ChrisConnor

Two Categories,
Best overall.
Best for the money.

Best Overall: undecided
Best for the Money: Western

TheMaster

Best fo the money is a regular toto toilet with the regular size flushvalve. I've also installed some 65.00 american standard combos that flush fine too. Now f you poop elephant size poop then you might need a power gravity or some of the other larger flushvalve toilets. People are funny,they dont mind spending a few hundred on a new cell phone or buying a laptop for 1,000 but when they find out how much a upper end toilet costs some act like its the end of the world.

pauliplumber

Best for the money in my experience is American Standard Cadet 3. About $120 and flushes extremely well. I've installed alot of these without one problem, 100% positive feedback from customers. Although it's not needed, you can make the flush even better by installing an adjustable fluidmaster large flapper, which also helps to clean the bowl better. Of course it won't be a 1.6 anymore if you put the flapper on max setting.

The one thing I don't like about this toilet is you really have to crank down hard on the tank bolts in order to get the tank to sit all the way down. It feels and sounds like the tank is gonna crack, but hasn't happened to me yet. I'll have to try doping/greasing the flushvalve gasket next time too see if that helps.

For the record I hate most American standard products, with the exception of this toilet. I think their faucets are some of the worst made.

rocksteady

I like Toto toilets almost all across the board.






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TheMaster

I just sold a job...furnish and install two cadet high boys. I dont even have the toilets yet but I thought even the regular cadet 3's were more than 120.00. I quoted 250.00 each for the toilets plus labor with no set amount...depends on how long it takes. Maybe I'll give the lady a break i dunno. I dont like price shoppers very much but she might not be one....may just need to know how much money she needs to have on hand....but then again,I've had some warranty issues with the cadet 3 like bad flush handles after 6 months and leaking flappers after a few months. One lady cloggs hers up about every 3 months but she poops abnormally. No real big deals but they have cost me a few trips here and there. Anybody ever try a TOTO flapper in a cadet 3? Toto makes a red one and a blue one.

futz

Yup, I agree. For that price range the Cadet 3 is the best. Toto used to be, but their lower end toilets' quality has dropped a bit (still real good tho).

That used to scare the hell out of me when I first started using them. Haven't busted a single one though, and now I don't worry about it anymore.

I like their el cheapo toilets too - the Marina was (maybe still is) very good at a very low price point (last stop before junk territory).

I don't love them, but I think they're not too badly made. I'd prefer to install Delta or Moen though.

Bollinger plumber

I know a lot of people don't like them but I like the mansfield myself. I have installed them in every house I have lived in and have yet had a problem with any of them. The one I dislike the most are kohler toilets.

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robthaplumber

Toto's are great if your into buying the name. To me, they are overrated and overpriced. I've installed a hundred or so of them in homes no smaller than 4000 sq. ft. The Kohler Wellworth flushes just as good if not better than a $500.00 toto for half the price. It is a class 5 flush with a tank to bowl spud big enough to fit a small dog through. When you hit the trip lever the turd is gone in 2.5 seconds. A fatboy thanksgiving turd at that.

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Cal

Gerber Avalanche or Viper for me ,,,, do believe they are rated highest in class . Price is VERY GOOD ALSO !!

my .02

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TheMaster

Most of my customers have never even heard of toto How are they overrated and why cant you get a toto for under 500.00,sounds like you might be getting jacked up on that.