American Standard Champion 4 MAX 1.28 GPF/4.8 LPF Left Trip Lever 16-1/2-in. Elongated-Front Toilet - AMS-231AA104

The Champion 4 MAX flushes at 1.28 gallons per flush (4.8 liters), which is the high-efficiency rate rather than the older 1.6 gpf standard. For property managers replacing 1.6 gpf or 3.5 gpf fixtures across a building, that is the rate most water-conservation rebate programs and current plumbing codes look for.

Elongated front. An elongated bowl projects roughly two inches further from the wall than a round front, so in a small bath or a half bath where the door swing or the clear floor space is tight, measure before committing. Where space allows, elongated is what most commercial and multi-family specs call for on comfort grounds.

The 231AA104 is a 16-1/2 inch bowl height, which is the standard height rather than a comfort or right height fixture. ADA requires a seat height of 17 to 19 inches measured to the top of the seat, so if you are specifying for an accessible stall or unit, look at a taller Champion 4 model instead. For standard residential units and like-for-like replacement of an older standard-height bowl, 16-1/2 inches is the match.

Yes, in the usual case. A standard 1.6 gpf floor-mount two-piece bowl on a 12 inch rough-in comes out and the Champion 4 MAX goes back on the same flange and the same cold water stop, with a new wax ring and closet bolts. Two things to check first: the old bowl's height, because this one is 16-1/2 inches and not a comfort height, and the bowl shape, because swapping a round front for this elongated bowl adds projection into the room.

The trip lever sits on the left side of the tank as you face the toilet. That matters in a tight bath or a corner install where a wall or vanity crowds one side of the tank, and it matters for matching the other fixtures in a building so every handle falls on the same side.

American Standard classes the Champion 4 MAX as a residential fixture. For apartments, condos, single family rentals and hospitality guest baths that is the right category. For a high-traffic public restroom, a school, or a stadium, spec a commercial flushometer-valve bowl instead, since a residential gravity tank toilet is not built for that duty cycle.

The 231AA104 is ordered as a toilet, and American Standard's Champion 4 MAX two-piece fixtures ship with the tank, bowl and the bolts and gasket needed to join them. Plan on a separate seat, a wax or waxless bowl gasket, closet bolts to the flange, and a supply riser with an angle stop. Order those on the same PO so the installer is not making a second trip.

White only, ordered as manufacturer part number 231AA104.020. The .020 suffix is American Standard's white code, so if you are standardizing a building on white vitreous china fixtures this matches without a finish decision on the order.

Two-piece, with the tank bolting to the bowl on site. For a maintenance crew that is usually the easier carry up a stairwell and the cheaper repair later, since a cracked tank can be replaced without scrapping the bowl. A one-piece is the choice when you want fewer seams to clean in a tenant-facing bath.