Plungers

[samson3382]

Why are they necessary?
I'm no plumber, but why not engineer a toilet that can handle even the largest of fecal transactions?

Maybe it's like engineering the efficient driver that can't be blown.
It just seems like something we maybe could have achieved, I mean space travel and all..

BTW, no I didn't just clog a toilet, but I have come across many a throne that were not up to the challenge.

 

[rufus.K]

It's about velocity that creates a pull. Not quite a vacuum, but suction. If the orifice was too large, you're flow would be too slow... or you'd use an inordinate amount of water

 

[Bluzeman90]

Because there's pride in hearing the sound of a plunger working. If you don't want a plunger, get one of those crazy public toilets that are basically turbo charged toilets

 

[two fingers]

You ever have poop run out of it and cover the floor? Just get the dang plunger and call it insurance.

It's all human nature and marketing. We don't like change. I find the seats to be not-so-ergonomic and designed in a way that is a leg circulation nightmare. Then there's the flush thing. For it to be effective it will be very loud.

But we don't like change.

 

[Joe Nerve]

My fist works better. Just hate when it splashed in my beard.

 

[Luke19Boarder]

Maybe you should look into one of these:

 

[carl h.]

Finally a use for Tuna Noodle Casserole - toilet/plunger testing!

 

[samson3382]

You ever have poop run out of it and cover the floor? Just get the dang plunger and call it insurance.

It's all human nature and marketing. We don't like change. I find the seats to be not-so-ergonomic and designed in a way that is a leg circulation nightmare. Then there's the flush thing. For it to be effective it will be very loud.

But we don't like change.

Come to think of it...
The "toilets" or, more like industrial strength stainless steel floor mounted shop vacs in certain institutions certainly got the job done, and then some.

Shouldn't we all have those luxuries in our own homes?

 

[samson3382]

It's about velocity that creates a pull. Not quite a vacuum, but suction. If the orifice was too large, you're flow would be too slow... or you'd use an inordinate amount of water

So it's an engineering brick wall?

Maybe you should look into one of these:

you had me at 18 large hotdogs...drool

 

[rufus.K]

Maybe you should look into one of these:

I really want this toilet

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I poop like a champ, and almost never need the plunger for the toilet.
I use it often to unclog the bathroom sink drain though.

 

[rufus.K]

So it's an engineering brick wall?

you had me at 18 large hotdogs...drool

no, its cost and efficiency based. You cant sell certain toilets in CA for instance cos they waste too much water.

 

[Staredge]

Maybe you should look into one of these:

Bull. Any toilet could have handled pretty much anything they showed. The issue with toilets clogging isn't many small pieces, it's trying to swallow one large lump. Dump 5 lbs of oatmeal in there (made, not flakes) and see what happens. Drop an extra heavy deuce? Break it up first before you flush. It'll go down.

 

[samson3382]

I really want this toilet

20 golf balls.
Twenty. Golf. Balls.
Should be adequate.
More of a "garbage" disposal at that point.

 

[rufus.K]

what causes cogs at my house is when chumps dont hold the handle long enough. just tap it and walk away - fail. with a large mass, you need the siphon to get going. If I hold it for 2 measly seconds, its a powerhouse. the bowl level is large enough that it does 3 (progressively smaller) flushes to one handle pull, if held long enough to reach escape velocity, about 2 seconds. The ladies in my house like to give it a tap and leave, maybe one second.... and that dont cut it.

 

[ZenG]

One word. Suction.


Some of those 747 passenger jet toilets will take the hairs right off your wedding tackle.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Those power suck toilets can be blocked. I did it pretty easily.
All you have to do is feed the toilet paper in there, and then continuously flush while the paper comes off the roll down into the bog and filling up the pipes.
It takes a while, and you might go through 5 or 6 rolls of TP, but I'll bet you manage to clog it.

 

[TOOL460002]

The answer to why they are needed is a color. I'll let you guess which.

 

[carl h.]

green

 

[elgecko]

You need a Ferguson. It's the Stradivarius of toilets, the only one good enough for Al Bundy!