Bidet

[Anonymous]

Get a toto washlet ( google) For less than $1000 as an attachment to a regular toilet. Works as well as a bidet. A cheaper brand sells at Costco

[Anonymous]

i looked at a house that had one in the downstairs bath. i loved everything about the house except the location and the schools, so I reluctantly passed.

still a little bummed about the fact that I do not have a really charming front porch OR a bidet. Bygones.

[Anonymous]

We are moving into a new house built in the 70s that has one. I guess I'll have to try it out given all the rave reviews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a toto washlet ( google) For less than $1000 as an attachment to a regular toilet. Works as well as a bidet. A cheaper brand sells at Costco

Just get a cloth diaper sprayer for like $34

[Anonymous]

a bidet is standard in some EU countries ( like Italy) and not used in others (like the UK). it is great and I sorely miss it here. my little 3 year old "discovered" it at my parents' house in Italy this summer, and boy, her butt has never been cleaner.

the combo toilet/bidet seems really yucky to me (and unnecessarily expensive). plus I use the bidet to wash my feet and I am not sure I would put my feet in the toilet.

if we ever remodel our old bathrooms, the bidet will be there

[Anonymous]

There are American companies that make those "japanese" style electronic bidet seats...and way more affordable than what you think. I have a Brondell Swash bidet at home and absolutely love it. Google them and you'll find their products everywhere. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I was told this story by an architect at a party about how she had one of those all in one toilet/bidet/dryer combos installed in a Park Ave apt in NYC for a Japanese client. The plumber had never installed one before and no one fully tested it out before letting the client, elderly Japanese mogul, move back into his newly renovated apt.

She got an irate call at 5 AM. The plumber had not connected the hot water into the toilet so the bidet was shooting icy cold water only. It was February.

[Anonymous]

what exactly do you do on the bidet? how much time do you spend there? do you read magazines while you're sitting there? are you actively cleaning? or does it clean for you? why wouldn't you air dry -- why the need for a fan/heater? how long does the process take? do you do it every night/day/after a poop? seriously, all raves about a bidet and i don't know a thing about them -- i've only ever seen them. inquiring minds must know. thanks!

[Anonymous]

Yeah, please do tell. I'm not sure what is supposed to go on there. You face the wall right?

[Anonymous]

And is it just for your butt and not other parts? I feel like it would take 10 minutes to clean off after a poop with just a jet of water. And then you have a maybe-poopy towel hanging there after? Oh god that sounds disgusting.

[Anonymous]

18:49 here - this is how it works (or at least how i use it): my bidet had a jet of water coming from the front (and water coming down from the sides), so you face the wall, and clean your butt using your hand (you have already used the toilet paper, so you should not be cleaning a poopy butt - hand goes under jet of water and bring water to butt and clean it) takes one minute. you can enjoy for longer if you want. I also use it to wash my feet. I close the drain, fill the bidet with nice warm water, then soak my feet (add salts, or just soap). wonderful in cold winter, when I would seat on a chair with my feet in the water and the news paper in my hands. I do not understand the problems people have with drying: what do you do when you take a shower, do you air dry your butt? btw, I would use the bidet only in my home, never elsewhere

[Anonymous]

I'm very American, presumably a prude, and find it gross. I wouldn't wash my feet in a toilet or a bidet. My issue is other people using it too and also one more appliance to clean.

[Anonymous]

Ok, so the water sprays out from the bidet onto your bottom, then drains back into the bidet?

How do you make sure none of those poop germs splash back onto the sprayer, and then how do you know someone else's poop germs aren't getting sprayed onto your bottom or anyone else's?

And then you wash your feet in the thing?

How do you keep the dang thing santary?

I feel like I should be overcome with grossed out giggles. Please explain further.

[Anonymous]

Should say ''sanitary''

[Anonymous]

We looked at a house that had a kitchen sink sprayer installed next to the toilet for a "bidet." We still laugh about it today.