High choose
The C5 has the entire options you’d need in a bidet seat. And this mannequin’s intuitive controls make it simpler to dial in or disable these options, in accordance with your preferences.
In spite of everything of our analysis and testing of practically 30 bidet seats, the Toto Washlet C5 proved to be the most effective. It presents the entire choices for customizing the bidet expertise with out many pointless extras. The place it actually stands aside is its smooth, intuitive distant, which friends and kids have been in a position to make use of with ease. In contrast to most bidets we checked out, the C5 helps you to simply disable undesirable options (we’re you, computerized pre-rinse) or flip them again on, primarily based in your private preferences. The C5 obtained essentially the most optimistic suggestions from our testers. (We examined an elongated model; there’s additionally a spherical mannequin.)
The C5 includes a totally customizable stream of water. The spray might be as mild—or as robust, if that’s your desire—as that of pricier fashions, and it might probably simply be directed to hit the correct space. And by way of cleansing, this mannequin was simply as efficient as each different bidet we examined. There are alternatives for a pulsating or a back-and-forth stream (you possibly can even do each directly), which additional varies the texture of the water and might make the stream much less intense than a direct one. You may dial within the stream, stress, and site, amongst different customizable choices, and if you happen to discover the right mixture, you possibly can program it as a one-button preset.
The water will get as much as a snug 97 levels Fahrenheit on the best of its three settings. The water stream begins up a number of seconds after you press the button; that is on a par with the startup time of most bidets, and it’s significantly shorter than on some fashions. Nevertheless, the tank of scorching water can run out if you happen to use the bidet for for much longer than a minute or a number of occasions inside a interval of 10 minutes. If this does occur, the temp fades to chill, so it’s not an abrupt or uncomfortable transition. In reality, for us, the temperature change typically served as a “you’re most likely completed right here” reminder.
Of the bidets we examined, the C5 clearly had the most effective distant, and it’s what actually units this mannequin aside. The C5’s distant has controls on each the entrance and the again. The entrance has the whole lot you want on a day-to-day foundation—activate the wash, change the water stress, transfer the nozzle, activate the pulsating or oscillating stream, and activate the dryer. There are additionally buttons that activate the 2 person presets. The long-term settings are positioned on the again of the distant. Issues like seat and water temp are managed right here with an intuitive graphic interface, and it’s right here which you could additionally (fortunately) disable any options you discover annoying. We disabled the pre-mist and the auto fan. We additionally muted the distant, which in any other case beeps once you press a button.
The stress management and spray positioning are significantly good. One of the best fashions, together with the C5, are adjusted by way of a +/- scale, which merely goes up and down. This is much better than one other widespread format: a single button that forces you to cycle by means of your complete vary to get the place you need to be. On these fashions, if you happen to’re simply attempting to get a decrease water stress, you must cycle by means of the total vary, typically (shortly) bypassing the best stress the bidet presents—normally a Waterpik-like beam. The easy up-and-down change makes this much more nice.
Like many of the bidet attachments we examined, the C5 has default energy-saving options. If the bathroom isn’t getting used continuously, the bidet lowers the seat temperature. If the bathroom shouldn’t be getting used in any respect for an prolonged time period, it shuts off the seat warmth and heat water. You may enable the seat to automate these energy-saving modes primarily based in your utilization, or you possibly can set them on a timer.
It’s suitable with Toto bogs. Some Toto bogs, just like the Drake that we recommend, can be found with washlet integration. It is a gap within the rear of the bowl, behind the seat, that can be utilized to route the water and electrical connection in a really discreet approach. It’s a pleasant contact and works to take the sting out of the widely clunky look of a bidet seat.
Flaws however not dealbreakers
The C5 has no onboard controls. Most bidets that use a distant management even have a really fundamental set of buttons on the aspect of the unit. So if one thing occurs to the distant—it will get broken, it will get dropped in the bathroom, or the batteries run out—the bidet can nonetheless have some perform. The Toto C5 lacks this characteristic, so the distant’s well-being is essential for the seat to function. We advocate screwing the distant holder to the wall and never counting on the included double-sided tape (which failed on us after a few yr of use).
The C5 lacks some options discovered on different bidets. The C5 retains issues fundamental, which is what results in the uncluttered distant. However this implies there are a selection of different helpful-yet-not-essential options which are lacking. Some fashions add further variations to the water stream or have settings particularly for youths and even useful auto cycles that run the wash and the dryer with the contact of a single button. The streamlined nature of the C5 is what permits for the success of the distant. However if you happen to’d choose a more-feature-rich mannequin in an identical worth vary, we advocate the Brondell Swash LE99.
The C5 suffers from the drawbacks of all bidet seats. This implies lowered gap dimension, a reshaped bathroom seat, a principally ineffective dryer, and a pretty big and hulking look. These are simply par for the course with bidets. In case you’re significantly frightened in regards to the cumbersome aesthetics of the C5, we advocate the Brondell Swash Thinline T44.
