Does it come as a full kit? what does the package include?
We should be pretty clear in the specs/features about what comes with each offer- is there one that’s too ambiguous? Which one are you looking at?
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We should be pretty clear in the specs/features about what comes with each offer- is there one that’s too ambiguous? Which one are you looking at?
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Bio Bidet ELITE 3 Natural Water Bidet with Dual Nozzle
sorry i’ve never purchased anything like this… so does that mean i can install this on a traditional one, right?
Indeed, it’ll come with everything you need to install it on your current toilet. Check out the features and specs tab on the sales page (here) for all the specifics, there are some limitations but it seems like the specs go over it pretty well- but please let me know if you have other questions!
We’ve come a long ways since the outhouse. Yeah, I’m an old guy.
Is there a weight limit for the bidet attachments? They attach under the seat but it doesn’t look like there’s anything to put under the front of the seat to even it out - seems like it would put tension on some parts of the seat for heavier individuals.
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Is there a weight limit for the bidet attachments? They attach under the seat but it doesn’t look like there’s anything to put under the front of the seat to even it out - seems like it would put tension on some parts of the seat for heavier individuals.
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My first bidet was an attachment that fit under the seat like these. If you asked, the company provided “bumpers” that would raise the front of the seat to be even…but a cork cut in half lengthwise would fit the bill. They do sell seat bumpers at most home improvement stores.
Theres a “massage” button for the more expensive ones. I’m afraid to ask.
do peeps really purchase these, or are they still around 'cause they don’t?
A real bidet I can see, but these…?
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do peeps really purchase these, or are they still around 'cause they don’t?
A real bidet I can see, but these…?
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Actually I have a Toto version similar to these. Even if my bath had room for a separate toilet and bidet, I’d still go with this type. A real bidet is actually kind of a pain to deal with, IMHO. With one of the nicer seat ones, there’s no switching between a toilet and a bidet to get clean.
The seat I have pre-heats the water within the seat so there’s no need to hook up both hot and cold water lines. The seat itself heats up on a schedule during the winter so I don’t have freeze@$$. I consider my washlet seat to be the best and most used investment in the whole bathroom renovation.
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Theres a “massage” button for the more expensive ones. I’m afraid to ask.
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It’s more of a pulsing action, ie. stream stops and then starts again. It’s not like a vibrator comes out of the toilet and goes up your butt.
My first experience with them was when I went to Japan where they’re pretty common in nicer metropolitan areas. It is a little weird at first but then you get used to it. Then you won’t really mind it, and find comfort in the feeling of having a clean butt that isn’t chaffed by poor quality single ply toilet paper.
It’s some thing that I wish would catch on in the US. I’m a little shocked it hasn’t considering we have so many obese people and having these makes wiping your butt alot easier and less problematic.
All White? Where’s Biscuit?
Do these heat the water too? It might be worth the investment. I currently buy the moist butt wipes.
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do peeps really purchase these, or are they still around 'cause they don’t?
A real bidet I can see, but these…?
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Who’s ‘peeps’? Because nearly all of Japan (not just urbane any more) has, a lot of the rest of developed Asia has too, and they’re taking over from other water-based cleaning methods in the middle east.
The main limiting factor for 99% of American households is the lack of an electrical outlet anywhere near their toilet. If you aren’t a hardcore DIY person, getting a (GFCI please) outlet installed down there will cost more than the most expensive of these seats.
Otherwise, I highly recommend them.
What are the color options for the elongated BB-1700? Thanks in advance.
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Do these heat the water too? It might be worth the investment. I currently buy the moist butt wipes.
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whether you buy one or not (you should), you should stop using moist butt wipes as they are not biodegradable and a growing problem for sewage treatment facilities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/increasingly-clogged-sewers-attributed-to-popular-flushable-wipes/2013/09/23/d29bdab6-2451-11e3-ad0d-b7c8d2a594b9_story.html
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Who’s ‘peeps’? Because nearly all of Japan (not just urbane any more) has, a lot of the rest of developed Asia has too, and they’re taking over from other water-based cleaning methods in the middle east.
The main limiting factor for 99% of American households is the lack of an electrical outlet anywhere near their toilet. If you aren’t a hardcore DIY person, getting a (GFCI please) outlet installed down there will cost more than the most expensive of these seats.
Otherwise, I highly recommend them.
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ditto, once you have one you won’t settle for anything else. I bought a brondell unit from woot a few months back, it replaced a luxe attachment(not a whole seat).
it’s wierd that this has not caught on in this country given the vast amounts of useless cr@p that we’ll spend money on, yet we settle for 18th century toilet tech.
There are bidet forums out there that discuss and review the features of various seats. Bio Bidet is typically a well reviewed lower cost seat.
regardless of the brand of seat, the universal truth of bidets is that people who don’t use them think they’re “wierd” and people who do use them would never want to be without one.
by the way, I’m an idiot and having not purchased a toilet seat in many years I looked at mine and said “well that’s not round” and ordered an elongated. Since these are non-returnable I had to purchase a new toilet! A chair height elongated makes your seat a throne.
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Actually I have a Toto version similar to these. Even if my bath had room for a separate toilet and bidet, I’d still go with this type. A real bidet is actually kind of a pain to deal with, IMHO. With one of the nicer seat ones, there’s no switching between a toilet and a bidet to get clean.
The seat I have pre-heats the water within the seat so there’s no need to hook up both hot and cold water lines. The seat itself heats up on a schedule during the winter so I don’t have freeze@$$. I consider my washlet seat to be the best and most used investment in the whole bathroom renovation.
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I just installed a Toto Neorest myself, wow those suckers are expensive! I didn’t know they made kits like this, if my Toto ever dies I might look into something like this. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles, but I’m hooked on having a bidet, and I’m not sure I’ll find another Neorest at the steal I did.
What is the difference between Bio Bidet Supreme BB-1000 and Bio Bidet USPA 6800? I see the different remote. Is the anything else?