alt Hacker NewsI've always wondered about regular toilets and now this. Someone has to test it. I'm sure they have equivalent items to run through them but, eventually, you have to try the real thing so whose job is it to do that and how do they do that?
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kotaKat • today at 8:18 PM
Welcome to the world of Maximum Peformance (or MAP) testing. 22 municipalities and associations came together across the US and Canada to form a consortium to develop a 'standard' test (and test media) and test toilets to determine who flushes feces the fullest.
https://map-testing.com/background/
(And really thorough history! https://map-testing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Backgroun...)
Apparently, a "MaP Premium" toilet is going to be the golden shitter.
One popular "equivalent" for flush testing is a condom full of soybean paste (yum!)
https://slate.com/technology/2025/02/toilets-low-flow-trump-...