Top 10 Worst Things About Auto-Flushing Toilets
Generally, auto-flushing toilets are an ideal update for public restrooms. With auto-flushing toilets, nobody has to touch germy handles, walk into a stall with an unflushed toilet, or deal with broken handles. However, there are some drawbacks to auto-flushing toilets.If you disagree with anything listed below, that is okay with me. I understand that there are solutions to these problems (such as putting a post-it note on the sensor or pressing the button if it has one). I am pointing out the disadvantages of automated toilets, but I am not claiming that there are no solutions. None of these issues apply to all auto-flushing toilets, but they apply to the vast majority of them. Additionally, some of these issues might apply to manual-flushing toilets as well.
I apologize if you think this list is a terrible one. I try my best to make valid lists, regardless of whether or not you agree with me.
I hate the auto-flush toilets and urinals because they flush when I am not done using them yet. They are frustrating, wasteful, and stupid. The Zurn auto-flushes are the worst. They waste the most water. Water-saving toilets would be a better option because they conserve water, and we need to save water.
Sometimes it flushes mid-use, other times after you just sat down, or before you even get to sit down. It rarely flushes after the user has stood up and finished their business.
It's funny how many people suggest that keeping your penis away from the sensor solves the problem because I do not have a penis.
In 2010, researchers studied the amount of water used by toilets in an office building. With manual-flushing toilets, the average daily water use in that building was 807 gallons. Once auto-flushing toilets were installed, that water use increased to 1,243 gallons per day. That is an increase of 54%! Researchers believe that the increase might be due to phantom flushing, or flushing when it is not supposed to.
You will be lucky if a button is there.
Whenever I use an auto-flush toilet, I try not to move if I can so that it does not trigger the sensor and flush while I am sitting on it. This gets my butt wet, and the water is usually dirty.
That is especially terrible if it flushes mid-use.
When I was a child, I was so scared of them that I thought every toilet was auto-flush, even if it was not.
When I was little, my all-time fear was automatic toilets.
I am still scared of automatic toilets because in 2018, I went to Pedia Plex in Southlake, and the sound was so loud that it scared me.
I do not necessarily like doing it, but some people do.
The darker your urine is, the less hydrated you are.
Yeah, I remember it being loud, and I used to be scared of loud toilets.
Some people stand up to wipe their bottoms before flushing. Since most automated toilets flush before you are even done, you do not have a chance to stand up before you wipe. I am not a stand-up wiper, but a lot of people are.
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Yeah, I hate them too because at church they replaced the handles with automatic flush for both the toilets and urinals. When I finished using the automatic urinal, I flushed it, then it flushed again after I flushed it. What a waste of water.
Yeah, I hate them because at church they replaced the handles with automatic flush for both the toilets and urinals in early 2022. When I was done using it, I flushed it, then it flushed again after I flushed it. Waste of water.
Yeah, I hate these too because at church they replaced the handles with automatic flush in early 2022. When I manually flushed them, they auto-flushed again after I flushed it. What a waste of water.
That would be the worst, to lose something in an auto-flush toilet.