Water Ridge High-Efficiency Toilet Review (aka the Costco Toilet)

happy thursday!

betcha weren't looking forward to a review on 

toilets

yes toilets

specifically Costco toilets

but i thought it should be done since when i purchased these toilets i tried looking up any reviews and i could only find old reviews  

so here goes

i purchased the WR Water Ridge High-Efficiency Toilet

Dual Flush at Costco for the wonderful price of $85 each

which was pretty amazing since a normal standard toilet at lowes or home depot would set you back about $200

trust me we were a tad skeptical when buying them but we couldn't resist 

funny thing walking into costco thinking i would just pick up some butter, eggs, and milk 

but walk out with a toilet

not just 1 but 3

funny pics here

anyways back to review...

here is what the description part of the box looks like

here is ry with the finished installation 

he said the installation part was easy 

fabulous job honey!

picture of box

item #533515

more pics

high MaP score

what is a MaP score? 

here is a little tidbit via

Many toilet fixture performance tests exist, including proprietary tests by the fixture manufacturers, tests by Consumer Reports magazine, and the tests mandated by the plumbing codes for fixture certification. None of these, however, use test media that closely resembles the real "demands" upon a toilet, i.e., that of removing human waste. 

The Maximum Performance (MaP) testing project was developed in 2003 in order to identify how well popular toilet models perform using a realistic test media. The MaP testing protocol, cooperatively developed by water-efficiency and plumbing fixture specialists in the U.S. and Canada, incorporated the use of soybean paste as a test media, closely replicating the "real world demand" upon fixtures. Performance testing of 80 different toilet fixture models was completed and summarized in the Final Report (1st Edition - December 2003). That report led to the further evolution of testing and reporting on toilet fixtures and their flush performance. 

if you want even more info click here

but basically it measures how well your toilet flushes your *ahem* waste while still being water-efficient

at least that is my understanding of it

so this toilet does have a high MaP score which is a plus

the dual flush is pretty cool too

when you go #2 you push the big button

when you go #1 you push the little button

#2 gives more water

#1 gives less

make sense?

we have had the toilets for a few weeks now and have not noticed any problems with them

we have two on our top floor and one in our basement

i will be eager to update if any problems do occur and i hope they don't 

these toilets are pretty sweet and look so nice

and the price is hard to beat

hopefully they will not give us any problems

but only time will tell