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A bidet πͺ even a cheap one is nice.
After using a dedicated bidet for the first time, I was an instant convert! But the after market ones installed in existing toilets just aren't the same. If I ever get the chance, I'll be adding one to any house I own!
You mean those handheld bidets like a tiny shower head on a flexible hose? I actually much prefer those over the ones mounted inside the toilet bowl. I can aim them wherever I want, and I find it handy for all kinds of non-bidet things - you can hose things down in the tub or sink next to the toilet, for example, or use it to clean the toilet bowl itself.
I mean the stand alone ones built in beside the toilet.
Something like this
Ahh, yeah, I don't like the notion of those. Never tried one but just conceptually it seems limited.
The kind I've got is just this, it's super easy to attach to an existing toilet and is quite handy.
I'm Italian and I must support @FaceDeer 's point, these are standard in my country (and they should be standard everywhere, damn barbarians) and they are definitely better than a spray nozzle attached to a toilet. You can also use them for other things, like washing your feet.
So you have a dirty crack, you got to get up, and waddle through the bathroom with pants on your ankles?
Yeah, I'm wondering about that. I'm a filthy TP barbarian but, how exactly does one make this style of bidet work?
You use toilet paper first, then move to the bidet. Which, btw, is next to the toilet, so even if you didn't clean yourself with TP it's pretty painless to move over.
I think there's confusion about which versions of bidet we're talking about. The kind I'm lauding, the ones like a little shower head, are attached to the toilet you're on. You don't need to go anywhere to use them, just reach over and take it from its holder.
How do you guys use that? I'm guessing you live somewhere where it's warm? That would be spraying ice cold water up my bum over here.
The opposite, actually - I'm Canadian. :)
All I can say is that if you've never tried a bidet before you'll likely be very surprised by how little sensitivity you've got to cold water down there. It's simply not uncomfortable or even particularly noticeable, either in my experience or in anyone I've talked to about it (which is admittedly not many - it's not a common topic of conversation).
The hand bidet was super cheap and the shipping was free, so I figured "why not give it a whirl?" And it worked out great.
ill second that, i thought it would be a problem but decided to just endure the cold because i didnt feel like running power over to the toilet but turned out not to be a problem at all. if anything its sort of refreshing lol
Nothing like coming in from working outside, all sweaty and swamp-assed, and sitting down at a nice refreshing bidet. :)
How do you make it work though? You slip a hand behind you and aim at the crack at an angle so it sprays into the bowl?
Yup, exactly.
Isn't that uncomfortable?
Nope. Not sure what else to say about that, it just isn't. I guess individual tastes may vary though. If it's the temperature you're concerned about I think you'd be surprised by how little temperature sense people have down there.
Not the temperature, the posture necessary.
It literally saves so much water. π§
How? Aren't you using more water than normal dry wiping, which uses none?
It takes a lot of water and energy to make toilet paper. Well, a lot more than turning on my bidet for 10 seconds.
I would also add on that, unless you REALLY rocked that toilet, every poo becomes a single flush. Rather than potentially needing to double flush to avoid clogging it
While you're shopping for a bidet also shop for an Australian toilet. The half flush saves a lot more water too but the proper s-bend makes everything a single flush even if you rocked it hard.
and by rocked it I mean you filled it with mercury for some reason
One of those is a bathroom remodel and the other is twenty minutes with a wrench in a rental
What's this now? There are a number of US toilets that have the dual flush feature, but what's this about a modified S bend?
Literally no other countries have problems with toilets clogging. It's not a modified S, it's a normal one
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That's my secret, I've got a 50 year old toilet with a five gallon tank. There's nothing this bad boy can't take down.
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Ahh, that's an interesting angle I hadn't considered. I wonder if there's a way to quantify the water savings this way, like a volume of water per TP roll or something. I feel like that could be a solid selling point to get more people interested in buying one.
I was curious a while ago and researched a little. Bidets are the environmental champ for butt cleaning.
Ten seconds? I think Mother Nature can understand if you wanna live it up a little bit more you know?
I spray my ass with the force of a thousand tsunamisβ10 seconds is more than enough.
Hahaha well then what better experience can you have with an ebb and flow like that? That's beyond living it up, and more like riding the storm π
What i mean is that you can save a lot of water by cleaning yourself using a bidet + bath sink instead of doing a full shower. π°
You don't need to shower every day. πΏ
You don't need a shower everyday just because your ass gets dirty. You need to shower everyday because the rest of you is dirty too lol
To add: not everyone needs to shower daily, either. I don't have a physical job, I shower maybe twice a week. More than enough for me. Also use Aleppo soaps, because they keep you clean longer. High oil percentage.
There are very few people in this world in my opinion who shouldn't be showering daily or at least every other day.
I can spend all day doing nothing and still reek at the end of the day. I'm sorry but you sound gross. Ain't no high quality shampoo. Keeping the stink off you that long.
Sounds like you don't have enough experience with talking to people about hygiene? I know many people who don't shower daily and are perfectly hygienic and not smelly at all, me included, and my wife. Kids definitely usually don't need to bathe daily either. Sometimes weekly is enough. Especially infants shouldn't rinse too much, else they develop skin problems.
If you spend all day doing nothing and reek?? Sounds like a you problem. Probably genetic.
Research Aleppo soaps. Might actually help you!
Good luck, stinky! β€οΈπ
Not bathing kids more than once a week is insane. It definitely ain't me stinking lol.
I didn't say "not more than once a week", I said "sometimes weekly is enough". So at least once a week. At least. Big difference.
But daily isn't necessary, in fact probably more harmful than good unless they're really muddy or soiled themselves in other ways.
Our kids keep clean. Wash hands before and after each meal, after coming home from outside, etc. Winter time is here so they have warm clothes and play in the snow, so no dirt.
I work as a developer, lots of time sitting still. Mostly just shower after exercising at the gym a few times per week. That's enough. Otherwise no smell.
Okay? Thought you said you "reek" after 1 single day of "doing nothing"? Which is it? Will you reek or won't you reek? You might have some hormonal issues that make your skin smelly. Might want to look it up.
Good luck! π
Warning. Purchasing a bidet will ruin travel because you don't feel clean the entire trip
I recently started carrying one of these in my travel kit. Absolutely recommended for just that reason.
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As someone who speaks Spanish
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Came to say bidet. I have the poor man version .. 25 at Amazon. I suffer Everytime I have to go back to only tp when not at home. I feel like a savage caveman without one. Smearing poop is just nasty and uncivilized to me. I have used the fancy ones in Japan but really did not like the warm water. I prefer the shocking cold glaciar feeling of butt refreshes. To anyone reading this...get a bidet, ANY KIND... Try cleaning up peanutbutter from your arm with just paper to experience what we talking about .
Cold water tho
Gotta get a heated one
I find the cold water refreshing. That said, I've never tried a heated one.