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I wonder what it takes to become a toilet model?

I like (and recently installed) the Vitra Omni, small footprint, one piece, and under $250 from a local plumbing shop.

I bought a couple of Starck models, elongated, online. Less than 500 bucks for both.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/art_chel/2309529252/in/set-72157604038576650/

They were not my first choice but they are pretty.

Of course, my first choice would be a wall-mounted toilet. Didn't have a big toilet budget.

I can't wait till color-me-mine makes toilets you can paint.

DO NOT BUY the DURAVIT!!! We have this in our house, it costs a fortune and has already malfunctioned only after having it for a few months. When you flush it, the water keeps running and running! You have to jiggle to make it stop. Awful purchase.

"When you flush it, the water keeps running and running! You have to jiggle to make it stop."

Sounds like it was installed improperly - not the fault of the manufacturer.

Thanks for this post! I think we shall go with a Toto for our upcoming remodel. The brand keeps getting recommended over and over again.

For those in the market, here is some information that I culled from a Bath and Beyond salesman today. One-piece toilets can be slightly quieter, generally have a lower tank profile, and are easier to install (without damage) than two-piece toilets. Tankless toilets require a 6" depth to the wall. Exterior walls can accommodate this, but interior walls may be too shallow without modification.

one small detail re: wall-mounted toilets that dealers told me about is that there may be a city code issue with some parts in the carrier. It wasn't a huge deal but these are things I had to think about in a multi-unit dwelling.

We're currently having one of our tiny bathrooms renovated and we decided on the Starck 1 Series wall-mounted toilet by Duravit. It cost a small fortune but it is pretty (never thought I would describe a toilet that way!) and takes up a minimal amount of space. You should have heard our contractor kvelling over how it looks.

We installed two Toto Ultimates two years ago and quite like them.

I thought of buying the hatbox toilet when I renovated, but when I heard that it operates electronically...all I could think about was the inevitable blackout. Actually, brownout would be more appropriate.

I don't get how a wall mounted toilet saves space. You still need to make space behind the wall for the tank.

I recently remodelled a very tiny room, and my contractor said I'd have to find a toilet no bigger (back to front) than 60 cm. Three stores told me that the smallest toilets on the market are 64. Luckly, the fourth store had a 60 cm. toilet. Sometime, when I open the door, it just barely touches the edge of the toilet. Now THAT'S a small room.

we installed starck 2 wall-hungs in each bathroom... gorgeous! (the first photo is a starck 2, but it seems to just be leaning against a wall)

I just clicked to see all the toilets listed above, and I wouldn't care if the Toto Ultimate came with a string quartet to play for you while you sat on it. It commits the one inexcusable sin for a toilet: under the seat toward the back it reveals all the ugly convolutions of its innards. Awful to look at and awful to clean!

I have two Duravit Starck was toilets - The one-piece Starck 2 and the Starck 3 - and they both work fine. And they're quite beautiful.

Duravit is not a pleasure to deal with as their office in Atlanta does not do a good job with inventory.

I'm about to install a Caroma (the original dual flush from Australia) Royal 305 dual flush. It's not a really small footprint, but there are new, smaller sleeker models (not available where I am - grrr), including a wall mount - www.caromausa.com.

I work for TOTO, and manage their Chicago Gallery... TOTO is by far the best Toilet on the market, with various flushing mechanisms, to numerous levels for all different types of Budgets. They were the first 1.6 gpf in the U.S, and they are currently down to 1.28 gpf.

Spend the extra money and go for the Soiree HET Toilet....or wait for the 2 new dual flush toilets debuting this spring at the Kitchen and Bath Show.

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Thanks

Kiel

This post would be way more useful if there were some indication of the prices . . .

We installed 2 Toto Aquia's in our new house, and we're really pleased with them - the solid base makes them very easy to clean, and I love the dual flush! They were $289.99 each, I believe.

Love the hatbox... But, for $3000 for a toilet, I wouldn't have a pot to... Well, I guess I would. But, that's all I'd have.

foodiegirl, my Starck 2 one-piece floor toilet also ran at first, but this was an easy fix. I also have two Starck 3 wall-mounted toilets and they have worked well. They are supposedly dual-flush (1.6gpf/1.0gpf) depending on the nature of your business, but I find that the 1.0gpf option doesn't quite get ride of everything. But I must admit that the beauty of having the flushing mechanisms in the wall is that you really hear nothing except for a momentary "woosh" of water.

I bought my stuff online. The Starck 2 floormount was about $775 and the Starck 3 wallmount was around $700, including the Gerberit in-wall carrier, which is sold separately.

The best toilet in the World is...

A Fergison "The King of Bowls"!

Just ask Al Bundy.