How to Operate a Dual Flush Toilet

Bearman Cartoon How to Operate a Dual Flush ToiletYou would think today’s cartoon has nothing to do with Australia.  But you would be wrong.  In an effort to conserve water, dual flush toilets have been installed in a whole bunch of places including all the hotels we stayed in.  Some, unfortunately, didn’t work as well as others.

For the uninformed, a dual flush toilet has two buttons.  One that is a half flush for liquids and the other a full flush for solids.  The problem is that in several situations the half flush wasn’t enough to actually flush everything down so it required another push.   Usually the second push was the full flush button just to ensure there was no yellow in the bowl.   So instead of using half the amount of water to flush, you end up using 50% more than a typical sing flush toilet.

Or maybe it was just operator error.

 

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69 responses to “How to Operate a Dual Flush Toilet”

  1. Gruhn Avatar

    We could really conserve if we would just all go in the woods like the old days.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Yes but in the old days it ran off into the water supply and wasn’t filtered before you drank it.

      Still like the old days?

      1. frigginloon Avatar

        In Australia they still do 😉

        1. Tony McGurk Avatar

          What is this toilet device you speak of??? We have a funnel sticking through the bathroom wall that just goes outside onto the garden…

          1. susi spice Avatar
            susi spice

            wat about the good old drop toilet??? that would save water!

          2. Bearman Avatar

            Instant Fertilizer Tony

            Susi, what is a drop toilet?

  2. Red Dwyer Avatar

    I think the operator with the most errors is the installer.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      My brain hurts too much right now to get my head around that statement.

      1. Binky Avatar

        I think she talking in programming code.

  3. Colleen Avatar

    you could just get a scam duaflush that does a full flush either way. It’s Identical to the old style but it makes people feel better.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      haha. Or you just hit the full flush button every time.

      OR: If it is Yellow, let it Mellow.

  4. George Avatar

    I say, just hit the full-flush button twice. I’m as good a conservationalist as I am a conversationalist.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      So you like to describe your poo

  5. Comedy Plus Avatar

    The government thought this one up right? I’ll put money on the fact that they had something to do with this mess.

    Have a terrific day. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      No a well intentioned entrepreneur but I am sure the government ran with it.

  6. Michael Corley Avatar

    All too accurate.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Glad to know I am not alone.

  7. Mark Stokes Avatar

    Who cares if its half full or half empty, just get rid of it!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      But if you are a conservationist type, this is a failure.

  8. frigginloon Avatar

    Sadly Australia has a massive water prob and this dual flush toilet was to be our saviour. I know, I know …cue eye roll 😉

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You need to drink more wine and less water.

  9. Tony McGurk Avatar

    So are you a toilet’s half full or half empty kinda guy???
    I’m not sure if we have dual flush or not. I’ve only been in this house for 9 months & I’m not good at noticig details. I’ll just go check…

    1. Tony McGurk Avatar

      Nope, we lowly working class only have mono-flush.

      1. Tony McGurk Avatar

        S’pose we could keep a bucket of water next to the loo for the dual flush if needed.
        Or if we get thirsty during the night. The fridge is further away…

        1. Bearman Avatar

          You could always fill the bathtub Tony

          1. Tony McGurk Avatar

            Relax in a warm bath & empty you bladder & bowels at the same time. Brilliant thinking Mister B!!!

          2. Bearman Avatar

            Well I was thinking for your drinking water but that works too.

      2. Binky Avatar

        You should complain to the landlord. No one in this day and age should be deprived of having a stereo toilet. Especially if it’s the singing kind.

        1. Tony McGurk Avatar

          with a big DOOF DOOF subwoofer too

          1. Bearman Avatar

            Sadly I think Tony is the one providing the base in his bathroom.

          2. Tony McGurk Avatar

            And every other room of the house too, and at work & in the car & at the supermarket &….

          3. Bearman Avatar

            Is that the reason you got laid off from the last job? haha

  10. Binky Avatar

    A sing flush toilet? I don’t think I want my toilet singing.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Better than hearing you sing on the toilet.

      1. Binky Avatar

        Anything’s better than that!

  11. susi spice Avatar
    susi spice

    u know what i found weird..was how high the water table sat in American toilets i saw… i was scared my booty was going to touch the water on some of them hahaha and also… i found american toilets to be really really BIG.. i coulve fallen through on some of them!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      1. We have big asses so we need the extra space
      2. Courtesy flush an american toilet and you don’t get water up your butt. Courtesy flush an Aussie Toilet and you might as well have been sitting on a bidet.

  12. Valentine Logar Avatar

    I am afraid I cannot wrap my head around toilets this morning.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That must mean you aren’t hung over.

  13. spilledinkguy Avatar

    Along the same lines as super-cheap T.P…
    probably not saving too much when half the roll disappears with each use.
    🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Remind me not to go in the bathroom after you.

  14. planetross Avatar
    planetross

    It’s probably called a “dual flush” system … because you have to flush twice.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Exxxxxxxxxxxxactly

  15. Jack of Gulls Comic Avatar

    The buttons are always in the most awkward places too.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well most people flush AFTER they get up.

  16. Geoff Avatar

    Yes well don’t be dropping anything too large down there next time as those systems just cannot cope with a Bearman’s you know what? 🙁 lol Of course they can always lower it by hand next time and attach a detonator, the only trouble with that is that it could blow your cover, and a few other things I shouldn’t wonder 🙂 Those toilets are a good invention only when one widdles clear, or lightweight waste products, obviously there was a flaw with the flow on that model 🙁 lmao Have a wicked evening Bearman and watch out for the Zombies 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well as my wife says I tend to take an Austin Powers sized pee, it could be part of the issue.

  17. jynksie Avatar
    jynksie

    I bought toilets have that have a high capacity flush. They use less water and have more thrust. It’s pretty much eliminated the need for a plunger, well, most of the time! [wink]

    1. Bearman Avatar

      So you bought a toilet like they use on airplanes?

      1. jynksie Avatar
        jynksie

        I have no idea, It’s a Kohler toilet. I don’t use plane Lavatories, they are to small and I have a discomfort issue with confined spaces. To me, even the plane is not big enough! I’m a horrible flyer, I have to be drugged a lil’ bit and be put to sleep.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          I don’t mind tight spaces that I have control of leaving. Even flying…except for when you land and everyone is in my damn way.

  18. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    I am just calling by again to wish
    you a wicked start to your Friday 🙂

    Have fun…

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Sorry no one was here to answer your call.

      Have a great weekend.

  19. Rent textbooks Avatar

    Maybe they don’t work correctly is because they were made somewhere where the water flows the wrong direction from Australia. Some people may have found deals and didn’t consider where it was made. But after reading about the The Coriolis force I am just confused.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Water shoots out like a geyser up your butt in Australia toilets..haha

  20. buddhakat Avatar

    OHMY!!!!
    You boys and your bathroom humour… SIGH!!!
    Sorry Loon and any other gals…
    this all goes right under my head… waaaaayyyyy under….

    🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      We enjoy our bathroom humor. Luckily the water is under your head and not over.

      1. buddhakat Avatar

        Oh my yes… I hadn’t thought of that!
        WHEW!

        🙂
        janet

  21. Japanese Ghost Avatar

    Germany has these toilets. I thought it was crazy when we moved here. Then I had to start paying for water that came into the house and left the house.

    We don’t actual have a dual flush system but it is a large button that I make sure stops after only a quarter flush for the liquid.

    When we visited the States last year I had a difficult time readjusting to American toilets. It seemed like I was pooping into a lake because there was so much water under me.

    Sorry if I left any visuals.

    Think of sugar plums… there, that’s better 😉

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Sugar plums in the toilet is soooooo much better.

      1. Japanese Ghost Avatar

        They are supposed to be dancing in your head 😉

  22. jb Avatar

    It’s always best to read the small fine print at the bottom of the instruction manual.

  23. DadaHyena Avatar

    The last place I lived had the most anal-retentive housemate who demanded that the toilet be flushed no matter what (I respect that some people don’t observe the “mellow yellow” rule, but I like to save water); it even got to the point where he would habitually flush the toilet when walking into the bathroom, even if there was nothing in there!

    The dual-flush thing sounds like it could be great for water conservation, as long as they can work out those kinks you mentioned.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I don’t want to see your piss in the bowl either.

  24. Tony DiGerolamo Avatar

    Just encourage people to pee outside. That saves lots of water.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That is hard from the hotel room window.

  25. Gray Dawster Avatar

    I have had a lot of fun looking through your
    cartoons tonight, you have a very good talent.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Gray thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you around more.

  26. Shanna D. Salas Avatar

    Of course, you can avoid water consumption all together by installing a composting toilet, but low-flow and dual flush toilets are more acceptable to many people. ABCs of Toilets reports that if everyone switched to water-efficient fixtures, we could reduce water consumption by 30%. In these times of pressure on dwindling fresh water supplies and reservoirs dropping to 40% of capacity , we all should be using water conserving toilets.