Stain proof and heated: luxury toilet now in PHL
LET’S TALK about your butt for a second.
It’s a body part that one uses everyday, but for all intents and purposes, it is all too frequently ignored. Hidden by underclothing and garments, its vital bodily functions are best left not even to the imagination, but to the deep recesses of the mind, and in hushed conversations with your doctor. Meanwhile, its seat of power (no pun intended), the toilet, is something we clean meticulously — not just for health reasons, but the stains we leave on it reminds us of our base animal origins.
Take pride in your toilets, ladies and gentlemen, for the fact that we do it in porcelain bowls and not on the grass actually marks the advances we have made from our ancestors. The toilet serves as a tangible mark of the development of who we are as a species. Meanwhile, the advancement of a civilization is marked by its movement from the fulfillment of animal desires and necessities to its desire for a higher purpose, marked by its devotion to art, beauty, and luxury.
It may be that sitting on a P230,000 Satis by Inax will make the user feel like a superior being. It is a toilet, but all its innovations can make the user forget for the brief few moments, that just like one’s cat or dog, a person is a mere pooping animal. Think: the Automage, the world’s first self-powered automatic faucet; the Hyperkilami antimicrobial technology which gave birth to toilets highly resistant to scratches and stains; and Proguard technology, which coats toilets with maximum protection against hard water stains and spots.
Inax again will revolutionize sanitary ware technology with upping the Hyperkilamic and Proguard to Aqua Ceramic, a key technology of the brand, which ensures that otherwise stubborn stains can easily be removed even with water alone, aiming to deliver 100 years of pristine clean and shine.
Other key technologies include a Triple Vortex Flushing System with three powerful jets of water for superior bowl cleansing, Plasmacluster ions that kill bacteria across the surface of the bowl and eliminate odors, and an Airshield Deodorizer whose air current prevents odors from escaping the bowl whilst eliminating it completely.
Not yet available in the Philippines is the brand’s toilet that can be controlled with a smartphone. For now, Filipinos will have to be content with the Inax Satis’s remote control. As a bonus, the seat heats up when one sits on it, and lifts itself up when one is done.
Inax is a brand by Japanese company Lixil, which also produces bathroom fixtures brands American Standard and Grohe. Inax is distributed in the Philippines by AllHome.
According to Lixil Country Manager Alen Alban, the presence of luxury toilets in the country also marks the advancement of the nation, thanks to a construction boom that needs more and more bathrooms. The Okada entertainment complex, for example, uses Inax toilets in all of its suites.
“The bathroom was like a basic functional room, right? But now, we’ve started to have more design in the bathroom,” he said. “The bathroom has started to evolve. It’s a place where you relax, where you contemplate.”
If toilets mark our progress as a civilization, and as a collective species, what do luxury toilets say about where we are now? “If you want to move forward as a civilization, you have to take care of these small, but really important things.” — JLG
