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.

I don't have experience with the Brondell, but I love having an advanced toilet seat. I have 2. Guest drop their jaw and snicker. Oh well. I put my first one in the first bathroom that I remodeled which happened to be the more public bathroom. I got an INAX, top of the line. It is wonderful, but is not distributed to the US any longer. Herringmaven, had a lot of comments on GW over the last few years, on advanced toilet seats. Herringmaven no longer posts, with the Houzz change, I believe I'd seen one or 2 post only, but no longer. I have a Novita for the second bathroom and I like the features but lots of them are really not needed. So your basic seat sounds very practical. I would say you don't need a dryer. I never use it. I just blot dry, it takes too long to blow dry, lol. The warm seat is nice in the winter. The water heating reservoir vs the endless hot water supply is something to consider if you need more time with water irrigation or what ever, but for just general hygiene, the constant hot water flow is not necessary IMO. The wall remote is nice but handheld would be easier sometimes, depending on location for wall remote. And if you have a good place to store the handheld. I can't read my Novita wall remote because it is all digital, with lighting that is not visible if angled wrong from your view. I mounted it below my eye level which is not helpful. My INAX has black print and with raised smooth bumps for the switches for easy access. The Novita has so many options that it really is a waste for me. Deoderizing feature waste of $, I do like having 2 wands. Realize that you will have to sit way back on the seat to access the sprays. Both mine require this and I think it takes getting used to from what I have read on GW. Be sure to really know how your seat will connect to your intake water and to your toilet tank. The INAX was a breeze! Great couplings. While the Novita was much more complicated, though offered a water filter. Good Luck. I would never be without an advanced toilet seat again : )

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?

I don't have any insight into longevity issues since I just installed my Toto washlet last October. You definitely do NOT want controls on the seat - I don't know why one should be dodgier than the other and a remote is fairly easy to replace if it came to that. In terms of expectations and cost, I love my washlet and can't imagine not having it. Perhaps I am cavalier but if it comes to having to replace it, the amortized cost of having one would have been about 35 cents :-). You can't even get a cup of coffee for that anymore. I have no idea how the Toto quality or whatever compares to the Brondell - if you spend time reading amazon reviews, one can generally get a sense of how stuff actually functions in the real world because there are generally enough reviews so one can eliminate the obvious outliers, shills or whatever and focus on those reviewers who have valid points.