Ceramic toilets are durable-but they weigh a ton. Couldn’t they make them out of fiberglass reinforced plastics? the weight savings would be nice, and they probably would cost less to make. are there any?
Once plastic is scratched, it’s much harder to clean.
Plastic is porous, not something you often look for in a crap receptacle.
Porta-Potties are made from some kind of fiberglass/plastic material. I don’t know how long their service lives are.
How often you need to move a toilet? Once or twice a decade?
Porcelain is impervious, doesn’t scratch, doesn’t degrade, doesn’t absorb and release various substances, and on and on.
If you’re so displeased by how heavy your porcelain fixture is, you can dig a hole in the backyard and do your business there.
Here’s Gizmodo’s take on the question, which names the above reasons and a few others.
Or, for that matter, Plexiglass?
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That is a fascinating bit of trivia.
Any reason the tank can’t be made from a lighter, possibly cheaper, material?
I prefer the latest in front wall fresh air orifices combined with a wide capacity gutter installation below.
You don’t have to clean toilets on any kind of regular basis, do you?
Behold, the carbon fiber toilet.
Ouch! I’d shit in a coffee can before I’d spend $10,000 on a toilet.
Some people weigh 300# pounds.
On more than one occasion, I’m sure they are known to just “plop down”, full force.
What plastic did you have in mind?
They’re made of stainless steel in utilitarian situations where aesthetics aren’t required (prisons), so I think SS is at least as practical, but ceramics win on appearance.
Nothing beats the comfort of a velour toilet. The fact that it’s a single use item makes it cost prohibitive for most.
They have plastic toilets in Japan. Not exclusively, but they seem to be fairly common in hotels. They’re heated and include a built-in bidet and some other stuff. Really, it’s more accurate to say they have plastic bathrooms in Japan. I suspect if the toilet broke they’d replace the entire bathroom as a single unit.
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Porta-Potties are made from some kind of fiberglass/plastic material. I don’t know how long their service lives are.
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All of the ones I’ve seen are made of thick, but fairly soft plastic that can be blow-molded - probably something like high density polyethylene. It’s tough, resilient, long-lasting, etc., but it can be easily scratched. This isn’t a problem for how porta-johns are serviced, but unless you spray and scrub your bathroom with disinfectant than blast the room with a hose to rinse it all out, it’s not so good for home use.
Think of all the money you save on toilet paper, though!
Any true elimination connoisseur knows that the way to save money on toilet paper is to keep a flock of geese on hand.
I’d say between 300-400 dumps.