Five years ago, a bidet was the thing your one friend who went to Japan wouldn’t shut up about. Now smart toilets are in new builds, in fancy hotel bathrooms, all over TikTok, and in the group chat. So yes, peer pressure works. But the more we dug into what the HOROW X70 actually does, the less it felt like a gadget and the more it felt like real bathroom equipment for a specific set of people: the ones for whom “just reach back there and hope it’s clean” isn’t currently a workable plan.
The HOROW X70 is a smart toilet with a built-in tank and pump that fixes the one thing that makes most smart toilets a gamble — a weak flush in real-world houses — and its wash modes make it a quietly excellent pick for postpartum moms, caretakers, and anyone who’d rather let technology handle the undignified parts.
Everyone Else Is Doing This Bidet Toilet Thing… Should You?
Here’s the thing about smart toilet adoption: it’s not driven by tech bros anymore. It’s driven by people who tried one in a hotel bathroom or a friend’s guest bathroom and quietly realized that toilet paper is a medieval solution to a modern problem. Once you’ve used warm water and a dryer, going back feels like switching from a dishwasher to a sponge.
The usual objections are price, installation, and “do I really need my toilet to have a remote control?” Fair on all three. But a good smart bidet toilet earns its keep in ways a regular toilet simply can’t:
- Hygiene. Water cleans better than paper. This is not controversial; it’s just uncomfortable to say out loud in a bathroom that isn’t yours.
- Less toilet paper. The X70 has a movable warm air dryer, so you can go paper-free if you want to. Your septic system and your grocery budget both approve.
- Accessibility. Automatic lid, automatic flush, built-in lighting, and a 17-inch ADA-compliant seat height mean fewer bends, twists, and 2 a.m. fumbles for the bathroom light switch.
- Dignity. For anyone recovering from surgery, childbirth, or age, a wash-and-dry toilet means less asking for help. That’s the whole argument, really.
So should you? If you own your bathroom, have a 12-inch rough-in, and an outlet within reach, the answer is trending toward yes. It’s the highest-impact bathroom upgrade you can make without touching the shower. Keep reading for the fine print.
What’s Actually Inside the HOROW X70 Smart Toilet with the Bidet & Warm Water Dual Flush
The spec sheet is long, so here’s the version you’d want a friend to give you:
- Built-in tank plus a 100W pump-assist flush. HOROW rates it as a six-second flush that works even when your house’s water pressure is meh. This is the headline feature, and we’ll get to why.
- Intelligent dual flush at 1.0 / 1.28 GPF. Light or full, your call, less water either way.
- Built-in bidet with four modes. Rear, feminine, massage/pulse, and a gentler child-friendly setting. Adjustable water pressure and temperature, instant warm water (no waiting on a tank to heat).
- Heated seat, with automatic temperature sensing that adjusts seat, water, and dryer warmth by season.
- Movable dryer. It aims. That’s the whole pitch.
- Auto lid, foot-kick flush, and auto flush. Zero-touch smart features from walk-in to walk-out.
- Night light that turns on when the bathroom is dark and off in daylight.
- Four-stage sterilization. UV sterilization of the wash water, electrolyzed water for the bowl, triple filtration, and a self-cleaning nozzle that rinses before and after every use.
- Foam shield that coats the bowl before you sit to prevent splash and odor. Heads up: the foam agent is sold separately, and HOROW says to use theirs specifically.
- Platinum-catalyst deodorizer. Not a fan. A chemical catalyst. Supposedly more effective, and definitely quieter.
- Manual emergency flush for power outages — no battery pack, just a hidden lever.
- Extra-wide seat with up to 4 inches of additional support, plus a 15-minute sitting reminder for those of us who bring our phones.
- Remote control with two AAA batteries, elongated bowl, and a one-piece toilet design at 28-3/16 in. long, 15-15/16 in. wide, 17-15/16 in. tall. No smart home app required, which we count as a feature.
It is a lot of toilet. It also costs $1,599 at list, which puts it in the “serious bathroom upgrade” tier without hitting the “Japanese luxury brand” tier.
The Built-In Tank Is the Whole Point of Enhanced Comfort w/ the Horow Smart Toilet
Most smart toilets are tankless. That’s sleek, but it means the flush is entirely at the mercy of your home’s water pressure. Older house? Well water? Municipal supply that gets sad in summer? Congratulations, you own a $1,500 toilet that needs two flushes and a bathroom you’re embarrassed to send guests into. Ask anyone who’s tried one in a 1960s ranch how that goes.
The X70’s built-in water tank stores water on board, and the pump pressurizes it on the way out. That’s why HOROW markets this as a powerful flush regardless of what your pipes are doing. The flush system still needs a minimum of 8.7 psi coming in for the bidet functions to perform properly, but the flush itself is no longer a guessing game.
Keep this in mind: The blackout flush works without electricity, but it needs at least 29 psi of inlet pressure to operate. If your pressure is genuinely terrible, a power outage still means a bucket. Compared with a traditional toilet, the trade-off is weight and complexity. Compared with a tankless smart toilet, the trade-off is basically nothing except an extra inch or two of footprint.
Compared with a traditional toilet, the trade-off is weight and complexity. Compared with a tankless smart toilet, the trade-off is basically nothing except an extra inch or two of footprint.
Best Smart Toilet Featuring the Bidet Part: Why Postpartum Moms, Caretakers, & Professional Bums Should Pay Attention
This is the section we actually wanted to write, because everyone is in one of these seasons:
For postpartum moms: if you’ve given birth, you know the peri bottle. It’s a squeeze bottle of warm water the hospital hands you because wiping is off the table for a while. The X70’s feminine wash mode is a peri bottle that heats its own water, aims itself, and doesn’t require you to hold anything at a weird angle while sitting on a stitched-up body. With instant warm water, a dryer, and a heated seat, you have a toilet that treats the fourth trimester like it’s an actual medical recovery, which it is. The adjustable, gentler pressure setting matters here; nobody wants a pressure washer in week two.
For caretakers and the people they care for: the pulse mode is designed to stimulate bowel movements, which HOROW pitches specifically for seniors. The 17-inch seat height makes sitting and standing easier. The auto lid and foot-kick flush mean no bending or reaching. The light means fewer falls on the 3 a.m. bathroom trip. And the wash-and-dry cycle means a person who needs help with almost everything else might not need help to use the toilet. If you’ve ever been on either side of that arrangement, you understand why that’s not a small thing.
For the child mode: it’s a lower-pressure, gentler setting, so kids who are potty training or just squeamish about the whole affair get a version that doesn’t startle them. Whether it makes them better at cleaning up is between you and your kid.
For the all-around bums: you know who you are. You want to sit down, do nothing, and stand up clean. The X70 does that. It also has music-responsive mood lighting, which I’m not going to defend, but we’re also not going to pretend we won’t try. Hygiene has never been this ridiculous, and we mean that as a compliment.
Heated Seat, Night Light, and the Rest of the Comfort Features
The comfort stuff on a smart toilet with a bidet is easy to dismiss as fluff until it’s January and the bathroom is the coldest room in the house. A heated seat with automatic temperature sensing keeps the seat warm when the bathroom is cold and backs off when it’s warm, without you adjusting anything. Instant warm water means the wash starts warm instead of icy and then warm. The movable warm-air dryer means you’re not sitting there for three minutes waiting for a fixed nozzle to finish.
The advanced smart automatic lid opens when you walk up and closes when you leave, which sounds gimmicky until you realize it also means you never touch the lid again. The night light is the feature people don’t think they want and then can’t live without. And the deodorizer runs on a platinum catalyst instead of a fan, so it’s quiet enough that you’ll forget it’s there.
None of this is unique to HOROW toilets. What’s notable is that all of it shows up here at this price, and together it changes the whole bathroom experience from a chore into something closer to a routine you don’t mind.
Installing a Smart Toilet: What to Check Before You Order
This is where a lot of people get burned. Putting in a smart toilet is not the same as swapping a standard toilet in the bathroom with the Horow. The X70 has a few hard requirements before it goes anywhere near your bathroom:
- 12-inch rough-in only. That’s the distance from the finished wall to the center of the toilet flange. Not 10, not 14. Measure it before you buy.
- A GFCI outlet within reach. The power cord is about 35 inches long. The unit draws 16 amps at 120V, rated at 820W, and HOROW does not want you on an extension cord.
- Water pressure between 8.7 and 116 psi, with at least 2.74 GPM of flow at the low end.
- Water supply valve at least 8 inches from the toilet centerline, ideally 9 to 11.
- Two people. It’s 104 pounds. This is not a solo project unless you hate your back.
- Space. About 28 inches long and 16 wide. Check your clearances.
If any of those are a no, HOROW’s own buying guide will steer you to a different configuration. If they’re all a yes, this is a floor-mount job that a confident DIYer can handle or a plumber can knock out in an afternoon. If you’re on the fence about which, hire the plumber. Your back will thank you.
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Where It Fits in HOROW’s Lineup (and Against Everyone Else)
HOROW makes several smart toilets, including the HOROW T37, the HOROW T38, and the T05 bidet toilet combo. If your house has strong water pressure, a tankless HOROW model or a competitor like an Eplo smart toilet might save you money. If your pressure is questionable, the X70 is the one built for you.
Compared with big Japanese brands, the X70 costs a fraction of the price and offers most of the features. Against the cheap Amazon bidet seat you clip onto your existing toilet, it’s a full one-piece smart toilet that does everything in one unit instead of bolting a dryer onto a regular bowl. It’s the reasonable middle: a two-year warranty, U.S.-based HOROW customer service, and a spec sheet that reads like the best of the expensive stuff.
Quick Reference: Is the HOROW X70 Right for Your Bathroom?
| If you are… | The X70 makes sense because… | Watch out for… |
| Postpartum or recovering from surgery | Feminine/gentle setting, heated seat, dryer, no twisting | Confirm the outlet is installed before you’re home from the hospital |
| Caring for an aging parent | 17″ ADA seat, pulse mode, auto lid, auto flush, lighting | Two-person job; power-outage flush is manual |
| Living in an older home with low water pressure | Built-in tank and pump give a high-power flush regardless | Bidet still needs 8.7 psi minimum |
| Just tired of toilet paper | Full wash-and-dry, four modes, dual flush | Foam agent is an ongoing cost |
| Renting or on a 10″/14″ rough-in | It doesn’t. Look at a bidet toilet seat or smart toilet seat instead. | — |
The Bottom Line (Pun Intended)
Everyone’s getting a smart toilet, and for once, everyone has a point. The HOROW X70 makes the case better than most because it solves the flush problem that turns other smart toilets into expensive regrets, and its bidet modes are built for the people who need a toilet to do more than hold still. Go measure your rough-in… it’s the least fun and most important thing you’ll do today.
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