I have been using Rid-X bacteria waste treatment at $4.95 a box, (treats 10,000 gallons of waste), sucessfully for a year now with NO permeable bad smells emitting from either my plumbing hoses or from the vent. I'm convinced I've found the cheapest alternative treatment available at almost any hardware goods store. Best regards, Ted A. Souter
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RidX is an anaerobic enzyme product
which does little more than accelerate breakdown. If its also eliminating odor in your holding tank, you prob'ly wouldn't have any if you didn't use anything. For most people, it works briefly...but if the tank isn't pumped and rinsed at the end of every weekend--if it sits in the summer heat for a few days--odors are worse when they come back than if they hadn't used anything. If you are pumping out every weekend regardless of how much or little is in the tank...and/or if you have add at any time during the weekend, you may find that while it's cheaper at the cash register, it MAY actually cost you considerably more to use than higher products that allow you to pump the tank only when it's full and/or don't require frequent retreating to keep up with bacteria production.
which does little more than accelerate breakdown. If its also eliminating odor in your holding tank, you prob'ly wouldn't have any if you didn't use anything. For most people, it works briefly...but if the tank isn't pumped and rinsed at the end of every weekend--if it sits in the summer heat for a few days--odors are worse when they come back than if they hadn't used anything. If you are pumping out every weekend regardless of how much or little is in the tank...and/or if you have add at any time during the weekend, you may find that while it's cheaper at the cash register, it MAY actually cost you considerably more to use than higher products that allow you to pump the tank only when it's full and/or don't require frequent retreating to keep up with bacteria production.
Cheaper = More? I'm confused...
Peggy -- How does a cheaper product cost more? Sounds like Clintonomics to me! Our dockmaster says the #1 problem with our local pumpout is two ply toilet paper. He has asked our local yacht club members to use one ply products instead. I believe that a bacterial agent that accelerates breakdown would have some benefit of use. I stand by my "cheap to use" ideology. I did use it all of last summer, (with 110+ degree temps), and noticed NO increased odors. With the relatively small holding tank on my Legend 35 Hunter, pumping out regularly is a requirement, not an option. Best regards, Ted A. Souter
Peggy -- How does a cheaper product cost more? Sounds like Clintonomics to me! Our dockmaster says the #1 problem with our local pumpout is two ply toilet paper. He has asked our local yacht club members to use one ply products instead. I believe that a bacterial agent that accelerates breakdown would have some benefit of use. I stand by my "cheap to use" ideology. I did use it all of last summer, (with 110+ degree temps), and noticed NO increased odors. With the relatively small holding tank on my Legend 35 Hunter, pumping out regularly is a requirement, not an option. Best regards, Ted A. Souter
Rid -X verses Odorles??
Is it the same stuff? Due to the poor ventalation of my holding tanks, I am unable to use KO. I've been using odorles now for the last year with pretty good success. It requires addtional treatments to remain odor free. If Rid-X is basically the same stuff, it sure is ALOT cheaper than Odorles.
Is it the same stuff? Due to the poor ventalation of my holding tanks, I am unable to use KO. I've been using odorles now for the last year with pretty good success. It requires addtional treatments to remain odor free. If Rid-X is basically the same stuff, it sure is ALOT cheaper than Odorles.
RidX and Odorlos are not the same thing
RidX is nothing more than enzymes that are roughly equivilant to the "tissue digesters" in the marine catalogs. That's about all it does. Odorlos introduces ntirates and nitrogen into waste, which help to oxygenate it. It's the oxygen that prevents the odor...and without toxic chemicals, the naturally occuring bacteria and enzymes in the waste do a fine job of digesting tissue without any help.
RidX is nothing more than enzymes that are roughly equivilant to the "tissue digesters" in the marine catalogs. That's about all it does. Odorlos introduces ntirates and nitrogen into waste, which help to oxygenate it. It's the oxygen that prevents the odor...and without toxic chemicals, the naturally occuring bacteria and enzymes in the waste do a fine job of digesting tissue without any help.
I would NEVER be guilty of "Clintonomics! " 
However, it's not uncommon for a product to be cheaper at the cash register, but more expensive to use. Example: Brand A dishwashing liquid carries a price tag of $1/quart...but every sinkful of dishes needs a cupful to know there's any in the sink. Cost per sinkload of dishes: $0.25. Brand B dishwashing liquid costs $2.quart...but just 2 oz per sinkful of dishes is all you need. Cost per sinkful of dishes: $0.125--half the cost per sinkful of the $1 brand. So which product is REALLY the most expensive dishwashing liquid--Brand A or Brand B? Now apply the same "economics" to holding tank treatments: how much do you have to use? How often do you have to add? Do you have to pump out after every weekend...or only when the tank is full? Divide the price at the cash register by amount needed per week/month/season. Compare the various amounts of other products needed and do the same thing. The price at the cash register is not always a true indicator of real cost to use. (And btw, NOwhere is that truer than it is at the grocery store, especially when it comes to produce and fresh meats--anything sold by the pound. The amount of trim or other waste can more than offset the price difference between the least expensive and the most expensive.)
However, it's not uncommon for a product to be cheaper at the cash register, but more expensive to use. Example: Brand A dishwashing liquid carries a price tag of $1/quart...but every sinkful of dishes needs a cupful to know there's any in the sink. Cost per sinkload of dishes: $0.25. Brand B dishwashing liquid costs $2.quart...but just 2 oz per sinkful of dishes is all you need. Cost per sinkful of dishes: $0.125--half the cost per sinkful of the $1 brand. So which product is REALLY the most expensive dishwashing liquid--Brand A or Brand B? Now apply the same "economics" to holding tank treatments: how much do you have to use? How often do you have to add? Do you have to pump out after every weekend...or only when the tank is full? Divide the price at the cash register by amount needed per week/month/season. Compare the various amounts of other products needed and do the same thing. The price at the cash register is not always a true indicator of real cost to use. (And btw, NOwhere is that truer than it is at the grocery store, especially when it comes to produce and fresh meats--anything sold by the pound. The amount of trim or other waste can more than offset the price difference between the least expensive and the most expensive.)
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