Comments on: Disturbing Tech: The Toilet Tank Sink

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:16:22 +0000

I just came back from Japan and used one of the great toilets. It is a very good idea and nothing yucky about it. I am looking for one tonight online.

By: DIY Dave

DIY Dave — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:22:06 +0000

I thought it was such a good idea, I built one! You can too!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:49:55 +0000

Where do you think the water that comes out of your kitchen faucet and that you then drink comes from? It started in your toilet bowl and then makes its way to a treatment plant and gets pumped back to you. You do not understand what you are talking about.

By: marshgirl

marshgirl — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:08:40 +0000

http://www.myspace.com/pool2pond

By: marshgirl

marshgirl — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:06:58 +0000

I have one of these and it’s great! The water comes from the pipes same as the sink, clean, just as many of you have mentioned.

I have a really bad video of it in operation at my myspace page. I think it’s a great water saver. I’m going to have it installed on my other toilets too!

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:17:52 +0000

Ours is a little different problem. We have no room in our bathroom for a sink, nor anywhere closer than the kitchen or another bathroom. All that is in the bathroom is the toilet in an old house. This looks like it might be our solution.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:28:04 +0000

ok i have an idea for all that likes dislikes this idea of the toilet sink combo you want to save water and not put the sink on the john bend over the john wash hands on john a lot of the homes in us have the sink on same wall as the john if you had toilet that had a hookup for a 1 1/4 sink drain in the tank you could have the sink water run out the sink in the toilet tank and when the toilet tank gets full the overflow pipe in tank would send extra water to bowl and down drain that would keep some happy : )

By: Shazz

Shazz — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:31:53 +0000

For what it is worth…this guy is a lifesaver for me, but I found a different version that I like better…

Why? Because I have a toilet in my basement and for some reason the previous owner did a reno that can’t be undone and the sink is across the hall. My walls and floor are concrete so I can’t add a sink without a MAJOR hassle. So this gives me a way to put a sink in the same room as my toilet.

http://www.tapsbath.com/taps1/Pages/DCatalog-St-spec-uniq3-Neo_Co.htm

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:53:55 +0000

For some years I have had a similar apparatus installed in a rental property. It always inspires shock/curiosity/fascination in those who see it for the first time, similar to all the reactions expressed by readers of this website. Later on, everyone loves it.

It does not have to be such a trauma. As soon as you understand that you are not using water from the toilet tank, but instead are saving water by letting sink basin water work twice by operating the toilet, the picture seems so much rosier.

For those who want to wash their hands in warm or hot water, why not do what I did: mount your hot and cold water on the wall above the toilet top wash basin, and flowing directly into that basin. Why, I even have a mirror on the wall for shaving and – can even wash my face and brush my teeth – just like a real sink! All that water then flows directly into the toilet tank and later is used again to flush the toilet – great, no?!

This mounted cold water faucet and automatic shut on/off, high price is unnecessary. All you need to make this work is a toilet tank top designed like a wash basin.

You save space, save water, and can have a toilet space separate from your bathing area â€“ providing privacy and making more efficient use of your bathroom facilities, which I find a lot more civilized.

By: Voiceofreason

Voiceofreason — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:33:55 +0000

I know I’ll take some bantering for this but, this thread is full of misinformaton!
Lets set a few things right.
First, the water supplied IS freshwater normally diected to the toilet bowl (not the tank) while the tank is refilling the water drains from the sink through the overflow tube, water that normally rinses the bowl while the tank fills (plumbing 101) there is an excelent video of the entire process @www.sinkpositive.com
Second, proper hand washing depends on the FRICTION! of your hands rubbing together not the temperature of water (pre-med 101).
Third, this device IS an American invention! it has been widely adopted in all parts of the world lacking the space and plentiful water that we take for granted. It has been availabe here for nearly thirty years but not widely marketed in the U.S. due to the Yuk (smug) factor., and high cost of marketing in the U.S.
In this country we install multiple water wasting devices in oversized bathrooms that could house entire families in other countries! bidet’s whirlpools, saunas, his and her sinks and showers with multiple deluge shower heads, a regular niagra falls in one room! I won’t even discuss our landscape watering.
Most of our “global warming” types have completely ignored the water crisis that is upon us NOW. We should listen closely to poster Soldierinthewaragainstturds and do what we can to conserve a neglected resource.
I work for a large west coast city that processes more than 330 million gallons of wastewater a DAY!, we supply our 3.5 million residents free low flush toilets and free cfl bulbs in our conservation efforts. Is this the next big idea?
Also I have two remote mountain cabins overlooking the mojave desert on 10 acres supplied by wells and I am keenly aware of the value of water and the waste loads on my septic systems, I use a biofuel generator to fill my potable and fire water reserviors.
I have installed these sinks on the six toilets there @ $100 ea. conserving my water, waste systems and biofuel. I’m sure this invesment will pay for itself many time over. I will install my next ones here at my weekday home and have suggested them at work for the next conservation program!

At the $100 price you definately will not pay for it in water savings but if you are pressed for space or truly concerned about conervation this is a winner!