KenInCa
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We have a 3 year old Toto Drake (cst744sg). My wife hates it, and yesterday broke the upper tank (these two items are not related ). She hates the CEFIONTECT, which she never used anything abrasive or acidic on, or anything else that they recommended against using, yet turned into a surface that seems almost stickier than glue. So she always double (at least) flushes waste, wasting a lot of California water.
I wanted to just replace the broken tank, something I feel I can easily do myself. I ordered a replacement from HD, so total cost will be only about $100. She wants to replace the toilet with something that will self-clean better, plus she'd like to get a "comfort height" model which she believes will be, well, more comfortable. That's a lot more money, obviously, plus I'll get a plumber to install it. But I'm not sure what to recommend.
The AS Vormax is appealing because it seems it really does self-clean well, but I am very much against buying something so complicated, and for which parts are expensive and not readily available. I'd like to recommend a Toto, but it has to be one without CEFIONTECT or I know she won't consider it. Plus I need to be able to convince her it would do a good job of self-cleaning, so perhaps using their Double Cyclone flush. But I couldn't find any. I thought I had, because the Vespin II spec page doesn't mention CEFIONTECT, but all the listings for it show CEFIONTECT, except the Ebony one (which I know better than to suggest to her).
Is there anything I'm missing, or should I just insist on replacing the tank and keep using (and double-flushing) the Drake?
I wanted to just replace the broken tank, something I feel I can easily do myself. I ordered a replacement from HD, so total cost will be only about $100. She wants to replace the toilet with something that will self-clean better, plus she'd like to get a "comfort height" model which she believes will be, well, more comfortable. That's a lot more money, obviously, plus I'll get a plumber to install it. But I'm not sure what to recommend.
The AS Vormax is appealing because it seems it really does self-clean well, but I am very much against buying something so complicated, and for which parts are expensive and not readily available. I'd like to recommend a Toto, but it has to be one without CEFIONTECT or I know she won't consider it. Plus I need to be able to convince her it would do a good job of self-cleaning, so perhaps using their Double Cyclone flush. But I couldn't find any. I thought I had, because the Vespin II spec page doesn't mention CEFIONTECT, but all the listings for it show CEFIONTECT, except the Ebony one (which I know better than to suggest to her).
Is there anything I'm missing, or should I just insist on replacing the tank and keep using (and double-flushing) the Drake?