Interesting idea. Seems a little too delicate to move some man sized shit. But maybe i'm wrong. Seems like I could tie a spoon on the end of a wooden stick and get the same effect. I also gotta say, the plunger they show on the web page is pretty damn gross. If your plunger looks like that, go spend $10 for a new one.

I don't think i'll be replacing my trusty plunger. If you have a clog in your drain line past the P-trap of the toliet, with this you'll be shit out of luck.

Feces jamming up the toilet usually isn't the problem...it's an excessive amount of paper stuck in the hole.

One quick 5 - 10 second plunge is alot easier than endlessly picking at it with a stick; but if they want to send me one for free I will try it.

Definitely a good idea, but I doubt it will be able to rise to the occasion when it comes to an obstruction of bricklike density that has lodged itself in the aperture leading to the flange. I could be wrong, but the website offered no info on how long, or how flexible, this contraption is. Judging by the pictures, it looks like hard plastic, and not nearly long enough to get through the p-trap even if it is capable of bending in that fashion.

I think it's about time people give up on plungers. It's probably just me, but in the thousands of instances when I've had to unclog a toilet, a plunger has never been sufficient to get the job done. People, do yourselves a favor, go get a toilet snake.

Why spend $$ on a fancy poop stick when I can use an unbent wire hanger for free?

And besides...I don't think I've ever had to plunge because there was a blockage IN the toilet. It always happens further down the drain for me, so there's no way even the most flexible stick would unblock it.

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What do you mean you didn't see it? It was right next to the toilet!

This gizmo looks like something my urologist would use to stir his coffee.

I can picture it now... my flush hole is jammed by a huge wad of wipe and poop. In addition I also have a colorful (and broken) plastic stick jutting out from the mass like a flagpole in my own personal Iwo Jima monument. Unless this apparent plastic is made from composite that is meant for the extreme conditions of deep space, it simply will not suffice.

I think Dauncivilone has it right. This winter I went to my buddy's family's house in Colorado -- they have a time-share thing. Whoever left before we got there left us a clogged toilet, but the clog was so deep that the coat hanger didn't work. Had to drive through a mountain blizzard at 11 PM on a desperate search for a plunger. Once we found one, it took just one plunge. Something tells me a rigid plastic shitstick would have been similarly useless.

I just have to say that I figured that I would purchase one of these toilet tools just to figure out if it worked or not, and because it is very inexpensive. I can't believe that it really works! It works great! I live in an apartment and I was always calling the apt manager to send out the plumber to unclog my toilet and since then I have not had to call the manager once.

I suppose that it if doesn't work unplugging toilets, you could use it as a back scratcher.

I loved the Iwo monument comment. I drive past there regularly. I also liked the imagery of a toilet swizzle stick.
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Deja Poo - Because this shit's so strange, it couldn't ever have happened before.

I can see ADDING it for poo-chopping if someone in your household needs that, but there's no way I'm getting rid of the plunger altogther.

Dave, by the way...
Typo in line: "It was always my job to up plug the toilet if someone else plugs it up."

Thanks! Fixed.

Do you mean to tell me that NOONE rinses that plunger under hot bathtub water when done?? That fixes having to never look at a filthy plunger. Cripes this thing looks very gingiloni.
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The Thunderous Crapper 63 Enjoying home toilet advantage since 2004!

Actually, we talked about cleaning the plunger about 18 months ago. Everyone pretty much agreed I was disgusting for cleaning it in the bathtub. I've since changed my ways.

I'm with Deja. First thing I thought was it doubles as a stinky back scratcher.

This Toiletta toilet tools can turn you toilet into a blender. Oh, you can pick at a plug with it if you want. Toilets are designed to plug on the surface. Plungers force the plug down, down, down? Or you can use the butter churn method, and keep pumping. In Colorado, when pipes freeze, try some warm water or antifreeze in the toilet before you leave. You would not want to come back and have a broken toilet and flooded floor. Yes, you can brake ice with a plunger. Most people don't have that problem. You never try to flush bricks, unless you like problems. Here is the acid test. Throw your watch in the toilet, and remove it with a plunger. Hey, don't forget to wash your hands when you get finished. Now you know why they have those signs in the fast food joints peoplem drop stuff in the toilet even at work. I like the Toiletta because it is always right there ready to use, and never gets dirty. There is no apprehention to use it, and it never fails.

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teddy I think its a good Ideal to have the plastic thing right in there alongside the plunger.To say it replaces the plunger no it can't come on folks.Its not intended to do that its a cutter turd cutter.Now in some situations it could save the day where a plunger can't.And at the other a plunger may push a stubborn packed turd on down the pipe.Keep the plunger and add the plastic turd cutter.And if your ashamed of your plunger then you don't deserve a in house bathroom. You need a outhouse....

if you're having digestive problems like chronic constipation, then perhaps hard bulky fecal matter can block a small pipe? (- obviously i've had experience with this one! gross).

At my mom's house, the exit holes in both of the toilets were so oddly shaped that an ordinary plunger could not cover the entire hole. Shit would just come back up around the plunger.

Last time I needed to fix the toilet, I bought a "Professional" plunger that had some sort of advanced design, but that didn't help.

Eventually I just got some bleach, poured some in, and waited for the shit to chemically dissolve. That solved the problem.

I just have a toilet seat on top of a 5 gallon bucket and whip it out the winduh every other day. I don't think I could use one of those contraptions

I took the suggestion, thinking if the back scratcher idea did not work, I could use it in the basement toilet, always a problem plugger. The Toiletta makes a great "Back Scratcher. I placed the hanger on the bed post. What a great idea. Now I still need one for the old American Standard in the basement. I also used Toiletta in the bathroom sink drain to get rid of the hair. You just slide the blade in and twist it a little and the hair plug and tooth past caps are gone. Thank you for the suggestion.

i bought a champion from am. standard and i can't plug that bad boy no matter how much i unload. threw my unclogging tools out. Anyway, this toiletta looks like it could make a great cat toy. Dig out a log with it then waive it around in the air and watch the cat jump for it. Could be hours of entertainment.

They should rethink their marketing strategy - I'd definitely use it as a back scratcher.

Speaking of dropping things in the toilet...

When I was young, I'd holler for my mom to fish things out of the toilet if they fell in, and she'd do it - not happily, but she'd do it.

When I was 18 and moved out into my own place, I had the misfortune of dropping my hairbrush into the commode. I called my mom and asked her to come over, to no avail. Tongs worked fine to retrieve the brush, but I had to go out and buy a new pair of tongs and a hairbrush the next day.

There was a comedian who said that we aren't "grown-ups" when we move out, or vote, or drive a car. We officially become grown-ups when we actually have to fish something out of the toilet for the first time by ourselves.

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Wynn D. Bottom

The Bristol Stool Scale and Toiletta are a package deal. I can not see how anyone who would want to check out their stool would do it any other way. This is a major improvement over the plastic derby hat and tongue suppressor.

WDB - I've just used my hand and done a thorough scrubbing job after. But it was all a waste of time - the two things I dropped in (on separate occasions!) were my mobile phone and a bottle of aftershave - both completely useless thereafter!!!

I was thinking... if you were embarrased of your plunger and bought a toiletta, wouldn't having a stick hanging beside the toilet be more noticeable to guests than something so common as a plunger. I see plungers all over, and never stop to look twice, but if i didn't know what a toiletta was, it would make me very curious.

I had posted some time ago that decorative log choppers could be a useful part of the standard bathroom accesory kit, along with the venerable plunger (and extra TP rolls). Well, there it is in the photo: just what I had in mind. This device looks like it would be fine for PRE-flush chopping, but clog busting? I don't think so. Even as a chopper, it looks a little too weak. I think I'd want something a bit more robust.
To answer the main question - NO, the plunger will never be obsolete.

I'm sorry. You'd think that I'd be more of a believer, having read nearly everything on this site.

But... I just... I'm still having trouble believing there are turds that are so big as to need chopping. I KNOW it's true, because I believe the folks that have said so... but...

I guess I'm just lucky never to have seen a monsturd first-hand.

GGG - I'm not sure about lucky!! It means you've never experienced the feeling of ecstasy and relief of actually dropping a monsturd! I wouldn't like to think you'd never experience that pleasure!!

The Toiletta looks like nothing more than a glorified poo chopper.

My opinon, stick with the plunger. Better still, why not simply use less TP?

Less TP will not only save the person the hassle of uncloging the toilet, but will also: Produce less waste, save our forests, and save the person money.
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"Thunder in March betokens a fruitfull year" .Or is it "Thunder in March, frost in June"?

Its a joke, can there really be people that still use a plunger. The trick stick works slick. You don't need to shake the shit out of the cup. There is not cup! Get a Toiletta, and get a life.

One of my brothers-in-law is a retired plumber. He says use a plunger but not the kind most people have that looks like the rubber tip of a suction cup arrow. Buy the industrial jober that is shaped like a bell with a narrow mouth that fits the hole in the bottom of your throne. Vigorous
use of this jewel will dislodge most turd and paper clogs. For more serious clogs, like some little bastard flushed a plastic cup, there is the commode auger.

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Eat chilies and feel the burn!!