Easy to install, ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxjA-hDN2m8_mi0Dg0JD8U6QiArozIAc4I and comfortable. No idea what other people were talking about when they said it was difficult to install or uncomfortable.
Agreed. We got one, almost as a joke, but now it feels so awful going anywhere but at home. We bought one for every toilet in the house, and for like $40 each. Not all the bells and whistles, but easily one of the best, "cheap" investments for quality of life at home.
I own the USPA 6800 it is wonderful!!!! I believe it was about $250. I bought it a few years ago. It has cut down on tp usage also. We probably use about 1/3 of what we used to. I am going to be building a house next year and these will be in every bathroom! We got ours at Costco. They are so popular they sell out almost immediately when they get in stock.
Unlike the prices listed in this video there are models with heated water and seat starting at $200. My Vovo and Alpha were $300 each at the big box store. The hardest part of the installation is getting power to them. Unless you can have the skill to wire a GFCI receptacle, it will be a call to the electrician. As mentioned by others in comments once you switch it is very hard to go back to wiping with TP. I'm just surprised they aren't in every home.
A friend of mine bought a fancy $500 bidet seat for his master bathroom and hired an electrician to install an outlet for it. Then he got a $40 one for the powder room downstairs. He ended up liking the cheap one better because it has higher pressure.
Same here. I have a fancy $300 version for the master bath the wife loves and a $40 version in the guest bathroom that I use. Same reason your friend. What I didn't know what that for a few more dollars, you could get the fancy version with the enema feature which solves that problem.
FWIW: I've had the $40 FreshSpa from Brondell on our guest bathroom toilet (no power needed, only cold water) which works great. In the master bathroom when we built our house I added a GFI plug at the master toilet for the Brondell CS1000 (~$300 at Costco) which has a heated seat, heated front and rear wash, heated air dryer and deodorizer (carbon filter) among other nice features (including a sterilize function). Both has been great for several years and we save a TON on toilet paper and LOVE getting super clean. Like others have said, I hate having to "go" anywhere else but at home. Super nice as well for as we age and aren't as "flexible" as we used to be to get clean the old fashioned way.
I thought this video was really old as a full fuction bidet seat will cost about $300 and up now...and I just got one for $50...paid $16 for my none electric one I want to replace.
The prices quoted on here is not realistic for the lower end models. The one without electrical connection can be found for 20-50 bucks. And the ones with heated seat and drying features are around 400-600 dollars. USPA is a great vendor as well as brondell. Costco often sells the mid range models on sale for 200ish dollars. Don't think it's a huge expense. You will save lots of money on TP. And you will feel cleaner! The worst thing is that you won't like going to anyon elese bathroom that doesn't have a bidet.
There are a lot less costly bidets. Bought one for under a $100 and it works great. Is not remote control and requires no power. It has hot and cold hook up. It would be nice to see a demonstration of one for us lower wage people.
I've had a $35 Luxe Neo Bidet 120 for 5 years now. Its easy to clean, easy to use, and cheap. Even in the winter with cold water it doesn't bother me at all. I use the bidet, and then kind of pat myself with tp and check that as kind of a map of where I might need to clean a bit more. Then once I get a clean wipe, I'm good to do. I HATE not pooping at home now. No more itchy butt, or being sore from wiping a bunch after taco night.
In Australia, there was a study done in Nursing homes where they installed these add on Bidets. They found that they reduced Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's) by 73 percent and that the aged residents laundry was much cleaner than it was previously.
Exactly. I installed the simple version ($40 FreshSpa by Brondell) for my aging parents at their Assisted Living apartment. My mother went from having many issues with frequent UTI's to NONE for over the last three years of her life after installing it. Highly recommended!
@@whattheschmidt it might be gross but it's pretty important. Dealing with bodily waste and practicing good hygiene is one of the homo sapiens superpowers lol, and it's really important for elderly folks, when a UTI could end up as the reason you went from living on your own in your home to living in a nursing home or worse.
The worst thing about bidets, washlets and showerlets/toilet shower is that once you get used to them, you can never go back. You will always get incredibly frustrated if you are forced to use TP only because the place you are at don't have the option.
😄 so true! I work in construction, and on the off-chance I need to use the port-a-potty on the jobsite, I feel even more uncomfortable now that I have a luxurious Koehler toilet with a Toto Washlet seat waiting for me back at home 😄
@@jej3451 As long as it's not someplace you go to frequently. Wet wipes eventually clog SOME part of the sewage system. If not YOUR drain, then the utilities part. I suspect most sewer "fatbergs" have a large wet wipe component.
I have lived by my self for the past 3 years. With a bidet, I have used less than 8 rolls of TP in that time. There is simply no better clean that a bidet.
@@number1pappyWhat mental illness would cause you to imagine that you can only do one or the other? You can keep your skidstains, how do I know about those? Your wife told me.
The day I bought one of these for my house, I leveled up as a human. Seriously, this was one of the best purchases I've ever made in my life and I don't know how I lived without it.
I have the 2 in one toilets, They are closomat brand, I'm in the north of Ireland and they cost around £2,500 per unit. I wouldn't be without it. I just wave my hand over a remote it flushes then a hot wash followed by a blow dry. I should add they are great for anyone disabled who can't turn or reach back, it allows them to maintain their dignity.
Seriously, cheap $30-40 bidet from amazon is a life changer. If you can handle the cold water on your bum, it's so much cleaner and easier than a million wipes of TP. The cold water has never bothered me and even the higher pressure spray can be helpful. I hate pooping in public now because I feel gross using just TP.
@@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority you don't have to replace the seat. The two that I have use the same bolts as the seat but bolts between the seat and the toilet. Everybody's out here walking around with poopy butts. I feel enlightened to the glory of the spray. 🙌🙏🙌
About the cold water, a good friend’s father is a medical doctor and one day, we were having a discussion about bidets not being popular in the US. He said using cold water is so much healthier because the cold water keeps things tight and responsive, while warm or hot water does the opposite.
Bidet's are shockingly anticlimactic. Just a spray wash. After getting reduced to three rolls of tp after stores and amazon went empty on butt paper, it was the best decision I ever made. And you don't need a big complicated bidet. Just a simple cold supply add on for under 30 bucks.
It took me around 2-3 weeks to get use to the attachable bidet. I didn't know how to use it initially, how to sit the right way, how to dry, etc. Now, I can't live without one! Crazy, my entire life lived without one of these.
@@1995Benzo It's different (and feels different) so it does take some getting used to, but it's a huge improvement. Better hygiene, better comfort, especially if you're prone to digestive issues.
I have a fancy bidet and a cheap $40 Bio Bidet Elite3 Non-Electric Bidet one from Costco, and the cheap one works great! You won't mind the cold water as much as you think you would, since your body isn't too sensitive to cold there. I was told that by someone else who used a Non-Electric cold water only one and didn't believe them until I tried it myself. Once you experience a cleaner bottom and savings on TP, you'll never want to go back!
It may feel good as some people say but it does gross me out. Seems unsanitary that people's dirty business is in and around the bowl (from all the various users) and is all in there with the water wand and air vent.
The brondell s1000 has all the features and is reasonably priced, compared to 1000 plus bucks... now you have to figure out how to install. But the wife loves it. Happy wife, happy life ( so I've been told, by my wife)
I’m living in Japan and let me tell you babyyyyy, when I leave here I am buying a few to take with me. Warm seats are the BEST, especially now during winter.
You can get those toilet seats for even less now, I got one from biobidet for $400 and it has the heated water, heated seat etc. I installed a GFCI behind the toilet and I'm good to go.
No one ever talks about how they look if they are not cleaned daily......Think about it.....Where do you think all that poop goes that gets jetted off you???? Everywhere, including the entire backside of your bottom.... So, if you do not clean it daily, what do you think is all over it, next time you use it????
Mine was about $450 and it has a heated seat, heated water, heated dryer, remote, auto open, night light… it’s a lot more affordable than the prices they listed and it’s worth every penny! The cheapest one I’ve purchased with all the features is $110
Interesting. This video was apparently posted a year ago. Today, for $79 or less you can buy an attachment that provides adjustable heated water and dual male and female cleaning posts. For not much more you can get a heated seat. One water hose connects to the toilet as shown in the video and a second water hose fits easily into the hot water line. A switch next to the seat is used to control the mix of hot and cold water as well as the pressure and direction of flow. If you can get to the hot water hose under the sink, the whole thing can be installed in ten minutes by an average person. As a senior diabetic I've been trying to decide what I want to buy. You can buy one when your young to improve your life or you can buy one when you are old and absolutely need it. Not much of an investment when you think about the benefit. It looks like the best choice is to buy direct from the maker.
Not sure what Richard is talking about with such expense models. You can just find a legendary reliable Toto washlet on Amazon any day of the week for $400 that has heated air, seats, and fully adjustable spray patterns. Biggest obstacle for folks is going to be the location of the electric outlet. Heated seat alone is well worth looking into these - life is so much better with it.
This vid, while posted last year, is several years old and prices have come down significantly since. Particularly since there are more competitors in this market space. You can get the "fancy" bidet seat (auto-opening, heated seat and water, multi-function with remote, air drier, etc.) for about six hundred bucks these days. We got two of them during the "Great TP Shortage of 2020", and those things change your life. Seriously. Worth every penny.
You need to mention the savings on toilet paper, and also there are far cheaper models with the same features. Pretty much anyone can afford a decent bidet.
Went to Japan a while ago and after staying in a hotel with the Toto washlet system, I was hooked. Bought 2 for the house, and I can easily say it's the best investment EVER! Cleaner, fresher, and reduced TP consumption by over 1/2. Worst thing about it, is once you have one, you hat to use the toilet anywhere else.
For all the innovations and modernity, it's ironical west has taken a million years to realise using water instead of TP is much better in every way. Good!
I got one a few years back as a white elephant gift. I put it on my commode anyway and now all my commodes have one. I paid $35 on amazon for all of the others and they are great! I now want one for my RV.
Our home has a bidet for all 3 toilets and we have had the bidet for five years and I do not understand why every home that's built today does not come with a bidet as they are helpful 4 ones personal hygiene and better for the environment as we do not have to cut millions of trees and sandpaper to the City Treatment Plant. I will never go back to toilet paper. This video demonstrates the more expensive bidets but the days to today can be purchased for under $50.
I bought a Toto Neorest (like the first model Richard showed) when I bought my house. I have never regretted that. 18 years later, I had to have a repair done because it was no longer reliably detecting when someone was sitting on it (so it wouldn't run the bidet when requested). I consider that fabulous reliability.
If you have proper electrical in the bathroom a bidet is worth it! You can get one now for ~$200. Heck, if thats out of the budget, non powered ones are ~$50!
That's like saying heated car seats should be a base option on all cars. If you like, or need, to get hosed down every time you take a dump, by all means, go ahead. But, don't increase prices for everyone just because you think it's some kind of necessity.
My bidet almost took my life. If I get a urinary tract infection (UTI), i show no symptoms til it is extremely serious. It infected me, I didn't know it, and I ended up with giant bloodclots, inability to stand, and at the ER they infused too much liquid and it went to my lungs (pulmonary edema. The bacteria spread to my bloodstream and I almost croaked. In six months I have been infected 4 times needing antibiotics. This is an expensive bidet but it is obviously made for men. I am really angry and disgusted and am trying to get it removed as it was paid for through medical insurance, Beware.
We had the Luxe Neo 185 bidet, about $40. Worked great but our old house was chilly in the winter. So we bought the Bio Bidet 2000 for $500. Heated water, heated seat, dryer, remote, and an enema function that really works. After a few years with no issues we bought another one for the upstairs bathroom. We love them. We talked a lot of family members and co-workers into getting bidets (they mostly went with simple $40 ones) and every one of them will never go back. The basic ones save you money with reduced toilet paper usage so there is no downside.
Why are they so expensive in the states? I live in Korea and they’re like $60 to $150 for the add on ones. I’ve got a two bath house and I’ve added the bidets to each toilet for about $180 total.
I've had a bidet installed for 10+ years to help with elderly roommates hygiene and it is a excellent addition for all members of a household. Like the top comment claims...the 30-50$ bidet's are actually good/great as well and the savings on tp is realized much sooner. They can also be very helpful for person's with digestive issues as they gently lubricate with h20 and the extra cleansing is greatly appreciated when one has had something that gives you a upset stomach...
The top tier model they showed, the Advanced Clean 100 is listed as going for $4,000 - $5,000 is now $1,000. The bottom tier model they showed, the Aquawash 1.0, is quoted as being $150.00. You can get it direct from the manufacturer for $80.00 now. I'd bet this segment is from a couple years ago when there was less choice at the lower end of the market and the Amazon Special for $30-$40 wasn't available or wasn't easy to come by.
Some have them built-in, but they're generally not required since they're not themselves immersed in water: there's nothing to backflow. Some building codes that specifically cover seat bidets state that backflow prevention is not required if the wand is a certain distance from the water (I believe I saw Western Australia citing at least 25mm, or roughly one inch, above the water).
It also isn’t popular because during WWII American soldiers saw them in brothels, it then became associated with prostitution, not something that would fly in 1940s/1950s America. Also, you can just get a bidet attachment on Amazon or HelloTushy that attach to your toilet and they cost like $50.
$700 is still expensive guys, cmon! And Usually there is hot and cold water by the sink, you didn't tell us how to connect it by the faucets hot/cold water...geez not very informative at all.
Now, i'm asking, where can we buy a spray bottle with a very strong spray force? Maybe sit a large water container up, then a short hose? This old house: there's the lids/seats less expensive. No heat, no electric. Then there's the hand held wands that can be fitted off toilets water line. Looking around, Less options less expensive. Even less than 500.
There is an even cheaper option to get a functioning bidet. I was able to buy an adapter to modify my current toilet seat at Lowe's hardware for about $40
Once you buy a bidet, with heat wash, heat seat, trust me, you won't look back. Saves on toilet paper, uses little electricity. If you feel your electric power is high, turn it off after each use. And no fighting for toilet paper in shops.
Lots of people mentioning Costco and Amazon bidets that were not in the video. Richard is a professional, he has to stand behind his work for thousands of customers. Therefore the tools he uses and the products he installs will be from reputable companies that he knows he can get parts and support from for years after the purchase. That doesn't mean the cheaper ones are bad, but it is the difference between buying for yourself and being in business.
I have a handheld sprayer kind and have it hooked to the bathroom sink to get warm water. Works perfect and have an extra one I travel with. Richard forgot to mention with the cheap one he showed at the end of the video sometime you need to the risers for the front of the seat. If you do not use them you seat will be at an angle. Might not be enough to notice for most people though.
@@jomangeee9180 I got it off Amazon. Use the Keyword search "handheld bidet sprayer for toilet " You will see plenty available cheap. I unscrewed the screen thing on the bath faucet and screwed the hose adaptor part right on there where the screen was. Pretty simple took less than five minutes to do. Technically you are supposed to connect it where the toilet line comes in but it worked with the sink so that where it has been for almost 10 years.
They should have these devices on every toilet in every prison in America. I'm sure the more alpha male and alpha females would appreciate them.. Let's face it a clean salad is a healthy salad
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Easy to install, ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxjA-hDN2m8_mi0Dg0JD8U6QiArozIAc4I and comfortable. No idea what other people were talking about when they said it was difficult to install or uncomfortable.
Witherspoon in the UK (a pub chain) has a bidet; it's called the wall, floor, ceiling and probably the perpetrators back.
And it takes a ten minute walk to get there!
Could have included the most common type in the U.S. which is the ≤$50 cold water only toilet seat attached bidet.
Agreed. We got one, almost as a joke, but now it feels so awful going anywhere but at home. We bought one for every toilet in the house, and for like $40 each. Not all the bells and whistles, but easily one of the best, "cheap" investments for quality of life at home.
Yeah I kinda noticed all their recommendations where on the higher price spectrum. My very nice units were $300 a piece not $700 as they mentioned.
I own the USPA 6800 it is wonderful!!!! I believe it was about $250. I bought it a few years ago. It has cut down on tp usage also. We probably use about 1/3 of what we used to. I am going to be building a house next year and these will be in every bathroom! We got ours at Costco. They are so popular they sell out almost immediately when they get in stock.
Unlike the prices listed in this video there are models with heated water and seat starting at $200. My Vovo and Alpha were $300 each at the big box store. The hardest part of the installation is getting power to them. Unless you can have the skill to wire a GFCI receptacle, it will be a call to the electrician. As mentioned by others in comments once you switch it is very hard to go back to wiping with TP. I'm just surprised they aren't in every home.
A friend of mine bought a fancy $500 bidet seat for his master bathroom and hired an electrician to install an outlet for it. Then he got a $40 one for the powder room downstairs. He ended up liking the cheap one better because it has higher pressure.
It's also downstairs so I wonder if switching them would change the pressure.
@@SlackerU perhaps to some extent, but the ones with all the bells and whistles tend to limit the flow more by design
I have three in my home and we love the bidet.
Same here. I have a fancy $300 version for the master bath the wife loves and a $40 version in the guest bathroom that I use. Same reason your friend. What I didn't know what that for a few more dollars, you could get the fancy version with the enema feature which solves that problem.
@@majahanson311 Yeah I have to imagine in order to give you heated water it can't just fire the water through too quickly.
If it means less toilet paper going into my septic, then I'm a fan.
FWIW: I've had the $40 FreshSpa from Brondell on our guest bathroom toilet (no power needed, only cold water) which works great. In the master bathroom when we built our house I added a GFI plug at the master toilet for the Brondell CS1000 (~$300 at Costco) which has a heated seat, heated front and rear wash, heated air dryer and deodorizer (carbon filter) among other nice features (including a sterilize function). Both has been great for several years and we save a TON on toilet paper and LOVE getting super clean. Like others have said, I hate having to "go" anywhere else but at home. Super nice as well for as we age and aren't as "flexible" as we used to be to get clean the old fashioned way.
w/o introduce Toto, the #1 in market, these video is not typical.
I have a bidet that hooks up to the hot H2O from the sink...it's way under $70
I live in Japan and you can buy a bidet toilet seat for $120 for a premium brand such as Toto.
I thought this video was really old as a full fuction bidet seat will cost about $300 and up now...and I just got one for $50...paid $16 for my none electric one I want to replace.
The prices quoted on here is not realistic for the lower end models. The one without electrical connection can be found for 20-50 bucks. And the ones with heated seat and drying features are around 400-600 dollars. USPA is a great vendor as well as brondell. Costco often sells the mid range models on sale for 200ish dollars. Don't think it's a huge expense. You will save lots of money on TP. And you will feel cleaner! The worst thing is that you won't like going to anyon elese bathroom that doesn't have a bidet.
Great information. Thanks !
Some would call this dryer function a mind-blow. I would call it a butt-blow 😁
Hi
Night light and heated seat on a Toilet? 😁
There are a lot less costly bidets. Bought one for under a $100 and it works great. Is not remote control and requires no power. It has hot and cold hook up. It would be nice to see a demonstration of one for us lower wage people.
I've had a $35 Luxe Neo Bidet 120 for 5 years now. Its easy to clean, easy to use, and cheap. Even in the winter with cold water it doesn't bother me at all. I use the bidet, and then kind of pat myself with tp and check that as kind of a map of where I might need to clean a bit more. Then once I get a clean wipe, I'm good to do. I HATE not pooping at home now. No more itchy butt, or being sore from wiping a bunch after taco night.
TMI.
glad to hear from another Luxe's customer! i've installed 3 in my home. one of the best decisions.
We've got the same one (actually 3... one on each toilet), can't imagine going back, and the unheated (but room temp) water isn't a big deal.
So you basically clean using TP like everyone else, you just get a finish rinse to make sure everything is "dealt with"?
I have 3 Luxe Bidet. Life changer for sure. Easy to install, operate, and clean.
In Australia, there was a study done in Nursing homes where they installed these add on Bidets. They found that they reduced Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's) by 73 percent and that the aged residents laundry was much cleaner than it was previously.
That is funny but interesting
This is gross to think about lol
Exactly. I installed the simple version ($40 FreshSpa by Brondell) for my aging parents at their Assisted Living apartment. My mother went from having many issues with frequent UTI's to NONE for over the last three years of her life after installing it. Highly recommended!
@@whattheschmidt it might be gross but it's pretty important. Dealing with bodily waste and practicing good hygiene is one of the homo sapiens superpowers lol, and it's really important for elderly folks, when a UTI could end up as the reason you went from living on your own in your home to living in a nursing home or worse.
@@TheRepublicOfJohn oh I get it and who knows, I may need it some day, we just don't need to go into the very specifics :)
The worst thing about bidets, washlets and showerlets/toilet shower is that once you get used to them, you can never go back. You will always get incredibly frustrated if you are forced to use TP only because the place you are at don't have the option.
😄 so true! I work in construction, and on the off-chance I need to use the port-a-potty on the jobsite, I feel even more uncomfortable now that I have a luxurious Koehler toilet with a Toto Washlet seat waiting for me back at home 😄
Bring wet wipes with you.
@@jej3451 As long as it's not someplace you go to frequently. Wet wipes eventually clog SOME part of the sewage system. If not YOUR drain, then the utilities part. I suspect most sewer "fatbergs" have a large wet wipe component.
Yep, I hate vacations and can't wait to get back to my Toto washlet.
Makes me feel like a caveman without it
I have lived by my self for the past 3 years. With a bidet, I have used less than 8 rolls of TP in that time. There is simply no better clean that a bidet.
I agree there is no better friend in the powder room :)
Yes, there is a better way! It's called taking a shower with soap! Try it!
Soap is optional with the bidet. @@number1pappy
@@number1pappyWhat mental illness would cause you to imagine that you can only do one or the other? You can keep your skidstains, how do I know about those? Your wife told me.
The day I bought one of these for my house, I leveled up as a human. Seriously, this was one of the best purchases I've ever made in my life and I don't know how I lived without it.
Bidets are great. If you don't have one, you don't know what your missing
I have the 2 in one toilets, They are closomat brand, I'm in the north of Ireland and they cost around £2,500 per unit. I wouldn't be without it. I just wave my hand over a remote it flushes then a hot wash followed by a blow dry.
I should add they are great for anyone disabled who can't turn or reach back, it allows them to maintain their dignity.
Richard is one of the best plumbers and hvac guys I’ve ever seen! Enjoyed watching him on This Old House 🏠 for many years !
He's not retiring yet! (..but yeah, all of the original guys are teetering on that edge.)
Really nice to have water at ambient temperature from the mains spray you bum in winter.😮
Go Bills
A clean beaver always gets more wood.
Think I`ll make a sign that says that and hang it in my bathroom!
Seriously, cheap $30-40 bidet from amazon is a life changer. If you can handle the cold water on your bum, it's so much cleaner and easier than a million wipes of TP. The cold water has never bothered me and even the higher pressure spray can be helpful. I hate pooping in public now because I feel gross using just TP.
And with that we can keep our much better looking enameled wooden seats.
@@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority you don't have to replace the seat. The two that I have use the same bolts as the seat but bolts between the seat and the toilet.
Everybody's out here walking around with poopy butts. I feel enlightened to the glory of the spray. 🙌🙏🙌
About the cold water, a good friend’s father is a medical doctor and one day, we were having a discussion about bidets not being popular in the US. He said using cold water is so much healthier because the cold water keeps things tight and responsive, while warm or hot water does the opposite.
Bidet's are shockingly anticlimactic. Just a spray wash. After getting reduced to three rolls of tp after stores and amazon went empty on butt paper, it was the best decision I ever made.
And you don't need a big complicated bidet. Just a simple cold supply add on for under 30 bucks.
It took me around 2-3 weeks to get use to the attachable bidet. I didn't know how to use it initially, how to sit the right way, how to dry, etc. Now, I can't live without one! Crazy, my entire life lived without one of these.
right!
I've never had or used one, so it seems a little weird to me, but all of these people can't be wrong about how great they are, so I'm getting one.
@@1995Benzo It's different (and feels different) so it does take some getting used to, but it's a huge improvement. Better hygiene, better comfort, especially if you're prone to digestive issues.
I have a fancy bidet and a cheap $40 Bio Bidet Elite3 Non-Electric Bidet one from Costco, and the cheap one works great! You won't mind the cold water as much as you think you would, since your body isn't too sensitive to cold there. I was told that by someone else who used a Non-Electric cold water only one and didn't believe them until I tried it myself. Once you experience a cleaner bottom and savings on TP, you'll never want to go back!
It may feel good as some people say but it does gross me out. Seems unsanitary that people's dirty business is in and around the bowl (from all the various users) and is all in there with the water wand and air vent.
Its literally a bowl that you are crapping into, and you are worried about that?
And using your hands to smear poop around with tp doesn't bother you?
Bidets are life. They give you the three Cs. Cleanliness, Comfort, and Confidence. Never live without bidets.
Cost, cold, and clamminess more like.
@@jimcrelm9478 Spoken like someone with a filthy basement.
The brondell s1000 has all the features and is reasonably priced, compared to 1000 plus bucks... now you have to figure out how to install. But the wife loves it. Happy wife, happy life ( so I've been told, by my wife)
Reminds us of that song that was popular in the late 60s, "Don't Walk Away Bidet".
Need to make sure that there is proper backflow prevention device so there will be no cross contamination into potable water system
I’m living in Japan and let me tell you babyyyyy, when I leave here I am buying a few to take with me. Warm seats are the BEST, especially now during winter.
“Undercarriage.” Refreshing word choice in an ever-cruder world.
The hybrid or toilet seat units seem like they would be hard to sanitize themselves
AMERICAN HERE... I CANNOT RECOMMEND BIDETS HIGHLY ENOUGH TO OTHER AMERICANS. HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF LIFE. Simple to add to your toilet.
Man, all those times I go to the bathroom and just get poop all over the place this would totally fix that! I hate it when I'm covered in poop!
You can get those toilet seats for even less now, I got one from biobidet for $400 and it has the heated water, heated seat etc. I installed a GFCI behind the toilet and I'm good to go.
Don’t listen to him about the price. Ones from Amazon work great and are
No one ever talks about how they look if they are not cleaned daily......Think about it.....Where do you think all that poop goes that gets jetted off you???? Everywhere, including the entire backside of your bottom.... So, if you do not clean it daily, what do you think is all over it, next time you use it????
Mine was about $450 and it has a heated seat, heated water, heated dryer, remote, auto open, night light… it’s a lot more affordable than the prices they listed and it’s worth every penny! The cheapest one I’ve purchased with all the features is $110
What brand was it?
@@ReggieTuxCat Kohler Novita was the cheapest one. Cascadia and Bidet Mate were the others.
Yeah; the video is several years old. Prices have come down considerably as there's more competition now.
Seems like walk-in showers should have toilets installed in them too. If I ever build a home the bathroom will be pressure-washable.
Interesting. This video was apparently posted a year ago. Today, for $79 or less you can buy an attachment that provides adjustable heated water and dual male and female cleaning posts. For not much more you can get a heated seat. One water hose connects to the toilet as shown in the video and a second water hose fits easily into the hot water line. A switch next to the seat is used to control the mix of hot and cold water as well as the pressure and direction of flow. If you can get to the hot water hose under the sink, the whole thing can be installed in ten minutes by an average person. As a senior diabetic I've been trying to decide what I want to buy. You can buy one when your young to improve your life or you can buy one when you are old and absolutely need it. Not much of an investment when you think about the benefit. It looks like the best choice is to buy direct from the maker.
Just do a handstand in the shower after you have done your business 😂😂
Luxe bidet is $40 and it’s amazing!
Not sure what Richard is talking about with such expense models. You can just find a legendary reliable Toto washlet on Amazon any day of the week for $400 that has heated air, seats, and fully adjustable spray patterns. Biggest obstacle for folks is going to be the location of the electric outlet. Heated seat alone is well worth looking into these - life is so much better with it.
This vid, while posted last year, is several years old and prices have come down significantly since. Particularly since there are more competitors in this market space. You can get the "fancy" bidet seat (auto-opening, heated seat and water, multi-function with remote, air drier, etc.) for about six hundred bucks these days.
We got two of them during the "Great TP Shortage of 2020", and those things change your life. Seriously. Worth every penny.
Wish I`d had one then! Just got mine last month.
You need to mention the savings on toilet paper, and also there are far cheaper models with the same features. Pretty much anyone can afford a decent bidet.
I don't understand why people don't have these and think toilet paper is sufficient for good hygiene
Went to Japan a while ago and after staying in a hotel with the Toto washlet system, I was hooked. Bought 2 for the house, and I can easily say it's the best investment EVER! Cleaner, fresher, and reduced TP consumption by over 1/2. Worst thing about it, is once you have one, you hat to use the toilet anywhere else.
For all the innovations and modernity, it's ironical west has taken a million years to realise using water instead of TP is much better in every way. Good!
Gotta hand it to the French.
For $5000.00, it better have a high-end sound system.
$5000 holy mackinaw! Sorry I can't afford that 😂
I got one a few years back as a white elephant gift. I put it on my commode anyway and now all my commodes have one. I paid $35 on amazon for all of the others and they are great! I now want one for my RV.
Who has a plug by the toilet???
That is why they recommend an electrician be called in to install a GFCI receptacle.
Our home has a bidet for all 3 toilets and we have had the bidet for five years and I do not understand why every home that's built today does not come with a bidet as they are helpful 4 ones personal hygiene and better for the environment as we do not have to cut millions of trees and sandpaper to the City Treatment Plant. I will never go back to toilet paper. This video demonstrates the more expensive bidets but the days to today can be purchased for under $50.
Cold water is not a problem at all if you get used to it
I bought a Toto Neorest (like the first model Richard showed) when I bought my house. I have never regretted that. 18 years later, I had to have a repair done because it was no longer reliably detecting when someone was sitting on it (so it wouldn't run the bidet when requested). I consider that fabulous reliability.
If you have proper electrical in the bathroom a bidet is worth it! You can get one now for ~$200. Heck, if thats out of the budget, non powered ones are ~$50!
Water tickles the brown starfish.
Hello??? They’re not going to mention you can get one on Amazon for $30??
Check out mine on Amazon!
Bidet is nice, but bum gun is better, I think. Simpler, more adaptable & cheaper too. 🤔🤔🤔
I feel like this should be standard for all newly manufactured toilets.
That's like saying heated car seats should be a base option on all cars.
If you like, or need, to get hosed down every time you take a dump, by all means, go ahead. But, don't increase prices for everyone just because you think it's some kind of necessity.
The paper industry will complain and lobby politicians to ban bidets as a standard.
@Catania Momma Italia You soak your feet in the bidet while you sit on the toilet?
That's nasty!!! 🤮
@Catania Momma Italia Reading a magazine or scrolling on the phone while on the pot I can see..... but doing Yoga? are you a contortionist?
@@StoneE4 Calm down. I was kidding.
I got one with all the bells and whistles ,heated seat,night light ,slow close ,deodorizer ,air dry,same pulse features etc for 269$ at Costco 👌👌
You can't beat having a permanent friend who's got your back! I want one of these!
lmaol! watch what you ask for
I've never had to pay $1700 for a loyal friend. ;)
I think he was trying to say was that it becomes an adopted member of the family.
My bidet almost took my life. If I get a urinary tract infection (UTI), i show no symptoms til it is extremely serious. It infected me, I didn't know it, and I ended up with giant bloodclots, inability to stand, and at the ER they infused too much liquid and it went to my lungs (pulmonary edema. The bacteria spread to my bloodstream and I almost croaked. In six months I have been infected 4 times needing antibiotics. This is an expensive bidet but it is obviously made for men. I am really angry and disgusted and am trying to get it removed as it was paid for through medical insurance, Beware.
We had the Luxe Neo 185 bidet, about $40. Worked great but our old house was chilly in the winter. So we bought the Bio Bidet 2000 for $500. Heated water, heated seat, dryer, remote, and an enema function that really works. After a few years with no issues we bought another one for the upstairs bathroom. We love them.
We talked a lot of family members and co-workers into getting bidets (they mostly went with simple $40 ones) and every one of them will never go back. The basic ones save you money with reduced toilet paper usage so there is no downside.
Sadly most of them are. Not repairable
This may be my favorite yet! So many one liners, and so many that could've been had.
Costco has two really really REALLY nice models of retrofit bidet seats for around $300. Absolutely recommend.
Got mine from Costco website on sale for $200. Has almost all the bells and whistles.
Which brand?
LOL “HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT?”
🤔 Might have to make a stop at Taco Bell and test drive one of these bad boys out.
Why are they so expensive in the states? I live in Korea and they’re like $60 to $150 for the add on ones. I’ve got a two bath house and I’ve added the bidets to each toilet for about $180 total.
I've had a bidet installed for 10+ years to help with elderly roommates hygiene and it is a excellent addition for all members of a household. Like the top comment claims...the 30-50$ bidet's are actually good/great as well and the savings on tp is realized much sooner. They can also be very helpful for person's with digestive issues as they gently lubricate with h20 and the extra cleansing is greatly appreciated when one has had something that gives you a upset stomach...
\* H2O
Agree with other comments here.. why didn’t you show the cheap add in types that pay for themselves with less paper cost?
The top tier model they showed, the Advanced Clean 100 is listed as going for $4,000 - $5,000 is now $1,000. The bottom tier model they showed, the Aquawash 1.0, is quoted as being $150.00. You can get it direct from the manufacturer for $80.00 now. I'd bet this segment is from a couple years ago when there was less choice at the lower end of the market and the Amazon Special for $30-$40 wasn't available or wasn't easy to come by.
Having a bidet with a certified backflow preventer sounds like an overlooked topic in this video
Some have them built-in, but they're generally not required since they're not themselves immersed in water: there's nothing to backflow. Some building codes that specifically cover seat bidets state that backflow prevention is not required if the wand is a certain distance from the water (I believe I saw Western Australia citing at least 25mm, or roughly one inch, above the water).
😂😂😂😂😂😁😅😆Oh My .
All you need A pitcher pour warm water & clean yourself . Middle eastern style . just cost $ 5 from amazon 😂
It also isn’t popular because during WWII American soldiers saw them in brothels, it then became associated with prostitution, not something that would fly in 1940s/1950s America.
Also, you can just get a bidet attachment on Amazon or HelloTushy that attach to your toilet and they cost like $50.
$700 is still expensive guys, cmon! And Usually there is hot and cold water by the sink, you didn't tell us how to connect it by the faucets hot/cold water...geez not very informative at all.
Now, i'm asking, where can we buy a spray bottle with a very strong spray force? Maybe sit a large water container up, then a short hose? This old house: there's the lids/seats less expensive. No heat, no electric. Then there's the hand held wands that can be fitted off toilets water line. Looking around, Less options less expensive. Even less than 500.
There is an even cheaper option to get a functioning bidet. I was able to buy an adapter to modify my current toilet seat at Lowe's hardware for about $40
The cheapest bidet they showed was $150, but you can easily get one for $30 or less (during sales). It'll be basic, but works great.
Once you buy a bidet, with heat wash, heat seat, trust me, you won't look back. Saves on toilet paper, uses little electricity. If you feel your electric power is high, turn it off after each use. And no fighting for toilet paper in shops.
I'm on UA-cam lookout at toilet stools and bidets. Never pictured this before...up into about 10 minutes ago
5k? People typically poop about once a day. So for $13.70 /poop you can own this device In one years time!
I just bought one on Amazon for $400 and it has all those features.
Lots of people mentioning Costco and Amazon bidets that were not in the video. Richard is a professional, he has to stand behind his work for thousands of customers. Therefore the tools he uses and the products he installs will be from reputable companies that he knows he can get parts and support from for years after the purchase. That doesn't mean the cheaper ones are bad, but it is the difference between buying for yourself and being in business.
It's like y'all are reading my exploratory search history 😂
We have one for each toiler, 3 of them. I just ordered a new, more functional bidet for the one I use most. It’s true, “water does it better”.
I just installed a Toto Washlet last week, I never want to do number two again anywhere ELSE !!!
I have a handheld sprayer kind and have it hooked to the bathroom sink to get warm water. Works perfect and have an extra one I travel with. Richard forgot to mention with the cheap one he showed at the end of the video sometime you need to the risers for the front of the seat. If you do not use them you seat will be at an angle. Might not be enough to notice for most people though.
where dod you get the sprayer that hooks to the bathroom sink?
@@jomangeee9180 I got it off Amazon. Use the Keyword search "handheld bidet sprayer for toilet " You will see plenty available cheap. I unscrewed the screen thing on the bath faucet and screwed the hose adaptor part right on there where the screen was. Pretty simple took less than five minutes to do. Technically you are supposed to connect it where the toilet line comes in but it worked with the sink so that where it has been for almost 10 years.
@@mrj-charles6383 thank you, I was looking for one that hooks up to the faucet not the pluming, that way you can take it anywhere you go!
They should have these devices on every toilet in every prison in America. I'm sure the more alpha male and alpha females would appreciate them.. Let's face it a clean salad is a healthy salad
I tried my 1st experience, America needs to copy this master / improve, it should be mandatory on every toilet !
That combined toilet-bidet looks like something out of “Alien”.
you dont need any of this go to walmart they have a bidet for 25 bucks just hook it up to your water your good to go dont need this other fancy stuff
So how do I still use the toilet paper if the top of the line unit cleans and dries my butt without TP would I still need TP?