I didn’t think much of toilets until I visited Japan a few years ago to attend a friends wedding. He let me stay at his grandfather’s place and it was a nice experience staying at a traditional Japanese home in the country surrounded by miles of farmland growing rice.

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I slept on a futon, watched the koi in his grandfather's pond by the front of the house, surrounded by his garden of bonsai trees. The time I spent at the house was great.

Then I had to go to the bathroom.

I stared looking at the mechanism in front of me for a few minutes because it wasn’t just a regular toilet with a lid. This appliance had buttons! Being a gadget freak, I was curious to figure out what they did, and so I sat on the lid and did my business.

Good thing I took Japanese when I went to college, and so looking at the icons and the characters, I was able to figure out the functions of each button.

I then clicked the spray button. Whoa dude! The toilet is spraying me! Another click, woo, it’s now drying my ass! What the, the lid is warming my bottom!

This is pretty awesome! All I needed now was to have my back massaged and I could have sat on that toilet for hours, now if there was an LCD television hooked up to Cable and a fridge nearby, oh man. I could only dream right?

That was my initiation to the world of a Japanese washlet. What’s that? A washlet is just a toilet seat that can be placed on top of any toilet and has all that stuff I mentioned and more depending on how much you want to spend. Once you get used to the amenities, it just feels right and heats you up in the morning, noon or night.

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The fancier models even let you adjust the water temperature and water pressure, a multi button remote for all your cleaning needs, a jet of warm air to clean you up and for those embarrassed of that odor smell, some Toto washlets have an automatic air purifier!

For those who dislike opening the lid, there are automatic toilet lids so you never will have to touch it again! Did I mention heated seats? I hate it when I sit down on a toilet lid and it’s cold to my bum. This is where heated toilet lids come to the rescue in the morning!

Well, this is a Japanese company that focuses on manufacturing high quality bathroom fixtures like toilets and washlets. They have branched out to the United States and offer a wide range of bathroom fixtures including toilets, washlets, bidets, baths, faucets, urinals and a mix of accessories. Toto has a manufacturing plant in Morrow, Georgia and more information can be found at the company’s website - http://www.totousa.com/

To understand more about washlets, check out this site developed by Toto to educate people on what is a washlet and how it can improve our lives. The catch phrase here is that “clean is happy!” http://www.washlet.com/ If you are interested in trying or buying one of the models, click on the “buy/try” option and type in your zip code. You’ll get a list of nearby dealers selling washlets.

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Take a look at Toto’s specifications of its latest washlet –

The new S400 offers the following features:

• Auto Flush Activated by Sensors or the Simple Touch of a Button
• Automatic Open / Close Lid Activated by Sensors, or the Simple Touch of a Button on the Remote Control
• Gentle Aerated Warm Water
• Front and Rear Washing
• Massage Feature
• Warm Air Drying with Variable Three-Temperature Setting
• Automatic Air Purifier
• Heated Seat with Temperature Control
• Convenient Wireless Remote Control with Large LCD Panel
• Docking Station for Easy Cleaning & Installation
• Cleaner, Sleeker Look
• Reinforced Base Plate for Enhanced Durability

For more information, here’s a link to the product page for the S400, http://www.totousa.com/Default.aspx?tabid=113

What is the cost for this modern technological tour de force? Doing a quick search online, the price is a bit more than $1,000 just for the washlet. Most of the sites I saw had the S400 in combination with a toilet and that made the price between $1,500 to more than $2,000.

On Toto’s site, the description says that the S400 has been designed to fit exclusively with select TOTO toilets. So make sure you don’t get ripped off and be given a toilet from another manufacturer when ordering the combo!

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The least expensive unit is the C100 followed by a more expensive E200 and the second most expensive unit, the S300.

Individual product pages including descriptions, model numbers and pictures for each of the washlets:

C100 http://www.totousa.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110

E200 http://www.totousa.com/Default.aspx?tabid=111

S300 http://www.totousa.com/Default.aspx?tabid=112

Here’s a comparison chart of the different Toto washlets that are available:

http://www.totousa.com/washlet_chart.asp

My advice is that if you want to be a king or a queen of your own household, you need a throne baby! Many people dream of having one, but now you can own one and have your personal throne that warms you up, cleans your bottom, and purifies the air with a nice sweet scent, all from the touch of a button! Who loves you baby? Toto that’s who!

I got carried away there with the one-liners, but once I get the money, I’m there at the Toto dealer or most like Amazon!