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Originally Posted by booster
So you would take the ARV system over the Zion system?
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I don't know how to interpret this. I would take an ARV over a Zion, period. You get what you get. I once preferred gravity over a macerator but have since changed my mind. Macerators are quicker, cleaner and easier to use. However, they are more prone to failure. If I wanted to I could quickly remove the portable macerator and return to gravity. But like I said, I would be on the road for another month. I wanted it fixed.
As for worrying about which is better, Zion or ARV it is kind of like a spare tire of which is better, under the van or mounted on the hitch. To me it matters not because I don't carry a spare at all knowing if I have a flat there will be no way I will change it.
However, I suspect with my experience, ARV might rethink their design. I know they wish they could use a much better marine macerator but they haven't figured out how to get it to fit yet. This is the one they currently install. They don't use that hand held operating device. The switch is built in.
Seriously, though, this is exactly why we made ours with a true dual dumping setup and no converting needed to go back and forth. Probably the only real thing that Roadtrek has gotten ahead of the crowd with lately, on the Zion.
). A true dual dump would have just been a simple gravity system after the macerator failure, with no added disasssembly or added mess, that was exactly the point.
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