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Since I was replacing the toilets anyhow, I decided to put a washet/bidet in one of them. I looked at the Toto, Alpha, Bio and Brondell units also, landed on the K300 SW3036, and am quite happy with the choice. The features I wanted were: * Remote control. Seriously, reaching beside and slightly behind you seems terribly inconvenient, while the remote can be mounted more conveniently, and you can look at the buttons more easily. * Pre-sets. What's right for me may not be right for other household members. * Slim-line or not too bulky. What you may not realize is, these units are BIG. The C200 series and competitors are tall... like around nine INCHES tall. * Tankless or "unlimited". I've heard complaints about running out of pre-warmed water. Not an issue if it's warmed on-the-fly. Plus the tankless are the slimmer models; it's often the tank that takes so much space. * Pre-Mist. The washlet pre-mists the toilet bowl, when you sit, to prevent biomass from sticking. Keeps it cleaner. Only Toto seems to offer this. Stuff you may have heard about, that I don't care about or do NOT want: - Dual wands. Brondell makes a big deal about this, but it means neither wand is centered. There are three nozzles on the K300, for two different sprays (wide and focused) on the rear and for a feminine front spray, all centered. (The distance is adjustable for all sprays.) - Metal wands. Again, Brondell makes a deal that they have medical-grade metal. Ummm.... most sterile stuff in a hospital is plastic. - Oscillating spray. The K300 has it; I just didn't (and still don't) care. Rock back and forth a bit instead, under your own control. - Drier. Most units have it, but it does take a long time to dry you. - Auto-Open. I have cats. History with soap dispensers, trash cans, etc suggest this would be a toy for endless cat amusement. There are other features it and almost all have - soft-close, status lights, cleaning mode, configurable positions, heated seat. So I selected the K300 because it's got my desires, is new (released 2018) and is from the leader in washlets. Installation is pretty simple - install as a toilet seat, use the T-adapter for the water line, plug in and insert batteries into remote. The T-Adapter is the hard part, as getting the washers to not leak and getting it into the tight space was tricky. This went onto a Toto UltraMax toilet, but it will fit pretty much any toilet taking standard elongated seats with a bit of room between the seat and tank. How is it? Nice and effective. The status lights provide a nice nighttime illumination that isn't blinding. I'm not sure how it does it, but the water starts warm. It sounds like maybe it sends a burst of unwarmed water a different direction initially. The seat does seem to have a smaller opening than a normal toilet seat, but that hasn't been a problem... it just looks different from what you might expect. A cheat sheet of models: The Toto A-line is the entry model line - no drier, premist, etc. The Toto C-line adds a few features including drier, premist, and use a tank for hot water. The A and C 100 have the controls on the seat; the A and C 200 have a remote. The K300 (this model) is slimmer, tankless instant unlimited hot water, remote with premist and a few more settings. Toto's high-end units are slimmer still (with the instant unlimited hot water) and add auto-open, nightlights, etc. Brondell's (also new) Swash SE600 is roughly equivalent to the Toto C200, with remote, tank but a steel wand, but no per-user settings. Brondell's Swash SE1400 is roughly the K300 - dual metal wands, nozzle sterilization (the Toto equivalent would be eWater+ electrolyzed water in the S-series)... and it hides the cords and hoses better than the Toto models. There are other Brondell units, but those would be the best near-picks. The Alpha JX is also roughly a K300 competitor, at a much lower price. Alpha doesn't have much presence in the market, and because it lacks a premist and my toilet is a Toto, I spent the extra for the K300. But what little reputation the JX has, is good. I eliminated the Bio Bidet line from contention because of too many reported quality problems from too many places.