You may have heard that putting flushable wipes on an RB toilet is a no-no. Here's what I think of that. Welcome to this channel, I'm Liz. And I'm Paul and these are exciting times to push past fear, build confidence and live amazing. And we need to push past fear because we're going to take some from this video. Oh my goodness, we are touching what the third rail, right? Yeah, this might bring out some hate. Let's say it again so you can be sure you heard right. So brace yourself. Paul and I take flushable wet wipes and we flush them in our RV toilet. Oh my god. Well, the first thing we want to do is give a disclaimer that we are going to be sharing what we're doing. We're not telling you to do this. Certainly listen to how we're doing it and Yeah, make your own decision. We have been doing it for two years. Over three different campers. I did it in my camper van, which was a straight pipe directly to the black tank. Done it in the 260 RD fifth wheel and now in the 310 GK fifth wheel. And they have plumbing, they have plumbing. Yes, I'm going to be we're furiously on your keyboards telling us what idiots we are doing. Even though we've been doing it for two years and we have been full timing for two years. Yeah, right. So we obviously have not had any problems, but there's a certain way that we are doing this. And that's what we want to share with you is how we're able to get away with using wet wipes and actually putting them down the toilet. Do you know there's some people that want you to put toilet paper? Yes, I know. Yeah. Actually, I was not putting anything down my tank. Any paper goods down my tank when I met you when I kept a little lidded trash can. And that was just the grossest thing for me. I mean, plastic bag inside. Yeah. I hope you're not eating dinner while you're watching our video. This is another one that has gone to Yeah, that's it really. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so let's talk about how we're doing this. Because there's several things. Actually, there are several things. Okay, first of all, we're using a special tank treatment, which we're going to talk about, but actually before that, we're using special wipes, which we're going to talk about that. And we're going to talk about how we dump. All right, so talk about the first component because this is huge. No, I will say this. When when I came aboard, Liz was using a product called Happy Camper. I'm sure many of you have heard of it. And it's a black tank treatment. Yeah, it's a black trick. It's a holding tank treatment, not just black tanks. Every time I pulled the gate valve, I would I would get anxious and nervous because I didn't know if anything was going to come out at all and sometimes it didn't and sometimes it dumped hot water into the tank to make it work. And I just want you to know about us that I am more carefree and Paul is more of the warrior. If there's anything to worry about, if there's any chance that something might go wrong, Paul will find that chance. Translation, I'm more practical. Something. But okay, so I'm more of a risk taker, but I have not had any problems. But Paul actually said, Hey, if we're going to do this, we need to change things up. Yes, we need to change to a different tank treatment. So yes, I used to use Happy Camper. It's very popular with our beers. It cuts odor, but it has its limitations and the biggest limitation is it actually doesn't break down. It does not dissolve solids. Not very well. It's certainly not paper solid. Paper stays pretty much. When we would dump, I would see clumps of paper coming through big masses of paper. So talk about what we have because this is really a breakthrough product and it changes everything. The product called tank techsRx. This is really cool. It converts your black tank into a septic tank. It uses its all organic. It's a green product and it's using bacteria to to basically the way a septic tank works. It is a septic tank that you're creating. We talked to the owner of tech tanks and I said, is it like a septic tank treatment? He said it's like a septic tank treatment on steroids and it really works. We're not being sponsored. We're not even getting this stuff for free. No, no, this is just something that we want to share with you. Certainly, if you want to buy it, if you want to go through our Amazon store, we appreciate you supporting the channel. One of the good things about this product is that you never have to flush your black tank when you're using it. When you drain your tank, you leave a small amount in the tank. You don't even drain it completely. Every time I pull the gate valve to drain, our black tank runs like a fire hose and that's hardly an exaggeration. I mean, it just runs out. It's fast. The run smoothly is what he's saying. There's no clumps or burps or anything like that, no blockages. We're not going to show you that on camera. The world's fair you from that. I am totally sold on this product. How do you make your tank become a septic tank? What's involved in the very first time you've used it? In the first time you've used it, you definitely, if you've been using some other product like Happy Camper, you want to flush it thoroughly and you basically want nothing but clean water coming out when you're done. And this is really important if you're not using Happy Camper, but if you're using a formaldehyde product, the traditional products from 20, 30 years ago are very bad for the environment. They pretty much kill everything they touch. So you want to make sure that you flush thoroughly if you're switching from one of those products to tank tanks or X. Yes. So once your tank is clear, of course you drain it. Then you add two inches of water on the bottom of your tank. Obviously you can't get in there to measure it. So just put some water in and dump a quarter cup of tank tanks in. That's what you start with. When you drain, like I said, you leave again that two inch, you're estimating two inches of stuff on the bottom of your tank. The instructions say something about don't drain the black tank all the way. Yeah, is that amazing? Well, yeah, because as our viewers, we have no idea how to leave an inch of stuff at the bottom. How do you do that? Okay, there's two simple ways to do it. First way is to have a clear view adapter, which puts up right between the hose and the tank outlet. And just watch when that is about half full, shut the handle. That's half full is about an inch and a half, which would be an extra inch of water. And your tank is shut. It doesn't have to be exact. We're trying to accomplish this keeping the mother culture in the tank because what we have is a living microcosm system that rests out between the tank. You can drain it all out. You start all over again. There's so purpose in draining it out. So you never drain completely. And the way to not drain completely is to get a clear elbow. And then when the water flow starts to slow way down, then just close your gate valve. The cool thing about this is you never have to flush again. And that saves you a lot of time. You're doing something that's good for the environment. There's no odors. Controls orders as well as the happy camper did. And this time it's actually digesting and breaking down the solids. Now here's something to be aware of. The first time we use tank techs RX, we call the owner of the company because it didn't work. Right? It didn't catch. So it might have been that we didn't flush very well before using it. So give yourself a second chance if the first time it doesn't work. What Liz said, I think it's right. I don't think I flushed the tank clean enough. And there was still some happy camper in there. And it interfered with the tank tech product. Right. So give it another chance. And the way you'll know if it doesn't catch is if you are experiencing odor. I do have some concerns about if you're boondocking and you need every square ounce of your black tank. This may not be the product for you because you are leaving a little bit each time. You're leaving maybe maybe a gallon or two. I don't see that as a as a deal breaker personally. But if you're boondocking, it may not work for you or it might. So we talked to John and we said, hey, you know, we we like using the flushable wet wipes. Does it eat that? And he told us to do a test and just put one in a jar with water, shake it up several times over a 24 hour period. If it turns to white fog into jar, then you know it's going to be fine in your tank. Right. If it just kind of falls apart. And the other thing is is what happens to the wet wipe in the water. Like ours is suspended in the water. That's a good thing. You want it suspended in the water. You don't want it to sink to the bottom of the jar. And it doesn't necessarily have to be fog, but when you touch it, it should be dissolving. Yes. It should be disintegrating. Now the third thing and I think this is also very important is before you go to dump, if you're not full, but it's time to dump because you're going to be traveling or whatever, go ahead and run your toilet and try and fill your tank because the more fluid you have in there, the better it's going to flush out. So we've been using tank techs now for six, seven months. And have had absolutely no trouble. It's still every time I pull the gate valve to dump the the black tank, it runs as fast as the gray tanks. So yeah, so it just makes life better. If you're using tank techs, Rx, let us know how you like it. I'd love to hear from other people that have been using this product and and hear your stories. We've been doing this long enough that there was going to be a problem. I would know it by now. We've been very happy with it. We appreciate you supporting the channel by using our Amazon link. You don't pay any extra, but we do get a few cents each time. So thank you. Yes, thank you very much. And we'll see you in the next video. See you next time. Hey, what do you think about getting a new truck?