Great bidet toilet at a great price
I am not someone who ordinarily gives online reviews or recommendations. However given my experience with both this product and the company, I thought I would provide some feedback. By way of background, in our master bathroom we had an old two-piece conventional toilet to which we added a bidet seat approximately seven years ago. The bidet seat is fine. Basic wash functions and heated seat. The toilet is however aging. It already had undergone multiple repairs. It was time to replace the toilet, and the decision was made to go to a one piece bidet type system. After doing some research, it was clear that the name brands like Kohler and Toto had excellent reputations and features, but at upwards of $5000, really unaffordable. We wanted something more cost-effective with equal or better technology. After doing some online research, and watching numerous videos, we found the Horow T38. Certainly, the specs suggested excellent price-performance ratio. Reviews seemed generally excellent. I knew that one had to be very careful with dimensions and measurements. Not only the offset from the back wall to the center of the flange (ours was the usual 12”), but also the distance from center line to the angle stop and water line on the left, as well as the GFCI electrical outlet on the right. I reached out to the Horos customer support people by email. They responded immediately and were very timely with appropriate assistance, information, diagrams and drawings. Note that other buyers had equally commented on the excellent customer support. Purchasing from Amazon made sense, with free shipping as a Prime member, but also in my case they offered a Deluxe Delivery Service for a relatively small extra charge. The uniformed Amazon delivery team used a hand truck and brought the rather heavy (100 pounds) box to the spot I wanted near the bathroom. They uncrated the unit. They let me take time to inspect the unit and to take additional measurements to confirm that this would fit given my particular conditions. Had I had any concerns about the unit fitting my space, or if I just chose not to keep it, Amazon would have taken the unit back immediately without questioning for a full refund under the deluxe delivery plan. The unit looked fine. The delivery team would also have taken back all of the packaging and Styrofoam for re-processing; however, I chose to hang onto it for now. The T38 comes with all the necessary installation hardware, including a new toilet flange and wax seal if you need them. You will need hand tools and Teflon tape (see the installation instructions). There is also a nice template if you are unsure of exact positioning and dimensions. The installation instructions are reasonably good. If you have any familiarity with swapping out a toilet, there should be no problem. I would however suggest going to YouTube and seeking out Horos T38 videos, and watch them a few times to get a better feel for installation and handling. Also maybe download the installation manual from the Horos page, and read this through a couple of times. Given the weight of the toilet, you will want a second person to help. Note that the toilet mounts to the floor somewhat differently than a conventional toilet. Specifically, there are plastic brackets that attach to the flange bolts. The toilet is then lowered onto the seal and flange, and then you insert long threaded screws into holes in the sides of the toilet which tap into the plastic brackets. Note specifically that during installation, it might appear that the long screws that are provided are too short. However, if you angle the screws down towards the floor, you will engage the plastic brackets and then you can tighten up the screws to secure the toilet. OK, so how do we like the toilet? We actually love it. It has all of the features. Very high tech. Proximity sensing, automatic seat opening, with the front toe tap button to lift the seat for the husband, and keep the wife happy. Auto flush and seat/lid closure. Mood light and night light. UV sterilization. Since this low profile 1 piece toilet does not use a gravity flush system, the engineering is important. The T38 uses an electric pump driven system and also uses a suction system. Overall, the flush and bowl clearing is outstanding. Because the flush is electrically operated, in a power failure you will not be able to flush the toilet (unless your home has a standby generator or storage battery system). Therefore, I would strongly recommend that you purchase the optional back up battery pack, and install this before you install the toilet (easier to do upfront than later). Overall, a 5 star experience. Now we walk past other toilets in the house to seek out this one. It’s hard to go back to the old version. Time to maybe get an electrician to add an outlet next to another toilet and install another T38. Read more

















