And I won’t pretend like I do (even after reading Prolly’s post and the comments that follow it). But I do know that this looks spectacular and that I want my bolts to be flushed just like they are here.
Quattro toilet flushing technology from St. Thomas Creations
March 8, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
This toilet from St. Thomas Creations features the new Quattro flushing technology that uses less water than a traditional 3.5-gallon model. The Quattro toilet shown here uses only 1.6 gallons of water per flush, and with its powerful direct-feed water jet, it can deliver incredibly flushing power so that you won’t have to flush multiple times when things get bad.
How does the Quattro solve toilet clogs? It has an extra large 3-inch flush valve that goes into a 2 1/8″ glazed trapway which, according to the company, “virtually eliminates clogging” altogether. That’s pretty impressive and I’m totally sold after watching the video above of various non-toilet items getting flushed successfully. I mean, shoot, if it can flush 18 large hot dogs without any problem, it pretty much proves that it can handle anything that comes out of my body.
Also, I totally see a new internet meme with this similar to what Blendtec has done with their “Will It Blend” videos.
St. Thomas Creations should start taking suggestions on what to flush down their toilets.
Grey Water Toilet System uses dirty water from your shower to flush
February 6, 2009 @ 11:23 pm
This is one of those inventions that I read about and end up scratching my head over wondering why nobody had thought of this earlier! The Grey Water Toilet System was invented by Alison Norcott, a student at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia who created a way for toilets to use the dirty water from your time in the shower to flush the bowl. The water is collected from the drain in the shower and stored in an in-wall tank that minimally treats the water using ultrasonic radiation. If you’re worried bacteria growing in a tank filled with dirty water, Alison has designed the system so that it flushes the tank completely of unused water every 24 hours.
Since most bathrooms that I’ve been in already have the toilet and shower in the same vicinity as each other, I don’t really see how this could cause any sort of major headache for somebody who wants to install this in their homes. I think this is a great idea coming from a place that takes water conservation very seriously. I’d love to see Alison’s system made into an actual product for homes in the near future.
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