We're getting all new toilets. Anybody have any recommendations?

[bbernardini]

Something that DOES NOT CLOG would be ideal. Personally, I want the kind you find at restaurants and other big places, which sounds like a jet taking off when you flush it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear bbernardini...

Ours clog very rarely...but we keep a plumber's friend on hand just in case...

What we got, and we love, are the so-called handicapped toilets. They're just like regular ones, but they're taller...

Much easier to sit down on, and get up off from...

The brand is American Standard, with a gallon per flush of 1.6.

We've been very happy with them..

The only downside?

Any other toilet feels like you're sitting in a hole!

Good luck!

:hi:

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. no colored toilets please! No silly decorated seats!

[rug]

3. Either Folger's or Maxwell House will work.

[MajorChode]

4. You could flush a whole kilo of pot down the old 5 gal flush toilets

[UTUSN]

5. Definitely get the "handicapped" (tall) ones, with BIG bowl/opening!1

It's important for everything to FIT, if you get my drift!1

This is one of the IMPORTANT decisions in life, really, with a dimension of meditation---just ask Martin LUTHER!1

[buzzycrumbhunger]

6. I do!

I actually did a consumer survey where they sent me a toilet to install and I had to answer a survey every few months. It's not a terribly modern-looking deal (I preferred my low-profile one), but the fucker can FLUSH. My ex redid the plumbing in there before this and left us with insufficient drop that left the toilet apt to not flush well, but after I changed out the toilets, I've not had to use a plunger for anything. It seems to use only about a third of the tank per flush (meaning the next person won't have to wait for it to refill before flushing) and it just goes. WHOOOSH. One loud gush and then a barely audible trickle as it refills quickly. I believe it's actually one of the cheaper toilets you can get now (maybe $250?), American Standard's Champion model. I warn you that the miso demonstration is a bit graphic, but any toilet that can flush a bucket of golf balls is awesome in my book.

Damn. It's pretty sad when you get so worked up about a toilet. . . Bonus was that it came with their self-closing toilet seat that closes in slo-mo. I suppose you have to buy that separately.

[seemunkee]

7. Toto

One plumber I know won't install anything else.

[wartrace]

8. Any "large" people at your house?

I am 6'6" and the standard sized toilet is uncomfortable height wise. I bought a handicap model that stands taller & has a bigger bowl. It is the most comfortable I have ever used.

Also- you NEED to install urinals in your bathroom. How cool would that be? No more seat up/seat down issues!

[harmonicon]

13. that would be the best

I've been trying to convince my brother to put a urinal in his house. When a friend of mine was redoing one of his bathrooms a few years ago, he asked his wife if they could put in a urinal, because, as he said "that's a man's toilet". She didn't allow it.

[KitchenWitch]

9. We have the low flow toilets and the clog all the damn time.

:grr:

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Info and Flushing Golf Balls vid link re: American Standard Champion 4

http://www.galttech.com/research/household-DIY-tools/best-toilets.php

<snip>
American Standard is one of the biggest names in plumbing and bathroom products. Their Champion line of toilets has made a name for itself in recent years as the "no-clog" toilet. The Champ toilet works well because of its design. Instead of the standard flap stopper, American Standard devised a flush tower, which lifts straight up and forces water quickly into the bowl for a powerful, instant flush. This unique design is shown on their website, draining toilet bowls filled with 20 golf balls, a dozen bunched-up rags, and just about anything "else" you want it to handle. The Champion toilet also has the largest outlet, at 2 3/8", allowing more to escape unimpeded. It uses the standard 1.6 gallons per flush as other toilets, but the power of its flush and the large volume trapway quite literally results in no clogs. Having personally used one of these toilets for the past 2 years in a busy household, I can attest to its performance and the plunger has been banished to "non-champ" bathrooms. The Crane Sure Flush Toilet is another popular model. It also uses a 3 inch flapperless flush valve and a glazed 2 1/8" trapway to eliminate clogging. The Crane toilets get generally good user reviews and feedback. They run just under $200 at Lowes. Jacuzzi makes the Perfecta line of toilets with a similar 3 inch flush valve, as an alternative to the American Standard line, but our vote is still for the Champ.
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More at the above link, and here's the American Standard link re: the Champion
http://www.americanstandard-us.com/products/collection.aspx?d=1&c=66


Time to retire the plunger. Or find it a new job. We've developed a line of toilets that no longer require a plunger. A virtually clog-free system. So everything leaves the bowl. Every time. The perfect toilet for high-traffic bathrooms. You'll find the clog-free system in the Champion® 4, which boasts the ability to flush 200 sheets of toilet paper. It features the industry's largest flush valve and trapway, producing a faster, more powerful (yet quieter) flush. Every Champion 4 toilet also includes the EverClean Surface which inhibits the growth of stain- and odor-causing bacteria, mold and mildew.

And here's the Golf Balls! vid on that one:
http://www.americanstandard-us.com/video/default.aspx?area=bath#Champion4_Flushing_Demo

[Whoa_Nelly]

22. 1000 grams of Miso! Rubber tubes! Water Wigglers for Fuck's sake!

You gotta check out what they flush down this toilet!

It's in the third part of this very short vid, titled, "Flushing Materials".

http://www.americanstandard-us.com/video/default.aspx?area=bath#Champion4_Flushing_Demo





:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[HopeHoops]

11. Pressure assit types used to suck moose naughty bits, but they are much more reliable now.

[Archae]

12. One word: Kohler.

[WinkyDink]

18. Seconded.

[AngryAmish]

19. Kohler and only Kohler

Anything else and you are wasting your money.

[dgibby]

14. Get something that installs on the wall.

Wish I had one like that. The floor models are hard to clean around, especially in a small bathroom, and the older I get, the harder it gets to clean.

[Robb]

15. I'll just refer you to internet plumbing god Terry Love:

...The guy knows that of which he speaks. :)

http://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm

[JVS]

16. Get different brands in case one turns out to be bad.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Then you want a Kohler Class 5.

[quakerboy]

20. I like this, myself

Seems usefull

[Roon]

21. My Grandparents have a handicapped toilet

and hell,even I find it nice to use!

Ozzy has a urinal in his playroom/den.Wish I had one in the basement when I was living down there.....

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. Get a TOTO Washlet for the john.

It washes your tokus. Like a bidet.