Toilet from €27.90 to €500 - objective information on the price difference?

  • Erstellt am 2017-05-17 18:58:37

77.willo

2017-05-17 22:12:07
  • #1
I have already had several Ikea faucets, that is bottom-tier quality. Besides, I find €550 for design more than reasonable, why is that immediately "nonsense"? If you can live with the charm of a train station toilet just because the quality is right, I have no problem with that. For me, quality is not defined only by durability, but also by appearance, feel, and function – design, simply.
 

DReffects

2017-05-17 22:34:31
  • #2
I can't say anything about the Ikea cartridges - only that we have had an Ideal Standard mixer tap at the washbasin for 35 years that does its job. Just like the ancient bowl. I have no problem with a toilet looking like a toilet - after all, there is no alternative, right? To me, they all look the same. So certainly tactile feel and function, but it's not as if there is a coupe, SUV, or limousine shape.

The fact that the body is closed may still be of distant relevance for completely freestanding toilets - ours is in a niche, so I only see it from the front at most.

Because you mention function and tactile feel - where are the differences here? We visited various showrooms, and to us, they were all simply toilets. Apart from the quality differences in the seat, to be honest, we didn't notice anything different.
 

Nordlys

2017-05-17 22:52:27
  • #3
Why are some people here now getting carried away in tone? A clean public restroom, a restaurant WC, a hotel bathroom, that is not a train station toilet. And I never said the design was worthless. But I did say that these huge price premiums in the bathroom area probably have more to do with the fact that there are enough people willing to pay them. It is not quality. I am very sure of that. Because with us, the ideal single-lever mixer tap works flawlessly for years. Our Alliaceramics, a private label of Keramag for standard equipment, in our service WC is 12 years old and tight as new. That is just how it is. Whoever says, I treat myself to this because I like it, okay. But don’t say that those who buy standard buy cheap crap. That’s not true. Karsten
 

Caspar2020

2017-05-17 22:56:26
  • #4
Our toilet seat cost about €110. And I find it so comfortable.

Not like all the stuff at the hardware store with a hole that’s way too small
 

merlin83

2017-05-17 23:50:55
  • #5
Tornado Flush really flushes down everything that is placed. Was really surprised what the toilet can do. It is also very comfortable to sit on. The only disadvantage is that some residues here tend to stick.
 

DReffects

2017-05-18 01:12:03
  • #6
Hm, we currently have a rimless toilet, as I said, a DIY store product from 35 years ago. We’ve never had problems with overly large deposits^^ or any sticky residues.

That’s also somehow what I don’t understand at all: with the more expensive toilets, people always say that finally everything gets properly flushed away, as you write, “everything goes down that is deposited,” etc. But I’ve simply never had that problem so far. I press flush and the stuff is gone. Or is my standard just different? Do you never have to use the brush and your toilet is always clean? How about cleaning effort? We currently spray every few weeks, let it sit briefly, wipe it off. Done.

What I’m still very interested in about the TOTO model is the following: - Which model exactly do you have? - Is the toilet really that super quiet? If yes, does that bring an advantage? - How does it look with limescale on the water outlet points?



*grins* That’s exactly how it was for me… in the specialty store. There I found all the seats way too small, we even specifically asked if they had anything with a larger hole. We were just looked at dumbly. Compared to that, we sit very comfortably on the €14.99 lid we bought years ago in the DIY store after the original lid broke due to a fall.

The specialty store is currently charging nearly €300 just for the lid.
 

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