# Combination Bidet/hot air dryer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 2, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907 "2000-08-02T23:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TFH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@TFH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TFH)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907/1 "2000-08-02T23:16:27Z")
Oddly enough, CyberSybar, yes “you can get one with a combination hot air dryer”. A moment’s research on the web informs us of the “Intimist”, a Panasonic Matsushita product: [http://www.mindspring.com/~amotoi/](http://www.mindspring.com/~amotoi/) -TFH ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907/2 "2000-08-03T02:42:19Z")
[How do you use a bidet?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbidet.html) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907/3 "2000-08-03T02:43:51Z")
Hey, my parents in Japan has one of those multifunction toilets at home. It has a dual-position bidet nozzle, heated seat and of course a hot air dryer. It also has an infrared sensor which activates a deodorizer (probably a negative-ion generator) when you sit down. Best of all, it has an infrared remote! This allows you to mount the control in front of you without any unsightly wires running to the control. The newer models have a “WonderWave” feature, which is a bidet nozzle that squirts 70 pulses of water per second instead of a continuous stream. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907/4 "2000-08-03T04:21:35Z")
> [@](#): > > This allows you to mount the control in front of you Unfortunate choice of words. ---
**Author:** ![KeithB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@KeithB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithB)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907/5 "2000-08-03T17:25:45Z")
I was afraid of the toilet in my hotel room at the New Otani in Tokyo. It had all kinds of buttons and lights with strange little icons. I am sure it had a bidet, dryer and who knows what else attached. ---
**Author:** ![brucemarnold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@brucemarnold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brucemarnold)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907/6 "2000-08-03T18:09:11Z")
Yes, in fact, you can get them with dryers. Toto, the largest manufacturer of toilets in Japan offers many models with air dryers. They are fairly common in private residences in Japan. They do have a U.S. presence now. > **[TotoUSA.com - Home](https://www.totousa.com/)** > > Home Although the product line does not appear to be as complete as it would be in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![brucemarnold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@brucemarnold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brucemarnold)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-bidet-hot-air-dryer/27907/7 "2000-08-03T18:10:50Z")
Here is their Japanese homepage, you can view the pictures without IME or other Japanese character reader installed > **[TOTOのトイレ：TOTO](https://jp.toto.com/products/toilet/index.htm)** > > TOTOのトイレの商品情報。4.8L洗浄に加え3.8L洗浄を実現した節水型トイレや温水洗浄便座ウォシュレット、目に見えない汚れをきれいにする「きれい除菌水」など、清潔とエコに配慮。様々なリフォームや新築に対応した商品を揃えております。