WIRED updated its 2026 bidet buying guide in July, adding Kohler’s Veil One-Piece and PureWash E930 Set and refreshing prices and links across its recommendations. The list is aimed at Americans still catching up to a bathroom fixture that WIRED notes dates to 18th-century France and has been common in Japan for decades.
The mechanics are not mysterious, despite the premium-bathroom branding fog around them. A bidet uses pressurized water instead of relying only on toilet paper. The more expensive models add heated seats, adjustable nozzles, dryers, deodorizers, night-lights, remotes and user presets. Some also try to make the bowl less disgusting between cleanings, which is a noble use of electronics if there ever was one.
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The main picks
WIRED named the Brondell Swash 1400 its best bidet for most people. Listed at $550 at Amazon and Home Depot, the Swash 1400 includes a heated seat, adjustable nozzle, deodorizing option, remote control, two user profiles and a dryer. WIRED’s reviewer said the remote was easy to understand and that the model was the one reinstalled for personal use after testing ended.
For shoppers spending more, WIRED picked Toto’s S7A as the best high-end bidet seat. The guide lists it at $1,343 on Amazon, $1,100 at Home Depot, $1,160 at Lowe’s and $2,005 from Toto. WIRED describes the S7A as Toto’s flagship seat, with presence sensing that can lift the lid and switch on a night-light, plus controls for spray position, pressure, angle and oscillation. Its slim remote supports four programmed users.
WIRED contributor Martin Cizmar said the S7A’s drying fan felt weaker than the previous S550e model, possibly because the newer unit is slimmer. He praised Toto’s Ewater+ system, which the company says uses a mild electrical charge to turn chloride in tap water into a slightly alkaline cleaning agent. Cizmar said the system made a noticeable difference in bowl cleanliness during testing and cited a decade of use from a previous Toto washlet as evidence for the brand’s reliability.
WIRED also highlighted the Bio Bidet BB-2000 for people who want stronger water pressure. The seat is listed at $489 at Amazon and Home Depot. According to WIRED, it uses Bio Bidet’s patented vortex wash technology, a corkscrew-style stream of warm water, and includes a heated seat, dryer, adjustable nozzle, night-light, deodorizer and auto-raising lid. The reviewer said the remote required some adjustment.
Kohler’s Veil One-Piece and PureWash E930 Set, newly added in the July update, was labeled as a bidet “no one will ever notice” and listed at $2,440 from Kohler. WIRED’s visible guide also names Toto’s Aurora Washlet+ S7A with Integravity System as its fully installed bidet toilet pick for buyers unconcerned with price, listing it at $2,554 from Perigold and $3,648 from Toto.
The spread shows where the category now sits: no-power add-ons at one end, appliance-like toilet seats in the middle, and fully integrated toilets priced like furniture at the top. The useful question for buyers is less whether a bidet works, since the core trick is water under pressure, and more how much heated plastic, automation and bowl-cleaning chemistry they are willing to pay for.
This story draws on original reporting from WIRED.
