Toto's Apricot toilet seat plays tunes from SD cards

Sure, talking about toilet seats can be somewhat awkward, but we're fairly certain you'd rather have a seat that sung to you while occupying the restroom than one that, well, didn't. Regardless of whether you're creeped out by a speaker-infused toilet seat or not, Toto is back and better than ever with its new Apricot. The seat maintains the SD slot and MP3 playback abilities of its predecessor, but this rendition also features a few "self-cleaning" abilities, a fragrance emitter, and an automatic light that turns on when it knows you're approaching. Furthermore, it looks to interface with a wall-mounted control unit that can queue up a playlist just as soon as it senses your presence, and as a good steward of the environment, shuts down when not needed to conserve electricity. So if you're strangely curious about sitting on an ultra-clean, sound streaming seat when visiting the bathroom, you can pick up Toto's Apricot next week for a staggering ¥109,200 ($900).

[Via Impress]

[oki @ Jan 25th 2007 9:07PM]

The question is, is it heated? cuz after being in japan for a week, its was hard to get back to non heated seats haha

[Cupajo @ Jan 25th 2007 9:12PM]

"but we're fairly certain you'd rather have a seat that sung to you while occupying the restroom than one that, well, didn't."

You would be, well, wrong.

[mitch @ Jan 25th 2007 9:16PM]

Yes, a talking toilet seat would certainly creep me out.

[RyogaHibiki @ Jan 25th 2007 9:25PM]

Toto makes the BEST quality toilets, bar none. Ask anyone that owns one or ask the contractors/plumbers that work with them and they'll tell you the same.

[mobi fin @ Jan 25th 2007 10:03PM]

kind of reminds me of an iPod... i wonder if they are available in black also?

just picture it with a nice scroll wheel on top of the lid...

[Sean D. @ Jan 25th 2007 10:22PM]

Do the songs play the other direction in the southern hemisphere?

[kev @ Jan 25th 2007 11:36PM]

I wouldn't want to stick my own SD card in there if I went to a friend's place and found one there...

[kaztm @ Jan 26th 2007 4:13AM]

You put your SD in the remote unit mounted on the wall. See the picture in the original article.

Also, note that the wall unit uses Kenwood speakers.

[DjFIL @ Jan 26th 2007 12:06AM]

it's iLounge's April 1st (from last year I think) iPotty all over again... but for real.

[Mr. B @ Jan 26th 2007 12:21AM]

Who sits on a toilet long enough to need a playlist?

[applesucksLeo @ Jan 26th 2007 12:34AM]

The iCrapper !!!

[Carl M @ Jan 26th 2007 12:54AM]

I've heard that some shy ladies constantly flush the toilet to mask other, um, sounds.

I suppose this seat may help save water if it would just make a flushing sound for as long as someone sits on it.

Of course, it might be funny if it were just quiet for a while, then all of sudden started cracking jokes out of the blue.

[Steven Bates @ Jan 26th 2007 1:59AM]

I feel some Paul Simon coming on.

[Cam @ Jan 26th 2007 2:21AM]

I can just imagine someone dropping their SD card in the bowl.

"Oh crap!"

[Richard @ Jan 26th 2007 11:53AM]

I can't believe no one's managed to work in a joke about the 80's band Toto and their smash hit "Africa"...

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jan 26th 2007 5:31PM]

I wonder if it would record the sounds of your bowl movements?