Toto Washlet/bidet defeats the toilet paper/paper towel hoarders of America

@JK47 does these unit play nothing but love songs?

On a honest point, it looks like I still have to use toilet paper to dry up my butt. Might be too much work to install in an apartment toilet.

 

I've had what looks to be the C100 ever since my place was rennovated (totally different model numbers over here, but the photos look exactly the same).

It's bloody fantastic. Any place I live in from now on will have these things installed. But the air drier does sweet FA because it's not powerful enough- a very small flap drops down, and a trickle of air wafts upwards- personally I would not pay even an additional $30 for it.

As TP usage is being discussed with these things, yeah, you still need a small amount of TP. Pretty much a single wipe/dab just to make sure the area is dry.

 

I'm just waiting for someone to pipe up and say how they've hacked their Toto!

Also, can't help but notice that Toto now has an ad on this page for the Washlet? Guess Schiit really does happen...

 

Damn. Still showing $366 for me. That was a crazy sale or some crazy localization stuff. I guess you are West Coast so lower import/shipping?

 

I don't bother with the dryer. As @JustAnotherRando said, they're pretty useless.

^ This:

Aside from the butt-washing, the best feature is the heated seat. No central heating here so when the temp drops in winter it's nice to not have that sphincter-tightening jolt when sitting on a cold toilet seat. Another reason I hate having to take a dump at work, especially in winter.

 

A friend travelling in SE Asia once sent me a photo of a washlet control panel. It was probably just a case of poor language translation, but the control for water pressure went up to 'enema'.

 

Do any come with ANC? You'd probably need a good seal though so us skinny fucks are sol.

 

User of a humble hand spray, here, but...

I use toilet paper for lots of things, but never in the toilet. We never even think to keep it there. Only used by occasional foreign visitors who beg for it.

Leave your backside open to the air while you wash your hands. Let underpants take care of any remaining wetness.

This may be more easily said than done in colder climates.

 

That is indeed a great experience and you never expect what's coming. My first like 5 or 6 times were just me giggling in the toilet while my ex laughed on the other side of door.

When i, some day, buy a house/apartment, instead of renting, this is on my top 10 "must buy" list.

 

The domestic Japanese models have a function to make a "shhhhh" running water sound to mask the sound of urinating into the bowl. I'm told this is because Japanese women feel embarrassed if people can hear what they're doing.

 

Most office toilets and public toilets have this function in Japan, but only in the women’s toilets. (No I haven’t been in any of those, but sometimes you can hear the sound if you are standing close to the entrance of the toilet. And my wife always complains if a toilet doesn’t has it.)

In japanese it’s called “otohime” (sound of a princess). They already had something similar in the Edo-period, but only made it into the modern office toiletts in 1988. Before the otohime most women wasted a lot of water becuse they flushed the toilet to cover the noise of urinating&other sounds, sometimes multiple times.

I haven’t seen domestic toilets with this function, but the high end models might have it.

 

As a Canadian, that statement gave me an involuntary turtle moment.

 

My wife told me it was a common feature, so I just assumed. I defer to your local expertise

The toilet in the mid-range hotel we stayed at recently in Osaka had a princess button on the remote.

 

It’s not just Japan, most households in Korea have bidets installed in them. Maybe it’s an Asian thing?

No offense, but for a country that relies heavily on machines, I wonder why bidets aren’t as prevalent in America. I mean, a machine literally does the ass-wiping for you.

 

Some European countries (at least west part like Portugal and Spain) have old-fashion bidets as standard in bathrooms with a bathtub or a big shower.

 

Yes, I noticed this during my first trip to Europe, back in 2003. When I saw one at a hotel in France I had no idea what it was for, I thought it was some kind of a water fountain so I washed my face with it and even drank from it.

 

Freedom yo. The freedom to not have our butts wet.

 

And this man, later in life, had a cat attached to his head.