@mikesmells been trying to change the world one butt at a time for the last 10 years. I still have some stubborn family members who are content with dirty rears!
I’m an EMT, the worst part of my job isn’t the death and injuries, nor is it the long hours with no sleep, it’s the fact that I have to poop during my 48 hour shifts, and my bidet, which is this bidet, is at home.
if you’re hesitating, use that time to make sure you’ve got the right shaped toilet, then after you’ve determined it’s the right shape, buy it. trust me, you are very very unlikely to regret it.
the heated seat is sooo amazing with the cold weather we’ve been having, used to be I’d dread going to the toilet when it was under 50 in the house, now I honestly don’t mind
@thechilipepper0 I mostly use medium temp and it’s great, honestly even cold isn’t bad, which is good, because I’m often inclined to run it two or more times, just to be sure, and it’s only got enough hot water for one full rinse
@lisagd and thank goodness it’s not! Although if it was, it would be great to have a heated seat in the outhouse and not have to tote the seat back and forth from the cabin
@sixsmith After becoming accustomed to the bidet at home, my solution to pooping at work (sans bidet) was to grab a paper hand towel and wet it at the sink on the way to the stall. Not as nice as the actual bidet, but workable.
(As for flushing the paper towel after use, it didn’t appear to be an issue but that’s building maintenance’s problem anyway. )
We have one and it was great for 2 years. 6 months ago I noticed some cracks in the seat and very recently the soft close isn’t soft at all. We got ours from Lowes and are outside the warranty period. I’m very tempted to get another one tonight, but I’m also bitter about having to replace a toilet seat ever…
Already have one. Not this model but this brand. Love it. Nice clean ass everytime. Highly recommend if you don’t have one to get one. This one is nice. Remember need electrical put in close to the toilet. So keep that in mind. Have a nice asssy day
I don’t have a plug anywhere near my toilet, or I’d be all over this.
I already have unheated bidet attachments on two toilets in my house (and one at my parents’), and they’re wonderful. The water is not freezing cold. It’s perfectly lovely. I just think it might be nice to have the drying and the heated seat!
@kostia every one of our toilets has an outlet on the exact opposite side of the wall (above each sink/vanity). Hopefully yours is the same, SUPER simple to tap into it from the opposite side of the wall and add an outlet.
@jasont2 I wish, but I don’t have any walls like that. I know how simple that would make it; I did the same thing to put a mini fridge in the closet of my tv room!
Do it and you are unlikely to regret it. While I have a different model BioBidet seat, this has similar features at a lower price point. If you think it’s not a worthwhile investment, it’s surprising how quickly the savings on toilet paper can accumulate.
@tut2go I ran some rough numbers, I’d need at least five years to break even on toilet paper costs, and that’s not counting water/electric costs. But I do live alone, so I guess a family of five would make it back in a year
-Water temperature and pressure are controlled with a side-mounted panel
-Adjust settings such as water pressure, water temperature, and nozzle position to achieve maximum cleanliness and comfort
Is there a user manual somewhere? (for bidets in general)
In-laws got one very recently (unheated, but that’s okay). With our visits out there this holiday season, I now have 4 uses under my belt. Only 1 of those did not benefit from further cleaning from the traditional paper.
Also, it felt like I got splashed all over, requiring more drying than I expected. Am I just using it wrong, or is my anatomy bare-ly different enough to spoil the flow?
(Fwiw, I’m in favor of a bidet. I think it’s a great idea. But my wife and I agree that our still-young kids would not be sufficiently responsible with it just yet. And we don’t like stepping in water in the bathroom … or anywhere else but the shower or swimming pool.)
Detects and only functions when someone is on the seat
Can anyone confirm that it works correctly? And is this enough to vaguely “child-proof” this appliance? (I mean for normal children, not necessarily any specific creatures you or I might know.)
I watched Demolition Man last night and now want to leave three seashells in the bathroom for guests who have also watched it.
Years ago, a friend told my wife about his bidet and, hearing that, she declared that she wanted one for her toilet. (We enjoy separate bathrooms; the secret to a long marriage, IMO.) After scowling at this friend for creating a project for me, I got one for her from Bez-mart, installed it, and it was great. So great that I bought a slightly better model that tapped into the hot water supply line from the adjacent vanity (so no electricity needed) and it was – as others have commented here – a game-changer.
@andymand So what you’re saying is that a “secret to a long marriage” is to have separate bathrooms and to outfit your bathroom with slightly better stuff than your spouse’s? Is that a Canadian thing or ???
@mdbaum has to have an outlet, as it needs electricity for all operations. Every one of our toilets had an outlet on the exact opposite side of the wall (above each sink/vanity). Hopefully yours is the same, SUPER simple to tap into it from the opposite side of the wall and add an outlet.
Nearly pulled the trigger, but saw on Lowes the lid can only handle 200 lbs. I tend to contemplate life sitting on the toilet after a shower and can’t have it breaking mid-thought.
@EurhMhom huh, I missed that note, it’s not a particularly comfortable lid, but I don’t recall it protesting the couple of times I sat on it, I’m 300lbs±20lbs
Nobody else mentioned that the price doesn’t end in .99? Are you all so excited by the thought of a clean tuchus that you didn’t notice? Or is this not the first day?
And yes, I’m kind of an evangelical bidet user now. Lol
Was weird the first time you use one, as water hitting your ass was historically a result of something going terribly wrong… But that sensation takes about 10 seconds to get over once you realized how spic and span your arse turns out as a result!
This will be our second one, to go into the guest bathroom. Have a nice Brondell in the master with remote so you don’t have to deal with controls next to you. About the only downside to this bidet.
As an electrician NOT giving electrical advice, make sure your extension cord is 14awg if you are going to go against the manufacturer recommendations.
I have this bidet and it is 100% not my favorite. I have 3 bidets in my home (this + 2 nearly identical of whatever was a top selling model from Amazon). Here’s what I dislike about this one:
hate the need for a grounded outlet within ~4’ of the toilet. There’s only one room in our house where this is practically possible, so that’s where it is.
generally find the electric features unnecessary. Yes, the heated seat and water are nice, but I’d rather not just have another perpetual power draw
install is not great / easy. Compared with my other bidets, this one is HUGE and consequently it must sit pretty far forward from the water reservoir on the back of the toilet. I had initially installed this in a different bathroom (cord didn’t reach so I had to move it) but that toilet had a round bowl and when this thing was installed, all of it’s . . . circuitry? pushed it so far forward over the bowl it really wasn’t practical.
This one might work for you / your toilet and everybody should get bidets - they are great! - but wanted to throw those perspectives out there. If you have a plug and ample clearance to install this, then the features definitely are nice, but personally I wouldn’t buy it again.
When we built our new house we tried one of these in our master bathroom. Whoever invented these deserves some kind of award. I will walk across the house to get to this toilet instead of having to use a regular one. I want one for the other bathrooms!
We’ve had a Bio-Bidet (USPA-6800, not to be confused with an older Motorola processor) in the MBR for 10+ years. Added a second to the main bath room two years later and haven’t looked back. A bit of electrical work to add an extension from the existing GFIC outlet, but well worth the couple of hours work effort required.
Dislike having to drop a load at work, and the comments from guests using ours are frequently quite charming/humorous.
So, i usually don’t go back and review my past items but this is awesome. If it ever comes up again, buy it. I will be getting at least 2 more to cover every bathroom. Heated water and seat is a game changer in cold weather. Also, clean ass every time using almost no toilet paper. The dryer isn’t too strong, but it’s still nice. Side note, always flush before activating the dryer otherwise you get poop wind.
Specs
Product: BioBidet LW-1000 Heated Bidet Seat with Night Light & Warm Air Dryer
Model: 7ZLW1000E 000
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$299 at Lowe’s
Warranty
1-Year Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Jan 5 - Monday, Jan 9
Stick it where the sun don’t shine.
Ill give you 80 for it
been hearing a ‘yelp’ for the last few days- seems a neighbor got one for his wife forChistmas & installed it early.
apparently hers doesn’t have heated water.
That’s a great confirmation code for my chocolate starfish.
/giphy spiked-treasured-star
Hold onto your butts. Bidets will literally change your life for the better.
@mikesmells Can confirm!
@mikesmells I know everyone jokes about these but, seriously, they are great for anyone over 50!
@mikesmells @squishybrain they’re great for anyone, full stop!
@mikesmells been trying to change the world one butt at a time for the last 10 years. I still have some stubborn family members who are content with dirty rears!
@wwilliams59 - here’s your chance to buy them again.
I’m an EMT, the worst part of my job isn’t the death and injuries, nor is it the long hours with no sleep, it’s the fact that I have to poop during my 48 hour shifts, and my bidet, which is this bidet, is at home.
if you’re hesitating, use that time to make sure you’ve got the right shaped toilet, then after you’ve determined it’s the right shape, buy it. trust me, you are very very unlikely to regret it.
the heated seat is sooo amazing with the cold weather we’ve been having, used to be I’d dread going to the toilet when it was under 50 in the house, now I honestly don’t mind
@sixsmith how do you know if you have the right shaped toiled
@sixsmith how is the heated water?
@afwaller
@afwaller I triple checked using their website info, but what afealler posted looks just as good.
@thechilipepper0 I mostly use medium temp and it’s great, honestly even cold isn’t bad, which is good, because I’m often inclined to run it two or more times, just to be sure, and it’s only got enough hot water for one full rinse
@sixsmith Hang on. When it’s under 50 in your house?? This isn’t Little House on the Prairie!
@lisagd and thank goodness it’s not! Although if it was, it would be great to have a heated seat in the outhouse and not have to tote the seat back and forth from the cabin
@sixsmith After becoming accustomed to the bidet at home, my solution to pooping at work (sans bidet) was to grab a paper hand towel and wet it at the sink on the way to the stall. Not as nice as the actual bidet, but workable.
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(As for flushing the paper towel after use, it didn’t appear to be an issue but that’s building maintenance’s problem anyway.
Does it have an ass bleacher?
@mexicantacos Is there any other kind of bleacher?
@mexicantacos No, but I’m pretty sure it has a bleach asser.
@awk I wouldn’t buy one without an oscillating and massaging mode.
We have one and it was great for 2 years. 6 months ago I noticed some cracks in the seat and very recently the soft close isn’t soft at all. We got ours from Lowes and are outside the warranty period. I’m very tempted to get another one tonight, but I’m also bitter about having to replace a toilet seat ever…
Already have one. Not this model but this brand. Love it. Nice clean ass everytime. Highly recommend if you don’t have one to get one. This one is nice. Remember need electrical put in close to the toilet. So keep that in mind. Have a nice asssy day
Yes mine has oscillating and massaging modes
So the aliens in the writeup wouldn’t happen to be from Uranus, would they?
@mehcuda67 Yes…they are hunting Clingons.
I don’t have a plug anywhere near my toilet, or I’d be all over this.
I already have unheated bidet attachments on two toilets in my house (and one at my parents’), and they’re wonderful. The water is not freezing cold. It’s perfectly lovely. I just think it might be nice to have the drying and the heated seat!
@kostia neither did I but I put it in. It’s worth it. If your not handy it’s about $250 to install a new outlet but WELL WORTH IT
@bugger @kostia Since the GFCI outlet is on the other side of the sink, now we’re talking $400 for a gizmo I’ve never had the opportunity to try.
Wish more hotels had them, really want to try before I buy
@kostia every one of our toilets has an outlet on the exact opposite side of the wall (above each sink/vanity). Hopefully yours is the same, SUPER simple to tap into it from the opposite side of the wall and add an outlet.
@jasont2 I wish, but I don’t have any walls like that. I know how simple that would make it; I did the same thing to put a mini fridge in the closet of my tv room!
To Bidet or not Bidet? That is loaded question.
Do it and you are unlikely to regret it. While I have a different model BioBidet seat, this has similar features at a lower price point. If you think it’s not a worthwhile investment, it’s surprising how quickly the savings on toilet paper can accumulate.
@tut2go I ran some rough numbers, I’d need at least five years to break even on toilet paper costs, and that’s not counting water/electric costs. But I do live alone, so I guess a family of five would make it back in a year
It seems to carefully say that the seat is heated and the air is heated, but no spec says the WATER is heated…?
@fearlessleader 2nd and 3rd items in specifications:
-Water temperature and pressure are controlled with a side-mounted panel
-Adjust settings such as water pressure, water temperature, and nozzle position to achieve maximum cleanliness and comfort
It mentions warm water again later too.
Is there a user manual somewhere? (for bidets in general)
In-laws got one very recently (unheated, but that’s okay). With our visits out there this holiday season, I now have 4 uses under my belt. Only 1 of those did not benefit from further cleaning from the traditional paper.
Also, it felt like I got splashed all over, requiring more drying than I expected. Am I just using it wrong, or is my anatomy bare-ly different enough to spoil the flow?
(Fwiw, I’m in favor of a bidet. I think it’s a great idea. But my wife and I agree that our still-young kids would not be sufficiently responsible with it just yet. And we don’t like stepping in water in the bathroom … or anywhere else but the shower or swimming pool.)
I just saw this:
Can anyone confirm that it works correctly? And is this enough to vaguely “child-proof” this appliance? (I mean for normal children, not necessarily any specific creatures you or I might know.)
@xobzoo you might be sitting too far forward on the seat when you use it.
I watched Demolition Man last night and now want to leave three seashells in the bathroom for guests who have also watched it.
Years ago, a friend told my wife about his bidet and, hearing that, she declared that she wanted one for her toilet. (We enjoy separate bathrooms; the secret to a long marriage, IMO.) After scowling at this friend for creating a project for me, I got one for her from Bez-mart, installed it, and it was great. So great that I bought a slightly better model that tapped into the hot water supply line from the adjacent vanity (so no electricity needed) and it was – as others have commented here – a game-changer.
@andymand So what you’re saying is that a “secret to a long marriage” is to have separate bathrooms and to outfit your bathroom with slightly better stuff than your spouse’s? Is that a Canadian thing or ???
Can this be used without an outlet? I have no power available.
@mdbaum has to have an outlet, as it needs electricity for all operations. Every one of our toilets had an outlet on the exact opposite side of the wall (above each sink/vanity). Hopefully yours is the same, SUPER simple to tap into it from the opposite side of the wall and add an outlet.
Nearly pulled the trigger, but saw on Lowes the lid can only handle 200 lbs. I tend to contemplate life sitting on the toilet after a shower and can’t have it breaking mid-thought.
@EurhMhom huh, I missed that note, it’s not a particularly comfortable lid, but I don’t recall it protesting the couple of times I sat on it, I’m 300lbs±20lbs
@EurhMhom That’s the lid, not the seat. The weight capacity of the seat is 400lb
Probably would have pulled the trigger but I’m pretty sure I need round and not elongated
Nobody else mentioned that the price doesn’t end in .99? Are you all so excited by the thought of a clean tuchus that you didn’t notice? Or is this not the first day?
What happens if you put this on a round toilet?
@Jantho Its going to stick out over the toilet lip. Still will work but look funny.
@Jantho @outdoorslife Most bathrooms could use a bit more humor (IMO).
This thing is awesome and we’ll worth the price. Love it! Warm water, warm seat, warm air.
MEALS! DEALS! EELS! AWESOME!
We have four of these in all our bathrooms (started with just one in the master, then the kids tried and ‘demanded’ bidets of their own, lol).
We will never go back. I’m literally pissed whenever I travel and have to use cavemen tools like toilet paper again.
This price is amazing. I might pick up one or two extra for whenever one of ours invariably breaks.
And yes, I’m kind of an evangelical bidet user now. Lol
Was weird the first time you use one, as water hitting your ass was historically a result of something going terribly wrong… But that sensation takes about 10 seconds to get over once you realized how spic and span your arse turns out as a result!
This will be our second one, to go into the guest bathroom. Have a nice Brondell in the master with remote so you don’t have to deal with controls next to you. About the only downside to this bidet.
/giphy spirited-silent-trumpeters
@outdoorslife I can’t speak for others, but I am always next to the controls when using my bidet.
Note to bidet newbies: Do not test the bidet by activating the spray without someone sitting on the seat.
(Don’t ask me how I know this.)
@macromeh Unless you really want to clean the vanity mirror in the other side of the bathroom…
@macromeh I installed a simple one at my parents’ house. Ten minutes later, my dad had to change clothes. Curiosity killed the cat!
One person in the house is overweight. Wondering if the person’s rear would cover the control. Maybe randomly press buttons.
As an electrician NOT giving electrical advice, make sure your extension cord is 14awg if you are going to go against the manufacturer recommendations.
I have this bidet and it is 100% not my favorite. I have 3 bidets in my home (this + 2 nearly identical of whatever was a top selling model from Amazon). Here’s what I dislike about this one:
This one might work for you / your toilet and everybody should get bidets - they are great! - but wanted to throw those perspectives out there. If you have a plug and ample clearance to install this, then the features definitely are nice, but personally I wouldn’t buy it again.
When we built our new house we tried one of these in our master bathroom. Whoever invented these deserves some kind of award. I will walk across the house to get to this toilet instead of having to use a regular one. I want one for the other bathrooms!
We’ve had a Bio-Bidet (USPA-6800, not to be confused with an older Motorola processor) in the MBR for 10+ years. Added a second to the main bath room two years later and haven’t looked back. A bit of electrical work to add an extension from the existing GFIC outlet, but well worth the couple of hours work effort required.
Dislike having to drop a load at work, and the comments from guests using ours are frequently quite charming/humorous.
MY BIDET WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED AT 8:47 AT MY DOORSTEP. iT IS NOW 3:30 P.M. AND STILL NOT HERE. why?
So, i usually don’t go back and review my past items but this is awesome. If it ever comes up again, buy it. I will be getting at least 2 more to cover every bathroom. Heated water and seat is a game changer in cold weather. Also, clean ass every time using almost no toilet paper. The dryer isn’t too strong, but it’s still nice. Side note, always flush before activating the dryer otherwise you get poop wind.
POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!