Founded in 2007

The Big Orange Company is a family-run company located in Washago, Ontario, Canada, that was founded in 2007 to help make boating better. We started Big Orange after we bought our first boat, a Rinker 250EC, and found out that boats with holding tanks STINK!

We spent a lot of money pouring chemicals down the head to try and stop the smell but found that the chemicals either didn't do anything or just mask the smell with perfume. After much research, I thought that I would make a filter for my holding tank.

Al Sasnowski

CEO & Founder

Lisa Sasnowski

Co - Founder

Success.....sort of. My initial prototype was made with directions from one of the boating blogs. Sure the smell was gone, but I noticed that my holding tank was collapsing during the pump-out. So I made another prototype, this time with a bypass valve. This was a winner. I had a second prototype made using a 3D printing machine. The guy running the machine asked me if it mattered what color the prototype was. I said, "No, not at all".

What I received were bright orange parts, no worries. I put the parts together, and it formed a rather large filter. I started showing my new prototype to different people, and I got similar feedback, "That's a big orange filter", so our company was born.

I run the business with the help of my wife, who ships the orders, and my son, who packages the filters. All the parts are proudly made in Canada from tooling that was designed and built in Canada.

Did you know?

Many commercial deodorizers use formaldehyde as one of their ingredients which is toxic to the environment and long term exposure could cause health problems. Fortunately there is a better option: Big Orange.

Big Orange holding tank vent filter is easily installed on the vent line of your holding tank and begins working immediately by filtering the air coming from your holding tank to remove the odour. In fact, the Big Orange holding tank vent filter uses the same activated carbon pellet technology that is used in industrial exhaust scrubbers to eliminate the odour coming from your holding tank.

Big Orange boasts a large carbon pellet volume, more than any other vent line filter available on the market. It lasts longer and works better. Unlike "the other guys", the Big Orange holding tank vent filter uses an easily refillable cartridge so you don’t need to buy a new filter every year. Instead, buy an inexpensive filter refill kit and, in a couple of minutes, Big Orange is ready for another season.

Odour filters slow the rate of air flow through the vent line. This resistance can cause the holding tank to collapse during pump out. Big Orange includes a special, automatic, by-pass valve to effectively "turn off" the filter so that you can empty the holding tank without the worry of a collapse due to vent line restriction.