Water Saver toilets

I worked in plumbing sales for a while and if I had a nickel for every time I heard this... I think that some designs are just better than others. Toto's are great and I have seen an American Standard Champion series demo where it flushed 5 pounds of potato salad in one flush.

The 'Poop Report'. On the 'BM newswire'.

http://www.poopreport.com/BMnewswire/362.html

Cole, the problem is that the average human does not, er, 'deposit' potato salad. Unless they have a REAL problem.

Hungary Bill wrote:

Curmudgeon wrote: My dad had a pressurized one in his house. It works like this: the water coming in is under pressure, the pressure is used to fill a compressed air canister (sort of like an AccuSump) which is contained in the toilet tank. Once you drop a deuce, when you hit the lever you get the Nanny State mandated 1.6 gallons but it's under pressure. Damn thing sounds like a jet engine. I managed to stop it up once. I'm not sure whether to be embarrased by or proud of that.

Be proud, sir. Be very proud

I rarely watch South Park, but this reminds me of Bono

Found it! Poo-Shelf toilet

Good heavens. Who would desire such a thing? From what I understand, Germans have a sort of unhealthy fascination with the #2 byproduct and their pr0n reflects that. Me, I ain't gonna try to find out.

In reply to Curmudgeon:

shelf would be handy for photo ops

I mean who's gonna believe yur turd braggin' w/ o pix

To this day, I still remember the first dump I took in Germany.

I had just arrived at the home of my girlfriend's parents. When I went into the bathroom and raised the lid, I looked into the bowl and thought, "This can't be right. It must be some kind of bidet or something". After a quick, but frantic, search around the room for anything that could possibly be more appropriate to drop a deuce into, I decided to take my chances. Then I stepped far to the side and cautiously flushed, fully expecting my masterpiece to be fired upon the wall across from where I had been sitting moments before.

Ahh, good times....

Come on people, this is GRM and you're all afraid of German toilets??? When I went to Europe with my high school trip back in 88, I was a little confused and after leaving streaks on the first drop, quickly learned to pre-paper the bowl. A few squares on the deck and it all washes down streak free

I've heard the purpose is to be able to inspect for things like worms an parasites, since this is a nation that loves its pork products so much that it will eat them raw.

Hmm... I'm going to have to try the pre-papering method. That will probably solve a few issues.

Ummm... think I'll just stick to well done pork chops. That saves me from having to poke around in my poop or 'pre paper' the receptacle.

I like the modern 1.6 GPF toilets - just don't get the really cheap ones - a good one flushes as well as any old monster.

Low-flow shower heads allow me to actually have a decent shower before the twenty-gallon water tank runs out.

And if you happen to get one of those low flow shower heads that makes the water flow look like it needs Viagra, the simply open it up and drill out the restrictor hole till you get the flow you want. It usually doesn't take enlarging it much.

I've had low flow heads that were aggravating and others that were invigorating.

These guys don't like low flow shower heads.

Neither do I. I want to get knocked backwards.

Curmudgeon wrote: These guys don't like low flow shower heads. Neither do I. I want to get knocked backwards.

Some will, it depends upon the nozzle design more than the flow.

There's an itty bitty one that will hurt if you turn it up too high.

Zomby Woof wrote:

Salanis wrote: I have yet to decide whether the toilets or the pillows are the worst thing about this country.

My favourite pillows are from Germany. I can't sleep without a feather pillow. As someone who prefers to conserve, and living where water can sometimes be at a premium, the toilet is something that frustrates me. It takes how many gallons of water to get rid of a little pee?

Mantra of the country dweller with a marginal septic system:

'If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, send it down'.

We recently had to install a new crapper. Because we don't own the house, we bought a cheap one. The only issue we have with it is when my wife leaves TP on the normally dry portion of the bowl and it dries there. I don't think a pressure washer could move that E36 M3.

Now, actual waste, it flushes down with gusto. Our drain drops about 2 feet before it turns, so no issues there.

One thing I kinda like about our toilet is it has an even lower power 1.2 gallon flush for light loads. It's almost as powerful as the "full" 1.6 gallon flush.

My parents got a new low flow toilet in their bathroom, and this thing is impressive. It sends a jet that will wash just about anything down. I thought for sure it would never clog. That was in the summer. Thanksgiving, I come back from college. Now, you have to understand that I was living in the dorms. I had been eating dorm food for the past 3.5 months, and this stuff turned your E36 M3 into one of two things: pudding, or dark matter. Well, this particular week, it happened to be dark matter, and this one was an easy 16 courics. Yep. I clogged it. I was quite proud of myself.

Salanis wrote: It could be worse. They could be German toilets. I have yet to decide whether the toilets or the pillows are the worst thing about this country.

EL-OH-EL! I have never seen the duck model, but we have both the poop shelf toilets and the reverse version where the drain is directly underneath you. I call it the "involuntary bidet."

I am still unclear on the purpose of the duck. It seems to me it would get nasty filthy in a HURRY and I don't really want to go washing porcelain ducks in the toilet.

Oh my. Google search "weird toilet", go to the images tab. Wow. I was just innocently trying to see if I could find anything on the duckie one.

Not exactly work safe.

Curmudgeon wrote: I am still unclear on the purpose of the duck. It seems to me it would get nasty filthy in a HURRY and I don't really want to go washing porcelain ducks in the toilet.

Ducks are not a standard feature. This one was just added temporarily to make the presence of the dry shelf obvious.

Fun fact: in Indonesia toilets usually have a hose attached to the clean water feed, with what looks to be a kitchen sink sprayer on the end. What you do is, you leave your deposit, then grab the sprayer and give your black hole a good hose down. You only need one or two pieces of paper to dry everything off, and you're done.

I'm installing that in my next house. It's brilliant.

Yeah... spray the ol' backside with a kitchen sprayer. That's the ticket.

Maybe I'll just get one of these: Then I'd never leave the house. Oh, wait... is this thing on?

I am really glad to know the duck is not permanently attached. It would bother me to think it spent all its time staring up, just waiting... what a terrible life.

(EDIT to fix hotlink handslap.)

This ranks right up there with public speaking in the 'greatest fear' category..

He's fine. He's got a tie, and a brown shirt.