Jaccuzi Maxima toilet review
REVIEW:
I have a Jacuzzi elongated tall from Lowes around $200. I trusted the Jacuzzi name, but should have seen the warning sign when the "Jacuzzi" decal between the hinges disappeared a bit with each minor cleaning (with windex) until it was completely gone in a month. At first I noticed the casting was very poorly finished in places one would not normally see - below the rim, inside the tank, just everywhere you'd see if you look at the unit upside-down. No biggie, right? Well, I never realized how necessary the smooth glaze is to keeping the area under the rim clean - after a years' use (by only ONE person) it is now "dyed" a nice tan color and looks like a subway toilet, horribly stained despite many chemicals and scrubbing.
Next, the tank to base gasket was a poor fit - it leaked- I even went back to lowes and checked the other one in stock to see if it came with the same gasket, thinking I may have got the wrong gasket but it was the same. . I called the 800# (the only good thing - got a real person who assured me that if I tightened it enough it would cure the leaking wobbly tank. I guess I put around 50 ft/lb on the two screws before my nerve gave out. Still wobbles , no leak.
At first the tall height was nice until the first time a turd "splashed down" and washed - with startlingly high water quantity - my anus, scrotum and everything in between with ice cold toilet water. I still flinch every time I have a download that is not a nice, gentle soft-serve consistency. Br-r-r-r-r! Eskimo douche, anyone? No, thank you, "JACRAPPY", I am a MAN and don't need a bidet, but if you have hemorrhoids it might be just the thing to soothe the burning.
The fill valve has begun to leak. I have installed enough toilets to know that a simple filter screen on the inlet can usually prevent this, but it is not included on the Jacrappy.
The tank cover doesn't fit right, it's always shifting around, hitting the wall and making worrisome porcelain - on - porcelain noises if you lean back in the slightest.
And YES the question you've been waiting for IT DOES CLOG FREQUENTLY, so much that I bought a new fancy plunger and color-coordinated pail to keep in the bathroom closet (wife loves that cause it's the most public pooper in the house
Man I cannot believe I have this many complaints I think I'll email Jacuzzi to see what they say.
Happy defecating!
-Tom
Thanks again,
-Tom