Brondell
Brondell Swash 1400
Brondell's long-running flagship and the perennial value alternative to TOTO in the luxury tier. A ceramic-core tankless system delivers endless warm water, and it's one of very few seats with dual dedicated stainless wands — separate rear and front nozzles. Wireless remote, two user presets, sittable lid, hidden cord channel, night light, deodorizer, and a 3-year limited warranty round it out. Lists at $649.99 but streets at $400-480, in white or biscuit, elongated or round.
Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓Separate dedicated rear and front stainless-steel wands — most rivals, including every TOTO, share one wand for both jobs; owners cite this as the 1400's hygiene edge
- ✓Ceramic-core tankless heating delivers a genuinely endless warm wash — Techlicious clocked two full minutes with no temperature sag, where tank seats like Brondell's own discontinued DS725 chilled inside a minute
- ✓3-year limited warranty (100%/75%/50% by year) is triple TOTO's standard coverage, with a $99 five-year full extension available
- ✓One of the only luxury seats still offered in biscuit/beige AND a round fit — matching a 1990s almond toilet is basically this or nothing in 2026
- ✓The lid is rated sittable — TOTO lids explicitly aren't — which parents supervising bath time and anyone who perches to clip toenails will appreciate
- ✓Street price gyrates between $385 and $480 — patient Slickdeals watchers routinely land it near $400, absurd for a dual-wand tankless seat
Cons
- ✗The infamous cold-start burst: the first second or two of every wash arrives unheated before the ceramic core catches up — Techlicious called it 'a deal-breaker' at this price, it's the top complaint in owner reviews, and TOTO's instant seats don't do it
- ✗The warm-air dryer is weak even by bidet standards — reviewers report multiple cycles and repositioning to end up only mostly dry
- ✗The front wash wand doesn't extend as far forward as it should — smaller-framed users report leaning back awkwardly for coverage
- ✗Only two user presets versus four on the TOTO S5/KS6 remotes
- ✗The platform dates to 2017 and Brondell's engineering attention has moved to the Thinline series — expect replacement rather than refresh, with the clearance-pricing churn that implies
Common Questions
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