The Portable Japanese Bidet
There are many things most of would not think of leaving home without: a wallet, credit card, lipstick, driver’s license, etc. But how many of us would have second thoughts about leaving our toilets at home?
It would seem that in Japan this problem does sometimes occur. Enter a company named Toto, who invented a portable washlet device that allows users to clean themselves at any given place and/or time of the day in places heretofore considered unapproachable in public!
This innovative Japanese company Japan focuses on manufacturing high quality bathroom fixtures, like toilets and washlets. They have branched out to the United States and offer a wide range of bathroom fixtures including toilets, washlets, bidets, baths, faucets, urinals and a mix of accessories.
The device is more like a private portable bidet gone hopelessly and publicly amuck. The water-spray is meant for cleaning behinds whenever a toilet does not offer that feature. Fill the washlet with water, stand back (maybe not) and it will do the rest whenever you feel so disposed.
The washlet costs about US $100 and has been available for some time although it is not heavily advertised. Its components are a 180 milli-litter container and a battery that will spray non-stop for 23 seconds.
The convenience of this gadget is obvious but at the same time a bit off color. It may become so popular that future luggage companies will allow a compartment in valises to store this portable bidet.
We al have our needs and bodily functions, but to carry this around seems akin to carrying eating utensils in your hair and/or napkins in your ears fortified with a toothbrush and paste under one arm.
Oh well.
Here’s to the old bidet tradition (which translates from the old French word for pony, by the way) and cleanliness, which always has its rightful place in every culture under the sun.
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By MDeeDubroff on 13-01-2011
