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from
Mike Sandman... Chicago's Telecom Expert
630-980-7710
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Makes a
great Birthday or Anniversary gift!
A gift that will be remembered for years... and actually used
every day.
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| I bought my first IntiMist
as a birthday present. It was a gift that was both
appreciated and used for a decade. This
is your chance to give a gift that will be remembered
for years.
Like most of us, you probably
can't afford to have a car with a big bow delivered to your
driveway as a gift (like the TV commercials suggest).
A bidet is a gift that will be
appreciated almost as much as a car - but it won't break the
bank!
You'll also
be
able to get the benefits of your gift if you get to use the
bathroom too! About
20% of the bidets we sell are to people who have just come back
from Japan. Once they've tried an electronic bidet, they wonder
the same thing I've been wondering for 15 years...
Why
doesn't everybody in the US use these to keep clean?!? About
40% of the bidets we sell are to people who are handicapped. If
you have a tough time using your hands or arms, an electronic
bidet can be a life changing experience. With the push of a
button, a problem you might have lived with for years is
relieved. Our control panel is on the right side. If you'd have
a hard time pushing a button on the control panel on the right,
our Remote Control version lets you put the Remote on the
left side, or even mounted near the floor so you can hit it with
your toe. If
you or the person you're buying the IntiMist
for is handicapped, ask for your 10%
Discount
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Features:
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- Heated Seat
- 2 Heated Water
Bidet Streams
- Electronically
Temperature Controlled
- Electronic Water
Pressure Control
- Automatic Shut-off
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Push a button on the easy-to-use
waterproof control panel, and one of two self cleaning bidet nozzles
magically extend about six inches, and then start spraying!
Push a button to increase or decrease the pressure of the spray.
Push STOP or simply stand-up, and the self cleaning nozzle retracts.
The water pressure and water temperature are
electronically controlled from the ergonomic control panel.
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The IntiMist
comes with a "T" fitting that lets you easily connect to the water
line going up into your toilet tank. I installed ours in about 20 minutes.
Using the IntiMist
every day is a soothing and affordable luxury for most of us,
or a necessity for those with health problems, the handicapped or the elderly.
IntiMist
can help relieve the symptoms of:
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Hemorrhoids
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Colorectal, Vaginal or
Perineal Surgery
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Soreness and Bleeding of
Diarrhea
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IntiMist
helps prevent:
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The Irritation of Toilet
Paper
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Hemorrhoids
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Soreness and Bleeding
from Diarrhea
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In
Tokyo, almost 70% of the homes have one of these! What
are we... Chopped Sushi?
30 years ago, the Japanese were literally using holes in
the floor. Now most homes in urban areas have an electronic bidet, and you can
find stores selling them every few blocks!
There must be a reason why
whole cities in Japan are using these devices.
In many countries, toilet paper isn't
used at all. Soothing and refreshing water is all they use.
The IntiMist
can give you all the benefits of not using
toilet paper.
We've had our own IntiMist,
and have been selling them for over 15 years.
What's a phone man doing selling toilet seats?
Well I love our IntiMist, and I know you'll
love it too!
It's really an amazing device.
How did I get into this?
Being an uncouth phone man...the first bidet I ever
saw was at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Chicago, where I was fixing wall phones in
the bathrooms (the steam would kill the dials). The security guard who was with
me had to tell me what these things were.
The bidets
in the big buck suites were stupid! It's a big porcelain bowl. You turn on the faucets to adjust the
temperature, and the water sprays straight up - soaking any
clothes you might be wearing! With the electronic
IntiMist, you can
wear a suit or dress - it's the same
as using a regular toilet! The water temperature is always at the temperature
you set it to electronically (no knobs to adjust each time you use it -
and no spikes of hot or cold water when someone else in the home uses the
water).
I saw
my first
IntiMist on
display at an oriental grocery store in 1990. I had never seen anything like
it, but it sure made sense compared to the ordinary bidets I saw in the
hotel - and it would work on any toilet. I thought long and hard about
spending over $1,000 on the
IntiMist,
but a month later I went back and bought it for a birthday present.
When
I saw how well the IntiMist
went over
as a gift, I figured a lot of people would like the IntiMist
just as much.
I put it in our wholesale telephone parts and tools catalog in 1992, and
then put it on the Internet in 1995 when we got our first web site. At
$449.95 they sell a lot better than they did when they were over $1,000 in
the early 90's!
Click
HERE to see what this web page
looked like in December of 1996, when the price was $899.95, on the Internet
Archive's "WayBack Machine" (they have old versions of almost
every web site since about 1996!). Note that our area code has changed
since then, so be sure to close the new window that pops up when you're done,
to come back here.
Please
PRINT out this page and check the dimensions in the chart against your
toilet:
2
Sizes... Fits Most Toilets!
Please
check the dimensions carefully:
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Dimensions:
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REGULAR:
Approx. 15-11/32" (390mm)
ELONGATED:
Approx. 16-17/32" (420mm)
(Handicapped Toilets may measure over 17", but
the
elongated IntiMist will fit fine
- you may see a little
of the bowl showing under the seat)
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Minimum 1-3/16" (30mm) -
must be a flat area (not curved)
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5-1/2" (140mm)
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Minimum 12-19/32" (320mm)
For health reasons, we can't take the
IntiMist back after the box has been opened. Please check the
dimensions carefully.
The IntiMist
must be located within 3 or 4 feet of a 110VAC 60 cycle US style AC power receptacle.
It uses a maximum of 465 watts (maximum 465 watts when heating water in
the tank)
We include
a plug-in AC surge
protector to help protect the sophisticated electronics from electrical
surges.
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Click
HERE for IntiMist Installation Instructions
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Please check the dimensions of your
toilet
carefully to ensure a proper fit.
The IntiMist is available in
white, in REGULAR and ELONGATED
styles.
Print this page with the dimensions so you can take it to a store,
or to your bathroom when checking the dimensions.
Power seats and power
windows are expensive options in your car. A hot tub is expensive. I think
you'll find that even though the IntiMist
is expensive, you'll use it all the time!
This is an
investment that you're going to use for years to come.
Click HERE to see The Best Seat in the House... a demo
of the IntiMist Bidet (10 meg)
5 Minute Video
of the IntiMist Bidet!
NOTE: You need
a pretty good broadband connection to stream the IntiMist
demonstration
video. You can also right-click the preview picture (above), and click Save Target As
to save the file to your disk. You can then play the file from your hard
drive, which will work better on a slower connection.
MAC Users:
CLICK HERE for a mov version
if you can't play wmv files (45 meg)
It's a BIG file that eventually popped up on my PC,
but my iMac said it needed something that "Wasn't on the Quicktime
Server," so all I got was audio when I started it (I had to press the
PLAY arrow manually on both the PC and iMac).
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NOTE:
The Japanese manufacturer we've been buying the IntiMist
from for over a decade has decided not to export them to us from
Japan... But they still sell it to
the Japanese?!?
Apparently... Americans
don't need no stinkin' Bidets!
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$749.95
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Regular
or Elongated
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We now have a Taiwanese
copy of the IntiMist,
which includes
a Warm Air Dryer,
for only $449.95!
Includes AC Surge Protector • 1 Year Warranty
Click
HERE to see a Live Webcam of people using the IntiMist in our office
bathroom...
SPECIAL...
220VAC
50cycle Foreign
Model (elongated,
without dryer):
$429.95
Foreign
Model works
in countries with 220V 50 Cycle electricity
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Great for the Disabled!

Only $549.95!
White:
Regular
or Elongated
Includes AC Surge Protector
Ask for your 10% Discount if you're Disabled |
New Remote
Control Model
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Same features as
IntiMist with
Warm Air Dryer
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Includes
Charcoal Based Deodorizer
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Mount
Remote on the wall or vanity, or just leave it on a table
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Infrared
Wireless Remote works
from 10' away (uses 2 AA batteries)
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Mini Controls on
the Left Side of the Base, in case the batteries in the Remote die at a
bad time!
There's no Control
Panel on the side of the Bidet, which allows use with products that help the
disabled stand-up after using the Bidet.
If you can't
use a regular Bidet because you can't use your right arm, the Remote
Control model allows you to use your left hand, or even your toe!
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When we went looking for a new
electronic bidet, we found that other bidets sold in the far east just
weren't made for Americans.
Why? Well,
they actually work OK for men. For women, the front spray just wasn't
positioned properly. It
just didn't hit in the right place for women unless they leaned
all the way forward to the point they were grabbing their ankles. A Korean
manufacturer sent us a video of a woman using their single wand
electronic bidet (a demo where she was fully dressed). I couldn't believe
they would actually show potential customers how you'd have to contort
your body to make it spray in the right place!
The manufacturer in Taiwan was
willing to work with us on fixing the spray. After shipping a few
redesigned nozzles, we finally thought they had it right. The Taiwanese
bidet worked as well as the IntiMist,
but it included a Warm Air Dryer
which the Japanese had removed from the IntiMist
several years earlier (they certainly don't seem to think much of
Americans!). This Taiwanese copy uses primarily Japanese mechanical parts.
The Japanese have been making electronic bidets for so long they have it
down to a science... Why reinvent the wheel?
The
other benefit of the Taiwanese copy is the price! At only
$449.95, it's at the point where you'll order a second one for your
other bathroom after you try it out! As
a matter of fact, we'll give you a 10% discount
on any additional bidets you order! If
you bought your electronic bidet somewhere else, just email
us a picture of the bidet installed in your bathroom, and
we'll still give you a 10% discount! The IntiMist
makes a great gift for your loved ones! |
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The Science of why
the IntiMist will probably change your
life...
This might be more than you
want to know. It's certainly more than I want to write about, or
talk to a customer about on the phone.
So why would a stream of water
work better than toilet paper? The simple answer is that it washes
bacteria that can cause skin irritation away from the skin, into the
toilet. Toilet paper can sometimes do that, and sometimes it can't.
For a woman, the front spray
is going to wash the bacteria away. It's handy, but not critical unless
she has a hard time using toilet paper because she's disabled. Urine is
sterile when it comes out, so bacteria is not normally a problem.
It's certainly nice to feel as clean as possible.
For both men and women, the
rear spray is more than a luxury. In many countries toilet paper has never
been used by most of the population. They use water and their hand, and
hopefully some good soap.
In the US, toilet paper is a
huge business. We use it because we've been taught to use it. Friendly Mr.
Whipple played to the occasional irritation we all feel from toilet paper.
I wonder what happened to
Japan's toilet paper industry after the electronic bidet became popular
there, to the point that it's in almost every home in Japanese urban
areas?
A Korean doctor sent me an
email a couple of years ago suggesting that I carry his brand of bidet -
which had an enema function. You've got to be kidding. I'm
going to sell enema machines? Right.
Just mentioning enemas in the
US is usually out of bounds, but maybe it's more normal in Korea? In
any event, his website had an animation of how his bidet worked, and some
serious explanations of all kinds of medical problems that his bidet could
prevent or cure (pretty questionable). Several electronic bidets now say they provide an
enema function, but they really don't work differently than any other bidet. Kind of like the massage function or the odor
elimination feature, which are essentially marketing hype.
When I saw the Korean doctor's
animation, I remembered a customer calling to tell me how well his bidet
worked for him. He said that he had to turn down the spray (from the
highest setting), which was
going inside him. He also mentioned that he tried to wait until he got
home to go to the bathroom. His IntiMist
was the only bidet he knew of in his small town.
After seeing the Korean
doctor's web page, it all came together for me. The IntiMist
is giving the user an enema, but only in the anal canal -
which is the last inch and a half after the rectum. The rectum is at the
top of the anal canal, holding the
stool that's about to be released (through the canal).
If the stool is solid, it's
expelled and the 1.5" anal canal is left pretty clean. If the stool
is soft, some of the stool is left in the anal canal, and it's nearly
impossible to clean out with toilet paper - which might get the last half
inch or so. The rest will work its way down using gravity to make it out
of the canal, onto the skin around the anus (and in the underwear).
Generally speaking, the longer the irritants are left on the skin, the
more the skin will be irritated and the longer it will take to heal.
Unlike urine, which is sterile
when it comes out, feces is made up of lots of bacteria and other things
that can irritate skin if it's left on it for a while.
The IntiMist
(or just about any bidet) will pretty much change your life by cleaning
out that last 1.5 inches every time you go to the bathroom. If there's
nothing in the canal to work its way down (the muscle at the top of the
canal will
normally keep stuff from entering the anal canal until you're ready to go
to the bathroom), you're truly going to be clean. Medical problems
you have from using toilet paper or having that bacteria on the skin for
too long are going to be a thing of the past... Unless you can't get home to use your
IntiMist.
The warm water stream of the IntiMist
tends to relax the muscles, which helps clean the area. The heated seat
may also help you relax, if you're in a colder climate.
The IntiMist
isn't going to give you an enema, which is normally water or some liquid
going into the rectum or even higher into the colon/intestines. On the
other hand, if cleaning that last 1.5 inches of your digestive tract out
with water every time you go to the bathroom seems like an enema,
call it whatever you'd like.
That wasn't easy to write.
I'm glad I didn't have to draw a picture! |
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IntiMist Installation
Measure your
toilet to verify that it will work with the IntiMist
before ordering. See the A, B, C and D measurements on the diagram
(above).
Right
Click HERE and SAVE AS to download a jpeg of the installation measurements
diagram, or Click HERE to see the diagram to print it out
The A
measurement determines whether you need the regular (round) or elongated
bidet. There's only about an inch difference, so this measurement is
VERY important! Even we guess wrong when looking at a
toilet sometimes, so use a tape measure. You may have to guess where the
middle of the seat bolt hole is. Measure to the front of the
INSIDE of the bowl from the center of the bolt holes (not
the outside of the toilet bowl).
Don't
Guess Whether it's Regular or Elongated!@!
The D
measurement makes sure you have enough room on the right side of the
toilet for the control panel. It should be at least 12" by code, but
if your toilet wasn't installed to code you may not have it. You may also
have to move the toilet paper dispenser if it's right where the control
panel would go, or get our Remote Control model that has no control
panel on the right.
The B
measurement makes sure you have at least an inch and a quarter
(1.25") or so between the middle of the toilet seat bolt holes and
the beginning of the toilet tank. The tank in the IntiMist
is actually located there, so your toilet has to be flat (not curved) for
1.25" in that area leading from the bolt holes to the front of the
toilet tank. Some really fancy and expensive one piece toilets are curved
everywhere to make them look fancy (so they won't work with the IntiMist),
but most are flat in that area. The bracket for the IntiMist
has to lay flat on a solid surface.
The C
measurement is almost always 5.5" in the US. There are some really
strange toilets that use a special seat, where the bolt holes go into the
INSIDE of the toilet bowl (not on the outside). You'd probably need a
plumber with a socket wrench to install a bidet on that type of toilet
(the IntiMist
will work on most if it's flat behind the bowl).
If you can see
or feel the nuts on the seat bolts on the outside of the
toilet bowl (under the rim), and you're in the US, you should have a
standard seat on your toilet.
Your toilet
should have a spigot coming out of the wall, with a pipe going up to the
bottom of the tank. If the pipe is flexible, you remove one end and put
our T-Adapter in-series with the pipe (you'll need a wrench and
some white Teflon plumber's tape). If the pipe is solid (not flexible)
you'll need to remove it and take it to the hardware store to get a
flexible version (probably a few dollars). From the T, we give you a
flexible hose that goes up to the bidet.
Remove the two
nuts on the bottom of the toilet bowl holding the seat, and clean where
the seat was removed.
Put our flat
mounting plate with two plastic bolts down from the top into the two seat
holes (see the included instructions for the order of the washers and the
rubber pad), and use the provided wrench to tighten the nuts on the bottom
of the toilet bowl. They must be tight to prevent the bidet from
moving. If your bidet slides around when you're done, be
sure to tighten these bolts again (it can be done with the bidet on the
mounting plate).
You'll slide
the bidet onto the mounting plate until you hear a click. You can always
remove it later from the mounting plate by pushing the release button
located on the left side of the bidet (facing the toilet). It's a good
idea to press the release button in when sliding the IntiMist
onto the bracket. As long as you press the release button in firmly when
installing or removing the bidet (so you don't wear out the catch), the
whole IntiMist
can be slid forward and reinstalled without removing the bolts so you can
clean under it.
Connect the
flexible pipe from the T to the IntiMist
with Teflon plumbers tape, and tighten it with a wrench.
Plug the
included AC Surge Protector into a regular 110V AC outlet, and plug the
bidet's 4' AC power cord into the surge protector.
Turn on the
spigot. Push the bidet function so the tank will fill with water (it might
take a minute or two as the air goes out of the tank and it's filled with
water). When it sounds like it's done filling, it will take a minute
or so for the water to heat up. Adjust the temperature and pressure
buttons on the control panel (I always leave mine all the way up).
You can view
the spray by pressing down on the seat until you hear a little click (the IntiMist
won't normally spray unless someone is sitting on the seat). Try not to
get hit in the face by the stream of water for the bidet and/or family
nozzles. That's fun to try once, but after that you can test it by sitting
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© 2008 Mike Sandman Enterprises, Inc.
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