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Re:OpenERV by dzhiurgis on Monday December 16, 2024 @02:01AM (#42428654)
I live in small town on NZ coast. Air is very clean. Mosquitos and neighbor's wood burners don't care. ERV is top 3 item in my house (other than induction cooktop and Japanese toilets).
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Re:OpenERV by willvarfar on Monday December 16, 2024 @03:20AM (#42429028)
(ok nodding to ERV and induction cooktops, but what is a japanese toilet and why are they better?

Haven't heard of them from grand-designs and those kind of youtubers)

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Re:OpenERV by kla-s on Monday December 16, 2024 @03:54AM (#42429211)
- auto lid open and close - heated seat - water jet to clean buttocks with subsequent warm air blower - relaxing music speaker (to drown out your defecating sounds and get you started)

just some ideas what some (public)/most (nice home) japanese toilets offer, which might be hard to come by anywhere else

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Re:OpenERV by dzhiurgis on Monday December 16, 2024 @04:52AM (#42429557)
> hard to come by

They are $200-300 online. Not Toto quality, but plenty good enough.

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Re:OpenERV by ajolly on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @01:46PM (#42453503)
This is the first I've heard of auto lid open and close!
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Re:OpenERV by dzhiurgis on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:15PM (#42455304)
Only available on expensive models. Seat heating and washing are the key features.
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