I’ve been waiting a few years now for this product – and had given up all hope – then today I noticed it had arrived and was ready to purchase ….. so here it is – the Aquarius Porta-Bidet.
Retailing for the VAT exempt price of £195 (free carry case if you order now worth £25) this might be just what you are looking for – (Pre-order price secured with a £50 deposit until March and free entry into a draw to win one for the deposit price).
I’m excited because the chances of finding a toilet that a) I can get on to and b) has a bidet feature, on holiday, is almost nil. However, It’s the thing I love about coming back from holiday – oh how I miss my bidet!
So what has this to offer. Well, it’s battery operated which claims a powerful pushing wash nozzle and it gets the water from a reservoir container you place on the floor (so no plumbing or tampering needed).
Let’s look more carefully.
This is a screen shot from their video on: http://www.aquariushygiene.com/2014/11/14/the-all-new-aquarius-porta-bidet/
I have a portable spray unit like this that fixes just under the lid – which I bought to make my own portable bidet. My unit came from South Korea and cost about £25 …. but pumping water through it was going to be the difficult part … so let’s see how Aquarius Hygiene do it. Interestingly (and somewhat annoying for me) they can bulk by I assume and offer this part as a replacement ‘spray arm’ for only £9.95.
Again, I have taken a screen shot – you fill the unit with water and it has a built in pump and an on/off switch on a tethered handset (which has a hook if you want to hand it nearby). The nozzle retracts after use (and whilst I couldn’t find details on the nozzle spray unit they used – I assume it has a hygiene ‘rinse through’ to keep the nozzle clean?
The unit is a pleasing aqua green and white colour – no information on how big but here are further details:
- It uses rechargeable batteries
- 1.5 Litre capacity
- Minimum of 50 wash cycles per charge
- 4 wash cycles per reservoir
- Under 2kg in weight.
The nozzle is not adjustable – so you get the spray wherever it lands (I know this will be problematic for me because of the way my pelvis ‘sits’ – so if you can’t sit right back on the loo or have pelvic deformity where you don’t sit ‘evenly’ you may just get a wet thigh instead. For me, some water is better than no water!
I’m pretty sure to be getting one – so I’ll give it a full review in the summer when I’m on holiday.
Until then…
hi, Unfortunately, the product is no longer marketed. Can you tell me how to get the Korean model,pls? I’m working on a similar product since 2010 but I’m still in prototype state
Hi, I don’t know suppliers – they can sometimes be seen on EBay but they aren’t stand alone units – you have to source a pump and water container for the Korean units.
This looks very interesting!…I’ve purchased similar items but they’ve been a bit flimsy. Any idea where this is made?
Many thanks,
If you click on the link it takes you to the company – I’ve bought individual parts from Korea which look identical to some of their components.