Our new bidet

 One of the features of our older house (well older for the west coast of Canada anyway) that was built in 1933 is the split bathroom/toilet room. The toilet room contains only the toilet, the sink being in with the bath next door. Both rooms have doors, so if you want privacy and close the door, it is not possible to wash your hands after using the toilet before leaving the room touching the door knob - not an ideal situation.

My brother recently installed a fancy electric toilet seat by Toto, which provides a heated seat, an adjustable bidet wash for front and backsides with oscillating option, and even an air dryer to finish off the job. We were tempted to follow suit but it did seem a bit excessive (price in Canada is over $500 in most stores) and while searching for competitors we came across a much simpler option without the bells and whistles.

For around $50 (Canadian) we found what appears to be a well made 'ambient temperature' (aka cold) water unit that is fitted under your toilet seat and then plumbed into the toilet tank inlet via a provided 'T' fitting. The installation was simple and the quality of the fittings including the provided hose appears to be good. 

Biobidet fitted showing the pressure adjustment knob and valve and the nozzle unit. The actual nozzle drops down out of this unit when you open the valve.

The bidet works well in practise although because we are the first house on the Duncan water system, our 'ambient' water can be very cold even in the summer. If you have ever had an ice cream headache you can probably picture what I mean - ony transposed to a lower region of your body. One does get used to it and it is very nice to cut down on toilet paper and get really clean in a hands free way. However the heated seat and warm bidet wash of the Toto seat would certainly make trips to the bathroom more pleasurable!

Close up of the control unit - there are clicks for each position so you get feedback even if not looking at the dial.  

We found with our water pressure that the dial turned three clicks is about right and going to 4 gives a similar pressure but sprays a wider area. Going from 4 to 5 makes no difference. We bought our unit at Home Depot (online only order) but they can also be had on Amazon for a similar price. Do not test the unit without someone sitting on the seat. The pressurized jet soaked Rani and reached halfway down the hall when I did so.