Toilet bowl triggers price war

As the year passes, the home building materials market has ushered in the traditional off-season after experiencing the double-tenth-year-old New Year's Day holiday carpet (carpet decoration renderings). In the midst of a market winter, the water-saving toilet market did not suffer from cold. After visiting major home stores in Guangzhou, the reporter discovered that due to the introduction of new standards, water-saving toilets ushered in a favorable sales storm.

Toilet market price storm

"General models are at least 70% off, some are 30% off, and there are free installation services." A store staff in Tianhe, Guangzhou, told reporters. After the New Year holidays ended, the prices of toilets were basically maintained at the preferential prices during the promotional period, and some shoppers made more profits.

In a store in Guangzhou, the four-generation water-saving toilets with the original price of about RMB 2,000 were sold for only 600 yuan this month. Under such preferential prices, consumers' hearts are difficult to avoid. The staff of the toilet brand Kohler told reporters that the sale of a special water-saving toilet in the store reached 30 units a month. The Dongpeng and TOTO clerk also generally reflect the monthly sales are good, such a large continuation of the concessions, or a bit people "stunned."

A well-known domestic brand manager told reporters that the replacement of water-saving toilets has been a bit out of the market. “On the one hand, the depressed home market needs new product stimulation, but the number of consumers cannot satisfy the market, and continuous upgrading leads to product accumulation, while the market downturn influences each other.” On the other hand, consumers are saving water. The wrong interpretation of environmental protection, simply think that environmental protection is a new product. In the course of the investigation, the reporter also discovered that many consumers were attracted by prices. However, in fact, the characteristics, quality, and standards of water-saving toilets are not very clear, or they all rely on subjective impressions.

This reporter learned that the current price discounts for various stores are for the purpose of processing inventory items as soon as possible, mainly for the purpose of releasing new generation products to make up the sales market.

Water-saving toilet products "shrink"

Netease home survey shows that toilets with a displacement of 6 liters or more currently have already withdrawn from the market. At present, the mainstream toilets on the market in Guangzhou are water saving toilets with 6L or less. Industry sources told reporters, "From July last year, the new national standards for the sanitary ware industry began to be implemented. The traditional 8L and 9L toilets were forcibly withdrawn from the market. Currently, 6L water-saving toilets are the mainstream of the market." Now available on the Guangzhou market Water-saving toilets are all under 6L or 6L, and even have a 2.7-liter water-saving toilet.

The bathroom (bathroom decoration renderings) account for about 60% to 70% of household water consumption. The flush toilet is the main method of water use, accounting for more than one-third of the domestic water consumption. The reduction in the amount of toilet flushing saves daily water consumption. Importantly, coupled with rumors of rising water prices, water-saving toilets on the market are very popular with the market.

Now on the market with 3L/6L jet siphon type water-saving toilets, prices on the domestic first-line brands from 900 to 7,000 yuan range, the price of imported brands is higher than domestic brands. Due to the fact that the quality of domestic products is not worse than that of imported goods, and even a lot of them are higher than imported products. In addition to after-sales services, there is no phenomenon of “foreign moon is particularly round” in sales volume, and sales of domestic brands are still higher than imports. Brand.

An expert in the toilet industry told the reporter that water-saving toilets are not as small as possible, and there are many water-saving toilets on the market that may be water-consuming. The reason is simple. Some toilet flushes use only a small amount of water each time, but one flush is not clean, and it needs to be flushed two or three times repeatedly. This “water saving” becomes a waste of water.

Practicality over cost performance

Experts point out that many consumers consider toilet flushing as the first consideration for selection, but they ignore the important indicator that the toilet must achieve flushing effect. In general, using the momentum of water, about 3 liters of water is used to wash the manure away from the trap, and there must be more than 2.5 liters of follow-up water to flush the manure into the riser. In particular, "not less than 2.5 liters of follow-up water" is one of the necessary conditions for the standard. Therefore, as a qualified and reliable water-saving toilet, a 6-liter flush is necessary. Water-saving toilets that are smaller than 6 liters attenuate or sacrifice the toilet's ability to drain.

In terms of water-saving sanitary ware, China does not promote excessive water conservation, but if it is the use of professional technology, so that products with high-quality use of the effect, but also effective water conservation, that can naturally achieve the best of both worlds. Water-saving toilets are not the better the water for the holidays, consumers do not need to pursue the use of "excessive water-saving" products at the time of purchase, at the expense of high costs.

In the case of the same flushing effect, the cost performance and specific practicality are consumers' most concerned about. In addition, consumers also have some personal requirements. The citizen Lee ** who just planned to decorate a new house said that “the most important thing is flushing toilets. The voice should not be too loud, otherwise the toilet all over the world will be known.” The king, who had just joined the job, said in response to a reporter’s inquiry that the design was her most important concern.

Pay attention to choose a toilet

To select qualified toilets in addition to the formal store to choose brand products, consumers themselves must have a pair of eyes. Experts told reporters that the quality of water-saving toilets can be roughly judged from four aspects. The first is to look at the ceramic body: if it is a branded toilet or an unlicensed toilet, the technology is not enough attention, the firing temperature is only ** Baidu, then it is easy to cause the body water absorption rate is relatively high, the use of time will be issued yellow. Therefore, when choosing a toilet, pay more attention to the quality of the blank.

Second, look at the glaze: unlicensed toilet outside the general use of ordinary glaze, not smooth, easy to stain residue, which will appear many times the phenomenon of red not clean. In addition, not being smooth enough will hold more bacteria and affect hygiene. A good toilet will use a high-quality antibacterial glaze that is smooth and easy to clean.

Look again at the water: The water is the most critical part of the toilet, directly determining the service life and flushing effect of the toilet. Many people will find that the toilet in the home has been used for a period of time, such as problems with hard buttons, unpressed or weak water, and so on, which means that you have selected a toilet with poor water quality. If the warranty is not in place, then Only new toilets can be replaced.

Finally, there is a need for on-site trials: In general, most store sales stores will have trial devices. Consumers may wish to directly try the flush effect of the favorite toilet.