Comment by pacific@lemmy.world on What is a fun gadget you have purchased that has added value to your life?

A bidet 💪 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?

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.

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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Same here my friend! They nailed the name.

It literally saves so much water. 💧

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?

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 tsunamis—10 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 😆

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. 🚰

You don’t need to shower every day. 🚿

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.

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.

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