Why YSK: It’s cleaner, cheaper and more convenient than toilet paper
I’m from the US. While I have travelled to locales where they are commonplace, I never actually tried one. When lockdown and the tp crisis started, however, I purchased one online. I now hate having to use any lavatory that doesn’t have a bidet.
Q - Doesn’t it feel weird? A - No. Some people are worried that it may feel sexual. It doesn’t. It’s just a localized shower on your ass, which is something you hopefully do regularly.
Q - Won’t it just push detritus away from the epicenter and make a mess? A - It can, if the bidet has narrow spray. Mine does this. Just do a quick shimmy that makes the jet draw a decreasing radius spiral.
Q - Doesn’t everything get wet? A - Some bidets have air dryers, but in the absence of, yes. Keep tp in the lav to address this. The quick wipe to address this still saves a ton of tp.
Some people are worried that it may feel sexual.
I… did not know this was a concern? lol
I should clarify that I live in a remote area where a lot of people are homophobes. Anything directed towards one’s ass is, as the kids would say, sus af to these folks.
The I don’t wipe or wash my ass because that’s gay crowd. What a special bunch.
The “let me be hyperfocused on sexualizing other men’s anuses to show how straight and manly I am” crowd.
These people have serious issues. So, cleaning your butt makes you gay? Is toothbrushing OK, though?
I have to say I do LIKE the feeling of the jet hitting my sphincter. I mean it’s not full hunnnrrrr but it is …pleasent
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Ok first thank you for your insight. Second, your name made me lol.
Imagine you get your hands covered in sticky filth. Do you wash them at a sink or just wipe them off with some paper and call it good?
Why do any different for your ass?
Because your ass does literally nothing else all day, but your hands touch things like food etc. I’d say it was more like getting shit on your leg. Do you wipe it off or just wait until you next have a shower?
That said I love the idea of bidets, I’m just terrified it’ll get my underwear and clothes wet while being cold and unpleasant.
I’m just terrified it’ll get my underwear and clothes wet while being cold and unpleasant.
The beam is way more focused than you might imagine. It can’t reach your clothes, there’s a fat-ass human in the way ;)
It’s a focused stream of water so you just have to aim a little. And the cold water is actually surprisingly refreshing even in the winter for me.
" I’m just terrified it’ll get my underwear and clothes wet while being cold and unpleasant." I’ve never had this issue.
Wash them with soap and water and scrub them then dry them with a towel.
This is the kind of quality content that will get people to move away from reddit.
OK, so, I actually did this a few months ago!
But, in my opinion, it is not a 100% replacement for toilet paper. First, everything gets wet after using-and if you’re hairy like me you really do want to dry it, and I use TP to do that. Also, I’ve noticed that it doesn’t always get everything-and using some TP to dry off is also a good way to make sure everything is clean.
And it also has a good bit of spray that will land on the seat and the bidet itself. You need to clean that off, I tend to do it with toilet paper when I stand up.
You won’t stop using TP, but you’ll certainly use less of it, I think I use about half as much now as before.
I did some travels in places where bidets are common, here’s my take:
- Egypt - basically a brass pipe targeted at your hole, everyone shitting oh it - no for me
- Italy - standalone, you have to jump over - impractical, takes too much space
- Japan/Korea - toilets from space, heated seat warm, water and dryer - comfy, but you need electricity, and if it fails, expensive
- Finland - a shower attached to the toilet’s water intake - just cold water, but it’s fine, that’s the easiest to install and use
I honestly have no idea why bidets haven’t taken off in the US. After travelling to other countries though, had to buy one for my home toilet. And now I hate having to poop elsewhere where there’s no bidet.
ok…I’m intrigued. I’ve actually been using my kid’s baby wipes because really, anything is better than dry TP. Looking at some options on Costco, seems the cheapy is just a hand-held thing for $80, then the seat-integrated ones are around $300 and up. Is the seat integration worthwhile? What about water temp? Is it basically a cold-shot to the butthole? That’ll wake me up, no doubt.
I thought the cold shot to the hole was going to be horrible, but it’s actually a little refreshing.
Huh…OK more intrigued. I can’t say I’ve had that experience. FOMO is building.
I got mine on Amazon, it’s integrated into the seat, as in it is a toilet seat with a built-in bidet. It has two settings, for b-holes and lady bits. $100. It only does cold water, but it’s not as bad as you expect. You get used to it quick.
Cool…do you have a model number to share?
This is the one I have, just rebranded
Thanks. Targeted campaign of influence has started… Wife isn’t convinced, hehe
You should also know that if you do this, when you go on vacation you are going to have one seriously sore butthole until you get home again.
I mean at least in Europe when you use a bidet you use soap and then still dry a few times with tp. These contraptions are good to soften the ass crud but you’ll still need to wipe it off with tp.
I’ve tried them before and have never had a good experience. It either is too high pressure and hurts, or it’s too low pressure and doesn’t clean.
And I’m not particularly a fan of how wet everything gets down there after using one.
Is there a particular trick to them or, am I missing something?
The one I have has a dial to adjust how fast the water comes out. Sometimes I need a gentle whisper of water, othertimes I need my butthole power washed.
Sounds like your asshole is just a tad sensitive. Maybe you can get the toilet to buy you dinner first and see if that helps?
Maybe you can get the toilet to buy you dinner first and see if that helps?
Normally it is my girlfriend that does that, so I am doubtful it is a sensitivity issue lmao.
You can get ones where the valve is metered so you can open it a little for low power or sightly more for more water. I always wipe once after using it mine, which keeps things dry, but I ain’t never had to wipe twice.
What the fuck bidets are not common in the West? Scared that it will spray poop bits in vagina??? What’s going on over there.
It truly is life changing. A roommate received one as a gift in college. We soon fitted the other bathroom with a bidet as well because it was too good.
laughs in Italian yes come to the right side of personal hygiene
Now this is the kind of content I want more of going forward x
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There are about a million people here all saying the same thing. It’s amazing, it’s better than you think, and once you use one, you will never ever go back.
It’s all true. When you poop in a public restroom or at a friends house without one, you will feel tainted.
In the winter if you’re worried about cold water, you should know the anus is not very temperature sensitive. I suppose because in our evolutionary past we did not use our anus much to sense the temperature of objects.
