot, should anything go wrong

An addition that most other camper van toilets don’t offer is that it doesn’t have to be only bodily waste that goes in this toilet. You can throw out anything that may be smelly and it gets sealed into a smell free bag! I won’t go too far into the possibilities – I think you can imagine.

Concluding Thoughts of the Laveo Dry Flush for Van Life

With the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet‘s compact design and efficient waste disposal system, it’s perfect for camper vans as well as many other places: use it in your tiny home, RV, or cabin. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to upgrade your bathroom experience in your campervan. Life in a van offers a lot of compromises and sacrifices for a simpler life, but you do not need to sacrifice the most comfortable option for a bathroom. Take the step towards a more convenient bathroom and purchase the Laveo Dry Flush Toilet!

This article was guest written by: Haley Holt, Marketing Director @ Vandoit

If you are looking for a more modular option for your camper van conversion, Vandoit is an excellent place to start. They utilize the same principles we do here at Engineers who Van Life: durability, longevity, and efficiency.