Clean Sense dib-1500R Bidet Toilet Seat for Elongated Toilets

For those who have lived in countries where bidet are used instead of (or before) toilet paper, you'll love this; for all others, you'll learn to love this (particularly if you have young children, are elderly, or have some other issue(s) that make toilet paper expensive, messy, and inadequate). I leave the other reviews to convince you that bidets are great; I'd like to focus on a few things.First: Brondell BioClean 1000 v. Clean Sense dib-1500R:We own the Clean Sense, but my sister owns the Brondell, so I'd like to help out anyone who is looking at both.* The Brondell remote has no screen -- it uses color codes on each button. The Clean Sense has the buttons, but relies on a screen to tell you the current settings, what's on, the time, etc. I have issues seeing color and the Brondell's little tiny lights on each button are too close to each other for me to tell the difference. If you want or need a clear output method, Clean Sense is better and doesn't require you to memorize what each color for each button means.* Both have "memory" and neither lets you lock the settings so that your kids who can't read well don't change things to crazy settings (although Clean Sense in "Child Mode" does limit some of the settings that the child can hit).* The Clean Sense has finer grained control over things like flow rate. Also, the lowest flow setting on the Brondell is still pretty strong and, honestly, a bit abrasive/too strong. The Brondell's lowest flow rate setting is more like the Clean Sense's level 3 intensity, which actually hurts me (so I could not have a Brondell in my house).* Both offer things like a heated seat, deoderizer, etc. There doesn't seem to be a feature in the Brondell that isn't in the Clean Sense.* I do prefer the Brondell's anchor -- the Clean Sense can wiggle around, going slightly ajar, something I've never noticed on the Brondell. What I mean is the part that connects the bidget to it's plastic base (which connects to the toilet). The Clean Sense can move, in the front, left to right a bit, which has always made me afraid that it will eventually break off. This is a minor thing, though.Overall, I find the Clean Sense easier to use (for my wife, children [all pre-teens], and myself), easier to learn, and faster to figure out if the settings are where you want and need them. The Clean Sense also is at a lower price-point and has the same features. I'd buy the Clean Sense over the Brondell.----Now, on to some other matters.Please remember that you will likely have to add an outlet (I'd recommend a tamper-proof gfci outlet), but don't let that scare you -- it's fairly easy to do in most cases and, if nothing else, an electrician should be able to do it for a pretty small amount of money. If you do add the outlet yourself, please remember that you should take into account if the tank or bowl overflows, the water shutoff valve at the toilet fails, any sinks, etc, and place the outlet in a safe place.Also, please remember that to clean the nozzle you have to press and hold the "wash" button on the bidet itself (on the right side, near the back, as you sit on it). A cotton swab should do the trick and you shouldn't have to do this often -- I've owned this for over a year and have only cleaned it once, and that was just because I hadn't had to and decided I should give it a go. You'll know you need to clean it if the spray is more widespread or weaker than it should be (a water filter, though, should make it so that you hardly ever have to clean it -- I have a water filter, which might be why I've never *actually* had to clean it).

I had purchased this same seat before about 7 years ago and grew to love it. It keeps you feeling nice and fresh all day. It has many features that are great such as heating in every mode if wanted and even has an enema feature which I've also used upon occasion. That works quite well and is not uncomfortable. The features are equal to or surpass those found in higher priced units. One day it just stopped working. I have a friendly helper who was unable to fix it so I needed a new seat. Last time I bought it it was from the company itself and they were no longer selling to the public so I went on a search and couldn't find it anywhere. Then one day it popped up on Amazon. Even though it was $100 more than I paid for it originally I desperately missed my bidet seat so took the plunge and bought it. It is just as good as my original seat and I'm so happy to have it back in my bathroom again! I'm clean and comfy again.

I have to confess that I would never have bought a bidet if our new home hadn't had one. It probably took me a month to try it out and we've been inseparable ever since. I explained it to my brother like this, if you were in the park and fell on a dog mess that got smeared all over your arm, would you just wipe it off with a paper towel or would you go find some water? Guys with hairy bottoms need a bidet. I bought the same one to install in our master suite when we replaced the toilet. I especially like the fact that the remote is mounted on the wall vs. on the seat where it couldn't help but get caught in the periodic crossfires.Another thing I like is the availability of replacement parts. Like I said this was in our home when we bought it and a part broke inside (I have no idea how old it was but we'd owned the house for two years). I was heartbroken and ordered this to replace it. After taking it apart and doing an online search I was able to find the broken part for $10 and now we have two of these in our home.

We were on vacation and our hotel room had one of these installed. It will bring cleanliness to the next level. The product itself is high-tech. It has memory setting for 4 users as the position of the spray is different for different sized user. I am 200+ lbs, wife is 110 lbs and we have our own setting saved. It is very nice in the middle of winter to sit down on a warmed seat and the cleaning features is great, less paper used is better for septic tanks and for women's cleaning needs, it can't be beat. My wife hates to go into the shower a few times a day when that monthly visitor comes. She absolutely love this improvement on our bathroom.Installation is a breeze, it took 20 minutes to install and all plumbing hardware was included in the package to T off the waterline, the wall mounted (via double back tape) is battery powered and it came with Duracell batteries, nice touch on better quality batteries. The only thing left to worry about is the 110VAC required the 110VAC. Right now I have it powered via 25' extension cord just to make sure it works before I splice into our wall switch and install a 110VAC receptacle.We bought the elongated version and it does reduce the seat opening a bit. Still not a problem unless you are closer to 250-300 lbs when I imagine your "man parts" may not fit well within the opening of the seat perhaps. I did read elsewhere that this is a problem with the round opening version of this seat.We did use this style seat on vacation at our hotel so fit function was already confirmed before we buy and besides the 110VAC source, there is absolutely no issue for us with this product, this purchase. You can't go wrong and the quality build, the functionality and the programmable controller with user preset memory can't be beat. I akin this purchase to our Mercedes GL450 with its preset for us as drivers.