The HOROW X70 smart toilet puts everyday comfort first

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A heated toilet seat is an easy thing to appreciate on a cold morning. The HOROW X70 builds from there, adding a warm-water wash you can adjust to your liking and a lid that opens as you approach. It brings those functions into one elongated smart toilet, with a remote for the details you’ll want to set yourself.

That’s the interesting part of this upgrade. You can make the wash gentler, change where the nozzle aims, or let the toilet adjust its temperatures with the room. In a shared bathroom, comfort doesn’t have to mean accepting somebody else’s favorite settings.

Price: $1,599
Where to buy: HOROW

Comfort you can change

The wash settings go well beyond choosing hot or cold. Instant heating supplies warm water during use, while the remote lets you change its temperature, pressure, and nozzle position. Posterior and feminine wash modes provide the starting points. From there, you can use a moving wash, select pulse wash, or switch on a separate setting that alternates warm and cold water. Someone who likes a gentler spray has room to adjust it; someone who prefers more pressure can make that change without altering the seat temperature.

Child mode brings its own preset wash and drying settings, which remain adjustable. It also allows those functions to run without the seat sensor detecting an occupant, so an adult needs to supervise. For older family members or anyone who prefers a gentler wash, the same pressure and temperature controls offer a way to tailor the experience without having to accept one fixed intensity.

The extra-wide seat sits 17 inches high. There’s also an optional reminder for anyone inclined to settle in with their phone: it sounds after more than 15 minutes without using the wash or dryer.

Once you’ve found settings you like, the X70 remembers the most recent water, seat, and dryer temperatures, along with nozzle position and other preferences. That’s a shared last setting, rather than individual household profiles. You can also enable four-seasons temperature sensing and let the toilet adjust its warmth as the room changes. A warmer room calls for different settings than a cold bathroom first thing in the morning.

The dryer moves its airflow, with adjustments for air position, speed, and temperature. HOROW positions the wash-and-dry combination as a way to reduce toilet-paper use. The side wash buttons can run washing and drying as one cycle when you’re seated, taking about five and a half minutes. With the drying flush switched on, the toilet flushes before the dryer starts.

Let the toilet handle the familiar steps

The lid opens as you approach. With the foot control, one tap opens the lid, two raise the seat, and three close both and trigger a flush. That’s handy when you’d prefer not to reach down or pick up the remote. Automatic flushing can also take over after you leave the seat, with the lid closed for the flush. The automatic settings can be changed, including how close you need to be before the lid responds.

At night, the bowl light comes on when the room is dark and the lid is open. Do Not Disturb mutes the control beeps. The ambient lighting has a different job: several color choices and a mode that responds to nearby music give the bathroom a little personality. You can switch it off, too. The practical night light and the decorative glow are separate features.

Why HOROW put a tank and pump inside

A built-in tank and 100-watt pressure-assist pump provide the X70’s flushing system. HOROW describes it as a way to support a strong flush in lower-pressure homes, and rates the flush at six seconds. Its launch brief quotes noise below 45 decibels. Those are manufacturer performance figures; the design itself gives the flush a stored water supply and a pump to move it.

You get two flush volumes, 1.0 and 1.28 gallons. Holding the remote’s flush button for three seconds selects the smaller one, giving you a lower-water option when a full flush isn’t needed.

There’s a mechanical emergency flush for a power outage as well. No battery pack is required. You operate a lever beneath the removable panel, and the manual requires at least 29 psi of incoming pressure for it to work properly. It’s a backup for flushing; powered washing, heating, and drying still need electricity.

Clean water and a cleaner bowl

HOROW describes a dual-water-path design with triple filtration, including a replaceable filter in the cleaning-water supply. UVC treatment sits in that water path. The distinction is useful: the system addresses the water used for washing, while other features tend to the nozzle and ceramic bowl.

The curved wand is stainless steel, with a detachable plastic nozzle at the end. That nozzle rinses before and after use, and a separate UV cycle treats its surface after you leave the seat. Being able to remove the nozzle also gives you a practical way to clean it yourself.

For the bowl, a pre-wet function moistens the surface when you sit down. The X70 can also generate electrolyzed water to mist the ceramic. That treatment doesn’t use a separate cleaning additive, although the foam system is different: Foam Shield needs HOROW’s dedicated cleaner, sold separately. It creates a layer over the water that’s designed to reduce splashes and contain odors.

The platinum-catalyst deodorizer works alongside those bowl features. A cartridge and fan handle odor control, with the fan starting when the seat is occupied and continuing for three minutes after you leave. It’s an automatic part of the routine, rather than another control you need to remember each time.

The display reminds you about filter replacement and the foam supply. The cartridge is accessible behind the panel; for areas with poor water quality, the manual recommends replacing it every three to six months. You’ll still clean the fixture normally. The built-in systems give the water path, nozzle, and bowl their own routines between those cleanings.

Make room for the upgrade

The X70 uses a 12-inch rough-in and measures 28-3/16 inches long, 15-15/16 inches wide, and 17-15/16 inches high. At 104 pounds, it’s a fixture to plan two-person handling for. An installer should check the water supply and power before ordering: the bidet requires at least 8.7 psi with 2.74 gallons per minute of flow, and the maximum static pressure is 116 psi. Those conditions apply even with the built-in flushing pump.

Power is 120 volts at 60 Hz, with an 820-watt rated draw at the manual’s 59°F inlet-water test condition. The power cord is 35-7/16 inches long, so a grounded outlet needs to be in reach. There’s one specification to confirm with HOROW: the current product page says 15 amps, while the installation manual says 16. Have your installer resolve that difference before connecting it. The remote uses two AAA batteries; that’s separate from the battery-free emergency flush.

Price: $1,599
Where to buy: HOROW

At $1,599, the X70 is a complete toilet replacement for someone who wants bidet washing, adjustable comfort, and automatic controls built into the fixture. Budget for installation and the filter and foam supplies alongside it. If you’re already reworking the bathroom, the reason to give it a closer look is the control over a routine you repeat every day, long after the novelty of an opening lid has worn off.

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