Touchless flush?

madzonie · ‎03-10-2010

Does anyone have any experience with toilets that use "touchless" flushing? You only have to pass your hand over a marked spot on top of the tank to flush. I have my eye on a Kohler touchless model, but I have to wonder how reliable they are.

JaneMarple · ‎05-23-2011

I've only used them in a public setting and I like them very much. They even have a little black black button to use if everything doesn't go down.

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tansy · ‎01-02-2011

Sometimes I hold my hands under a sensor type faucet in a public restroom and the water won't come out, so I move to the next sink. I would not want one of those toilets.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

They have a button back-up.

I like the idea!

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

On 5/9/2014 terrier3 said:
They have a button back-up.

I like the idea!

Okay I thought these were something newer than the sensor toilets that flush when you get up:/

sylviahomeatlast · ‎03-11-2010

in airports. I like them.

JustJules · ‎06-25-2013

Those things annoy me. While I appreciate the concept of not having to touch a public toilet, they never seem to work properly. I find myself waving my hand in front of the sensor, then end up pushing the stupid "back-up" button to get it to flush anyway, so what's the point? Those toilets aren't cheap, so I would have to be uber-rich to put up with that aggravation in my own home. I mean, if it's not really a "touchless flush"????? Think it would be cheaper to hire a maid to come flush a regular toilet for me. ${#emotions_dlg.laugh}$

ennui1 · ‎06-23-2013

I think they waste water, because they flush when you walk into the stall, they flush when you turn around, they (don't) flush when you stand up ...

They need to be smarter.

RainyDayGal · ‎03-09-2010

We have them at work. Sometimes they flush while you're sitting, sometimes they don't flush while you're standing. Finicky things. I have no problem pushing the little lever.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

They are everywhere in the restrooms I've used and they have worked fine. Maybe the ones that don't haven't been properly programed. I like that I no longer open a stall door only to see that the previous occupant hadn't flushed, gross. I like the automatic faucets too, some you need to give a gentle bump to cause the water to flow. What I don't like are the hot air hand dryers.