jimrin: "I'm thinking of getting the Inax Clessence CW-H230-RW (for round toilet seat), which has the control panel attached to the side of the seat, for my mom. However, I cannot find any documentation which says that the spray can be oscillating (automatic movement of the position of the spray back and forth). Does their bidet support that?" The Inax Clessence does not have an oscillation feature. I do not know whether the R-series or L-series Inax seats have that option. The specific model of the two Toto Washlets that are installed in our sister and bother-in-law's home in Kamakura does have that feature, and, being the curious type, I have given it a couple of test drives. Not a feature that I would use even if we had it on ours at home. To be fair, the trial was not apple-to-apples or oranges-to-oranges, because the angle of incidence of the spray from their one-wand Toto Washlet is much closer to horizontal, and the angle of incidence of the spray from our two-wand Inax Clessence is much closer to vertical, than the other. Perhaps I would have liked the oscillating spray more if it were incorporated in a more vertical spray; it is difficult to speculate.

suzanne10023: "My mother and I both have COCO bidet seats" adh673: "We just got Brondell Swash 1000's" INAX, a Japanese company, invented the "bidet seat" category in Japan. Toto and INAX, both Japanese companies, developed and perfected the technology and refined and perfected the product. In Japan, super major companies like Matsushita (Panasonic) and Toshiba and Hitachi have attempted with essentially unlimited resources to break into the market, which remains today the world's biggest market for products of that kind. To the Japanese, well familiar with Matsushita and Toshiba and Hitachi, those brands seem like outsiders for the advanced toilet seat product category, and the Japanese trust only INAX and Toto; other brands struggle. Latecomers from Korea, China, and who knows where else, now are trying to get into the game with me-too products, and in the United States, their attempts to enter the market are sold under brand names like COCO and Brondell. How did your 1980s Xonix stereo components work out for you? Will anyone recognize a COCO or a Brondell brand product five years from now? Perhaps they will. But for our own home, we bought INAX.

I have left side paralysis due to multiple sclerosis. Just yesterday I was able to swap my standard elongated seat for a Brondell Swash 1400. You can do it, but yes, you’ll need power. The water just t’s from your existing water line, then there’s a smaller water line to the new seat. However, while tightening the fitting to the threaded valve stem underneath the tank I turned it too hard and it broke! It’s plastic of course! So on top of the new seat, I now had to get a new flush valve as well. Strangely enough, I was not able the replace the new valve by myself so I had to call someone. Sorely disappointed and my pride hurt—but all’s well. Go for it!

Thanks to lisaam!Thai Western-style toilet with accessory hose. Typical flush it yourself Thai toilet. Explains why the floors are always soaking wet. ******* Offsetting the water used in the cleansing water closets one can always install water-free urinals. Indeed, water-free indoor toilets. Time for another bodily function thread?