What’s a Smart Toilet?

Many people in America have never heard of a smart toilet.

However, in Japan, it’s a different story. In the early 1980s, electric bidets and smart toilets were introduced and became popular. Despite their success in Japan and other regions of the world, the smart toilet never became as popular in the United States.

What is a Smart Toilet?

Bidets today have many different amenities. In summary, they include features like heated toilet seats, electronic bidets, deodorizers, air dryers, and less water consumption on average.

In addition, all of these features are controllable using buttons connected to the toilet or through a wireless remote. Yes, you heard that right, a remote! Since their invention, they’ve undergone many innovations with many new additional features. 

Popularity of Smart Toilets in Japan

In fact, a recent study shows that bidets are installed in about 81% of Japanese households. These toilets aren’t only installed in homes. Additionally, a smart toilet is available in just about any public restroom throughout Japan. Although it is popular there, it’s not the same story in other countries.

This is what the remote handle looks like that is attached to the side of the toilets.
This is what the remote handle looks like that is attached to the side of the toilets.

Why Aren’t There Any in America?

Many of the companies that sell these smart toilets in Japan have been less successful in the U.S. Companies such as Toto, a manufacturing company of bidets, have struggled to sell in the American market.

In fact, there is little demand for smart toilets in the American market because of two reasons:

1. People doubting the efficiency of them.

2. The inability to change the habits they already have. It seems some people really don’t want to change the way they go to the bathroom.

However, even though the want or need for a smart toilet in America is low, they are still available. They are available for purchase throughout the U.S online and in some retail stores.

smart toilet - toilet settings

Are They Worth It?

Nevertheless, bidets have increased in popularity in recent years. Their share of the toilet market in Japan shows that there’s a potential for them to gain popularity in the United States.

They show to be hygienically superior to the standard Western toilet style. Here are some great benefits:

  • They gently aerate the water with oxygen. This delivers a gentler, more effective wash that is more than adequate to cleanse after using the bathroom.
  • Regular use of an in-house bidet provides a hygienic clean for all your private parts.
  • They make for a much more interesting trip to the bathroom.
is a bidet worth it - spray coming out of bidet toilet

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