Not many women who’ve recently turned 30 can brag that their husbands gave them the gift of a toilet for the big day. I’m not making fun of Nate; in fact, I asked for a toilet. I’ve been thinking lately about upgrading a water-using appliance/utility to use less H20 in light of the overwhelming mess our metro area finds itself in when it comes to water supply and usage.
My ulterior motive for asking Nate for a birthday toilet was that I know the guy is as thorough a web-researcher as you will find, and that he would single out the best, most affordable option available. And he delivered.
In the “olden days,” your average toilet had a three gallon tank. Three gallons of water lost per flush– wow. Nowadays the standard low flow toilet has a 1.6 gallon tank. Our new Australian beauty, the Caroma, is a dual-flush toilet (with a #1 and #2 option, if you will) with a .8 gallon small flush and 1.2 gallon big flush. And the amazing thing is that it flushes like a champ with a 4-inch trap, twice as wide as the average. Check out this video of a guy flushing a large russet potato with the .8 gallon flush: http://mysa.vo.llnwd.net/o2