On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 12:14:53 PM UTC-10, gtr wrote:
> On 2015-11-14 11:37:22 +0000, Cindy Hamilton said:
>
> > On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 7:19:51 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
> >
> >> We had the swing out arm type in Japan. Nothing perks you up faster
> >> than a shot of cold water on your bitties at 4am! That or you can
> >> stand up, turn around and turn the nossle down and wait 3-4 minutes for
> >> it to get warm then turn it off, turn the head back up, and sit down.
> >>
> >> It was ok in summer though.
> >
> > I
suppose if we had a bidet, I'd turn on the water at the sink when I
> > entered the bathroom, let it run while I was doing my thing, and
> > then it might be warm enough. I'd probably have to resort to the
> > tank-top copy of the Farmer's Almanac while I was waiting for the water
> > to arrive from the basement hot water tank to the 1st floor bathroom.
>
> Coming in late (probably a good thing) on this discussion. We've spent
> a lot of time in Japan over the past 12 years, and six weeks there last
> year. Most of that time using these Toho Washlets:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/p7cgkxc
>
> Last November when we returned we replaced both the toilets with Toho's
> with a Washlett B100 on them. (The article shows the S350e, not
> dramatically different.) These units store heated water inside them.
> So regardless of the distance to the water heater or season or
> whatever, the water used in the spray is warmed.

Toto makes toilets. Toho makes Godzilla movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QNoNh44pFI