TOTO CST744S#12 Drake Elongated Bowl and Tank, Sedona Beige

This is a great toilet! We bought it from Amazon and used it to replace a much-more-expensive but horrible-flushing Kohler toilet (very pretty) that we grew to plunge and hate so much we ripped it out and I installed this toilet myself. As others have said, it has a great flush, it is quiet, its manufacturer has the lowest defect rate in the business, and it uses simple operating parts that are easy to service and readily-available locally or through Amazon. The factory authorized replacement parts for this toilet are made in the USA by Korky, who makes many of the OEM fill valves and flappers for Toto. (This toilet uses the Red Korky "Fits Toto" flapper and the blue "Fits TOTO" Korky 528T fill valve. That "T" in the model is important, because the regular 528 won't refill the bowl sufficiently; you can also use the adjustable-refill 528MP.)A TIP: If you have an issue with the fill valve after a few years, don't replace it, try servicing it first. If you have the type b fill valve, its manufacturer makes a servicing video for the valve; type in korky service on you tube and the video should come up.There are some quick videos of this very toilet flushing (nothing gross). Just flushing water, flushing clean paper, and a view inside the tank while flushing. Just search on Drake CST744s on you tube and these should be the first 3 that come up. There are some weird noises on the video; ignore them because its just my crummy cell-phone camera microphone distorting the sound of running water.These toilets basically go: slurp, gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, then, a running-water sound while refilling, then just stop filling. Nothing that's going to wake your mate. We love this toilet because it really did let us toss the plunger, and we know it will be installed in this house for decades to come.One other note: If you live in a jurisdiction where you get a rebate for a 1.28gpf "Watersense" toilet, there is a CST744E version of this toilet that qualifies. The bowl is the same. The china tank is the same; it just has slightly-different guts inside. (Green-colored valve that has a slightly-lower refill ratio so less water is wasted down the bowl during refill and flapper that looks the same but closes slightly-faster.) Toto just tweaked this thing so it would perform the same but only use 1.28gpf, and saved most of the water on the refill, not in the flush. People who have both have reported they flush the same. Because it's the same toilet, if you don't like the 1.28 flush, you can have as a backup plan to swap the fill valve for the Blue Korky valve and swap the flapper for the Red Fits Toto flapper and you will have yourself a 1.6gpf Drake. But everyone I know or have read who had that backup plan was totally happy with the 1.28gpf EcoDrake (not to be confused with the more-expensive Drake II, which is a totally-different design). On the other hand, if you're not in a drought jurisdiction, or don't care about the water savings, then just get this one.

FIrst things first - it does not come with a seat. The only one I found went for $50 here on Amazon. Never in my life did I think I'd pay that much for a toilet seat - but I did. So, you've been told. The seat IS nice. Slow drop, quiet in the middle of the night. Yep.The toilet is GREAT! We've been enduring a unit that flushed through only when it felt like it and I attributed it to septic tank backup issues. Nope. Septic cleaned, new lines run, toilet still finicky. I replaced the guts of the thing. Replaced the water line. Cleaned out the line (PSA: never use one of those rental rooters in an enclosed toilet room...). Nope, no change. It was time to go ballistic and replace the whole thing. I looked online for one that flushed powerfully. Found this one. And did I mention the old toilet was short? More round than oblong. Guys will understand the issue with short toilets. Let me summarize: YUK. 'Nuff said.So replacing this required the additional purchase of a wax ring for a couple of bucks (and the seat). It was difficult to measure the set back of my existing unit because it was still installed so I guess a little and I thought I had at least the 12" required by this new one. I had 14" as it turned out. Yay. The directions, if you need them, are spot on and simple. Remove old, clean old wax, install new ring, mount new toilet tank, and drop 'er in. I would recommend this to a first-timer even.Functionally, this thing is awesome. NO more necessary second flushes. In the month or so we've had it we've experienced absolutely zero "incomplete" flushes, and it's been tested. Well. Ahem.I'm going to buy another one for the other bathroom. Hope that tells you something.

I don't normally post comments, but I had to make an exception on this one. My personal experience from a customer viewpoint was exceptional from start to finish including the manner in which they packaged the parts. I received 2 packages.. 1 with the bowl the other one had the tank...each piece was surrounded the with (not sure how to describe this... but...) stiff puffy pillow-like protectors which ensured nothing would get chipped, cracked or broken on the journey. I ordered the Ebony color and with it I purchased the matching SoftClose toilet seat and the Fernco 3 inch wax free toilet seal. I got it installed today and not only it is beautiful (even the plumber took a picture of it) but this dude flushes so fast and thoroughly, I was completely speechless. I asked my plumber what he thought of this product and he said this was one great toilet... there you have it folks... :) Bottom line: Best decision I ever made. I will be ordering the same toilet for my other 2 bathrooms. One note to those getting a matching seat. Make sure you look at the product details on the PDF file. It will list the correct inventory numbers for items matching the toilet you want...Also, I am short and this one is a great height for me... However, if you are tall, you might want to get a taller version...Again, check the details as it should provide all the dimensions of the product, including the distance from the floor to the top of the bowl where the seat comes (add a 1/2 inch for the seat height itself)... Finally, the FERNCO toilet seal is an nice addition as well. Overall: Excellent Investment

works great, very satisfied with this product

These are the best low flush toilets made.

It flushes quickly with a minimum of water, hasn't failed yet.

The most powerful toilet I've ever had. Wonderful

I am very disappointed that the toilet bowel received today is broken in pieces. I have to return the product to UPS store. Lessons learned: I will not buy toilet online.