Best RV Holding Tank Treatment: Keep YOur RV Smelling Fresh | Autance

While this Bio-Pak looks similar to the Porta-Pak, it is much more — so don’t worry, your eyes are fine. Like others on this list, this treatment from the RV company Walex also comes in water-soluble pods for easy dosing of your tanks. That’s where the similarities to other offerings end, though.

The Bio-Pak doesn’t just mask odors — it removes them so there are no lingering scents. The special green pods digest waste thanks to proprietary enzymes in the formula. This also means you can use your favorite brand of doo-doo paper without fearing that your 3-ply tush-cush is going to clog up your pipes or fail to break down in a timely manner. Plus they are California safe and a bag of these in your RV will give you a more enjoyable experience for longer.

Pods really do make treating waste tanks easy, which must be why Camco offers these TST Max treatment pods. Camco’s pods are water-soluble, which allows the right amount to hit your tanks without creating a new mess, and one pod treats 40 gallons easily. And this specific container has 30 pods, which should be perfect for at least a year’s worth of RVing.

The lavender fragrance has the added benefit of being a calming scent as well as masking any foul odors attempting to escape from under your RV. Packed in a hard container, this keeps the pods from accidentally getting wet, which would be quite messy. Just keep the kids away, as these are not for interweb challenges either. On the flip side, these don’t digest or break down your waste or TP, which isn’t great if you’re going on longer trips.

Living in the 21st century, it’s become important to avoid harsh chemicals and find organic solutions to everyday problems as we’ve come to realize all those have adverse effects on our health. This tank treatment from Happy Campers meets that demand while performing better than most lab-created products. Add one, and only one, scoop to a gallon of water and drop it into your black or gray tanks and it’ll treat up to 40 gallons of waste, which sounds super simple to us.

The formaldehyde-free treatment eliminates odors, with no citrus after smell, and liquefies waste. And that works for toilet paper, too. It does all of this while also cleaning and inhibiting sludge and crystal buildup in either tank. That said, the powder can be messy to work with and for those with sensitive skin, a set of gloves is probably for the best. You’ll be a happy camper with clean and empty tanks.

Maybe pods aren’t your thing. If you have a teenager we understand, and you prefer measuring liquids when treating your tank. This treatment from Unique RV then, is worth your attention, as the liquid format ensures immediate results. Once the treatment is in your tank, it will attack and dissolve solids for easy dumping. Since it is a liquid, it will also clean the pipes leading to the tank.

This system also works for septic tanks, which can be good for those RVers who also have a septic tank at home. Despite the liquid’s benefits, there are some drawbacks. One of which is mess, as the liquid can be messy to use. And given that this is a larger container of treatment, measuring 32 ounces, it can be difficult to find a place to fit the bottle. Overall, however, it will eliminate foul odors and keep your RV in tip-top shape.

If you’ve had to deal with septic tanks before, you’re probably familiar with Rid-X products. This liquid treatment from the name-brand manufacturer is specially designed, however, for RV tanks. The key to this treatment is that it adds natural bacteria and enzymes to your tank and pouring this treatment in is sure to keep it clean for at least 10 days. These attack and destroy the waste matter that could cause issues with your RV’s tank performance.

The fresh fragrance lets you know it is there and working and will actually clean both the tank and its sensors to ensure both are in perfect working order. There’s one big issue with Rid-X’s product, though, and that’s the need for consistent use. See, this toilet treatment only works to do all those things when you consistently use it and natural bacteria build up in your RV’s tanks. So once you start, you’re going to have to continue it for a long while.

In many ways, your new RV is just a giant porta-potty and tossing in a Porta-Pak will greatly reduce the odor reminding you of this fact. It’s packaged in a neat water-soluble pod that makes dosage easy — just toss one in and let it work. The unbeatable odor prevention is complemented by its ability to break down waste and toilet paper, too.

While not a digester (i.e. complete and total dissolution), it will still work to make solids less solid so they easily flow out of your tank and into a proper dumping facility. That’ll really lighten your load. A few drawbacks are present, however. Firstly, if the pods get wet, they become unusable, so handle with care. And secondly, they need water to activate, which depending on what’s in your waste tanks, might not have liquids.