Tushy Ace Electric Bidet is the high-end bidet you need

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Tushy, the witty bidet model you’ve in all probability seen throughout your social media, has made a reputation for itself with its easy-to-use bidet attachment good for newbies. However now the model has launched a brand new bidet that’s an enormous step up from the bidet attachments you understand and love, each by way of options and worth.

The Tushy Ace is an electrical bidet that absolutely replaces your present rest room seat and boasts a heated set, limitless heat water, an adjustable self-cleaning nozzle, a dryer and even a distant management. Coming in at $599, it’s undoubtedly an funding (and rather more costly than Tushy’s earlier fashions, which hover round $100). That will help you work out if it’s price taking the plunge, we tried the Ace out for ourselves.

Earlier than we dive too deep into the Tushy Ace, it’s essential to double examine that your rest room is appropriate. (Who knew there have been so many sorts of bathroom seats on the market?) You may examine if the Ace will suit your rest room on Tushy’s web site here.

The Tushy Ace’s heated seat, heat water and built-in dryer are absolute recreation changers from the original Tushy Classic, which we examined after the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020. We loved the Classic, however the Ace’s new options, adjustability and intuitive distant are all welcome upgrades. After putting in the bidet (extra on that later), you’ll be capable to run a rear wash in addition to a entrance wash, each with 5 ranges of adjustability for each water strain and angle. And after experiencing the Ace’s spray, we will verify it’s rather more comfy than the one on the Tushy attachments. Plus, on high of offering a extra comfy clear, the Ace can be simpler, because of an oscillating energy wash that’s activated by urgent the rear or entrance wash button twice.

There are 5 water temperature settings on the Tushy Ace, and with an inside coiled heating system, you’ll get limitless heat water the second you begin spraying. That’s a significantly better expertise than the Tushy Spa, which takes scorching water from the pipe below your sink as a substitute of heating the water up itself. We’ve tested the Spa too and located that in case your sink water takes some time to heat up, you’ll have the identical situation with the stream out of your bidet. The Tushy Ace, alternatively, sprays heat water practically immediately.

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For slightly perception, the large driver of worth in bidets at this degree is the best way it warms the water. Some bidets have a built-in tank that solely retains a restricted quantity of water heat, and others, just like the Tushy Ace, have an inside system that heats the water because it runs via the bidet, that means you’ll get a heat stream for so long as you want.

To match, the Bio Bidet Bliss BB-2000 ($699; amazon.com) and the Brondell Swash 1400 ($649; brondell.com) each additionally function an inside heating system, providing you with a limiteless provide of scorching water. However in case you don’t wish to spend as a lot however nonetheless need scorching water, a bidet with a heating tank is an efficient possibility. We’ve tried the Brondell Swash LE89 and Swash LE99, each of which use a tank and supply a snug, environment friendly clear. The Swash LE89 ($289.99; brondell.com) has the identical fundamental features because the Tushy Ace (though with a restricted quantity of heat water), however all of its controls are on a facet arm. We didn’t assume the arm was an excessive amount of of a ache to make use of, however in case you love the thought of a distant and nonetheless need a cheaper bidet, the Swash LE99 ($309.99; brondell.com) is almost an identical to the LE89 however with a distant and person profiles, which allow you to save your most well-liked settings.

The Tushy Ace additionally comes with a heated seat — once more with 5 temperature settings — and, to be trustworthy, the nice and cozy seat felt slightly bizarre at first. Beforehand, the one motive for a toasty rest room seat was that another person had simply used it, which is a considerably disagreeable affiliation. However after a number of makes use of, the feeling of a heated seat turned downright pleasant, and can in all probability solely get higher as soon as the climate will get colder.

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Lastly, we’ve arrived on the dryer, which is palms down the perfect improve from the unique Tushy. Manufacturers all the time declare that utilizing their bidet will cut back your rest room paper utilization, however in our expertise that wasn’t all the time essentially the case. Oftentimes there’s nonetheless a variety of water to pat dry after a twig, and we’d find yourself utilizing about the identical quantity of bathroom paper anyway. Nevertheless, the Tushy Ace’s dryer makes that situation a factor of the previous. When you’re achieved together with your spray, merely faucet the dryer button to start out a drying cycle, which you’ll finish at any time by urgent the “cease” button. With 5 temperature settings, it’s not solely comfy, however it really works properly sufficient to drastically reduce down the quantity of bathroom paper you employ.

Set up is a large issue on the subject of bidets as a result of, not so surprisingly, most individuals don’t actually work together with the plumbing of their rest room that always. Nevertheless, Tushy has all the time claimed to be one of many best bidets to connect to your rest room, and after we examined the Classic that undoubtedly rang true. Tushy has maintained that ease of set up within the new Tushy Ace — simply guarantee your rest room is appropriate, as beforehand talked about, and that there’s a three-prong outlet lower than 3 ft away.

Placing the Tushy Ace on our rest room solely took about half-hour, and that point was largely spent attempting to line up the hose to our rest room tank’s connection — which is stuffed in a nook of our lavatory and principally not possible to see (you’ve acquired to like New York Metropolis residences!).

Tushy Ace

General, putting in the Ace is an extremely easy course of. You flip off the water connection, flush your rest room to empty the tank and take your rest room seat off identical to you’ll when putting in the Tushy Basic. The water connections are usually simple to screw on so long as your area isn’t too cramped, and attaching the bidet to your rest room requires a easy mount that matches proper over the holes in your rest room. We’ve got a top-mount rest room and have needed to buy further washers to mount different bidets appropriately. The Tushy Ace, nonetheless, comes with its personal screws, so whether or not you will have a top-mount or common rest room, mounting the bidet doesn’t require any further supplies.

After slowly turning the water again on and making certain that none of your connections leak, you possibly can plug in your Tushy Ace and also you’re able to go. Although it’s simple to put in, it’s best to nonetheless fastidiously learn the directions beforehand.

Our set up went easily, however it’s best to be certain to examine in in your bidet. After about an hour or so, we seen one of many connections was leaking and had began to flood our lavatory. All we needed to do was realign the hose and screw it on tighter, however it’s undoubtedly a good suggestion to examine yours after the very fact to forestall any flooding.

Tushy Ace

There’s little doubt that the Tushy Ace is a large enchancment over the Tushy Classic and the Tushy Spa. If you need a high-end bidet, the Tushy Ace is a strong possibility at $599, and though that’s a a lot increased price ticket than Tushy’s earlier fashions, the Ace’s options line up with different bidets which are across the identical worth.

In case you’re able to splurge on a high-end but simple-to-use bidet, you gained’t be dissatisfied with the Tushy Ace electrical bidet. When you expertise the limitless heat water, heated seat, distant management, adjustability and dryer, you’ll be questioning how you could possibly ever use something much less.