Why You Need to Try a High-Tech Japanese Toilet

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Publicado 2019-04-23
Once you use a toilet with a heated seat that washes and dries your tushy automatically, you can never go back. In Japan, about 80% of Japanese homes have electronic toilets, and it’s easy to see why.

Lifehacker staff writer Nick Douglas ventured to Tokyo to learn what it took for Japan to accept high-tech toilets into their homes—and what it’ll take for Americans to do the same.

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  • @Calmdown1354
    First crap back in the UK after visiting Japan I felt like a caveman! We literally used the toilet at every opportunity over there. The holiday was awesome but the toilets were definitely our fondest memories 😁
  • @PeterEhik
    Watching this while sitting on my offline toilet
  • @ClarkPotter
    Have been to Japan. Can confirm. The ascendant joy of use conveyed in this video is not overstated an iota.
  • @getaasciesh1
    It is hard to describe the feeling you get when you seat down on this toilet. You will be surprised every time. When in Japan, I sat down even when I had to just pee just because of the warmth and feel good.
  • 1. How do you wipe. 2. Who else is here after watching the latest episode of South Park?
  • @NarendranAshok
    Japan is truly ahead of the rest of the world in increasing human convenience through technology. God bless Japan.
  • @HYNKZL
    With the toilet paper shortage bring them to North America.
  • @htasul
    I'm always envious of these. It seems like such a stupid thing that they aren't everywhere in the western world.
  • @paranoidhumanoid
    I find the most amazing tech about these Washlets is the deodorizer. The filter actually dampens the foul odors and it dissipates in seconds. The newer models don't begin extraction until after you get up, but you can manually hit the deodorize button while seated and it eliminates all the nasty gases and odors in a snap. This is a must for a house with multiple tenants.
  • @DaveTexas
    I can confirm that these Toto toilets are life-changing. They are simply amazing. My main goal in life right now is to be able to install one of the high-end Toto toilet in my home. They’re too pricey for me now, but I’m hoping to be able to afford one at some point. Maybe if they catch on in the U.S. the prices will come down.
  • Just don‘t tell everyone else how great it is. I heard there was a kid two years ago writing about this in the school newspaper.
  • @Cugastratos
    I'm in Japan in a hotel with these kinds of toilets... I have ascended beyond our barbaric excuse of a...bathroom in my home country (the US). I laugh at Donald Trump bragging about a golden toilet, that isn't luxury! Having a Japanese toilet is vastly more luxurious!
  • @divineray7822
    I'm an Indian. I have a bidet and a handshower both for rear and front respectively. It's not hi-tech like seat heating etc . I'll never understand how just wiping could make it clean. It surely works for a large populace but water is a must in India.