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Kohler introduces odor-eating toilet seat
Associated Press ^ | Nov 22, 2014 10:57 PM EST | M.L. Johnson

Posted on 11/22/2014 9:58:22 PM PST by Olog-hai

Blow out the candle and ditch the aerosol can.

Kohler Co. has introduced a deodorizing toilet seat that it says eliminates embarrassing bathroom odors and the need for candles and sprays to cover them up.

A fan hidden in the battery-operated seat sucks in air and pushes it through an odor-eating carbon filter, followed by an optional scent pack. Product manager Jerry Bougher said the idea is to attack smells “where the action is.”

The $90 seat is one of many high-tech gadgets that Wisconsin-based Kohler and its competitors have introduced in recent years to make time spent in the bathroom more pleasant. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: kohler; odoreater; toiletseat
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1 posted on 11/22/2014 9:58:22 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai; al baby

what else will it eat??

will it bite?


2 posted on 11/22/2014 10:01:41 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Olog-hai

Good ole Kohler, beautiful to buy but they spit in the face of the plumbing repair industry that begs for them to give a thought to their products in the repair world.


3 posted on 11/22/2014 10:01:56 PM PST by ansel12
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To: Olog-hai
"If you have a visitor or someone at your place, it makes them feel more comfortable using the restroom,"


4 posted on 11/22/2014 10:03:15 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Olog-hai

This stuff is freaking amazing.

5 posted on 11/22/2014 10:04:31 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Olog-hai

More power! Crank up the fan, get a couple PSIs of vacuum and you'll never get off that toilet and have a extra large butt hickey.

6 posted on 11/22/2014 10:05:19 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: Olog-hai

One of the many pleasures of living in a climate where we have all windows open all year. No need for this sort of “crap”, though we do remember living in houses where it would have helped.


7 posted on 11/22/2014 10:06:06 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: martin_fierro

You know what is scary . . . compounds like indole and skatole give off the fecal smell in higher concentrations, but at lower concentrations smell like flowers.


8 posted on 11/22/2014 10:08:57 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

A friend of mine’s father made one in the late 1940s but it was wired to 110v and had a sensor switch that turned it on when it was sat on.


9 posted on 11/22/2014 10:10:46 PM PST by dalereed
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To: Olog-hai

http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v244/tsiya/VIDEO/ALFART_zpsprekqkus.mp4


10 posted on 11/22/2014 10:13:05 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Olog-hai

Programmable toilet seat: if female, it always is down, if male, default is up.


11 posted on 11/22/2014 10:15:39 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

As men we don’t really have to worry about toilet seats, we just pee, other people can fret over whether they want it out of the way or not.


12 posted on 11/22/2014 10:21:44 PM PST by ansel12
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To: SWAMPSNIPER; All
"one of his best speeches ever...short/concise..smells, too"

13 posted on 11/22/2014 10:31:52 PM PST by skinkinthegrass ("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies. d8^)
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To: ansel12

i eat, i do more than just that!


14 posted on 11/22/2014 10:37:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Olog-hai
So why is it that such odors are offensive to humans, but not to dogs and most other animals?

I don't buy the notion that we learn such a thing. It seems more primal than that, more like an ingrained trait.

15 posted on 11/22/2014 10:42:17 PM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet stays on the internet.)
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To: Ken H

My guess is that it’s toxic to humans at the concentrations that it smells like feces. They do use skatole and indole in perfumes after all.


17 posted on 11/22/2014 10:47:26 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Secret Agent Man

That’s fine, but I want a pressure switch on the lid that activates a resonant voice recording, with a non-Negro accent, from a little speaker that assures me: “I am deeply honored to receive your waste.”


18 posted on 11/22/2014 10:52:02 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

i think a’few japanese ones say that.


19 posted on 11/22/2014 10:53:16 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ansel12

you seriously take the fun out of being here. you never have a moment that you can’t try to antagonize someone.


20 posted on 11/22/2014 10:55:04 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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