Kelston Elongated Toilet Bowl Only in White

My handyman had no problems installing this toilet. It looks nice and flushes well and I especially like the low flow flush which saves water and easily clears the toilet bowl.

I chose this toilet because it was the highest rated one by Consumer Reports. FIRST MAJOR ISSUE: Home Depot has this bowl and tank combo in their online inventory. But they listed it as NOT AVAILABLE! However, the same bowl and tank could be purchased from Home Depot SEPARATELY, but at a significantly higher price! When I called a Home Depot representative to complain, she confirmed that what I was stating was true. But she did not know why? She was kind enough to provide a discount that lowered the price of the two items down to around the cost of the “complete” toilet. The two boxes were to delivered to my home on Sunday. The driver was supposed to call me 30-minutes before delivery so that I would be prepared. I asked that it left in the driveway so that I could use my two-wheel hand truck to bring the boxes into my garage. This was GREAT! I am 74 years old and didn’t want to lift those boxes. SECOND ISSUE: Instead, the boxes were delivered on Saturday to my front door (which had a number of steps leading into the house). Also there was no phone call by the driver. I had to pick up the two boxes and manually bring them up the stairs into my home. I am glad I did not hurt myself. So, instead of the toilet bowl and tank being placed in the garage for the plumber to bring into the bathroom, it sat in my living room! THIRD ISSUE: I had ensured that the original toilet’s bolts were 12-inches from the wall, which meets the stated requirements for this bowl. However, there is a baseboard heating system lining the wall behind the toilet. I was not aware that the design of the bowl required its curved “back” to be much closer to the wall than most other toilet bowls. When the old toilet was removed, the new bowl could not fit on the bolts with the baseboard heating system in place. I was NOT willing to remove the baseboard heating. However, the plumber told me that the old toilet flange had to be replaced (a costly extra that I had not counted upon). This is NO FAULT of the KOHLER bowl (or any other bowl). But is it something to consider when replacing a bowl that has been in place for a significant number of years. The plumber thought that the new flange might be adjusted to enable the KOHLER bowl to fit. We waited another day without having this toilet until the plumber replaced the flange and was able to put on the bowl. It fit! I’ve only used it for a few weeks so far, but there is NO LEAK under the bowl. If this continues, I will be satisfied with my purchase.

aqua piston is remarkably stupid engineering / Kohler's marketing of this product demonstrates the belief it can sell bs rather than actually make an improved product

Excellent toilet with variable flush has been working extremely well for 3 months; very easy to install; base is larger than standard toilet and a bit heavier.

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Does exactly what it's advertised to do.

It works great as Consumer Reports said and was simple to install