There's no section for plumbing and fixtures so I guess this comes closest. I'm sure Amir and others that have been to Japan or Korea often will get this thread 
Bidets aren't very popular in the US or where I've stayed in Europe. None of the houses we've owned in the US have had them and none of the hotels, even the top ones have either. They are fairly common in Asia and Japan is KING.
I don't want to be graphic but suffice it to say that transitioning from a toilet fitted with a bidet to one without one can be a literal pain in the @ss as you strive to fight off the highway named after a chocolatier in PA while going through rolls of trees turned into soft stuff.
After a number of official trips to Tokyo I decided "I gotta get me one of these!". While building our new house, aside from the music room, this was one big priority. Toto is the most popular brand with their Washlet series but in Japan there are quite a few others. While doing canvassing here however I was shocked at the insane prices they, the local distributors, wanted. In a subsequent trip we purchased...
The Throne
I wanted to call this thread The Game of Thrones but Orb owns that one.
So what's it got? It's not the top of the line nes plus ultra which has LED backlighting, an MP3 player and Butt Air Dryer. No I'm not kidding. What it's got is the retractable water jet things, a seat warmer, auto sensing seats that will spot you via IR and lift and close when you're done. The wife will love you forever. It's got a water heater, adjustable jets, deodorizer and self cleaning functions for the jet system controllable with a remote that can be mounted anywhere running on four AAA batteries.
As expected wipe time is cut down by a factor of 10 and toilet paper consumption by more than half.
The flush action uses little water, two flush actions actually, for number one and number two. That remains manual. Works like a charm. Woosh. Gone.
Last year we decided to gift our Dad a pair of these, well a model without the remotes but the same features, for his vacation home in Hawaii as he was having renovations done. Ah the joy
These things are now becoming more popular in the US it seems as there was a bunch of Washlets and equivalents available, yes, including the ones with warp drive. Great for you guys since unlike me, who bought a Japanese unit, your instructions come labeled in English whereas I had to go by trial and error, which if you'll forgive, I shall keep to myself.
IMO a must have in any home.
Bidets aren't very popular in the US or where I've stayed in Europe. None of the houses we've owned in the US have had them and none of the hotels, even the top ones have either. They are fairly common in Asia and Japan is KING.
I don't want to be graphic but suffice it to say that transitioning from a toilet fitted with a bidet to one without one can be a literal pain in the @ss as you strive to fight off the highway named after a chocolatier in PA while going through rolls of trees turned into soft stuff.
After a number of official trips to Tokyo I decided "I gotta get me one of these!". While building our new house, aside from the music room, this was one big priority. Toto is the most popular brand with their Washlet series but in Japan there are quite a few others. While doing canvassing here however I was shocked at the insane prices they, the local distributors, wanted. In a subsequent trip we purchased...
The Throne
I wanted to call this thread The Game of Thrones but Orb owns that one.
So what's it got? It's not the top of the line nes plus ultra which has LED backlighting, an MP3 player and Butt Air Dryer. No I'm not kidding. What it's got is the retractable water jet things, a seat warmer, auto sensing seats that will spot you via IR and lift and close when you're done. The wife will love you forever. It's got a water heater, adjustable jets, deodorizer and self cleaning functions for the jet system controllable with a remote that can be mounted anywhere running on four AAA batteries.
As expected wipe time is cut down by a factor of 10 and toilet paper consumption by more than half.
The flush action uses little water, two flush actions actually, for number one and number two. That remains manual. Works like a charm. Woosh. Gone.
Last year we decided to gift our Dad a pair of these, well a model without the remotes but the same features, for his vacation home in Hawaii as he was having renovations done. Ah the joy
These things are now becoming more popular in the US it seems as there was a bunch of Washlets and equivalents available, yes, including the ones with warp drive. Great for you guys since unlike me, who bought a Japanese unit, your instructions come labeled in English whereas I had to go by trial and error, which if you'll forgive, I shall keep to myself.
IMO a must have in any home.
