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Dual Flush Toilets – Why Jetted is Better
Posted by: | CommentsThe Professor has a handful of hot dogs to prove that a siphonic dual flush toilet is better than a washdown dual flush.
How can just 0.9 gallons of water flush 5 large hot dogs? Because H2Option is the first truly siphonic dual flush toilet, with strong push and pull action created by forceful but quiet jetted action under the rim.
H2Option Toilet Demo and Comparison by American Standard
Posted by: | CommentsStay clean while going green. H2Option is first dual flush toilet with jetted bowl cleansing. Using as little as 0.8 gallon of water on the low setting, H2Option scours the sides of the bowl to remove every last trace of paper and waste. The Professor believes everyone deserves a clean bowl with every flush.
A Better Dual Flush Toilet
Posted by: | CommentsJim McHale, Ph.D. is one of toilet scientists behind Professor Toilet. Jim explains the challenges in perfecting water saving dual flush toilets.
Flushology: Next Gen Dual Flush Toilet Has True Siphonic Flush
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H2Option is the first truly siphonic dual flush toilet, with strong push and pull action created by forceful but quiet jetted action under the rim.
Why does that matter? As we learned earlier in Flushology, dual flush toilets do a great job of saving water, and many work great at the toilet’s most important function–getting everything out of the bowl without clogging.
We also learned that dual flush toilets cleanse the bowl with what is known as a washdown flush. Washdowns can create a little unpleasant splash action. You know what I’m talking about.
H2Option adds more push to the water from under the rim of the bowl. We engineered the water pathways so that when the water is released from the tank, some of it is diverted to the rim where there are a series of chambers. The air in the chambers pushes the ongoing coming water forcefully out into the bowl, pressurized, but not mechanized, so it’s a quiet action.
There is no sound associated with the added force; and a lot less splashing. The marketing types call it “Staying Clean While Going Green,” which actually is one of their better headlines. This is the kind of thing we get to invent at the American Standard New Product Design Center.
Flushology: How do Dual Flush Toilets Work?
Posted by: | CommentsPress 1 for Number One, press 2 for Number Two. How much simpler can it get?
Dual flush toilets are a considerable advancement over that old 1970s wheeze: if it’s yellow, let it mellow. Today’s motto is go greener, but do it cleaner.
As noted here, on How Stuff Works, most dual flush toilets do not use siphonic action to clean the bowl. Until now, most dual flush toilets rely on what is known as a washdown flush. With a washdown flush, the push of water rushing from the tank to the bowl cleanses the bowl and removes waste. It is hopefully forceful enough to do a thorough job without as much of the pull that siphonic toilets create.
Push action that is forceful enough to cleanly remove waste is forceful enough to create splashing. Even the most enthusiastic dual flush owners will admit to keeping a brush and towel nearby for washdown models: the former to thoroughly clean the bowl, and the latter to dry off after unintended splashing.
The better bet is to look for new dual flush models that have perfected the true siphonic pull action of other toilets.
