American Standard Heritage VorMax Chair Height Elongated Bowl - AMS-3870A101

Bowl only. The Heritage VorMax 3870A101 is the elongated china bowl by itself, so you also need the matching VorMax tank, the tank-to-bowl hardware, a seat, and a supply line to finish the install. Ordering it expecting a two-piece toilet in one carton is the most common mistake on this part.

The rim sits at 16-1/2 inches, which is the chair-height range American Standard calls out for accessible applications. Add a seat and you land in the comfort-height zone most people want for aging-in-place or ADA-minded remodels. Note it's an elongated bowl, so it projects further into the room than a round front.

Plan for a footprint of about 29.813 inches long by 14.5 inches wide, with the bowl standing 18.125 inches high. Elongated bowls eat the most space front-to-back, so check the swing of a vanity door or shower door before you commit in a tight powder room.

1.28 gpf (4.8 Lpf), which is high efficiency and about 20 percent less water than a 1.6 gallon toilet. It meets EPA WaterSense criteria, so it qualifies where a jurisdiction or a utility rebate program requires a WaterSense fixture.

The Heritage VorMax bowl runs a fully glazed 2-1/16 inch trapway with an elongated siphon action jetted bowl. The glaze is the part that matters for clogging, it keeps waste moving through the bend instead of catching. VorMax flushing directs water around the whole bowl rather than through rim holes, which American Standard rates at twice the bowl cleaning of a conventional toilet.

It's classed as a residential fixture. For a school, office, or high-traffic public restroom you're generally better off with a flushometer bowl or a commercial-rated tank toilet. This one suits homes, apartments, condos, and hospitality guest baths.

White only, part number 3870A101.020. It's vitreous china, so if you're matching other fixtures in a unit, match to American Standard white rather than assuming another brand's white is the same shade.

Yes, in a practical way. The CleanCurve rim removes the recessed rim cavity where dirt and buildup normally hide, so there's no underside lip to brush blindly. For property managers turning units, it cuts the time spent on the part of the bowl a cleaner usually can't see.