Need a new toilet. What is the best choice?

[Wis Bang]

After 8 years of using the dorm toilets @ Gettysburg College I have to say the pressure flush units they use act like they would flush cinderblocks. The problem is you almost need hearing protection when you hit the lever, especially in the small toilet area in the newer dorms. I can understand why people would complain about middle of the night flushes; I've heard air starters that make less noise...

 

[gsganzer]

Eddie,
I have a Sloan Flushmate that is pressure assisted. I've had it for 6 years and it's never required 2 flushes or any type of repair.

 

[KENSFM]

Hey Eddie, your a builder this is your BEST choice.
Take care, Ken

 

[RobertN]

Really and truly, go to a good plumbing shop. The box store can order the better stuff. The box stores seem to carry just mediocre, low price stuff. I found that out when my wife and I were doing landscaping. I found out again when our Home Depot toilet leaked internally and ruined the bathroom subfloor.

I was at Lowes yesterday and it's their highest rated toilet for flushing.

Eddie

 

[westbrooklawn]

I installed two Toto toilets in the new house I built last year... they work better than any other toilet I have owned... one flush is all that is ever needed! I paid under $300 each for them... be sure to get the "comfort height"... the extra height is really nice.

 

[dooleysm]

We bought the Toto toilets for our house when we built 5 years ago. My wife and I are not impressed with them. They were not worth the money in our opinion. Maybe we got unlucky, but just so you know, there are people out there that are not happy with the Totos...at least 2 of us anyway.

 

[DIRTROAD]

Eddie, While you are at it see if you can talk your SO into letting you install a urinal. Yuo could use the old "Lid up, Lid down" argument to justify it. The next house I build is going to have a urinal in it if for nothing else "conversation".

 

[ray66v]

At the risk of being referred to as an "idiot" again for discussing non-tractor issues:

I have installed some of the models mentioned for customers, the winner hands down, currently is latest generation of the American Standard Cadet 3. It's quiet, reasonably priced, and as advertised it WILL flush 150 feet of tp. (Some of these pressure models a so loud they can wake the entire house). They also have a high end Cadet 4 model that is supposed be able to do 200 feet.

Unfortunately, a 1.6 gallon toilet is never going to have enough water in the bowl. And that problem is not going to change.

 

[dmccarty]

We bought the Toto toilets for our house when we built 5 years ago. My wife and I are not impressed with them. They were not worth the money in our opinion. Maybe we got unlucky, but just so you know, there are people out there that are not happy with the Totos...at least 2 of us anyway.

I guess this is just more proof that buying a toilet is a c..p shoot!

FYI, our Elijier's have been fine for 5 years. Though one of them took some tweaking to stop running.

Later,
Dan

 

[RobJ]

After 8 years of using the dorm toilets @ Gettysburg College I have to say the pressure flush units they use act like they would flush cinderblocks. The problem is you almost need hearing protection when you hit the lever, especially in the small toilet area in the newer dorms. I can understand why people would complain about middle of the night flushes; I've heard air starters that make less noise...

Yeah but I don't like doing a mercy flush with a power flush, your bottom gets wet!!