Caroma Cleanflush

A rimless toilet has no enclosed channel under the bowl's lip. Traditional rimmed toilets have a hidden channel that water flows through during flushing, this is hard to clean and can harbour bacteria and limescale. A rimless bowl flushes water directly across the surface instead, making it easier to keep hygienic.

Yes, and in many cases, more effectively. Rimless toilet technology, like Caroma's patented Cleanflush® system, uses a directed water flow that washes the entire bowl surface in one action. Independent testing shows rimless toilets are significantly more hygienic than traditional rimmed models, as they eliminate the bacterial biofilm that accumulates in hidden rim channels over time.

Rimless toilets are rapidly becoming the standard choice in new Australian home builds and renovations. Premium brands like Caroma, Fienza, and Bao Bath now offer rimless as the default in most toilet suite ranges. Architects and designers increasingly specify rimless as both a hygienic and aesthetic preference.

No, they are much easier to clean. Without an inner rim, the entire bowl surface is fully accessible. A standard toilet brush or cloth can reach all areas of the bowl, and the powerful flush action reduces the frequency of manual cleaning required. Most rimless models also feature nano-glaze or ceramic glaze coatings that repel staining and limescale.

Yes. Rimless toilets are increasingly specified in commercial and healthcare environments in Australia specifically because of their superior hygienic performance. Their ability to fully flush the bowl without concealed soiling zones makes them ideal for any high-use bathroom setting.

Cleanflush is Caroma's own branded version of a rimless toilet bowl, its trademarked design that removes the hidden rim channel found on older toilet pans. The underlying idea, an open bowl with no concealed channel for waste and bacteria to collect in, is the same concept behind rimless toilets generally, covered on rimless toilets. Cleanflush is specifically Caroma's engineering and branding of that design, built into most of its current toilet suite ranges.

The difference is the bowl design, not the brand. Cleanflush uses Caroma's rimless bowl shape across several of its suite ranges (including Luna and other current lines), while older or non-Cleanflush Caroma toilets use a traditional rimmed bowl with a hidden channel under the lip. Both are genuine Caroma products; Cleanflush specifically refers to the hygiene-focused bowl technology rather than a separate product tier.

Comfort is largely a matter of pan shape and seat height rather than the Cleanflush bowl technology itself, since Cleanflush changes the internal bowl surface, not the external seating shape or height. The Luna range's seat and pan dimensions are broadly in line with standard Australian suite sizing, so most people find it comparable to any other quality wall-faced toilet, with the added benefit of the open, easy-to-clean bowl.

Cleanflush is a mainstream part of Caroma's current toilet suite lineup and is available through bathroom retailers and hardware stores that stock the Caroma range, including The Blue Space. Because Cleanflush spans multiple Caroma ranges rather than being one single product, it's worth browsing by suite style (wall-faced, in-wall or back-to-wall) and confirming Cleanflush is listed in that specific range's features before buying.

Alongside the rimless bowl itself, Cleanflush suites typically include a dual-flush WELS-rated cistern, a soft-close seat as standard on most current ranges, and a ceramic glaze finish designed to resist staining. Exact inclusions vary by range and configuration (wall-faced, back-to-wall or in-wall cistern), so it's worth checking the specific suite's listed features rather than assuming every Cleanflush model includes the same extras.

No. Cleanflush is a bowl design, not a different installation type, so it connects to your existing plumbing the same way any wall-faced, back-to-wall or in-wall Caroma suite would, and still needs to match your rough-in measurement. The choice between Cleanflush and a standard bowl doesn't affect plumbing requirements; it only changes what the inside of the bowl looks like and how it flushes.