rootrujill
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I want to know if the Flo-Jet waste pump is worth the money. My wife asked me if what I would like for Christmas and I have been considering the Flo-Jet. The other option would be the Reverse Flush waste type.
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Family-of-five
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It wouldnt be on the top of MY christmas list.
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Chuck_S
Broadview Hts, OH, USA
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The Flo-Jet is only useful if you want to pump your waste some distance. I use it at home to pump the tanks into a toilet in the hall off the garage. Not even the city can find my sanitary sewer clean-out on the lawn. As far as using at a campground or a conventional dump site? Not needed.
We camp at state parks the vast majority of the time. With Flo-Jet I just drive home on Sunday. No hour long wait at the dump site while guys dump, back-flush, etc. I don't dump our black tank unless it's 2/3 full or greater and it's easy to dump on the way INto the next state park. But when the tanks need to be dumped at home the Flo-Jet is very convenient.
 
On full service campsites I use the Sewer Solution. No 3" stinky slinky to trip over.
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DavidP
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Family-of-five wrote:It wouldnt be on the top of MY christmas list.
Imagine the conversation between your wife and her friends. So what did you get him for Christmas? Oh, I got him this thingamajig so he can pump out sewer waste in our RV. He has been dying for it!
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The technical nomenclature is Poop Cannon.
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Chuck_S wrote:The Flo-Jet is only useful if you want to pump your waste some distance. I use it at home to pump the tanks into a toilet in the hall off the garage. Not even the city can find my sanitary sewer clean-out on the lawn. As far as using at a campground or a conventional dump site? Not needed.
We camp at state parks the vast majority of the time. With Flo-Jet I just drive home on Sunday. No hour long wait at the dump site while guys dump, back-flush, etc. I don't dump our black tank unless it's 2/3 full or greater and it's easy to dump on the way INto the next state park. But when the tanks need to be dumped at home the Flo-Jet is very convenient.
On full service campsites I use the Sewer Solution. No 3" stinky slinky to trip over.
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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The Level Air Bags were "store bought" before the patent fight. They just completed their 5th season.
There should be a Bill of Materials and instructions to make them here. Search Level Air or similar.
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rootrujill
Riverdale Utah
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The system is a 12 volt system? Are there any disadvantage to using the Jet Flo system.
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Chuck_S
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The Flo-Jet is a 12v system. You should be able to see the red/white pigtail in the photo I posted earlier.
There are no disadvantages to the system other than complete overkill if you're thinking of using this on a full service campsite where gravity will work well with the horrible 3" stinky slinky hose. And the Sewer Solution works as well for distances up to about 20' if you have pressure water available (it's water powered).
But if you want to dump your black tank into a sewer 75' away and uphill from your camper the Flo-Jet is the way to go. We've not dumped at a state park dump site in the four years I've had the pump.
Ya need to be careful what you put in the toilet! Baby wipes will usually flush out via a 3" hose. They ain't coming out thru the Sewer Solution's 3/4" hose nor thru the Flo-Jet as they'll foul the cutter blades. I became intimately acquainted with the Flo-Jet cutter/pump assembly after an episode of baby wipes. 
-- Chuck
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