Head Poll v2.0 - what type do you have?

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by daletournier

Hi Mike, I also use the app therefore I cant to the poll. I tried the web view.

2x sealand fresh water vacuum heads.

Damn, I was not aware that polls don’t operate in the apps. That seems like a big hole in the system.

[malbert73]

I have raritan elegance to holding tank. Love it. Offshore option- macerator pump to empty tank offshore. Inshore use pump out facilities.
No vented loop needed since head always goes to vented holding tank before pump out or overboard d/c

[Tayana42]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Damn, I was not aware that polls don’t operate in the apps. That seems like a big hole in the system.

I have voted in some polls in the past through the app in web view. Don’t know why I can’t now. Just be aware that is giving you incomplete responses to the poll.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Tayana42

I have voted in some polls in the past through the app in web view. Don’t know why I can’t now. Just be aware that is giving you incomplete responses to the poll.

So, that’s even odder. Has something changed with the app? Did I do something wrong with the poll?

Oh Mods????

[MicHughV]

For a short period of time, my first boat had a "Porta-potti". This is an evil device concocted by a madman to repulse all of mankind. It lasted about two weeks on my boat.
In the brief period between the porta potti and the next head I had to revert to the " bucket and chuckit" method...no comment needed here.

In a search for a replacement for the porta potti I stumbled across an old " Wilcox Crittenden " head that I salvaged out of an old English boat that made it across the pond.
One could never ascribe flowery language to a head, but this particular device was a thing of beauty. Other than the seat and lid (both teak) and bowl (porcelain) , it was mostly all bronze with a variety of flaps and levers and long handle to send your offering to Davy Jones's locker. No holding tanks back in those days. For a number of years I was able to find spare parts for it, but a year came along, when parts for this magnificent beast were no longer available. For as long as I had it, it worked like a charm. It would groan, gurgle and spit from time to time, but worked flawlessly, if noisily.
I gave it a noble burial at sea.

Boat # 2 had the elecrosan unit....two of them....I awoke one night to a huge explosive sound as the forward head electrosan had exploded under the forward v-berth where it resided.
To say it was a mess would be too simple, but their are no words to describe the cleanup job.
I took the exploded unit to the manufacturer in south Florida, but they offered little in the way of explanation, recompense or solution.

At the end of the day, I took the second electrosan unit out of the boat as well and replaced both with some or other West Marine model. They both worked fine, but lacked the ambience of my earlier WC.

Current boat is equipped with electric macerator pumps and holding tanks. They work okay...well, sortoff...they don't like tissue paper very well....but I stumbled across some tissue paper that has aloe vera impregnated in the tissue and the macerators seem to be able to digest this without much problem. Off course, they require a strong battery to function properly...

I have a very simple rule on my boat....particularly for women...I tell them as politely as I can, that if it doesn't pass thru' their body it does not go into the head.

At the end of the day that old Wilcox Crittenden was the best of them all.

[Ferrari]

We have Vaccuflush with gravity empty and pumpout.

[zengirl]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

A couple of years ago I conducted the first poll on what kind of head people have. The results were interesting. You can see them here:

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...-184086-5.html

Given the recent spate of head-related threads, I’m curious to see how the numbers shake out now. So, here’s version #2.

I’m using the same categories as the first one, although I’ve altered the descriptions a bit to be more accurate.

So, have at it. What head do you have. If you have more than one type, pick the primary one.

Add category: thinking of buying compost
Looks like they may outrun the III in a couple of years.

[mitiempo]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Wow, 36% of boaters now have composting heads. Impressive .

Come on folks. The first poll had 179 voters.

Only 179? You need a lot more for accuracy.

Lavac - the most reliable manual head made - to gravity drain holding tank with deck pumpout. No Y-valves or anti-siphon loops needed.

[zengirl]

Which flush action do you choose? It asks for either "top action pump" or under deck pump"

[mitiempo]

Originally Posted by zengirl

Which flush action do you choose? It asks for either "top action pump" or under deck pump"

Please explain what you are referring to.

[zengirl]

I'm looking at ordering the Lavac head which you posted about. And there are two choices to pick from...top action pump or under deck pump

[Mplight]

We have a WC SKIPPER II
We rebuilt it last year, new powder coat finish-
Best damn head available!
We use vegetable oil when we put it on the hard to keep the leather gasket pliable
There are rebuild kits available from Marine Sanitation in Washington State- easy kit- but that solid bronze base weighs a ton!!!!!

[Training Wheels]

Originally Posted by zengirl

I'm looking at ordering the Lavac head which you posted about. And there are two choices to pick from...top action pump or under deck pump

Same pump, one surface mounts, the other is a thru- deck mount.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Mplight

We have a WC SKIPPER II
We rebuilt it last year, new powder coat finish-
Best damn head available!
We use vegetable oil when we put it on the hard to keep the leather gasket pliable
There are rebuild kits available from Marine Sanitation in Washington State- easy kit- but that solid bronze base weighs a ton!!!!!

This is the head I had before we swapped it out for a composter. I never had any problems with it. It was a great head. Just that my Nature’s Head is better .

[Mr B]

I have a Raritan PH11,
Manual Handle Macerator, with Y valves, It goes over the side or into a Tank,
It can be pumped out from the deck or discharged over the side,
I like it, Its clean and dont smell,

Not sure where it goes in your poll,