2005 Kohler Highline Pressure Lite Tests

[@DanielGomez-zx6px]

Amazing

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

How so?

[@Ryleegamingtv90]

I never saw gold handle like that on a pressure toilet before so rare I never see this but I saw a toilet like that a few years ago

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I twisted up a regular handle because I didn't have a pressure assist handle

[@christopherpotomski8463]

I don't really like these 1st gen Pressure Lites either, but I'm actually amazed that it's got such good performance. Bowl rinse is... Honestly better than I expected, even though it's still nonexistent. I thought the only places it would rinse would be where the water barely trickled down the rim jets. Still flipping loud though!

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I guess when all the water is forced through the siphon jet, it's gonna perform well lol

[@christopherpotomski8463]

@OCC Plumbing & Restorations Probably. But honestly, I think the water coming from the siphon jet, it smacking on the upcurve of the trapway is a big contributor to the loud noise. Especially given that it's not muffled underwater from anything that the rim jets could try and do.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

@@christopherpotomski8463 Yeah

[@darfieldzone5309]

Awesome performance! It flushes kinda like it’s using 3.5 gpf even though it’s a pressure assist toilet and that’s due to a lack of bowl rinse

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Yeah, these are interesting to me.

[@jbsimmons54]

Needs a handheld bidet hose for the bowl rinse. Never mind the terlit brush... 😉

[@rockypereztheautismawarene242]

What if this toilet use 1 gallon?

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

It would be worthless

[@Supcharged]

Honestly how reliable and safe are pressure assisted toilets for home use?

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Probably fine but people have had them explode in their house and embed porcelain in the wall. I would highly advise against it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYa2opprbc6ZbbM

[@toiletfan15julius26]

This toilet makes me hate pressure assist toilets even more now

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

These are some of the worst

[@vintagetoiletstexas2443]

I honestly prefer the 2nd iteration of theses as they tend to have a better bowl rinse from what I've seen

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I would send them both to the dump where they belong

[@ILVT_Plumbing]

Seems like this toilet does good with solids but the bowl rinse in the problem

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Yeah

[@Therocketman75]

Oh no it’s a pressure Heffy

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Yep

[@micahchesler4552]

Why does it flush so long for being a 1.6

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Because it has no bowl rinse which makes it take longer for all the water to drain out.

[@micahchesler4552]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations ohhhhh ok

[@normanreynolds9889]

The 1st Gen PL toilet is still straight up garbage and as you said, it would really need to help to take the brush due to the poor bowl rinse it has.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Agreed

[@masterflush5676]

I ABSOLUTELY KNEW THAT THE DIRT TEST WAS GONNA FAIL MISERABLY. It did great on the performance tests, but that dirt test, ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. ANYWAYS, HORRIBLE TOILET.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Agreed. Not clogging is all Kohler cares about these days and when they try to make the flushes better, the performance suffers.

[@Belgian-Aviator-__BRU-EBBR]

Yeez that flush is a jet cannon

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

These are really powerful

[@ThunderAnimations152]

Pretty bad at clearing the dirt but the performance is amazing!

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I wonder how it would do against ketchup

[@LukeGray-fs1sl]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations I think you have tested that before, no?

[@VMUTplumbing]

Can't approve more.

[@ThunderAnimations152]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations that is an interesting idea

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

@@LukeGray-fs1sl Not an older one

[@cakeman8406]

Like a plane toilet

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

No rinse and loud

[@samanthataylor8606]

The 1st Gen PL toilet is still straight up garbage and as you said, it would really need to help to take the brush due to the poor bowl rinse it has. Still this did really whell

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Agreed

[@ryanthenascarguy4871]

Other than the bowl rinse, it didn't do too bad. I'd give it a B-

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I agree solely on performance

[@frequentflusher]

This is very surprising for a toilet that could not handle normal use in my house. And I am not talking bowl rinse either..

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Probably because cloth doesn't stick or break apart

[@frequentflusher]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations Valid points indeed

[@ttpplumbingandelevators]

Failed FIVE WHOLE FEET on stf

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

No toilet fails 5 feet and that's a fact. An American Standard Allbrook can take 5 feet and that's a urinal so if a toilet fails that, there is something seriously wrong with it and it isn't functioning as intended.

[@NyxKemo]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations Except my crane toilet, that thing barely passes on 3 feet, even clogs on 3 feet sometimes

[@cooperschwartz318]

That’s the wrong tank but it still looks ok

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Yeah

[@dudley1927]

I bet your 2015 glacier bay did worse than this on the bowl rinse

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Yep

[@GeoGomez-zd5zk]

Worst Kohler toilet ever

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

It's definitely one of them

[@ctfplumbing4910]

4:10 as usual 🙄🙄

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Typical Pressure Lite

[@VortensVienna2024]

You should do that on a tank that doesn’t have pressure

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

It would only ripple instead of flush

[@RMG_9000]

Thats the stupidest thing in toilet history

[@AllAlbertasFixtures]

The second generation is a lot better but this one isn’t as bad as people make it out to be.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I respect your opinion

[@VMUTplumbing]

Flush/Bowl Rinse: D- Performance: A Yeah, this toilet is that bad overall and I do not recommend it to anyone.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I'd smash it if BTR didn't take it

[@LukeGray-fs1sl]

Flush: Apalling Performance: great from the era Rinse: Ghastly Overall review: I personally do not see a place where this thing would be good, If im honest. truck stops would have bowl rinse trouble, Resturaunts would have flushmate issues (Trust me from experience), and its just bad. Rating 1/10: 2

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Agreed

[@NyxKemo]

Performance is good, bowl rinse is atrocious

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Basically all they have going for them is a siphon jet

[@NyxKemo]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations yeah

[@RodriUT23]

Of course the bowl rinse was atrocious.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Yep

[@ivanjelinek8459]

Huh strange better that porcelamex

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I respect your opinion but disagree

[@ivanjelinek8459]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations a qestion is there a toilet worse than porcelamex

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I've sure seen it but not much

[@aecplumbing]

The bowl rinse of course... XDDDDDD Besides it did well for the other tests, this toilet is still utter garbage.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Agreed

[@RMG_9000]

I like this thing!

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I like the sound

[@RMG_9000]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations You should do this funny thing where you put a flushmate in a kilgore alpha that would be so cool

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

@@RMG_9000 It really would be cool!

[@adamsvintageappliances6346]

you should dissect it

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I gave it to BTR

[@aldoayhoniz190]

It surely does its job, but it's still boring and kinda crappy, like every PA toilet. The bowl rinse is pathetic too, like every PA toilet.

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I'd question whether it does its job or not