The composting toilet handbook?

I was about to order the humanure handbook, as I may be living off grid next year.

I notice he's come out with another book called The Composting Toilet handbook. Does this cover more particular and useful info than the humanure handbook? I had understood the humanure handbook was largely about composting, but maybe it only gives an overview of the composting and design of a composting toilet?

Jon Crossen wrote:I was about to order the humanure handbook, as I may be living off grid next year.

I notice he's come out with another book called The Composting Toilet handbook. Does this cover more particular and useful info than the humanure handbook? I had understood the humanure handbook was largely about composting, but maybe it only gives an overview of the composting and design of a composting toilet?

I don't know anything about the new book, but I have the Humanure Handbook, and it has every detail you need to design, setup and use the system.

Edited to add, I found this in a reviewer's comments on Amazon:  "The text in Part One will feel *very* familiar to the HH 4th ed. The Compost Toilet Handbook is a more straightforward introduction to the humanure system than the more humorous, and more text- and detail-heavy HH4. If the HH4 gave you all the information you were hoping for, you probably don't need this book for yourself."  

HH means Humanure Handbook of course.  As he mentions, I found everything I needed to know in the Humanure Handbook.  

For our readers that might not be familiar with these books:

https://permies.com/wiki/44341/Humanure-Handbook-Joseph-Jenkins

https://www.amazon.com/Compost-Toilet-Handbook-Joseph-Jenkins

https://slateroofwarehouse.com/Books/Joseph_Jenkins_Books/Compost_Toilet_Handbook

A non-amazon link, so we can support the author more than Bezos

Trace Oswald wrote:

Jon Crossen wrote:I was about to order the humanure handbook, as I may be living off grid next year.

I notice he's come out with another book called The Composting Toilet handbook. Does this cover more particular and useful info than the humanure handbook? I had understood the humanure handbook was largely about composting, but maybe it only gives an overview of the composting and design of a composting toilet?

I don't know anything about the new book, but I have the Humanure Handbook, and it has every detail you need to design, setup and use the system.

Edited to add, I found this in a reviewer's comments on Amazon:  "The text in Part One will feel *very* familiar to the HH 4th ed. The Compost Toilet Handbook is a more straightforward introduction to the humanure system than the more humorous, and more text- and detail-heavy HH4. If the HH4 gave you all the information you were hoping for, you probably don't need this book for yourself."  

HH means Humanure Handbook of course.  As he mentions, I found everything I needed to know in the Humanure Handbook.  

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I guess the composting toilet book is more of a direct manual.

Jon, I've read both, and I would agree that while you can get the basics from the Humanure Handbook, the Compost Toilet Handbook is more user friendly and goes into more detail.  It also covers management in more challenging situations and the application of and response to his design around the world.

Burton Sparks wrote:Jon, I've read both, and I would agree that while you can get the basics from the Humanure Handbook, the Compost Toilet Handbook is more user friendly and goes into more detail.  It also covers management in more challenging situations and the application of and response to his design around the world.

Thanks Burton! That's great info. And I found that he has the Humanure Handbook free to read on the website, so if I buy one it'll be the Compost Toilet Handbook