6 Best Bidets of 2026: Toto, Brondell, More, All Tested in My Bathroom

Moments of significance can separate our lives into a “before” and “after.” For me, one such example is life before I introduced a bidet into my home, and then every moment that’s come since. Now I cannot imagine life without a bidet toilet seat, and I mourn the absence of the innovation on every business trip I take or any other reason that keeps me from my personal bathroom. (When it gets to the point where you’re installing a bidet in the guest bathroom at your in-laws’ house, you know something existential has shifted.) These devices have changed my life, and for the better. Though bidets date back to 18th-century France, and bidet seat attachments have been popular for decades in Japan, the fixture may still be new to many Americans. However, bidets are finally growing in popularity stateside as an increasing number of folks realize that our standard-issue bathroom habits are sort of, well, gross. A bidet’s pressurized water is highly preferable to simply smearing oneself over and over again with wadded clumps of paper. It was my honor—seriously—to test the latest bidet-industry innovations, including a simple toilet seat add-on and an all-new modern masterpiece of all-in-one toilet technology. Call it a modern marvel, call it “buttmaxxing”—whatever you call it, count me in (especially if the bidet in question includes advanced features like a heated seat and precision oscillation). Looking for more ideas to boost your bathroom performance? Check out our guides to the best shower water filters, best electric toothbrushes, and best eco-friendly cleaning products. Updated July 2026: We've added the Kohler Veil One-Piece and PureWash E930 Set and ensured up-to-date links and prices. For functionality, simplicity, and effectiveness, the Brondell Swash 1400 is best-in-class, offering everything a novice bidet enthusiast could possibly desire, and at an attractive price point, no less. I found the Swash to perform its functions perfectly: a warmed seat, an adjustable nozzle, a persistent but not invasive flow rate, and an effective deodorizing option. The simple design is approachable, and the included remote control is intuitive to use from the very first go. You can program two users, which is nice for those who have particular preferences. The Swash’s drying capability is also prompt and effective. Put plainly, the Swash is so comfortable and inviting that after I finished testing bidets for this feature, it’s the one I reinstalled for personal use. The S7A is the flagship model from Toto, the Japanese bidet maker that invented the bidet seat attachment. You could easily mistake the S7A for a regular toilet seat—at least until the lid lifts and the night-light clicks on, when the device senses your presence in the bathroom. The controls work in the same intuitive way as other Toto washlets, with buttons to adjust the position, intensity, and angle of the sprayer. There is also a button to make the spray oscillate. The slim, 4-inch remote allows preprogramming for four people. If there's any weak point on the S7A—and this bidet is nearly perfect—it's that the drying fan seems a little weaker than on the previous model (the S550e), perhaps due to design compromises made when shaving down the height. With the S7A, Toto also improved what was already a great system for pre-misting the bowl to lessen the required cleaning. The bidet uses the company's system for making electrolyzed water (called Ewater+), which uses a mild electrical charge to turn the chloride in municipal tap water into a slightly alkaline substance that is an effective cleaner. It's a wildly effective tool; when I swapped a Toto that uses Ewater+ for another bidet in my testing, I was amazed at the difference. You could likely get away with not scrubbing this bowl for months at a time—not the case for other manufacturers. If you've got the money for the best bidet on the market right now, the S7A is a great buy. Given Toto's impressive track record of reliability (I had my previous washlet for a decade), it's a solid investment. —Martin Cizmar While some want a comfortable, gentle cleanse from their bidet, others prefer a more strident approach. A friend put me on to the Bio Bidet BB-2000, which is ranked highest in terms of—gulp—“enema function,” or the bidet’s ability to essentially hydro flush one’s backend with sheer water-pressure strength. The BB-2000 seat features Bio Bidet’s patented vortex wash technology, which shoots a corkscrew-helix stream of warm water with sniperlike accuracy at the target in question. Engaged at full pressure, the BB-2000 offers quite frankly astonishing deep-cleaning ability—and perhaps may even aid with constipation. In addition to packing unmatched water pressure, the BB-2000 leaves no luxury feature behind: You’ll get a warmer, a dryer, an adjustable nozzle, a night-light, a deodorizer, and an auto-raising seat lid. It’s a comfortable seat, though there was a slight learning curve with the remote. Is the BB-2000 for everyone? No. But if you want thoroughness and intensity from your bidet, you’ve met your match. Until I met the Toto Aurora Washlet+ S7A with Integravity System, I considered toilets as nodes of function: dependable, sure, but hardly exciting, and not the sort of thing you’d consider a prized possession. That’s all since changed. The Aurora is sleek, stylish, whisper-quiet, and fully integrated with technological capabilities. It integrates seamlessly with Toto’s S7A bidet, providing automatic seat lifting and lowering and auto-flush. When paired together, these functions let you use your toilet without ever touching a button. I found the nozzle, heated seat, air-dry, and oscillation capabilities to be outstanding. You can also pair oscillation with a pulse action on the S7A for a noticeably more thorough experience. But like a cosmic star or a great work of art, the Aurora’s birth was not without chaos. Installing this toilet in my house, which has old pipes, required me to hire a plumber, get specific parts (I needed a 10-inch rough-in, not the standard 12-inch), and install a new electrical outlet (to be fair, I would have needed to do this for any electric bidet in my upstairs bathroom). But the hassle was worth it. My plumber called this the widest toilet he’d ever seen, yet it’s also contoured to fit into narrow spaces. The bowl appears small upon first glance, but it’s all you need thanks to the innovative Integravity System, which cleans and refreshes the toilet each time you flush. Toto calls this “dual phase cleaning,” which uses the time between flushing and rinsing to ensure the bowl sparkles after every use. It also only uses one gallon of water per flush, which is well below the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard of 1.6 gallons per flush. Ultimately, the price of this toilet is high, and you’ll likely want professional help to install it—but I’d still say it’s worth the cost and effort. The Kohler PureWash E930 is a very direct competitor to the Toto S7a above. I've used both, and both are great. There are two reasons to prefer Kohler's all-in-one option, which is attached to the Veil toilet base and uses an extra-tall tank to fit a modern elongated bowl into the same space as an old standard toilet would take. The first is that by using a small cut-out in the toilet, Kohler has managed to make room to hide the cord and water hose completely from the top of the tank. The second is the UV sanitization of the wand, which adds peace of mind, especially for women. This bidet is ultra-slim and hardly noticeable. There's an effective night-light for late-night trips to the toilet. The controls are intuitive and have all the adjustments you expect, plus the crucial auto-open of the seat cover and seat. That feature could end a lot of domestic disputes and is important to people like me who have, after a decade of bidet ownership, developed a borderline phobia of touching toilet seats with our bare hands. There's also an app, and while it duplicates the controls you have on the standard remote, it can be faster for setting up the two available user profiles. —Martin Cizmar After a decade of happily using Toto washlets, I was pleasantly surprised to love this bidet Kohler. The PureWash E820 (formerly known as the C3455) looks sleek and is several hundred bucks cheaper than Totos, and it has many of the same extra features, including backup buttons on the seat itself and a UV sanitization light, which doubles as a game changer for using the bathroom in the wee hours. The sprayer and dryer work well and will leave you feeling fresh and clean after use. The seat is comfortable and sturdy, and the minimalist design with almost no branding allows it to blend in anywhere. Installation is easy, and some may find the included stainless steel splitter you use to attach the bidet and toilet to your water supply more trustworthy than the plastic splitters included with the Toto. There are some negatives. For starters, the controls aren't intuitive. There are five water settings controlled by one button—I could never tell whether I was making the water hotter or cooler. The placement of the hose and power plug in the middle of the right side of the seat instead of the back is also awkward, and the magnet on the remote isn't strong, so you may worry about it falling off. —Martin Cizmar Former WIRED commerce director Martin Cizmar replaced the old-fashioned round toilet in his 80-year-old house with a modern elongated one when he started testing bidets. In order to fit a longer seat in the same space, he ended up with a taller tank that sits snug to the wall. If you're installing an elongated toilet in an older home, chances are you will be making the same decision. And if you are, please save yourself hours of headache by buying this short hose extension by Anjoes. You probably need to order it on Amazon because if your local hardware stores are anything like his, they don't have this simple hose in the right size for a bidet. The THU9090R hose has male and female ends of the same size. It screws onto the inflow valve coming out of the bottom of your toilet tank and offers the same connection 8 inches away, giving you some space to maneuver when connecting the T-shaped splitter that will divert water to your bidet seat. I'll continue to test more bidets as they find their way into my bathroom, but not every one of them deserves a spot above. Given the current competition, these don’t quite make the grade. Brondell Swash SE400 for $280: I liked but did not love the Brondell Swash SE400, which is Brondell’s entry-level unit. The side-arm control felt uncomfortably placed, and compared to the recommended Brondell Swash 1400, this unit didn’t feel as luxurious or intuitive to use. It was, however, easy to install, and the jet stream of warm water did the trick. If you’re looking for an option in the $200 range, this would be a fine choice. Brondell Swash Thinline T22 for $650: This is the thinnest of Brondell’s products and was designed for light commercial or public use. If you’re looking to add a bidet to your office, bar, or restaurant (a fine choice that suggests care and luxury), this is a great option. But for home, I didn’t feel it resulted in a better or more attenuated experience. Toto Washlet G5A for $2,699: The Toto Washlet G5 is undeniably luxe. The seat is nice and warm, I’ve never had to press the flush button because it automatically does the job (and never when I’m still in the seat), and it opens automatically when I walk in front of it. You can adjust the strength of the water jet, move its position, and even customize the temperature. Better yet, you can set user profiles so that you don’t have to make all these adjustments for each use (I did have to ask Toto for clarification on how to assign these because the manual wasn’t all that clear: choose your settings, then press and hold the User icon for five seconds.) It’s easy to clean (

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