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This is a nice joke, but the reality is that standard American sewage pipes are smaller in diameter than in Europe, and European toilets tend to flush with more

by skohan 7y ago

This is a nice joke, but the reality is that standard American sewage pipes are smaller in diameter than in Europe, and European toilets tend to flush with more pressure.

Consultant32452 7y ago
Low flow toilets are the worst.
- RankingMember 7y ago
  They used to be pretty bad, but with time I think they've gotten to be just fine.
  - dsfyu404ed 7y ago
    You can't cheat physics. If you dump X gal of water from Y height it will have Z kinetic energy minus efficiency losses. We've greatly improved the efficiency of the water dumping mechanism over the years but a high end low flow toilet of today is still nothing compared to a high end toilet of decades past. That said, there's a lot of crappy old toilets out there that don't flush any better than a modern low flow toilet and take 5+gal to do it. Source: Moved into a house that was once owned by wealthy people. The upstairs toilet was clearly top of the line circa 1940s and is awesome. The downstairs toilet was clearly subject to some serious compromises for packaging reasons and is nothing special.
    - wkearney99 7y ago
      You most certainly can improve upon bad implementations. Kohler's most recent line (within the last 10 years) are considerably better than all toilets I've had before. They consume much less, flush once and don't make an excessive amount of noise.
- driverdan 7y ago
  A good, modern low flow works better than the old high flow toilets. A few years ago I lived in a new house with a Toto low flow. It was the best toilet I've ever used.
hateful 7y ago
Most toilets in the US are created to be "green" when it comes to water usage, but the reality is it takes at least 2+ flushes most of the time instead of 1 because of it - but as long as the amount of water per flush is low it passes regulation.
- jermaustin1 7y ago
  Or if they are Trump 10-15 times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygBCFQVFgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygBCFQVFgM
- CrazyStat 7y ago
  If it's regularly taking 2+ flushes you might want to consider changing your diet.
- earthboundkid 7y ago
  In my experience, the US toilets from ~2000 to ~2005 were crap (heh), but since then they've figured out how to make a low flow toilet that works, and it's fine.

by skohan 7y ago

This is a nice joke, but the reality is that standard American sewage pipes are smaller in diameter than in Europe, and European toilets tend to flush with more pressure.

Consultant32452 7y ago

Low flow toilets are the worst.

RankingMember 7y ago
They used to be pretty bad, but with time I think they've gotten to be just fine.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  You can't cheat physics. If you dump X gal of water from Y height it will have Z kinetic energy minus efficiency losses. We've greatly improved the efficiency of the water dumping mechanism over the years but a high end low flow toilet of today is still nothing compared to a high end toilet of decades past. That said, there's a lot of crappy old toilets out there that don't flush any better than a modern low flow toilet and take 5+gal to do it. Source: Moved into a house that was once owned by wealthy people. The upstairs toilet was clearly top of the line circa 1940s and is awesome. The downstairs toilet was clearly subject to some serious compromises for packaging reasons and is nothing special.
  - wkearney99 7y ago
    You most certainly can improve upon bad implementations. Kohler's most recent line (within the last 10 years) are considerably better than all toilets I've had before. They consume much less, flush once and don't make an excessive amount of noise.
driverdan 7y ago
A good, modern low flow works better than the old high flow toilets. A few years ago I lived in a new house with a Toto low flow. It was the best toilet I've ever used.

hateful 7y ago

Most toilets in the US are created to be "green" when it comes to water usage, but the reality is it takes at least 2+ flushes most of the time instead of 1 because of it - but as long as the amount of water per flush is low it passes regulation.

jermaustin1 7y ago
Or if they are Trump 10-15 times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygBCFQVFgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygBCFQVFgM
CrazyStat 7y ago
If it's regularly taking 2+ flushes you might want to consider changing your diet.
earthboundkid 7y ago
In my experience, the US toilets from ~2000 to ~2005 were crap (heh), but since then they've figured out how to make a low flow toilet that works, and it's fine.