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Toto Low-Flow Toilet

Bob Vila meets with Lenora Campos from Toto USA, the largest toilet manufacturer in the world and a leader in water technology. Several years before the U.S.-mandated introduction of 1.6 gallon toilets, Japanese companies were perfecting the their use. Toto�s latest introduction is the dual flush Neorest 600. A tankless toilet with a built-in warm-water washing unit, the Neorest 600 has the ability to sense when only liquid waste has been deposited, and uses an even further reduced 1.2 gallons flush. The washing feature is similar in function to a bidet. The aerated, massaging water stream cleans with either a front- or rear-facing spray, and a deodorizing air dryer automatically removes the water. All the features of the toilet, including the raising and lowering of the lid, can be controlled by a handheld or wall mounted remote control.
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" I don't know I thought I take Toyota."

" Absolutely fabulous isn't it from the Japanese yes from Toto and they have led the way in this kind of technology for personal hygiene for the last ten or twenty years exactly exactly."

" This is day integrated toilet and lastly is features so it's the first example and aware product now is this the type of product that's very common in Japan. Yes actually washlet products personal cleansing systems are more commonplace and then not what. So they're -- 60% of households in heat in Japan have."

" Any washlet more houses have a high tech washlet toilet which means people don't use tissue paper then they do -- grew out its threat. -- that's hardly tell us how it works."

" OK and I and -- aware -- so that it's going to interact with the individuals so it's emitting it's a sensor operated product kids."

" Other difference between a man coming to the presence of the year."

" Certainly yes it certainly can't -- hit this button on the remote."

" Those as you can see the latest dancing bit and then what about the meeting the requirements for -- image and water conservation. "

" Winning that -- it recognizes that the individual using it will be. It'll be liquid waste -- And it will. Plus at one point two gallons per flashed -- Four point 4000 lower UN mandated one point six and getting. And work his water conservation flush right."

" So this we always do you want which is gonna do it solid waste that uses the one point 66 at Andy this is or a tankless toilet right."

" Our network -- coming straight up the -- system in the back of the toilet it will flush automatically. Are you can use the remote here to flush it. This is an example of the cyclone flush. If you can see out the back in this. It's swirling around the week. -- if it's building up speed and it's rotating around what we call the cyclone action on them and this evening and then that would become a nation a psychotic flux it pulls the waste out and you can't -- an absolutely clean bowl with the one point six gallons per flush every time. But what about the -- personal. Hygiene part of it washlet feature. How does that work but this is the last -- questions. Way through this this small component. Comes Powell and it's essentially a nozzle that sprays -- right. Right as for Curtis as a contact conceptual frame you we talked about a half of the day but it we've we've really -- taken the day moving it into the 21 century. So as you can easy -- washlet wand washes itself with a stream of water before it emits it moves out. Into the bowl can be kind of shocking is it warm water you control the water temperature. It's a heated seats to control the heat temperature. You control. The dryer is probably don't want to see exactly you'll have addressed type suits drank tackle immediately emits warm air correct. So you can it will watch front and rear cleanse you can have a rear soft plan and we'll do a front cleanse as well. So you control the direction of the spray you control the heat of the spray its various water. And then you can also control the massage function it was -- isolating or pulsating massage. Then it will also. You can extend the wand during a cleaning phase which would make it easy to maintain. Fabulous."

" I understand they're continually developing new features in Japan but certainly this is. The latest that we've seen in America thanks for -- thank -- up."

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