TOTO CST744SG#01 Drake 2-Piece Toilet with Elongated Bowl and Sanagloss,1.6 GPF, Glazed Cotton White

I have been disappointed with the efficient toilets I have purchased in the past for many reasons. So I spent nearly three months reading reviews on different websites (including this one) before purchasing the TOTO Drake. Simply put, this is the best designed toilet I have seen. The installation was pretty simple. But do read through the instructions once before beginning. And be aware that you will need to purchase toilet bolts to attach it to the floor. You will also need to order a toilet seat. I purchased the soft close seat that is recommended to go with the unit and we do like it. You will also need to decide if you want to use a traditional wax seal or the newer wax free toilet seals. I bought a wax free seal with mine but it turned out the one I got was a little too small for my toilet drain. The edges of my toilet drain were also very corroded and rough and I was afraid I would not get a good seal with the wax free type. So if you can inspect your drain before purchase, it will make it a lot easier for you to decide what will work best. I purchased the wax seal from the local hardware store the day I installed the toilet and it worked perfectly. Our toilet arrived in great condition. There is a lot of packing material around these units. Here are a few of the things I love about the TOTO Drake design. On all my previous toilets, the back of the toilet where the tank attached was level with the top of the toilet itself, so if the back of the toilet got wet from either an overflow or someone not aiming accurately, then it could go underneath the tank base where it was nearly impossible to clean. With the Drake, the tank sits on a slightly elevated rise on the back of the tank so water will not flow under it easily. Also with other efficiency toilets, I have been disappointed with the low amount of water in the bowl. To put it delicately, if there is not enough water to catch and then cover your solid waste, the mess and smell is greatly increased. The TOTO Drake has sufficient water in the bowl to minimize streaking and keep the smell to a minimum. And finally, the TOTO Drake has an amazing flush. It uses a two flush system. A quick tap of the handle does a quick low volume flush that is fine for liquid waste and holding the handle down for a few moments will allow a full flush. Even the light flush is very powerful. I can not express how happy everyone in the family is with the new toilet. We will be replacing the toilet in our 2nd bathroom with another TOTO Drake in the near future. This was a great purchase.

First off, I researched toilets, and found that this was the toilet to purchase. Bought 5 Toto Toilets (2 round, 3 elongated-Sanagloss) from Amazon. Toilets are good. Happy with the flush, etc. But in shipping, 2 of the elongated arrived broken. A little hassle with shipping: (I've always had very easy returns with Amazon, but the toilets were a little more of a head ache. Here's why: 5 Two-piece toilets = 10 boxes. 2 were broken. Amazon wanted the top and bottom shipped back...so needed to ship back 4 boxes. I filled out the return page online, and the UPS guy showed up with ONE label for the 4 packages. Sent him away, called Amazon, and they contacted UPS and issued 3 more labels. Then UPS guy showed up WITHOUT the original label, so still have 4 return boxes and only 3 labels now. Sent the 3 boxes on with the UPS guy (they take up the entire porch so needed them gone) and called Amazon to request one more label. They contacted UPS again, and had him come the next day with the 4th label. So returns were fine...but UPS guys are a little annoyed at the lady buying tons of toilets and shipping them back and forth.Then when I went to install the 3rd toilet (the unbroken one from Amazon) it was not the Sanagloss one, and had a different model number than what I ordered. So I had to send it back. That return was not a problem as I called Amazon (vs using the online return) and told them I needed 2 LABELS since it is 2 boxes. This return was fine.On a side note: Amazon did not have toilets in stock to replace the broken ones, so I ordered from National Builder Supply which had free shipping and about $10 less overall. Two of the 5 from Amazon/UPS arrived broken. Two from National Builder Supply/freight arrived intact. Ordered a 3rd from Natioanl Builder Supply, and it came from Fed Ex and IT WAS BROKEN. So, in short...ordering toilets online via UPS or Fed-Ex has a high probability of arriving broken regardless of where you purchase them from. The freight delivery was the best shipping method by far. But NBS only sent the first order by freight because it was 2 toilets, and sent the 3rd on by Fed-Ex since it was only one toilet. Just be prepared to inspect your toilets before your plumber arrives so that you know whether or not they arrived safely and unbroken. They are heavy and made of china, so breakage is likely. Luckily my remodel is falling behind so the turn around on shipping toilets back and forth has not been slowing us down. It is just very large packages that are hard to open, difficult to inspect (I'm a small woman, so have to lift the thing out of it's bigger box) and then repack it when it's broken...have used about $20 or more of tape to box the packages back up to ship back. Sorry for the novel!

I did alot of research and based on company and product reviews I chose this toilet over the dual flush and power assisted toilets. We have an older home so the plumbing used to get stopped up a bit from a particularly large load in the toilet. Needless to say in a home with 5 adults it was a little frustrating. We have had this toilet up and running for about 4 weeks now and not a single clog. I thought this one was supposed to have the swirly flush that cleaned out the inside everytime you flushed it, but twice now I have noticed streaks in the toilet after being used. (Not a big deal, just something I noticed) We completely remodeled both bathrooms, and one thing we were surprised by, is that we had to add a bit of flooring material (we used concrete) underneath the bottom of the toilet because there was such a large gap there once it was fully screwed down to the flange.It is an extremely comfortable and efficient toilet! We got the soft close toilet seats and lids, and I am so sooo happy with this purchase. Once I decided on TOTO for the toilet brand, I found out that I'd have to order them in, since Home Depot doesn't even seem to carry this brand neither in-store nor online. But it was totally worth it. I have the power and efficiency I needed, as well as the quiet flush I wanted

We have small kids and we use wet-wipes everyday. We experienced more clogging when our wet-wipe usage increased in recent months. I read the instructions on the wet-wipe box and indeed it says that it could clog the toilet if flushed. I started searching for a solution and bought this unit after reading so much good reviews on the internet. The main difference that I noticed is that this toilet sucks the solids and liquids as soon as I flush it and rinses the bowl at the same time. The other toilet that I replaced had the water level increase at first before draining the liquids and solids. We noticed a significant improvement in flushing and no clogging to date.The installation was not difficult, instruction documents are provided inside the tank packaging. I found this after printing instructions from Toto website. I bought a contractor toilet installation kit from HD for $10. It included the Wax Ring, new hose and brass screws and bolts. I didn't have to use the included brass washer from the kit. The only time consuming part was sanding and cleaning the floor bracket to get a clean and smooth surface and create a new seal with the new Wax Ring from the kit. You should take care not to over tighten the bowl as it may crack the ceramic. The instructions explain how to complete the tightening of the bolts for each part. Also, you need to make sure that the toilet is square to the wall and in its final resting position before pushing down on the bowl to set it in place and creating a seal with the Wax Ring.The pricing, delivery and customer service from Amazon.ca has been very good. I ordered 3 more units for my home and my parents home.