Easy to use, budget friendly, but take time installing
The media could not be loaded. Perhaps purchasing this bidet would have most ideal during Covid-19 with toilet paper shortages and all, but I thought the time was right to give it a try now. I had thought about buying one before but was unsure of how much they cost and wasn’t sure of how much would be involved considering the involvement of do-it-yourself plumbing. I recently went on and saw this unit priced under $40.00, and felt comfortable settling on the Aresmata version because it looked minimal in design and advertised being easy to install. I have had this bidet for a week now, and the whole item shipped in a package about the size of a sheet of paper and maybe 3 inches thick - compact. I had seen online videos to see what to expect, and again, I liked that this design was minimal, as the size of the package demonstrated. There were literally two major components and about 5 mounting parts. The major parts of the bidet felt strong in hand and feel like ABS plastic. Having simple and few pieces I ended up underestimating on the installation process. Follow the manual to a T and I would highly advise using the packaged / included teflon tape. The issue I had was that although the connecting plumbing parts include in the Aresmata bidet are all metal, which was great, the existing plumbing I was attaching were all plastic, which was bad. Those parts didn’t seat straight at first and would dribble out water. After trying a few times, including having to reapply teflon tape twice on 2 separate parts, I got everything connected without leaking. With that behind me, the rest of the installation was simple, and I made sure to align the actual spraying part of the bidet as close to the center of the opening of the toilet as possible. I have included pictures of the connecting pieces. The distant connection is a T-stop where the existing water supply hose now connects, but use to connect straight to the underside of the toilet tank. The closer connecting hose, which is slightly blurry, is the bottom connection to the bidet’s controller. The bidets controller and its buttons are self explanatory, and at first glance seem like they may be powered in some way, but they are completely mechanical. There are basically 3 modes to chose from, all of which water pressure level can be adjusted for each, and all modes are either ‘on’ or ‘off’. The video I have includes a demonstration of all of the above listed modes. (I have added bubbles as I did not want to offend anyone with the hard water stains in the bowl.) This being my first bidet, I have found no need to use more water pressure than half. As you can see in the video, full power seems like it’d be too much. The first button follow "OFF" is feminine cleaning, and sprays further forward, and the last feature is a self cleaning feature for the nozzles. One thing I was concerned about was if the parts would stay clean from use. I will update this as I go, but the spray nozzles are hidden until use, which I feel will help keep them clean. Also, the nozzle part of the bidet is removable from the seat by simply unlocking, where it can be cleaned manually as needed. So far this bidet is has been great in its simplicity so far, and is sans anything fancy such as heated water. I plan to use it for many years to come and feel happy about the experience so far. I still do use toilet paper supplemental to using the bidet, but it is dramatically less that with toilet paper alone. Also, I feel I may have gotten lucky, but I would recommend trying to get the spray part of the bidet as close to the center of the bowl as possible because, for me, this ended up being the precise aim for the cleaning stream. No adjusting on my part in the seat required. One things I will say that I noticed not listed in the manual, and is completely understandable, is that they bidet will not have water pressure directly following a flush, at least until the tank is refilled. This should be expected since it is a manual device and this is reasonable by design. I would highly recommend this bidet for anyone wanting to try on out, and most likely save on toilet paper and get a better-than-paper alone clean. I will update this review after a few more weeks of use. Thank you for reading and I hope this helps. Ron Read more
