# Low-Flow Toilets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flow-toilets/4094>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 1999, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flow-toilets/4094 "1999-10-15T20:24:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flow-toilets/4094/21 "2001-04-24T13:00:38Z")

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I am honored that my first post ever to this board has been resurected, for at least a short amount of time.

…and just to keep inline with the OP, since I first posted this, I still haven’t seen a low-flow toilet that didn’t require 2 flushes to totaly remove all of the … uh… “sold” waste.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flow-toilets/4094/22 "2001-04-24T15:01:15Z")

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“Maybe I have misread the posts above, but don’t you people have dual flush toilets?”

Sure do, Im in California & I converted my toilet during a drought to that for a few bucks. One small handle for a little water for pee, & then a big handle for a big flush.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flow-toilets/4094/23 "2001-04-24T15:50:13Z")

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I installed an “American Standard” Pressure Assisted toilet a few years back. A pressure tank hold water at line pressure. Tripping he valve forces the water into the bowl and down the chute. Works great. One flush and everything is gone. It’s a little loud, but it does the job.

Here’s a site [http://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm](http://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm) with lots of good information on low flow toilets.

TOLO toilets from Japan are supposed to work very well too.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flow-toilets/4094/24 "2001-04-24T16:11:40Z")

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You guys are missing the biggest problem with low-flow toilets. They make the bubble-game obsolete. ☹ Back in the day of the real man’s toilet, There was probably a good square foot of surface area, making it a respectable challenge. Now these low-flow jobs have have only a couple square inches of surface area, so any idiot with no technique can bubble the whole thing.

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