Cost of a composting toilet: cheap or high-priced? How much toilet for the money?

Composting toilets are a sustainable and resource-saving alternative to the conventional camping toilet. Without water and without chemicals, they are not only particularly environmentally friendly, they also give you the freedom to be even more self-sufficient on the road.

Before purchasing a composting toilet, many ask themselves the question: "What does the quiet little toilet cost anyway?" Which composting toilet is cheap, what distinguishes a composting toilet of the upper class and how much toilet you get for your money, we tell you in this article.

Are you looking for the composting toilet of your heart, but do not know exactly what you should look for when buying? In our big composting toilet buying guide, you'll find out everything you need to know before you buy.

Cheap composting toilets

An inexpensive composting toilet is already available for around 150 euros. Most of these are so-called Euro box toilets made of plastic, which can be integrated into a Euro box system and are therefore stackable.

This inexpensive version fulfills the basic function of a composting toilet: it has a separation insert and separates solid from liquid.

• Cost effective
• Lightweight
• Stackable
• Compact

• The plastic ribs of the euro box toilet are susceptible to dust and dirt
• Low capacity
• Rather uncomfortable seat
• Very low seat height
• Visually less appealing

Suitable for what need?

For those who are only looking for an emergency toilet, inexpensive variants can be a suitable option. You will probably read "The funny paperback" less here due to the lack of comfort, but it is always enough for a lightning session.

You should consider the hygiene factor, as cleaning the grooves and corners of Euro box toilets is more complex than with smooth bodies.

Composting toilets of the medium price segment

Composting toilets in the medium price segment range from 250 euros to 600 euros. These are usually toilets made of plastic, wood-plastic mixes or aluminum.
Medium-priced composting toilets are available in various sizes. This has the advantage that the volumes of the solid waste containers and urine canisters vary. So in this price segment you can not only choose the very compact variant, but also opt for a large toilet.

Especially if the toilet is to be located in a mobile home or garden shed, it makes sense to consider a larger capacity.

Advantages

• Different materials
• Different sizes and volumes
• Variable seat heights
• Easy to clean depending on the material
• Stylish material mixes
• Different application scenarios

• More expensive than emergency variants
• Heavier than compact models

Suitable for what need?

Composting toilets of the price middle class are suitable for those who feel the need for more variety and have a higher demand on the design. In addition, these toilets offer greater seating comfort in most cases.

Some models, such as the Trelino® Origin, can also be used as a permanent seat or step thanks to their wooden lid.

Composting toilets of the upper price segment

Composting toilets with a purchase price of more than 600 euros are in the segment of high-priced sanitary solutions. Often these composting toilets are made of wood, not infrequently also in manual work of a carpenter, so that the manufacturing costs are accordingly higher.

Composting toilets that have a manual or electric agitator also belong to the upper price range.

Advantages

• Different materials
• Different sizes and volumes
• Variable seat heights
• Particularly elegant appearance in the wood version
• Different application scenarios
• Different composting approaches depending on whether with or without agitator

• Costly to purchase
• Significantly heavier than compact models
• For toilets with external agitator: Space-consuming

Suitable for what need?

High-priced composting toilets are the ideal choice if you value an unusual design. Wooden toilets exude a particularly natural charm and are visually more reminiscent of a piece of furniture than a quiet toilet.

If you are looking for a composting toilet with an agitator that promotes the composting process, you should look in this price range.

What decides the price of a composting toilet?

Whether a composting toilet is inexpensive or high-priced is determined by the equipment, the choice of material, the complexity of production and the country of production. For example, the production of a wooden toilet by hand in a carpenter's workshop in Germany is significantly more cost-intensive than the mass production of a plastic body in a foreign country in Asia.

As with any purchase, the cost factor always plays a role in the acquisition of a composting toilet. The idea "as cheap as possible" means, as with any product, not infrequently to the detriment of social, ecological and qualitative aspects.

It is up to you to decide whether your composting toilet should be of high quality and therefore durable, whether the production of the toilet should be fair and whether the delivery routes should be short.