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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
I'm only 5-10 and wouldn't even consider one of the short toilets. I'm surprised they even make them still.

Ditto!

I think they’re great. Much more comfy. Wife hates them because she can’t put her feet flat on the floor. She’s 5’1”.
Keep that in mind when shopping...

Not to get off the subject but I do believe it runs ride along with it,does any have a Squatty Potty for their taller toilets? Seriously. I have one standard size toilet and one of the taller ones and I don't care for the taller one as I don't have the same position like the lower one. It feels more natural with the lower one although as I am getting older, it is getting harder to get up from one. I don't mean for this to sound like a joke,as it is not beacuse we are all get older.

Go fo it. You only live once.
Much more comfortable when using it and my knees thank me when it's over.

Been hearing about this Squatty Potty more and more. Not sure of its validity and supposed health benefit or if its just a marketing scheme.

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
As member pessimist noted: Unless you have knee problems, a taller toilet may not be such a good idea. There is some evidence to suggest even "standard" height toilets may not be healthy for us: For Best Toilet Health: Squat or Sit?

As Georgeair noted, this is where a Squatty Potty comes in handy.

Even if you don't have a tall toilet, you need a Squatty Potty. Swear to God... It'll change your life.

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Originally posted by Sig Marine:
It is to me! Those of us who are “height challenged”, I’m 5’6”, can have problems because the higher seats cut off the circulation to the legs. When I have to sit, I must use my tip-toes to prevent my legs from going to sleep. No problem for the quick “dump and run” but if I’m in for the long haul, they can be problematic.

Squatty Potty will solve that too.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Been hearing about this Squatty Potty more and more. Not sure of its validity and supposed health benefit or if its just a marketing scheme.

There's a very noticeable difference. I disliked pooping away from home before. Now that I have Squatty Pottys at home, it's even worse.

I loathe it so much that I'm tempted to take a Squatty Potty with me when I go on vacation. So if ya'll see a Squatty Potty with a tag on a luggage carousel, it could be me.

Finally a topic I know something about. I had a taller girlfriend who demanded I get a better toilet. So for Valentines I got a tall one (I was smart enough to get her other presents duh). This solved several issues. Firstly, it shut her up about my bathroom. My old toilet was an early low flush, the kind it takes 2-3 flushes to work. I got an American Standard Cadet that you could flush a towel down. Also an elongated bowl which is nice. It was too tall for me but I put a short step stool on front. This turned out to be good because it put my knees higher and my thighs off the seat. I figured if asian style toilets are supposed to be good for your back and buttintestines then this would be good for me. Turns put it does help a lot. Now I see that they sell perches for that very purpose. So I guess technically I don't get any advantage out of it since the step defeats the purpose of a taller toilet but it does keep tall people from complaining. Also mostly I just like to tell my story about how I bought a toilet for VD.

Unless you’re about 5’8” or shorter, get the taller toilet. I’m 6’3” and feel like I’m sitting on the floor on a standard height toilet. Lol

Yes

When we remodeled our home 15 years ago, we replaced our toilets with taller toilets.

Never knew what I was missing.

Yes, I can tell a difference.

I like them. Warning if you use them exclusively for a while and sit on a short one, you will be wondering why you fell the extra few inches. It's weird how you get used to a few extra inches.

One of the first things I had my handyman do was to install a taller (and elongated) toilet in my downstairs bathroom. I love it! (I'm 5'9") The larger bowl is also wonderful (I'm pretty fat and absolutely hate those little bowls so often found in old hotels/motels).

Sig Marine, just put a telephone book down in front of the throne.

flashguy

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
As member pessimist noted: Unless you have knee problems, a taller toilet may not be such a good idea. There is some evidence to suggest even "standard" height toilets may not be healthy for us: For Best Toilet Health: Squat or Sit?

As Georgeair noted, this is where a Squatty Potty comes in handy.

Even if you don't have a tall toilet, you need a Squatty Potty. Swear to God... It'll change your life.

(I can't believe we're having this conversation... )

Just ordered the 7". (Got a 14" high toilet, and I'm 6'4" tall, so I figured everything should come out all right with the 7-incher.)

short elongated for me and if you need a hand rail to help get up and around , so be it

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Been hearing about this Squatty Potty more and more. Not sure of its validity and supposed health benefit or if its just a marketing scheme.

It isn't a marketing scheme, there are actual physical benefits to having your knees higher and your lower back aligned

I tried a squatty potty once at my nieces. After finishing I just kept looking for my shovel to fill the the hole.

In theory, I can see the advantages of squatting.
In reality:
we replaced old toilets with new "comfort height" Kohlers when we remodeled our Maui house. Then we rented a house in San Diego with the old, short toilets with round bowls and I can't tell you how much I hated it. Among other things, having my junk dunk.
Moved to new house with nice high Totos, and once again I am happy with our toilets.
Never again!!

Supposedly the closer to squatting you are, the faster you'll finish pooping, and the less chance you'll get hemorrhoids. I've had a few episodes of 'rhoids myself, and now always use a squatty-potty like device, and a standard height toilet. Granted, I'm 5'8'. Being closer to squatting seems to have helped stave off the that cursed affliction for me.

December 2009 we replaced all 3 bathroom toilets with elongated Eljer Titans which are ADA compliant. Big difference.

As an aside a friend teased at the time that the longer "drop" meant bigger splashes.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
having my junk dunk

I once heard of an older fella who re-purposed one of his wife's bras as a sling for his privates, to prevent this unfortunate occurrence. Not a pretty picture.