This is a review of the S7 contemporary style.
Included with the bidet seat is the instruction manual (3 languages), an install manual, the remote with batteries and mounting hard for the remote, the mounting hardware for the seat, an instructional diagram for the remote, and the T-connector. I found the install manual not very helpful and instead watched a video online.
Installation was fairly easy though, especially after watching the instructional video online. It literally took about five minutes to install.
I have been wanting a bidet seat ever since a trip to Japan and getting “surprised” when I sat on one in a Japanese hotel. It was admittedly a shock at first, but I quickly saw the value of having one. My first obstacle of course is that most homes are not set up for electricity in the toilet area. This was the issue in my home until I had an outlet added into the area that would allow for me to add one.
I settled on the Toto mainly because of the reputation and reliability of the brand. After all, they did invent these decades ago. I also wanted a bidet with features that allowed flexibility for multiple users, male and feature, and adjustable features allowing for different comfort settings.
This has a great number of features. You can adjust the water pressure, the water temperature, the seat temperature, the nozzle location, the type of spray, the location of the spray and a number of other things. This doesn’t have the open/close feature, which is cool, but to me, not worth the price difference of the S7A. Like the S7A, this also is compatible with an auto flush feature, which also wasn’t necessary for me, but might be beneficial for families with young children.
The remote is ok, but could be organized better and I really don’t understand why this would not have an LED display to make this simpler to use with less buttons. This is the first remote I have seen with buttons on the front and back, which can be a bit confusing.
The other big complaint is that this bidet seat is expensive, excessively so, in my opinion, especially considering this only has a one-year warranty. There are cheaper, less known brands that have better warranties, so it is shocking that the leader in bidets have the worst warranty. My biggest fear in getting a lesser-known brands was the unknown in how reliable they were and whether they would back their warranties.
It has taken me a few uses to get used to using the bidet seat, but for the most part, I like it and I wouldn’t go back. Yes, it will save some paper, probably not as much as you think, but it does. It is helpful at keeping you clean and hygienic, which is the most important thing to me. It does take some tinkering to find the best individual settings that work best for you in terms of pressure, temperature and how the water sprays. According to the lady of the house. the rear clean works better than the front clean and the front clean needs quite a bit of tinkering and adjusting to get an adequate spray in the right location. The air dryer works but again works better for rear than the front.
This does use a bit of electricity, although it has a power save mode that could be a bit more feature rich. I typically power mine off at certain times that I know I am not going to use it, such as when I am sleeping to save power, although you could do power save as well.
I also got this model because it is low profile. I cannot tell that I sitting on a bidet seat versus a regular one. There is very little angle on the seat, which is great to me. Some bidet seats have an angle that can feel strange or even uncomfortable to some people.
Hopefully, this seat will hold up long term as this is a steep investment for a bidet seat. The cost, lack of a long warranty, and a remote that is a bit overly complicated keep this from being 5 stars
4 stars
