Talk to me about toilets

[JEDIYoda]

most important is please do not purchase a toilet with a fan in it......you do not want the shit to hit the fan....

 

[alkemyst]

its amazing the level of toilets our member's know

 

[deadken]

I'd suggest getting a Toto Drake (or Drake II). I started a similar thread on 3/14 and from all of the responses, I bought a Toto Drake and couldn't be happier. It works great, looks nice, shipped quickly, and wasn't terribly expensive. Yes, the Sanagloss white is a great color.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2373325&highlight=toilet

 

[brianmanahan]

whatever you do, get a bidet. if not the toilet itself, then get a bidet add-on from amazon for like 50$.

it will be the best toilet related purchase you ever made, guarnateed.

 

[bamx2]

On related note, I am shopping for 1.28g Watersense toilets for a rental property. I need to replace 2 1950s American Standard toilets (probably use 4-5 to gal per flush) . I have sort of narrowed down my choice to the the Lowes Aquasource 1203 -$100 or the Kohler Highline Classic- $180. The plumbing guy at Lowes (a retired plumbler who has has worked there for 3yrs) told that me either toilet would be fine. He mentioned that his store sold about 1200 of the Aquasouce 1203 toilets last year and only 4 or 5 were returned. He told me that the Aquasource can be repaired with the generic parts available everywhere ( Fluidmaster, Korky etc). He told me that the Kohler is great product but has a proprietary flush mechanism . Lowes stocks the main seal for the flush valve (only) and the fill valve can be replaced with with a generic fill valve (Fluidmaster, Korky) . Between the two choices, it seems like the Aquasource 1203 may be better for this application because of replacement parts availablity. I mentioned the American Standard Cadet 3 and he basically said it was ok but that was about it . Any recommendations, keeping in mind that this is a rental property and reliability and parts availablity are my major considerations. Yes, I know the Toto toilets are great but I just want to buy at the store and install it tomorrow. -Thanks

 

[alkemyst]

On related note, I am shopping for 1.28g Watersense toilets for a rental property. I need to replace 2 1950s American Standard toilets (probably use 4-5 to gal per flush) . I have sort of narrowed down my choice to the the Lowes Aquasource 1203 -$100 or the Kohler Highline Classic- $180. The plumbing guy at Lowes (a retired plumbler wource has worked at there for 3yrs) told that me either would be fine. He mentioned that his store sold about 1200 of the Aquasouce 1203 toilets last year and on 4 or 5 were returned. He told me that the Aquasource can be repaired with the generic parts available everywhere ( Fluidmaster, Korky etc). He told me that the Kohler is great product but has a proprietary flush mechanism . Lowes stocks the main seal for the flush valve (only) and the fill valve can be replaced with with generic vale (Fluidmaster, Korky) . Between the two choices, it seems like the Aquasource 1203 may be better for this application because of replacement parts availablity. I mentioned the American Standard Cadet 3 and he basically said it was ok but that was about it it. Any recommendations, keeping in mind that this is a rental property and reliability and parts availablity are my major considerations. Yes, I know the Toto toilets are great but I just want to buy at the store and install it tomorrow. -Thanks

I'd put the cheaper and more serviceable unit into a rental. If you are new to the rental business, you may eventually find out tenants have a knack to actually break toilets.