The ultimate high-end toilet list
1. TOTO Neorest NX1
If Enzo Ferrari and Ettore Bugatti joined forces to design a toilet, it would be the TOTO NEorest NX1; a premium toilet that offers surreal level of luxury and high-end features. It’s a masterpiece every way you look at it and it has to be one of the most advanced toilet on the market.
- Style: One piece
- Color: White
- Flushing System: Tornado Flush
- Water consumption: 1.0 GPF / 0.8 GPF
- Height: 17.3″
- Bowl: Elongated
When the money is not an issue and spending $5000 or more on one of the world’s best toilets seems logical, the Neorest NX1 is one of the most obvious buying choices. It’s manufactured by the world’s largest toilet manufacturer and offers more than most could wish from a toilet; a premium design, automatic flushing system, heated seat, electronic bidet, state of the art hands-free operational system and much more.
Design
If you want the toilet to look great, the NX1 is the answer. It’s one of, if not the best looking toilet in the world. The oval sleek and low profile design with elegant curves makes it stand out even in the most contemporary and expensive bathrooms. The tank is built into the unit and the whole toilet measures 23” H x 18.44” W x 31.5” D which makes it appropriate for spacey or tiny bathrooms.
The height of the seat is 17.3″ which is in the range of ADA-compliant “comfort height” toilets.
Flushing system
The NX1 uses Toto’s signature Tornado flushing system that uses as little of water as possible while allowing powerful flushing action throughout the surface of the bowl. The Tornado flush is nothing new. It’s a parade horse of the top-end Toto toilets and has been around for ages. But the NX1 brings a slightly improved version with completely rimless design and even more powerful cleaning action that scrubs the dirt from the bowl’s surface.
Fully automatic features
A high-end toilet is nothing without automatic features and high-tech electronic features. This is the area where the NX1 shines.
When you approach the toilet, the smart motion sensor gets activated. The mechanism inside opens the lid, the in-built light illuminates the bowl and the seat gets preheated to a comfortable temperature ranging from 82F to 97F.
Before you even sit on the toilet, the sprayer automatically comes out and sprays the bowl surface with a mist of water. This makes the ceramic surface less sticky and easier to clean. In fact, Toto claims that this procedure alone aides in the elimination of waste about 80 percent better than a dry bowl. Once you finish your business and step away from the toilet, the flushing mechanism automatically activates and flushes down the waste. Of course, there’s also a small mechanical backup lever hidden in the compartment behind the toilet. Just in case you run out of electricity that’s needed for the sensor to work.
After the water is flushed, the sprayer comes out and sprays the bowl again, but this time with electrolyzed water that prevents the surface of the bowl to become a nest for bacteria. The toilet seat closes automatically and the in-built light keeps illuminating the area around the toilet for a couple more seconds until you leave the bathroom.
The NX1 also keeps the air free of disturbing odors. During and immediately after using the toilet, the NX1 filters the air from the inside of the bowl, eliminating much of the unpleasant odors.
Downsides
The obvious downside of the TOTO NX1 is the price. Although this is a “high end toilets” topic, its price dwarfs every other toilet we found online.
Other downsides are minor, but we feel the urge of mentioning them. For once, the sensors can be sensitive. If you have pets in your house, the lid of the 700H will probably open each time one of your pets walks by. The second downside is that the NX1 is harder to install and if you don’t have much DIY skills, you will most likely need some help of a plumber. And electrician if things go south.
- Pros: State of the art Tornado flush, sleek and modern design, Washlet, remote controller, SanaGloss finish, concealed trapway.
- Cons: Expensive
2. TOTO Neorest 700H
Coming in second, the TOTO Neorest 700H, an older brother of the NX1. It’s been on the market for about 7 years and was just recently dethroned by the newer generation toilets of the Neorest toilet family.
- Style: One piece
- Color: White
- Flushing System: Tornado Flush
- Water consumption: 1.0 GPF
- Height: –
- Bowl: Elongated
To be fair, both 700H and NX1 share plenty of the same features, but there are some areas where the NX1 got a few improvements.
The difference
Perhaps the biggest notable difference is the design; the 700H has more angled contours while the NX1 looks more sleek and modern. The seat of the NX1 is also more comfortable and more elegant looking.
The second difference is the Tornado flush itself. The NX1 features a slightly improved flushing system with more cleaning action on the surface of the bowl. Combine that with a redesigned bowl with completely rimless design, and you have a toilet that needs less cleaning than ever.
When it comes to automatic features, both the 700H and the NX1 are pretty much the same with very few minor differences.
Why would you buy the 700H instead of the NX1?
The reason why the 700H might be a better buying choice than the NX1 is the price; it costs about $2000 less.
- Pros: State of the art Tornado flush, sleek and modern design, Washlet, remote controller, SanaGloss finish, concealed trapway.
- Cons: Expensive
3. Kohler Veil K-5401-0
The Kohler Veil is an answer to the Toto’s dominance on the high-end toilet market. It has one of the “sexiest” designs you’ll ever find on toilets and it’s advertised as an “intelligent” toilet.
- Style: One piece
- Color: White
- Flushing System: Dual flush
- Water consumption: 0.8 / 1.28 GPF
- Height: –
- Bowl: Elongated
Just like the 700H and the 550H, the Veil is compact with tank-less design, it has it’s own version of the Washlet and comes with several advanced features confirming that it’s a high-end toilet that costs a lot.
Design
The Kohler Veil is a compact one-piece toilet that measures 26.4 x 17.2 x 21.4 inches, quite similar to the Toto 700H. The second most notable difference is that the Veil comes with a lot sleeker design than perhaps any Toto toilet on the market.
There are almost no edges on it which makes the Veil look modern and elegant. Although this is just a matter of personal preference, we believe that it looks better than both 700H and 550H.
Flushing system
The dual flushing system of the Kohler Veil is similar to the Toto’s Double Cyclone. There are two water jets located at the each side of the back of the bowl and once the flushing action starts, they push the water to the front of the rimless bowl.
The Veil uses 0.8 gallons of water when operating at partial flush and 1.28 gallons at full flush which is 28% more than it’s used by Neorest 700H and 550H.
- Pros: Dual flush system, 0.8 / 1.28 GPF, soft close seat and seat hinge included, elongated bowl, sleek design
- Cons: Expensive
4. TOTO MW634584CEFG#01 Supreme II
If paying several thousand dollars for a Toto toilet is something above the budget, there are a few slightly less advanced toilets on the market that still come with Washlet and other automatic features. One of them is the Toto Supreme II, a high-end toilet with Tornado flushing system and CeFiONtect technology.
- Style: One piece
- Color: White
- Flushing System: Tornado flush
- Water consumption: 1.28 GPF
- Height: –
- Bowl: Elongated
Just like every other toilet on this list, the Supreme II is made of a single piece of material. The low-profile tank and the semi-exposed trapway make it look smaller and narrower than it actually is and we believe that the whole unit looks modern and sleek.
Flushing system
The flushing system of the Supreme II is called Tornado and it’s almost identical to the Double Cyclone used by the 700H. It uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush which makes it certified by WaterSense.
S350e Washlet
The Supreme II comes with the Toto S350e washlet which is similar to the one that comes with the 550H and the 700H. The lid is operated by sensor, the seat is heated, and the Washlet is able to clean both the front and the back.
- Pros: tornado flush, S350e Washlet, elongated bowl, Watersense certified
- Cons: Comes with a single year limited warranty, oesn’t include a toilet seat
5. WoodBridge T-0008
When paying several thousand dollars for a premium toilet with premium brand behind it doesn’t fly, the WoodBridge T-0008 is a rockstar. It costs much less than some bigger names on the high-end toilet market, but brings a lot of value to the table with very few compromises.
- Style: One piece
- Color: White
- Flushing System: Dual flush
- Water consumption: –
- Height: Comfort height
- Bowl: Elongated
The last toilet on our list of luxurious toilet is the WoodBridge T-0008. It’s one of the most affordable high-end toilets on our list and it might be a great choice for homeowners who are looking for a toilet that comes with a lot of advanced and luxurious features for a fraction of a price of the TOTO 700H.
We are honestly not sure why the price of the T-0008 isn’t higher, but we believe that it has to do something with the fact that the Woodbridge is nowhere near as popular as Toto, Kohler, or American Standard on the international level, so they need to produce less expensive products with similar quality to successfully compete on the market.
Design
The T-0008 is a one-piece toilet with sleek design, but it has a problem; the water pipe of the bidet sprayer and the cable that powers automatic functions are visible which slightly spoils its design, but doesn’t make it any less functional.
Other than that, we believe that the T-0008 looks great just as all the other toilets from the Woodbridge’s T series.
Flushing system
The T-0008 has a dual flushing system which means that you can use full flush for flushing down solid waste and partial flush for liquid waste. The full flush consumes 1.6 gallons of water per flush which is on the upper side of today’s toilets and the partial flush uses one gallon. The flushing system is fully glazed and it’s designed to be as quiet as possible.
- Pros: Dual flushing system – 1.0 / 1.6 GPF, one piece design, bidet seat
- Cons: The toilet seat is not included, unique design that might turn some people off
