Sonny Portable Bidet

Model Sonny (1st gen)

Warm wateryes
Needs an outletno
Heated seatno

The 2019 Indiegogo darling that made travel bidets look good: a Box Clever-designed anodized-aluminum wand (2019 New York Design Award silver) with a 100 ml canister, electric pump, two pressure modes, and a USB charging dock good for about three weeks per hour-long charge. The Santa Monica company has since gone quiet — its site is offline and it never established an Amazon presence, with stock surfacing only sporadically via TikTok Shop around $89.

Approx. price

Best for Design obsessives who want the prettiest travel bidet ever made and accept buying a dormant brand with no support

Not sold on Amazon; check the manufacturer's site for current stock.

Specifications

Water heating: Tap Hot Water
Controls: Push-button electric pump
Toilet fit: Handheld — no install
Power: USB charging dock, ~3 weeks per charge
Spray pressure: 2 modes (standard/high)
Nozzle: Slide-out retractable, interchangeable heads
Install: None — fill and go
Warranty: Effectively none — company dormant

Features

Warm wateryes
Heated seatno
Warm air dryerno
Wireless remoteno
Night lightno
Deodorizerno
Self-cleaning nozzleno
Feminine washno

Design-Award Looks
Electric Metered Spray
Availability Is Murky

What owners like

+Still the best-looking travel bidet ever made — an anodized-aluminum wand from design studio Box Clever that took silver at the 2019 New York Design Awards; it reads 'water bottle,' not 'medical device'
+The electric pump delivers a consistent, metered spray — no squeeze strength or bottle-crushing technique required, unlike the CuloClean and GoSpa
+40 seconds of continuous spray on standard pressure (25 on high) from one fill — enough for a complete wash without stopping to re-pressurize
+A one-hour charge runs roughly three weeks of twice-daily use, so it lives on its dock at home and never arrives at a trip dead
+The slide-out nozzle retracts fully into the sealed body — nothing to snag or contaminate rattling around a toiletry bag
+Interchangeable antibacterial nozzle heads let couples share one unit hygienically — a $99 Toto Travel Washlet can't do that

Common complaints

−The company has effectively gone dark: website offline, no Amazon listing, and stock surfacing only sporadically via TikTok Shop at ~$89 — treat any purchase as warranty-free
−The 100 ml canister is small — barely half the Toto Travel Washlet's capacity — so thorough cleanups mean a mid-wash refill at the sink
−Early Indiegogo backers reported battery-life lemons and dead units, and there's no support channel left to make those right
−At half a pound (plus a 0.3 lb charging base) it's the heaviest travel option we track — several times the weight of a collapsible squeeze bottle
−$89 for a dormant brand when the $99 Toto Travel Washlet is current, supported, and proven is a hard sell
−There's no heater — water sprays at whatever temperature you filled it, so a cold-tap fill washes exactly as cold as a $10 CuloClean

Questions buyers ask

Can I still buy one, and is there any support?

Barely, and no. The company has effectively gone dark — website offline, no Amazon listing, stock surfacing only sporadically via TikTok Shop at around $89. Treat any purchase as warranty-free: early backers who got battery lemons had no support channel left to make it right, and that hasn't changed.

How long does the battery last?

About three weeks of twice-daily use from a one-hour charge on its USB dock, so it lives on the dock at home and never arrives at a trip dead. That was one of the design's genuinely good calls — battery anxiety isn't the issue with this unit; the dormant company is.

Does it warm the water?

No — there's no heater, so it sprays at whatever temperature you fill the 100ml canister. Fill from a warm tap for a comfortable wash; a cold-tap fill washes exactly as cold as a $10 CuloClean, despite the nine-times price difference.

Is the canister big enough for a full clean?

Just barely — 100ml is roughly half the Toto Travel Washlet's capacity, so thorough cleanups often mean a mid-wash refill at the sink. The electric pump does stretch it well: about 40 seconds of continuous metered spray on standard pressure, or 25 on high.

Can two people share one unit?

Yes, hygienically — the interchangeable antibacterial nozzle heads let each person snap on their own, something the $99 Toto Travel Washlet can't do. The slide-out nozzle also retracts fully into the sealed body between uses, so nothing contaminated rattles around a shared toiletry bag.

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