Legigo Pack of 10 Organic Coco Coir Bricks- 100% Natural Compressed Coco Peat Brick Coconut Fiber Substrate with Low EC&pH Balance, Plant Soil Enhance Root Growth for Herbs, Flowers, House Plants

I live in a Tiny House without septic or sewer. I'm 74, female in decent health and mobility, but no spring chicken either. I use these only in my toliet, about 1 1/2 bricks each change, which is about 2 weeks. 2 weeks is probably shorter than most need to change the pot out. I had a surgery that left me with half of my large intestine so I "go" twice as much as I would otherwise. Odor issues; there is a slight woodsy odor which is not at all unpleasant but there is a fan attached to the pot that pulls the air out. No noticeable odor outside that I can tell and no neighbors have complained. I do have to properly dispose of tissue paper or else I will get a urine odor, so that involves placing tissue into a trash can and then emptying it. No big deal. The urine catcher has to be emptied more often. It has a seal thing on the neck that prevents spillage and therefore odor as well. My kids and grandkids live 400 feet away so I can dump urine in their system. The poop pot is different. When time to change, I simply put a kitchen tall plastic garbage bag over the top, turn it upside down and you cannot believe how cleanly everything comes out, leaving a sorta clean pot. If it's not raining I just turn the hose on it to clean out the odd coconut bits. If I have to cause of weather, I can skip the cleaning, and still no odor. I place this in the trash and so I do have to plan change out day accordingly to trash pick up days. I'm tempted to use gopher holes for the urine as I have observed males using the ground outdoors as a toliet on more than one occasion. It rains a lot here. I have not been tempted to use the pot contents as fertilizer for my large garden even though this IS a custom in some cultures and even though it looks like you could use it for that. I hope this helps someone. Oh, the pot does get heavy, so mom or grandpa should be able to lift 30 pounds or so for a very short time, or be really good at leveraging, or just help them out with this part.

These were great. I tried three different brands of the same size bricks. These were even sized, absorbed and expanded quickly unlike the other two brands I tried which took anywhere from a half hour to overnight to rehydrate. This brand rehydrated in 15-20 minutes and was fluffier that the other two. I will beordering these again for sure.

Overall, I'm very happy with this product. The water absorption/brick expansion wasn't instantaneous like other brands I've used, but in 10-15 minutes it's ready to go. Instead of adding 4-5 quarts of water as suggested, I found that using 2 quarts gave me the ideal moisture level I needed. The resulting product, which for me is the most important factor, consists of fine particules, light and airy, with no big chunks. It mixes easily with potting soil, and is a perfect addition for dirt that's too wet.

Update to my review-because Seller took the time to talk with me about my order and was genuinely concerned about the quality of his product, I am changing to a 4 star. He made this right. I would try his product again.

Love this stuff. It's great for my vegetable garden. Just add water and it expands into a wonderful organic growing material. Best of all I can store it on a shelf in my gardening shed until I am ready to use it.

As advertised--lightweight, keeps expanding with water, easy to use. So far I have planted two types of fushias and two types of heavenly bamboo with the product and all appear to be doing well

This stuff worked great to start my cuc, tomato, zucchini, butternut squash all from seeds. It hold the water for almost 2 weeks without having to water them. Easier than dragging a big bag if dirt from the store. You do have to mix in some fertilizer or some other nutrient. I had a bag left over of gardening started and it wasn’t moist anymore I added that. Worked great.

I like the fine texture of the cut. However I have to make sure I weigh every brick because they can be off by as much as 90 grams. When calculating the amount of water to add this can make a significant difference in the consistency and field conditions of your substrate. The packaging that the overall bricks comes in for the pack of 10 is flimsy and falls apart. I picked up a package of bricks and they ended up flying everywhere. The shipping package that I received with 20 Bricks one of the packages was broken open in order to fit the shipping envelope. Why bother packaging the bricks of 10 in a package that you're going to break before I even receive it. It is for these reasons it gets a three. They asked for review so I gave them one.