Do you own a bidet?
Posted by morecowbell520@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 832 comments
How many of us have graduated to using a bidet? If there's any generation that can adapt, and use one, it's us.
So if you have one, can you ever go back to not having one?
if you don't have one, what's stopping you?
Who's tried one and said "It's not for me because..."
I'm curious where our age group has fallen in the bidet discussion.
Fenrirs-Fang@reddit
Got a bidet during the height of COVID out of fear of running out of toilet paper. Never going back. Having to use only toilet paper (when in public) feels so disgusting now.
johnklapak@reddit
Never going back to paper. It's for barbarians.
Vyralynne@reddit
Yes, all toilets in my home have a bidet attachment. I hate when I travel and have to go back to the archaic practice of scooping out poop residue with dry paper. So gross.
adonisgq1@reddit
Never go to back to the barbaric ways of TP
Dylankneesgeez@reddit
I have a bidet and do not understand how people are not using TP with the bidet. You still need to wipe bro, it's just way cleaner when you do.
No_Income6576@reddit
Same. I love my bidet and probably use less tp because of it. I certainly feel fresher and love how it also cleans my toilet. But I'm so confused about the 0 tp people. One needs to dry their ass, no? Lol
Striking-Cup767@reddit
Eww can you imagine if you hadn’t fully sprayed everything off and then just stood up with poopy water dripping down your legs!! Grossy gross!!
Scary-Detail-3206@reddit
Also you need to double check to make sure you got everything. It’s a simple 2 square wipe when I’m done rather than multiple wipes
_ism_@reddit
Not for me, the way my boyfriend's bidet Works leaves me wetter than peeing. I have to use twice as much toilet paper to dry off.
Key-Demand-2569@reddit
Is it aimed properly for you or just him and you can’t adjust for it?
_ism_@reddit
it's marketed to men, and it has two "aim" settings and they are labelled "spray butt" and "spray other stuff."
On me they both just splash all over the butt and i wouldn't spray my front from the rear direction anyway, ew.
i kinda think he made a poor choice of product. I simply don't use it LOL i buy flushable wipes
Ckn-bns-jns@reddit
There’s no such thing as flushable wipes, ask any plumber.
A $15 bidet is going to be like using a garden hose, when you use one that has adjustable streams etc. it’s a game changer.
If someone pooped on your rug would you clean it with dry paper towels or use water?
Accomplished_Fan3177@reddit
Didn't have to ask the plumber, he brought it up first.
Maury_poopins@reddit
I would just buy a new rug.
Jobeadear@reddit
Splash out on a $300 - $500 one from China (or probably marked up to $1500 if locally bought in Australia) and you will really notice the difference in quality vs the bottom sub $50 tier of these products. My new one has a damn remote control, function for kids ( my son had to scoot forward to use our old one), night light, water heating, seat heating, proper settings to clean women and men, and you have settings to accurately adjust where it sprays per user, how hard it sprays, set temperatures etc etc
Kronos1A9@reddit
Yeah no thanks I’m good with the $50. Who needs a remote???
Jobeadear@reddit
Well, let's just say with the other ones with the remote attached to the seat, and I have a 8yr old son who is learning to aim, the remote will just get mounted on the wall higher up but still next to it, well out of potential splash range lol
A_Thorny_Petal@reddit
You can adjust how you sit to line up your butthole with the spray, it's not a magic butthole sensing machine.
Key-Demand-2569@reddit
Ah I gotcha, makes sense. Lol.
Obligatory heads up, you’ve probably heard it plenty before, but if you’re actually flushing “flushable” wipes it’s really advised not to.
99% of flushable wipes don’t really break down like they allude to and eventually cause plumbing issues even if it takes years.
Ckn-bns-jns@reddit
100% of flushable wipes are bad for plumbing.
MoulanRougeFae@reddit
The Cottonelle ones actually do break apart rapidly. Put one in some water and you'll see.
Key-Demand-2569@reddit
Yeah that’s my understanding that pretty much just those ones are the exception.
TheLastGenXer@reddit
i have one. i too use way more tp on average..
but tp never really did it for me. i always needed baby wipes to get the job done.
bidet just replaces that for me
Silly-Shoulder-6257@reddit
But do you walk awkwardly to bidet after using the toilet and then walk awkwardly back to wipe?
Scary-Detail-3206@reddit
No I’ve got toilet seat bidets
TheKindleGirl@reddit
Mine does come with a dryer feature with hot air …. It takes forever to be effective.
I’ve got a basket with these super soft wash cloths meant for babies rolled up, and another basket for dirty ones. I pat dry and add it to the dirty basket.
If I’m behind on housework, I sometimes use PT to dry, but I don’t like to as it leave lint behind.
Amanuet@reddit
My fancy bidet has a fan button where you can pick the temperature of the air that dries you. Life is grand.
PersonInDenver@reddit
The fan really makes all the difference!!
mousee3176@reddit
They have fans?! And some have temp controlled fans?! God I'm fucking poor.
A_Thorny_Petal@reddit
Dude home install ones in Japan from the 1980s would play music to cover the sounds of you using the toilet. Heated seat, air dry, built in scale so you always get your weight (before and after, LOL - although that's not the point).
We are literally 40 years behind Japanese pooping technology.
MungoJennie@reddit
Their cars are better, their toilets are better, and now their bidets are better. Why is this country not going for world domination? 😂😂😂
mousee3176@reddit
Too soon.
Amanuet@reddit
Mine is literally a fancy seat installed onto a preexisting toilet we had, not expensive considering what it does. It was a birthday present which didn't fit into the toilet in the ensuite, and so now the whole family uses the guest toilet downstairs to crap 😁
mariace65@reddit
That's the best kind! And the heated seat!
Morriganx3@reddit
TIL I might need a fancier bidet
SurroundedbyChaos@reddit
I never use the fan on mine. It takes forever.
Murderhornet212@reddit
I think some people use a washcloth?
Negative-Wrap95@reddit
Jobeadear@reddit
Some bidets have a drier function these days, guessing some of the folks have those kinds which technically would allow you to do this, but yeah I'd rather be certain with a tp wipe at the end to ensure dry and clean.
b00ty_water@reddit
Even in countries that use bidets and their plumbing can’t handle TP they still use toilet paper
Struggle_Usual@reddit
I mean a European bidet is very different from the toilet seat ones we have. Unless it's one of those hand held spray nozzle setups. The totally separate fixture type is a pain to use and not really a bidet the way we think of them (it's like a full clean your behind butt sink).
brainvheart143@reddit
Do you have the one that attaches to the toilet?
Designer-Travel4785@reddit
More of a pat dry rather than a wipe. Bidet dryers don't do shit, especially when your a hairy old curmudgeon. 😂
Kronos1A9@reddit
There have been just a few times where the safety wipe/check has revealed some poo. That’s all I needed to confirm there will be a small wipe at the end every time.
12Whiskey@reddit
I bought reusable toilet paper and use a square to dry off. I keep a little plastic bin to put them in when I’m done and wash them with my towels once a week. This way everyone has their own clean cloth to dry off each time they go and we’re not using paper.
Southern_Release_520@reddit
This is perfect for our bidet!
Boo_hoo_Randy@reddit
Wow. What a time to be alive.
Nohreboh@reddit
There's reusable paper towels now too.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B081NPK5Y2/ref=sspa_mw_detail_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A297KBO4TYZJ7E&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWw
According_Love2510@reddit
That’s exactly what I did. Reusable, washable cloths to dry with. Little bin next to the toilet to toss them in, washed once a week. I still keep regular tp in the bathroom because not everyone in the house is fully on board the bidet express, and for guests, but we go through it so much more slowly now
12Whiskey@reddit
Same here with the toilet paper. I can’t get my husband onboard for some reason but the rest of us only use the bidet. My daughter will hold it until she can get to the toilet with the bidet because wiping with tp feels so gross to her.
Wise_Finance_5315@reddit
It is pretty gross when you think about it. Not having a bidet just smears poop. It’s so gross not using a bidet.
NextPrize5863@reddit
Nutella and your forearm! That’s all it took for my husband!
smcivor1982@reddit
I always feel like the bidet is just blowing poop particles near my lady parts and I don’t want a UTI.
Morriganx3@reddit
You need one that has an adjustable sprayer so you can customize the angle. Or get a handheld travel one - that way, you can aim the spray backwards
HalfFrozenSpeedos@reddit
to me a bidet is a cross between a toilet and sink with hot and cold taps, you fill it with water and wash your backside and bits and then empty it - particularly popular during the 1970s in the UK (and often in avocado green no less)
smcivor1982@reddit
I think if we had a real bidet and not the one we added to our toilet, it would be better for me.
Morriganx3@reddit
Get her a portable bidet in case she has to use another toilet! I got really frustrated last year because I spent a fair amount of time away from home and nowhere I stayed had bidets. Getting a travel one has made such a difference
Negative-Wrap95@reddit
plmbob@reddit
samesies, but I have white cloth squares in a box like a Kleenex dispenser so I can bleach them.
Love_for_2@reddit
We do the exact same, but only for a pee.
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
U/kulacloth enters the chat LOL
tulips_onthe_summit@reddit
I use waaaaaaaay less TP, but I agree, I still use TP.
bfjizzle@reddit
That's what I was thinking. I've never used a bidet, but I always assumed it would be very wet if not wiped
Nohreboh@reddit
You just need 3 or so squares of tp to pat dry the water, still takes less time and effort than wiping without the bidet.
its_raining_scotch@reddit
I have the handheld butt-sprayer version bidet, and it does like 95% of the job, but TP is still necessary not only to dry off but also to get the remaining gross. It weirds me out that so many people on Reddit stop wiping once they get a bidet. All you have to do is wipe afterwards and look at the TP to know that a jet of water does a lot but not everything.
Embarrassed_Control7@reddit
Different bidets hit the spot differently. I have two toilets.One needs the tp just to dry and the other is more of a spot ch eck/dry. Try a different brand if you're not getting clean. Give the old girl a couple winks while you blast it with water.
angnicolemk@reddit
Exactly, unless you have an industrial strength dryer on your bidet, you are leaving with a wet ass which is weird
Maury_poopins@reddit
I’ve got a simple three step process that requires no TP and dries my butt every time:
CplHicks_LV426@reddit
You just pat dry with like 2 squares. I have a dryer on one of my bidets but it sucks. I sit there for an extra 30 seconds to drip dry, and use a couple squares to pat dry. For a long time after I got the bidet I looked at the TP to ensure it was perfectly clean after patting dry and it always was, so now I trust it.
Cloud_Odd@reddit
If it sucks, you’re using it wrong!
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
My BioBidet BB1000 has a blow dryer! It's even heated!
Morriganx3@reddit
Ok, I definitely need a fancier bidet
Otherwise_Piglet_862@reddit
Vortex mode; Engage!
No9No9No9No9@reddit
This sounds like a spaceballs joke
DoveOnTheInternet@reddit
Spaceballs the Bidet Dryer! (A real hit with the boys, ifyouknowwhatImean)
Apart_Pineapple2392@reddit
Thats the name of part 2.
__3Username20__@reddit
Number 2?
Apart_Pineapple2392@reddit
Just joking on the name, probably. But yeah, there is a spaceballs 2 in 2027.
__3Username20__@reddit
I meant this in more of a Beavis and Butthead tone: heh heh, “number 2” means poop, heh heh!
allieballie1122@reddit
Now THAT is snazzy!
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
In my opinion, a bidet should either be inexpensive and functional like the Luxe Neo120, or do EVERYTHING.
The do everything bidet category is ruled by:
Toto C2 Washlet
Alpha JX
BioBidet BB2000
atlmobs@reddit
Serious question, how long does it take to get dry? I think this is the main thing preventing me from going to a bidet. I like the idea of a clean ass but strongly dislike the idea using a towel repeatedly or having TP disintegrate in my hand due to the amount of water.
But a quick dryer 🤔
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
Ha, it's admittedly a little slow. I use charmin ultra strong to dry off. Just 2-3 squares and a quick pat and I'm GTG.
Canadatron@reddit
Can't have one or I'd never leave the loo.
I am a tradesman. Running water and heat is a luxury for me.
schmoke-n-apancake@reddit
Yeah, but how are you checking to make sure all the shit is gone? Now you’re just blow drying your ass with some shit left over that was missed. 😬
Ishvale@reddit
Even if I had a dryer, I'd still have to check, ya know?
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
I definitely check with paper
SlackerDS5@reddit
The good ones in japan have a wash and blow dry feature. I still follow up with pat down.
_SmashLampjaw_@reddit
...wipe first, too
ShivvyMcFly@reddit
No need to wipe if you have a great bidet
Struggle_Usual@reddit
I've checked, before I got one with a dryer I'd use TP to dry and was at 100% of the time it being clean. So unless I'm in a hurry and just dry off quickly rather than the butt dryer I'll skip TP most of the time. I'm a lady and my model even has a front rinse which is lovely.
Standard-Contest-949@reddit
Yeah the whole “No need for TP” is total bullshit. You will use way way less for sure. But unless you got one of them super fancy ones that washes and dries you off even then you still gotta take a pass with the toilet paper. If you’re using a towel to dab it off you are nasty as fuck and don’t know what you’re doing.
Country_Gravy420@reddit
Your bidet doesn't have a heated drying fan?
rey_as_in_king@reddit
eww, wet TP is so nasty! I don't understand how people use it with a bidet, it would just become wet mush in your hands or glued to your bits 🤮
I have separate front and butt cotton towels for drying
minicooperlove@reddit
Lol it doesn’t do that unless you have really cheap, thin TP. Just blot dry, it’s no different than drying your hands with paper towels.
rey_as_in_king@reddit
yeah I'd never waste paper towels to dry off my hands but they have very different textures and strengths than toilet paper and would be fine for ass drying if I didn't mind wasting rolls of paper towels (in this economy)
I only keep the fluffy TP for guests, I also find it disgusting when damp or wet
maybe it's just my sensory issues, there's lots of things that gross me out like touching frosted glass or microfiber but those are normal topics and I know other people are like me on those things, just not discussed TP that often to know I'm the weirdo here
but honestly, it crumbles, it pills, I can barely blow my nose on it and even then I get pretty gorssed out, how are more people not totally disgusted by wet TP?
Upper-Power8532@reddit
Pile of little pieces of worn out shirts that get laundered and eventually stained and thrown away. There is a separate trash can for them.
FaithlessnessThin359@reddit
you need more fiber in your diet.
LatinBotPointTwo@reddit
You still need to dry off.
FaithlessnessThin359@reddit
Mine has a dryer function.
minicooperlove@reddit
Mine does too but it takes forever.
LatinBotPointTwo@reddit
That sounds great, I need one of those. 😃
albanyanthem@reddit
I’m not wiping, I’m drying. I’ve got 2/3 toilets with bidet set attachments. Next one is scheduled to be installed with our next bathroom remodel.
GarblingCumfarts@reddit
I go through 2 packs of toilet paper a year now, and most of that is just me blowing my nose. It's crazy how much money a $40 bidet attachment has saved me.
wtf___yall@reddit
I use a "butt towel" after cleaning with the bidet.
MysteriousFee2873@reddit
Washable wipes bro. Huge step up from my grandmas stories of sears catalog wipes
IvenaDarcy@reddit
I just commented I use more TP now than previously but I use less wet wipes which is what I used previously so I guess it’s similar waste / cost wise.
Those who were barbaric and dry wiping and just nasty humans. Most of us were using wet wipes long before a bidet. This idea most out here dry wiping is insane. Also unless you have gut issues or hemorroids or something then you shouldn’t have a nasty cleanup after going to the bathroom. If you do get others things in check cause bidet is last of your concerns.
LangdonAlg3r@reddit
The TP is to double check. Ours has a heated seat and an air dryer. I just wish we had more than one. Maybe someday.
Gmoney86@reddit
I want to upgrade from a cold water to a high end model but this will be a next home addon at this rate.
Imhappy_hopeurhappy2@reddit
Butt towels
sravll@reddit
I expect my TP to be clear when I wipe or I'm not done bideting
trashpanda6798@reddit
Yeah even if you’re sandblasting your ass hole with max water pressure, still gonna want TP to to dry and prevent the ol mud butt
YcemeteryTreeY@reddit
Oh, how my imagination runs wild wondering what someone named trashpanda who uses the phrase "mud butt" must look like
LangdonAlg3r@reddit
But do you have the Squatty Potty to complete the package? Because that combination is peak poop.
lisafer664@reddit
That's what im doing right now, hehehe
theextraolive@reddit
Same
ProsodyProgressive@reddit
👋 We do! 🏆🎉
Ok-Buddy-Go@reddit
The ikea step-stool is smaller, cuter, and as helpful...
PessimisticPeggy@reddit
The only way to properly go.
Quiet-Temporary-6666@reddit
Your user name made me laugh out loud. Thanks. I needed that today.
https://i.redd.it/091r9bqlhstg1.gif
My sucky wiener kids have classmates with the same first name. Thusly, I say this often.
Born_Tale_2337@reddit
This is the way
YcemeteryTreeY@reddit
A friend bought me a squatty potty and I actually hated it. Maybe mine was too high or something
drklib@reddit
Our cats have a squatting potty as their litterbox...
lankyleper@reddit
I try to replicate the squat on my regular toilet by maintaining perfect posture when dropping a deuce. Everything just slides right out 95%of the time.
tulips_onthe_summit@reddit
I love the bidet; wish I would've tried it so much sooner!
gmlogmd80@reddit
TP?
Logical-Locksmith178@reddit
Had to scroll wayy too farr downnn forr thissss
Donkey-Dong-Doge@reddit
Absolutely. Top 2 moments in my life. 1 birth of my daughter. 2 the day my bidet went operational.
Eggplant-Easy@reddit
I have been bidet free for spring break week and my ass couldn’t be more chafed.
Ididnotpostthat@reddit
People tell me a bidet is gross. My response is … and smearing poop into your skin with toilet paper isn’t?
brayellison@reddit
I even purchased a portable one for when I travel
brandi_theratgirl@reddit
My millennial boyfriend and I get frustrated when we are in homes without one. I actually got mine after visiting my millennial sibling a few times and I've been thinking of buying one for my parents and other sister.
I was at a house that had an actually toilet with s bidet, rather than an attachment like ours, that was heated and that was quite nice.
RealityOk9823@reddit
I hate scrubbin my ass with TP like a savage when I have to poop outside of the house.
ThenPsychology1012@reddit
Same here
Birds-Are-Joy@reddit
Not using any tp to wipe any residual poo is unhinged.
dockstaderj@reddit
I'm visiting family this week, it strange to go back to this barbaric way of life. Might need to upgrade their lives too!
ArcadeKingpin@reddit
I’m a butthole supremacist. I look down on all those dirty assholes.
VibrantViolet@reddit
Same, I hate pooping without a bidet now lol
OuchBag@reddit
I love shooting water up my poop chute.
Flat-Philosopher8447@reddit
Just got back from Japan - even the 7/11 has a bidet. Have had them on all toilets in our house for years, but very basic ones. Planning to upgrade now.
asinusadlyram@reddit
Yep. They're in all the toilets in my house now. Won't go without one if I can help it.
Quick_Effort594@reddit
Hell no, those things are for -insert- and -insert- GOD BLESS AMERICA
Janet296@reddit
I have the bum gun one. Yes, everyone should get one.
Lexatx@reddit
I just got a portable bidet and I’m not using any tp. Why would you need tp? My bidet has so many bells and whistles lol! It also has a child setting for my grandson :). I think aim is kind of important. We rented an Airbnb last summer that had one and I had never used a bidet in my life, I decided on that trip that I had to have one. I have a small tea towel nearby (with cute little black cats on it) to help dry me if my heated fan doesn’t do the job but so far I haven’t needed them. My little set of tea towels with the black cats smiling at me hanging from my newly installed towel rack is just serving as decoration for my water closet. I don’t know how I survived all my life without a bidet. I also suffer from chronic UTI’s and used that as an excuse for the purchase. I don’t want any unnecessary bacterial anywhere near me. Americans need to get with the program with the bidets.
TheKindleGirl@reddit
I got my first one about 16 years ago, an old manual non-electric model with only cold water.
When some plumbers came over they didn’t know what it was and sprayed themselves.
Current one has all the extra tech, sensor so only works if occupied, temp pressure and angle control, feminine setting, self nozzle cleaning. I will have a bidet until I die.
Remote_Pick_1952@reddit
I love my bidet. I do use a little TP to just pat dry.
WWGHIAFTC@reddit
I just got home from a few weeks in japan.
I miss the washlet. The one in my room had a hand washer too.
Not a fan of the hot seats though.
Public_Neck_3768@reddit
I love ours. We got the toto one with the heated seat back and front wash and dry. I like the toliet itself is higher than our old one. I hate using a regular one now I like feeling clean. As others have said a couple of small sheets of tp to make sure you are totally dry.
SilverDarner@reddit
I installed one in January of 2020. Best. Timing. Ever.
Designer-Travel4785@reddit
Yes. I bought one early 2020. Love it.
PotsMomma84@reddit
Who doesn’t?
7201kls@reddit
Won’t ever go back
YSoSkinny@reddit
Life changing! Holy shit. Lol.
psilosophist@reddit
Going on 10 years of bidet life. We have a travel bidet for away game situations.
LongjumpingFall1584@reddit
Ohhhhh? Show me your ways senpai!
psilosophist@reddit
We just use a basic (no heat) Tushy bidet at home, the travel bidet is a squeeze bottle with a little showerhead, we just got it on Amazon (don't get the Tushy version, it sucks). Look for ones advertised for dealing with pregnancy/post pregnancy, they have a little more oomph to them. And don't bother with the battery powered ones.
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
where were you when I asked this questions in r/bidets ??? (Looking for the best travel bidet)
psilosophist@reddit
https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Handheld-Postpartum-Cleansing-Childbirth/dp/B08L9M6FTP
That's the one we have. Two actually.
nakedcellist@reddit
That looks like the bottle I use for nasal irrigation. Better not mix them up.
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
thanks!
Large-Inspection-487@reddit
Squeeze bottle filled with warm water haha. $1 at the dollar store
basiden@reddit
What travel one do you like? Never going away for an extended trip without one again
MapMan992@reddit
Gotta love a travel bidet. I have one for backpacking 😂
floodums@reddit
You remind me of my cousin that couldn't travel without her squatty potty
Ok-Energy5358@reddit
Absolutely! We put in a Toto Washlet toilet when we remodeled our bathroom. Why anyone would be against one is beyond me.
In fact, I now don’t look forward to vacations because I have to do it the old way.
Alternatively, if someone can explain how to use the three shells method, I’ll listen.
nakedcellist@reddit
You could get one of those traveling bidets
meenie@reddit
I just got back from a trip to Japan. They are everywhere ! Fantastic country :)
StringAndPaperclips@reddit
You can get a portable bidet or even just use a cheap squeezy bottle when you are traveling
gherbein@reddit
Love the Washlet! 3 out of 4 toilets in my house have one, and agree with others that it's hard to be away from home because of it.
relikter@reddit
I'm pooping in my washlet right now. The heated seat is such a nice touch.
Pretty_waves904@reddit
I have one and looooooooove it.
ratiofarm@reddit
Same! The washlet is peak poopin!
WhysAVariable@reddit
Lol, they don't know how the three shells work!
Ok-Cake2637@reddit
We have bidets in every bathroom. Master, guest and powder room. Hubs and I got them for the folks too. I would never ever go back. Our kids use the bidets too. Ours has settings for males and females. We do still have TP in our home, but I won't ever be in a house without one unless it's like air b&b situation or something like that. Have had them since like 2018 or so....
Efficient-Rent-5644@reddit
I have one and it changed my life forever
AmputeeHandModel@reddit
I need someone to explain this to me. People always say this when bidets come up on here. How did it "change your life"? Were you walking around with filthy cheeks before? Did you not wipe? I know the spiel, "You wouldn't just wipe your arm off with dry paper if you got poop on it". How is your life actually different if you don't have IBS or something? You poop, clean up one way or another, leave the bathroom and get on with your life. Pooping does not negatively affect my life. I use wet wipes (And throw them in the trash), I can't imagine how life would be improved by having a bidet.
SusiSunshine@reddit
Imagine you’ve been cleaning yourself with wet wipes your whole life and then today you take your first shower.
ArchitectVandelay@reddit
But you use soap in the shower. With a bidet, are you lathering up too? If you’ve got hard poop,
FapOpotamusRex@reddit
Imagine taking a Super Soaker 2000 and aiming it from 2 inches away right at your poop-shoot and then blasting away anything that could be there.
It's like powerwashing your asshole, it's amazing.
ArchitectVandelay@reddit
I get that, but how is that “clean?” Do you shower without soap? The point of the shower is it does what water can’t—actually clean your skin. I mean, yes, it’s better than no water at all but in terms of “clean” it’s still pretty gross.
Soft_Concept9090@reddit
For one, your trash won’t smell like shit anymore.
goat_penis_souffle@reddit
I don’t get it either. Wow, a hot air dryer, exactly what I need, blowing hot shit air all over my bathroom.
I think it’s an artifact from Covid when toilet paper was scarce.
No-Assignment6685@reddit
The idea of those colorful reusable cloth toilet-towels gives me the heebie-jeebies. It's the thought of damp towels covered in tiny bits of fecal matter, stewing in a cutesy little basket in the corner all week. Bonus grossout points for multi-person households creating a many-layered stew.
Washing machines aren't magic, folks. Color-safe bleach does not meet EPA disinfecting requirements. Bacteria just gets passed around from one soiled cloth to another, and from one load of laundry to the next.
Bactieral exchange in household washing machines
Enteric virus survival in household laundering
J-Nice@reddit
It's like the scene in Wizard of Oz when everything goes from sepia to full technicolor.
callsignmario@reddit
No pun intended but gave my wife shit when she bought one ages ago... is great. Then a baby wipe to dry. TP be damned. Why deal with the mess.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
Baby wipes aren't flushable. They say they are. But every sewage treatment plant in North America disagrees with the manufacturers.
ArchitectVandelay@reddit
Hopping on to say baby wipes in particular say they are not flushable. “Flushable” adult wipes are the ones claiming they can go down the toilet safely. And they are worse than anyone who hasn’t googled “flushable wipes sewage treatment plant” would think.
Unless you’re irregular, plan to shower after your daily deuce. Best possible solution that I realize few people actually consider.
callsignmario@reddit
Nobody said anything about flushing. Where I am in Asia, they don't flush anything here - littlr trash bins by toilets.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
So you can introduce new points to consider and others can not? Its good that your usage doesn't plug up the plumbing. The point about them remains however, since a lot of people absolutely do flush them and it creates problems. Accumulating feces-riddled pieces of material isn't very hygenic either. It meets the social norms for some places and not others.
callsignmario@reddit
Oh, completely agree - all points are welcome, and definately took awhile to wrap my head around the trash bins with used toilet paper. Believe it was more of an issue in the country's past with poor plumbing, but the norm of not flushing and having the bins remained. Little cultural differences like that are an eye opener that I appreciate, even when it seems odd at forst, from traveling to other countries. 🍻
USNorsk@reddit
The environment?
gnomequeen2020@reddit
Exact same with my husband. He resisted using it for over a year, and he suddenly got turnt on it, and he has vowed to never return to the dark ages.
PerformerBrief5881@reddit
Changed life: Now must get home ASAP if need to shit. No where else will do.
RealisticSorbet@reddit
No kidding. I travel for work about 30% of the time and it's absolutely miserable to have to be away for more than a day. But absence makes the heart grow fonder and makes the first proper clean in a few days that much better.
chizzo257@reddit
There are travel bidets
kaest@reddit
They're pretty bad. Might as well dribble a cup of water down your crack.
ItWasTheBeardedMan@reddit
I have a rechargeable battery powered travel bidet that I've been using daily at work and for travel the past 2 years. Game changer since my work has such terrible TP.
rey_as_in_king@reddit
not true at all, I didn't want to install one and I wanted something I could clean after each use so I have a travel bidet I use every day that will take skin off a bum on high if you get too close
kaest@reddit
I tried 3 or 4 a while ago and they were bad. 🤷 Can you link me yours?
rey_as_in_king@reddit
I don't have the link but I got the Insolife III on Reddit recommendation
kaest@reddit
Thank you!
minicooperlove@reddit
They’re better than nothing. Some have stronger water pressure than others. Invest in a good electric one.
Ghost_with_no_name@reddit
I’m 99% sure that’s what some guys do here at my corporate office. I’ve seen a couple different guys (over time) go into stalls with small paper cups and always wondered what they were doing.
sykojaz@reddit
I found a bottle bidet online that works decently well.
kaest@reddit
Oh please link!
sykojaz@reddit
I've now purchased 3 of them. I have one at work, and keep one in a little backpack with a 20oz bottle of water, which I refill when I wash my hands. The first one broke after something like 5 years at work.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D8RKUCO
kaest@reddit
Thanks so much 🙏
Grumpy-Troglodyte@reddit
that's a r/BrandNewSentence
No-Assignment6685@reddit
I recently discovered this amazing gizmo for getting my butthole properly clean while traveling. It's called a shower. Works for different stuff too! I'm probably never going back to washing my pits in the bidet after this experience.
RealisticSorbet@reddit
Wait until you discover water fountains too, tastes way better
slappy_mcslapenstein@reddit
I travel with wet wipes.
MartyFreeze@reddit
They are the best, and it's hilarious seeing someone downvoting everyone who says the same thing. They must've had a traumatic experience with one or have some weird fear of how they'll be judged by others if they use one.
nobot4321@reddit
A lot of people seriously think cleaning your butt is gay.
GarblingCumfarts@reddit
My girlfriend's son unhooked it at her house because of that reason. Apparently bidets are for sissy liberals but he'll buy everything alpha-males recommend to him.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
That level of disrespect for someone he lives with is... unsettling. He could've just not used it.
mhyquel@reddit
The same would apply to being gay, but for some reason they can't exist with the idea that someone is doing something with their own butt.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
See also: washing your hands.
Long have I opined that the venn diagram of those groups is a circle.
New_Stats@reddit
1 reason for the male lonilness epidemic imo
How could a woman ever date a disgusting moron who can't even wipe his own ass properly?
MoulanRougeFae@reddit
Or wash. Some of these men are out here not even using soap in the shower little lone getting in between the cheeks and actually washing their asshole.
NoSprinkles4835@reddit
let alone
magpie_on_a_wire@reddit
I own one. Bought it for my kid when they first started using the bathroom on their own but still could wipe efficiently. As a woman, I won't use it because I'm scared of cross contamination and getting a UTI or something. Probably not but I still can't get over the thought.
30HelensAgreeing@reddit
I have one of those bum urethras that guarantees if a UTI can happen, it will. I’ve gotten UTIs just from soap running down my body. All that fun aside, never got one from a bidet.
Leaving that E. coli there to hang out though, will give me a UTI.
A proper bidet will be oriented in a way that doesn’t interact with the rest of the whizz palace, and generally have self-cleaning cycles. If a bidet like this is unaffordable, there are various hoses, and bottles you can fill with Evian if you like. (I got hooked on “peri bottles” they gave me after child birth. With the crime scene going on down there, was stupid happy to have it.)
You can still use toilet paper to dry off (I use my hair dryer when I’m feeling extra).
Just sayin’ if you’re worried about UTIs, bidets help avoid them rather than causing them.
Another thought…y’all could try helping instead of downvoting folks. Spread knowledge and help your people instead of kicking them down for not knowing.
magpie_on_a_wire@reddit
Thanks for this!
brandi_theratgirl@reddit
My millennial boyfriend and I get frustrated when we are in homes without one. I actually got mine after visiting my millennial sibling a few times and I've been thinking of buying one for my parents and other sister.
I was at a house that had an actually toilet with s bidet, rather than an attachment like ours, that was heated and that was quite nice.
cabanners@reddit
Same! I miss it every time I am in a situation without it 😩
Admiral-6@reddit
Ditto.
Interesting-Ice-3976@reddit
I have one. it six of my friends who are all Gen X have one and I would never go back to not having one again. it’s an absolute game changer.
theOnlyDaive@reddit
I have one in every bathroom in my house. Never. Going. Back.
HipHopGrandpa@reddit
Fucking Reddit and the Bidet Mafia.
Aimstraight@reddit
2 actually. Lots of overseas travel got me accustomed to them, and then with the pandemic it was a simple choice to add them at home
tedzirra@reddit
Purchased during covid to save money on TP. And now don't wanna poop anywhere else. And highly recommend getting one with the hot water hookup for a moderate temperature wash.
Gossamer_Galaxy_@reddit
Or get one that heats the water up like my new one! Heated water, heated seat… ooof I love it.
morecowbell520@reddit (OP)
Covid tp shortage was our subtle push into the bidet life too. Little did I know the my life was about to change forever 😄
GrillDealing@reddit
We have 3, I don't poo outside of my house if it isn't an emergency. If i'm elected president my first executive order is to wash your ass and then mock anyone who challenges it.
kalyknits@reddit
At our current house, one out of two toilets has a cold water simple bidet attachment. At the new house we will be moving into soon, two out of three toilets have fancy warm water / dryer bidet seats and the third one has an outlet next to it in case we want to upgrade that one in the future.
Jetski125@reddit
Who the fuck smears shit in their asshole in 2026?
PersonInDenver@reddit
Yup! It's glorious.
LazarusDark@reddit
Pro tip: our boomer parents are having mobility issues, if they aren't completely stubborn, get them to try a bidet, it will improve their life. Heck, just go over there and install it for them, don't even ask. My boomer parents tried it and it has improved their life.
Signal_This@reddit
I'm curious how you dry off afterwards? Do you have towels for each household member? If so, how do you store them? Or do you use a fresh towel every time? What about guests?
LazarusDark@reddit
Are you thinking it's like a shower that gets you all wet? Because it's not, it's very focused, we just use one or maybe two tp squares to dab off the water. No towels here (I know single use towels are a thing in many non-US countries, I've never met anyone in the US that uses towels). Guests can use tp as normal or use the bidet, their choice. But many guests have tried it and immediately went and bought one for themselves, it really is something that most people just need to try once and then they immediately understand its benefit. It's especially great for elderly that have mobility issues, my boomer parents were easy to convince for this reason.
uns0licited_advice@reddit
Shared towel like the poop knife.
Duckbites@reddit
I have a stack of washcloths right next to the toilet with the laundry basket nearby. Single use, excess laundry, worth all the hassle
DangerWo1f@reddit
I’m mean most toilets have a paper roll hanging right next to them.
piratebunnygirl@reddit
Single use. I bought a giant pack of super soft bamboo wash clothes. I have them folded stacked near the toilet and a discard basket next to it. Though one is not needed every time. Most the time the drying fan is sufficient, if I stay sitting long enough.
angnicolemk@reddit
I still use paper to dry, just way less paper than before.
sleeperninja@reddit
We have two ass blasters, now! Use less TP, butt feels WAY cleaner.
Southern_Release_520@reddit
My husband was the one w the idea. He replaced our entire toilet and installed a new outlet to plug the bidet into. And now it’s very hard to go wo it. It truly is a beautiful thing. I love the clean feel and I greatly enjoy the warm seat. It was his solution for reducing usage (or blockage) of our septic tank.
bigfatjumbo@reddit
I got my bidet for Christmas, best gift ever!! Now I hate shitting anywhere but home.
Bonus points: it was Christmas 2019. Everyone was making fun of me, then 3 months later people were hoarding tp 😂😂😂
Financial-Park-602@reddit
As a Finnish xennial, I've grown up with bidet showers. They were fairly common already in the 80's, and our health class at school adviced how to use one in a hygienic manner (shower from front to back, never from back to front, as you don't want poop bacteria in the other parts).
But totally agree, bidet is life changing. I prefer having a bidet shower, as it's more flexible to use, and can be used for other things too, such as washing a baby's butt or the paws of a small dog in the sink.
Milky-Way-Occupant@reddit
Never ever go back!
Polar_Version875@reddit
Yep! Best invention ever. I’m Korean- American though… we just don’t consider dry TP as sufficient.
Prestigious_Bat7322@reddit
Hand held sprayer. The bidet of Asia.
Enmyriala@reddit
Hell yes I have a bidet, and I even bought two travel bidets (one for parents' house, one for actual travel). I do keep sub par wet wipes in my purse because my traveling buddy is too bulky for everyday carry.
Seriously, how do people not use them???
benevolentempireval@reddit
Bidet gang FTW
NorthBase710@reddit
Bidet is not a thing in my country.
So no.
wildplums@reddit
Yes. I have one. It actually still shocks me (and makes me internally judgemental) when people act like it’s gross… like, what? That’s so ignorant, lol.. (I’m in the US so talking about other Americans) I had a yoga instructor who asked the class, “if you got dog shit on your hand, would you just wipe it off with a dry piece of paper and consider your hand clean?” I’ll never forget it. I do, however, forget why he was talking about it…
I personally will never go without. And, I’m raising my kids with clean butts as well! 🎉
Elly_Higgenbottom@reddit
Yes & the first people I knew with one were my greatest gen grandparents. They had a very fancy Japanese one stating in the 90s. My boomer mother thinks they're ridiculous, stupidly.
balboasale187@reddit
Bidet Life
sporkachoon@reddit
Best 40 bucks I've ever spent.
Zealousideal_Job5986@reddit
When my boyfriend moved in the first thing he did was install a bidet. He has put one in my bathroom as well (we each have our own bathroom), I have not ventured yet. I accidentally used one once when I was at my aunt's house when I was maybe 10 and I still have PTSD from it 😂😂
draculawater@reddit
Love my bidet. One of my least favorite parts of travel these days is not having ready access to a bidet most places.
cacecil1@reddit
Can't live without it. I even have a travel one, but it's not the same.
bbw_poler@reddit
As soon as I tried a bidet at a friend’s house, I went out and bought one for my house 😂
ClassicAdhesiveness1@reddit
No. I know how to wipe my ass and check the tp. Plus I’d still wipe but then the tp would be stuck in my crack. I’ll pass.
FriendlyTomorrow4192@reddit
bidet for life...no other way..heavenly feeling on your hooha and bummy
Blackbird136@reddit
“It’s not for me because” IT EFFING FEELS WEIRD. I tried one in Europe and it elicited a vomit reflex. Same thing happened the one time I had to get an enema when I was a kid. I think I just do not like my butthole being touched!!
(No offense to anyone who likes their butthole being touched. You do you.)
I’m lucky enough that most of the time, my poop comes out very cleanly and 1-2 wipes take care of it.
jerryonthecurb@reddit
Either you're touching it with paper or you're touching it with water, but if you ain't touching it, you ain't clean my friend.
poppisima@reddit
Wait. It touches your anus???
Tygria@reddit
It does not.
Blackbird136@reddit
Maybe I did it wrong?? I thought that was the point.
atheisticboomer@reddit
Best purchase I ever made
jamgirl78@reddit
Ok so I've always thought they were cool but the original bidet are like a urinal shape which i believe is original. So I bought one from Costco years ago called ova I think. It was amazing lol!! Like the think had a heated seat, a night light, charcoal filter, three or so types of "rinse cycles" and a blow dryer. Yes , sometimes you need a bit of t.p. but I really miss it!! Now I'm on just a regular ol' toilet. Miss my bidet 😵💫 even for just the headed seat
Handout@reddit
I have one. I know they say they're super sanitary but after 2 UTIs in a year, I stopped using it and not a UTI in the 2 years since. And yes, I know about the front vs back nozzle.
iheartmytho@reddit
I bought a Tushy bidet after going to Japan, where bidets are everywhere. I installed it about 6 months before COVID. It was a life saver.
The_Fell_Opian@reddit
I own two
nobot4321@reddit
Yes, life changing. I hate having to poop without one now.
morecowbell520@reddit (OP)
Yup. I went camping last weekend and not having a bidet was the only bummer of the trip.
NicolleL@reddit
You can get a handheld travel one on Amazon for like $20/30.
mhyquel@reddit
You can 3D print a water bottle nozzle for 20 cents.
NicolleL@reddit
Yeah, but if you don’t have a 3d printer, it’s going to cost a lot more than $20/30 🤣
(Actually, some allow you to attach a plastic single use water bottle, which is helpful for situations where you might not be able to get clean water easily. Versus at home, you can fill the one it comes with with warm water. I’m talking about the battery operated one; I forgot to mention that.)
bluebus74@reddit
Or be like the truckers and poke holes in the cap of disposable spring water bottle.
Newgeta@reddit
Just bought one for a 2 week vacation I have coming up! Glad i'm not the only one!
Its Type C rechargeable!
Maury_poopins@reddit
Taking a bidet camping is arguably more important than having one at home. At least at home you have access to a shower once a day. When camping the bidet is your only chance to get that butthole sparkling.
joshuastar@reddit
look up the Holey Hiker Bidet.
JayChucksFrank@reddit
I highly recommend getting a peri bottle. Life changing when it comes to travel.
recruz@reddit
Yes, as others are saying, get a handheld one. I used it on a trip recently. The game was changed
SwitchbackHiker@reddit
You can make one by poking holes in the lid of a water bottle, fill with water, and squeeze to rinse.
c0147@reddit
I have a travel bidet now for just that purpose
ReverendDizzle@reddit
Every time I take a trip and I'm away from the bidet, I'm like "I can't believe I lived like this."
lankyleper@reddit
They sell little portable "hand bidets". I'm pretty close to getting one.
rjcpl@reddit
Yeah have had then on all our toilets for around a decade now. They still freak out my boomer parents when they visit asking if they can still use it as a normal toilet. 😂
moxiegal444@reddit
I adore my bidet! 🚽
The only bad thing is when I leave my house I'm subjected to freezing cold seats and no auto flush. The indignity!
And yes, I 100% do a toilet paper dab.
Federal-Service-4949@reddit
Absolutely yes and I’ll never not have one. Amazing difference.
Some-Exchange-4711@reddit
I FUCKING WISH!!
SplakyD@reddit
I had tried to use a bidet before and never found the water pressure to be adequate. However, we just installed a cheap one and that thing is like a fire hose. That thing is a game changer!
min_mus@reddit
Yes.
OBBlue22@reddit
I’ve used one for years. Recently had to go on a 5 day trip and I was miserable on day one. Definitely packing a travel one in the future. NEVER GOING BACK!
IkariYun@reddit
Wife(89) refuses. I've been begging to save my ass from tp for years. She fights me on getting the good TP, but won't let me buy and install a bidet to never have to buy it again
JasmineandRose82@reddit
Absolutely and I’m never going back!
HighSeasArchivist@reddit
I didn't until about six months ago, but have learned to love Neptune's Kiss.
Tygria@reddit
Girl, no. lol
The WATER should splash you but the bidet itself shouldn’t ever touch you.
Also, you can get a version that warms the water to your desired temperature and you can set the intensity of the stream so that it’s gentle.
neaveeh@reddit
Hell yes, cheap ass one from Walmart too, life changing
Optimal_Horror2896@reddit
Absolutely and now I feel like a grubby barbarian if I have to poop somewhere else.
ahb2000990@reddit
We have bidets on 2 of our 3 toilets in our house. I myself dont use it but my wife and kids do all the time.
KCRoyalApe@reddit
Have two. One with water warming and one without. The one without is never seeing my bum again.
alett146@reddit
Yes and I cannot live without it now! I hate going to the restroom at work or other people’s houses lol
MungoJennie@reddit
I’m team TP-only. I’ve used bidets at hotels, and humored both of my friends that have them by trying theirs, but they’re not for me. I feel like I’m shooting my undercarriage with a waterpik, and it weirds me out.
RedCarpetbagger@reddit
I bought a Japanese toilet seat a few years ago and never use the features
tokage@reddit
First used one when I visited Japan in 1998, bought one as soon as I could afford it after coming back to the US
depictionofmood@reddit
Several years ago I started using dove unscented soap with a washcloth and water after my daily #2's. Helped my life exponentially and it is so much better than wipes. I don't think there is any replacement for soap and water.
Curious_Matter_3358@reddit
I feel like water isn't going to get you clean enough. Ya gotta get some soap in there, somehow
hipdisaster@reddit
YES! And it’s the best thing I ever bought!
Additional-Round-570@reddit
is an ear bulb syringe that squirts water up your butt classed as a bidet?
mommandem@reddit
I can't live without it. It's amazing. I use tp ( less than half as I used before) to dry.
Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit
My sister has one, and I need one. I don't know if my apartment bathroom can really handle it...I need to look into it. They're amazing. Life changing
RandomTreat@reddit
It doesn't have to be a super fancy bidet for an apartment! Mine is just very plain and it works great.
Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit
I'll need to look into it. The one my sister has is crazy expensive with heated seats and everything
RandomTreat@reddit
I actually like my cheap bidet better than the fancy ones I have tried! Although the heated seat is really nice.
Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit
Heard seats are super nice but they make it a little too easy to sit, if that makes sense. Like, I don't need to be sitting on a toilet that long
Puzzled_Loquat@reddit
In October my family stayed in an air b and b and each toilet had heated bidets (seats and water) and it was super complicated to use. But oh so nice. I’m a convert. Dont have one yet… it’s on my list tho
ScreenTricky4257@reddit
Yes! In fact it just started leaking so I bought a new one.
Serious_Lettuce6716@reddit
I love bidets! I will always have one.
AromaticCaregiver247@reddit
I never tried one, but I’d like to test it out before buying one.
Aardet@reddit
I have the South Asian type (like a kitchen hose — can aim where needed). We are disgustingly monsters for being a generally ‘tp is enough’ culture
ZombieAppetizer@reddit
I do. I got it after an accident left me with a broken right tibia and ankle and a torn tendon. I had a full cast on the right leg that acted like a kickstand when I was on the toilet. So, I got a bidet to maintain self-reliance. I got hooked. I like my ass to be clean and TP doesn't just feel as clean anymore. The accident was in 2023 and I still have my bidet.
CharlesUFarley81@reddit
I could never use a bidet. A little bit of water isn't gonna clean my ass well enough
DoodleBug179@reddit
Yes and I will never go back. Wiping poop off your ass with dry paper is barbaric.
_Edward__Kenway_@reddit
I have one and love it! Whenever I travel and have to use a hotel bathroom, it feels so wrong to not have it and having to use toilet paper. Although, I typically just bring baby wipes with me when I travel.
FlaxFox@reddit
I went to Japan almost a decade ago, and I fell in love with them. I came home, installed one, and never looked back.
droid_mike@reddit
I use this
It's cheap, portable, requires no installation, and I can easily put nice warm water in it from the sink. If you are really dependent on a bidet, you can also travel with this.
ShivvyMcFly@reddit
Sure do. The Bio Bidet Bliss 2000
Sarcastic_barbie@reddit
WAIT WAIT WAIT NOOOO YOU STILL HAVE TO USE BABY WIPES OR TOILET PAPER A BIDET IS NOT JUST CARTE BLANCHE NO MORE WIPING. you are absolutely STILL REQUIRED to wipe your ass regardless of having a bidet. And why in the constipated Jesus is this having to be explained. It’s not an “either/or” it’s an “elevation.” An upgrade. You need to wipe regardless
Negative-Wrap95@reddit
During the pandemic when people were panic buying TP, SWMBO bought a Bum Gun similar to this:
I was skeptical. I thought it somewhat effete, but given the stores were stripped we had to do something to reduce our use.
I figured it would be a temporary thing, but after experiencing the clean... we didn't go back.
We still use T.P. to do the check / dry, but we still use far less than before.
Sarcastic_barbie@reddit
I love mine. I have the shower head one because the inside ones freak me out. It’s so nice. Literally a little shower.
ravage214@reddit
I got one when both my hands and wrists were broken simultaneously and I couldn't wipe my ass It was a literal lifesaver.
Still use it now and I love it
Clean assholes for life
uns0licited_advice@reddit
At least you didn't get your mom to help.
kembik@reddit
This man nearly died of poopy butt
ravage214@reddit
Thankfully my friend installed the bidet on day 1
kembik@reddit
Good friend!
CharlieKellyKapowski@reddit
Was your mom not around to help?
ravage214@reddit
Wiping my ass is something I would ask of no human
RealityOk9823@reddit
My friend's wife had to wipe his ass when his arm got severely injured. He was like "If that ain't love I don't know what is". Fair.
pepperj26@reddit
phlopfrog@reddit
This sounds like a rollerblading story! My friends and I did some crazy shit on rollerblades back in the day.
Gr00mpa@reddit
So, helping you wipe your bum was where your mom drew the line?
luckycharmsmafia@reddit
Got one for my wife 10 years ago when my son was born...had no idea all it took was $40 on Amazon and a flexible hose attachment to experience such harmony.
We now have one in both bathrooms, and so do most of my in-laws.
Spray your starfish people.
RachelPalmer79@reddit
Yup.
Cytog64@reddit
Obligatory South Park Reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRL4l2GOqXk
We got a Toto Washlet Seat from Costco a few years ago (\~$350) for our master bathroom. I already knew I liked these from traveling to Japan (bunch of trips since 2008), but it took some time before we actually purchased one for our home. The wife and I love having it and need to buy a second one for our guest restroom.
When I travel I tend to buy moisturized wipes (no flush, throw-it-in the trash) to compromise with not having the at home option. It helps, but it is not the same. It makes a week at sea or a week in Las Vegas a little more bearable.
makingcookies1@reddit
We love ours!!
Noolivesplease@reddit
Absolutely! I love traveling, except for the lack of a really clean ass.
rapt_elan@reddit
No, I just use the toilet like a normal person. It's nice being able to use any restroom in the world.
robsterfish@reddit
Hell, I even got a travel one.
DarksunDaFirst@reddit
A bidet? Nah. In true Xennial fashion, if I need a squirt of water, I just go to the garden hose.
dudical_dude@reddit
And then take a sip from it immediately afterwards because we weren’t raised as sissies
OkTemperature8080@reddit
The lead builds character
Zestyclose-Ad-5305@reddit
I can never go back to not having one. I travel for work and I have a mini freak out a few days a month when I’m not home.
veiled-nomore99@reddit
Yes! Got a few during Covid when there were toilet paper shortages and will never be without them. I despise having to poo away from home. Lol
1DietCokedUpChick@reddit
Yes I do. It’s super deluxe with heat and air and all that. More than I need honestly but it’s nice.
Vectors2_Final@reddit
Ordered a couple today as my wife demanded we get one ASAP.
We built our new house with Nexus toilets, so it should be an easy install.
We had our eyes on a Neorest for the master, but we're going to give the S7A a shot first.
Meghistaken@reddit
I bought a peri bottle for butt surgery recovery and I was converted to the bidet life. Still need to buy the bidet, but I get it now.
Jobeadear@reddit
My bidet seat hose ruptured last week, water all over the floor so had to remove it, it's been a solid 11yrs in doing its job, but it was having issues retracting the nozzle anyway. Just ordered a new one off aliexpress for about to find the tech is insane now with about as many abilities as a Swiss army knife, if you buy a similar featured one here in Australia probably looking at about $1500 aud, meanwhile buying it from China for $370 AUD. I've put my order in but it will probably be 4 - 6 weeks. Here's a link to the one I've ordered, no idea if it's any good yet. I just found this on AliExpress: "EcoFresh Round shape Smart toilet seat Electric Bidet" https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNEMilT
Sak-pase7796@reddit
I tried a bidet the beginning of 2026. I have one with heated seats, temperature regulation for the water. It took a little getting used to but I feel cleaner and I’m saving on TP for sure.
Struggle_Usual@reddit
I would never go back to not having one. I got one of those cold water toilet seat ones probably 7 years ago and haven't looked back. Had them installed in my old apartment (had to have a professional do it in order to get past the lease) and more recently I put in a super fancy toto in my condo.
I'm never going back to the unclean grossness of TP and I'll enjoy the inevitable next pandemic or major weather incident or whatever that has shelves empty of TP.
Longjumping-Dealer-8@reddit
1984 I have a bidet I have had a bidet for 7 years or so .
Redlady0227@reddit
No I’ve never owned a bidet. I do own 3 showers and 2 bath tubs though.
Educational_Tie_1060@reddit
So life changing, I carry a portable one for work.
qtjedigrl@reddit
Best purchase of my adult life
SnizzSnuke@reddit
It's the only way! Have a fancy electric Toto in the master and Brondell ecoseat 101 in the other bathrooms. The savings on TP (yes, you should still wipe), septic tank longevity and non itchy butt hole are totally worth the investment. I actually prefer the Brondell over the Toto. Gimmie that cool refreshing poseiden's kiss baby!
RVAforthewin@reddit
My spouse bought one for the kids’ bathroom bc that’s the bathroom they use during the workday. I don’t go anywhere near that toilet.
heyJackMickeysBack@reddit
I don’t, but I time my showers in such a way it doesn’t matter. I’d like one of those Japanese toilets though.
dingiss@reddit
Totally life changing upgrade. Just bought it a year ago. Treat yourself to the nice model with heat.
mutha_fucking_nature@reddit
We have 4 bathrooms. 3 have bidets
green-eggs-with-spam@reddit
It is supper handy having a bidet if you are having a physical problem like a bad back.
blankblix@reddit
I have a bidet in my bathroom but not on my other toilets. It's weird grabbing for the bidet on switch when it's not there.
waftedfart@reddit
Once COVID hit, I bought one immediately when people started freaking out over toilet paper. Not only did I install two at our house, but one at my parents' and two at work!
Needless to say, I love pooping at home and hate not having one on vacation.
madduxcr@reddit
I am not an xennial but I use a bidet and I got my xennial son to use one. I always use TP to dry off. I still use less TP. But they are great for "freshening" up. Also, I love mine to cool things off in summertime.
FeelTheWrath79@reddit
Yes!!
bewilderbeastiexx@reddit
Bidet forever! We visited Japan a decade ago, came home and immediately ordered one. Now when we go on vacations stateside we miss it. 😅
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
Cost. Pure and simple. I'd absolutely use it if I had one, but luxuries are not in my budget. Being poor is quite expensive.
FluffyButtSilkie@reddit
My fiancee has one of the simpler ones that shoots cold water right up the butt hole. My booty doesn't like it one bit. I used to have one that warmed the water and had gentler seettings, and I liked that. Now I use squares of old t-shirts and spray them with a little plain water.
carryon4threedays@reddit
I installed one when my wife first got pregnant. 5 years later and we’re never going back to just tp.
If you get shit on your arm, are you just gonna wipe it off? To are you gonna wash it?
Few_Candle9432@reddit
Absolutely. It's a total life changer. Everyone my age is on board but my elders and youngers are all "EW, WHY?!". I'm just like, "Did you ever have to clean peanut butter out shag carpet?".
Purple-flying-dog@reddit
Have one and love it. Highly recommend.
Iwantaschmoo@reddit
I love mine so much I bought a rechargeable travel one.
FantasticBoar@reddit
I own a bidet and love it so much I got a travel bidet to use when on vacation.
EckEck704@reddit
I will hold it all day while at work just to get home to shit and use my bidet. There aren't words for a superbly bidet clean asshole after a full empty. Yes, it is all that and the damn potato chip and potato chip bag factory.
duke_igthorns_bulge@reddit
I moved a month ago and have not installed one yet. I hate my life.
OhTheHueManatee@reddit
I do but for some reason every time I hook up a Bidet the toilets in my house the hose that comes out of the wall leaks at the part that connects to the Bidet. I can't seem to resolve it so I don't have any of the bidets I have hooked up.
modsguzzlehivekum@reddit
Not yet but I’ve come real close to pulling the trigger on one.
Any suggestions on which model? I don’t want spend $2500 on a high end Japanese model lol
Fun-Grab-9337@reddit
Yes I am civilized.
Irongodofmercy@reddit
Yes. Got the Toto with all the features, self-cleaning, deodorizing, warm seat, night light, auto lifting lid, warm water wash and dryer…. heaven. It’s really nice to hug a warm toilet when puking.
Bunmyaku@reddit
After I came back from Japan I bought one, just to find it incompatible with my toilet. 😔
Vegskipxx@reddit
Have one ABSOLUTE gamechanger
Starbreiz@reddit
Leasing won't let us- I won't risk installing one and damaging anything.
B4SSF4C3@reddit
You guys don’t all have bidets yet?!
gotbock@reddit
I'd like to but I don't have an outlet anywhere near the toilet. And without warm water there's no way I'm doing this.
they-walk-among-us@reddit
I will never drag rough, dry paper over my wet ass again, schmearing poop across my butt skin.
albauer2@reddit
I need to install one. I was just in Spain.
dreamweaver1998@reddit
I love mine. I've contemplated getting a travel one but I haven't done it yet.
primabelladonna35@reddit
I don't have one and I am sad.
They are a marvel.
Maybe with the tax refund...
Reasonable_Leg_4664@reddit
A bidet with heated water and a heated seat. Never going back. The most adult thing I feel like I’ve get done was hiring an electrician to install bidet outlets near my toilets in the 3 rooms of my new house.
VoidOmatic@reddit
I want one but due to ADHD I keep forgetting that I want one.
absentlyric@reddit
Bidet people are like the Vegans of toilet hygiene. They will always flex and brag that they use one, and claim they NEVER use the devils toilet paper (even though I doubt they are walking around with a wet ass, but they'll never admit it)
Quirky__Quarks@reddit
I need to hook mine back up soon (after a move) before the colonoscopy prep starts. Thanks for the reminder.
SB4_Camaro@reddit
I live in Japan and have 2 washlets. I'll never wipe my ass like you peasants ever again.
PNW-FirSure@reddit
I have thought multiple times since becoming bidet dependent, that travelers from countries who have always had bidets, must feel like heathens when they spend time in the US. “You want me to do what now? Gross why would I smear my poop? I want my bidet!” Queue the tears of regret-
morecowbell520@reddit (OP)
Great point
SB4_Camaro@reddit
Dude the heated seat alone is worth it. Mine has a massage function, auto lift seat and in bowl lighting also the dryer for your wet ass. Its pretty legit. Toto just came out with a new one that analyzes your poop.
throwawayhbgtop81@reddit
I have a portable one, basically just a squeeze bottle with a nozzle, haven't made the leap to installing one, and nope I wouldn't go back to just toilet paper.
I'm going to make the leap someday soon.
MoveCompetitive5742@reddit
I have a portable one from Toto that is battery powered. I take it with me when traveling.
throwawayhbgtop81@reddit
I need to get one of those for when I have to go into the office. I don't care how weird I'd look carrying it down there. They're the ones who insist on one ply toilet paper.
MoveCompetitive5742@reddit
lol, it works really well. I don’t know why they use just cheap toilet paper in most businesses.
slappy_mcslapenstein@reddit
I've been using a bidet since before COVID. I feel like a Neanderthal if I have to use toilet paper. My wife, on the other hand, doesn't like the bidet.
vietbond@reddit
I have had one for about 8 years now. Before that, I would hop into a shower after going #2. I've been mud butt free since 93.
ha11owmas@reddit
I love my bidet
KRoadkil@reddit
Lived in Japan for 9 years and my house had one. Have always had one since then.
AmeriSauce@reddit
Yes. Got it off amazon. Now I have them on both of my terlets
BiggestTaco@reddit
It’s like angel kisses for your butthole 🥰
Especially after the pandemic I do everything I can to save on toilet paper! It’s easier and much more hygienic. You refresh yourself every time instead of building to end-of-day swamp ass!
Lord_Wicki@reddit
No, because I can't afford a house.
peezd@reddit
Had one for over a decade. My wife refuses to use it. Takes all kinds.
TragicDog@reddit
Bought one at the urging of my wife during the great imagined TP shortage of 2020. Put one in our 2nd bathroom about 6 months after that. We now have a travel one we take with us on vacation.
Usagi_Shinobi@reddit
Have one, hate having to do my business without one. Still need the TP for drying, but it's a negligible amount, and get significantly cleaner than the best TP can do.
jbt55@reddit
Yes we have one in our master bathroom. Very nice tool. I still use TP for assurances. It’s also convenient for afternoon delight clean up for the wife.
lexluthor_i_am@reddit
Hell yes. Since my trip to Asia 8 years ago. I can never go back. I have them installed in all my bathrooms, also the guest bathroom at my parents house, at my brother's house, and my girlfriends house. I love them. Plus it was great during covid and the toilet paper shortage. One 4 pack can last me months. And I rented a house for a summer a couple years ago and installed bidets. Then I left them and the owner was very pleased.
pureprurient@reddit
No I've evolved past the budget and just have a garden hose running into the bathroom. Jet setting takes care of everything!
pug_fugly_moe@reddit
Yes, but only because the previous owner installed one. Part of me thought I could use the line to install a urinal, but after a couple of uses, I’m converted. The waddle is worth it.
AshDenver@reddit
Two out of six toilets have bidets.
Murderhornet212@reddit
Yes, and no.
ValancyNeverReadsit@reddit
I don’t, but I want a Toto Washlet after discovering them on my honeymoon
Zoraptera@reddit
We got one during the pandemic and it was the best decision of all time. 2 of our 3 toilets now have them.
The best hotel I have ever stayed at was a Four Seasons with a Toto bidet. It made the trip so much nicer!
goodsuburbanite@reddit
Love mine.
Visual-Fig-4763@reddit
We got cheap bidet seats after a trip to Japan and plan to upgrade to Toto toilets with heated seats and drying function when we finally get around to the bathroom remodels. Definitely never going back!
1101base2@reddit
Late to the bidet, but it's so much better for cleaning and so much less wasteful imo.
Bytowneboy2@reddit
I got one and I hate being without it. My butthole is immaculate.
I have a strong preference for the hand held version on a hose, over the integrated toilet seat version. I find the water pressure and aiming are significantly better.
Ronlaen-Peke@reddit
Never going back. About $900 for a whole toilet replacement and now I have heated seat, powered lift, remote for settings, heated water and multiple modes and nightlight. Only issue is visitors seem confused sometimes.
Conscious-Guest-8342@reddit
I have a $15 bum gun that took me 5 minutes to install. After spending 2 1/2 months in SE Asia I absolutely couldn’t stand just tp anymore. How they have bidet hoses everywhere, even in roadside squatties and we have them nowhere makes no sense to me.
lcdroundsystem@reddit
Yeah 2. Best thing I ever did.
AdComprehensive7939@reddit
Do we wash doodoo off our hands with thin paper? I think not. Bidet all the way.
Tdot-77@reddit
We are getting the attachment. It is $700 😭😭 because we have an in wall tank toilet.
shinyRedButton@reddit
Two
PandaApprehensive131@reddit
I had one till it broke. I opened it up to see how it was designed to fail.
Mother_of_Kiddens@reddit
I installed bidet sprayers when I was pregnant and couldn’t reach to wipe properly. They were so useful postpartum as well. I can’t go back - I’ve tried and it results in hemorrhoids. 😭 When traveling I bring a peri bottle so I don’t suffer.
415tothe512@reddit
It’s an definite improvement, I dislike going without when in vacation.
unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit
I am bidet shopping right now. Just bought my first house and the toilet has a plug near it so I can get one of those fancy ones!
Duckbites@reddit
I have been considering one for a while. I walked into home Depot and they had a display of entry-level bidet. Just water, no heat no remote etc. It is the best $47 I have spent in 10 years.
sage__evelyn@reddit
I have a Tushy and i love it!
lavasca@reddit
We have one. Look at the Tushy commercial by Carlo Malis.
That is a link from the book of faces.
No other commercial will do.
tillyspeed81@reddit
After living in Japan I can’t go without one. Heated seat is a game changer
kellyasksthings@reddit
I’d like to try one, but I want one with warm water and getting the plumbing and power points set u got too complicated for me.
Sufficient_Focus4174@reddit
YES!!! I strongly recommend it for everyone. Absolute game changer for $50!
AmputeeHandModel@reddit
What kind of games are you playing on the toilet??
quickblur@reddit
Battleshits
AmputeeHandModel@reddit
You sunk my battleshit!
Sufficient_Focus4174@reddit
I don’t play games on the toilet. But you do learn about some of the capabilities of the goings on back there, that were a mystery pre bidet. It’s a wet n wild adventure my friend!
RandomTreat@reddit
I think I got mine on Amazon prime day for 20 bucks. It's normally 25 or 30. Seriously the best 20 bucks I've ever spent in my life
MightyCaseyStruckOut@reddit
I've owned a bidet since 2017 and hate going to the bathroom in public now as a result haha
Otherwise_Piglet_862@reddit
if this you, i don't believe you.
RockShowSparky@reddit
I travel all the time, have been to Japan and stayed in nice hotels there. Owning one of those toilets one day is the goal.
dreadnaught_2099@reddit
Once my renovation is complete, we'll never be smearing feces around hoping for cleanliness again
Dfiggsmeister@reddit
Yep
Body_By_Carbs@reddit
Yep. Can’t be without it now.
Positron14@reddit
I've never even seen a bidet in real life. Nothing against them, probably.
yipanqui@reddit
First bidet experience was in a hotel about 20 years ago; have had one in my house since 2012. Never going back
Violet_QTip@reddit
I love my bidet. Started using one during covid lockdown. I shan’t return to TP.
RegularWorry1486@reddit
I love mine! P
DontBuyTheThing@reddit
To all the people who don’t have one: would you ever go back to your landline and give up your cell phone?
TheLastGenXer@reddit
i grew up and aged with baby wipes..
which are FANTASTIC compared to tp.
people talk about it being bad for you, bad for the plumbing, etc, i just dont know.
but a bidet finally lets me be as clean as baby wipes get me without them.
and the cold water is a god sent when im pooping straight acid.
GreenZebra23@reddit
Jesus Christ there is truly no escape from the reddit bidet circlejerk. I mean, apart from leaving reddit and doing something worthwhile, but I don't see that happening any time soon, thank you very much major depressive disorder 🫡
os_beef@reddit
There really is no escape, but it's for a variety of good reasons.
It's refreshing. Can you say that about toilet paper?
If you had poop on your arm, would you feel ok if you just wiped it off with some toilet paper? Why then your anus?
Financially, it's a smart choice. If you must use paper, there's nothing preventing you from doing so after you blast away, but you'll also use a lot less of it.
Don't worry, you're not alone. My dad and sibling think it's weird and icky, and prefer to scrape their sin away.
GreenZebra23@reddit
Oh Jesus christ, the poop on your arm thing. If you had poop on your arm, would you feel okay if you just sprayed it off with some water?
I'm not anti bidet. I'm sure they're fine. It's the circlejerk that annoys me more than bidet use itself
bgva@reddit
Or “You’re walking around with a dirty ass!”
Lemme stop you right there. First of all, I shower regularly. Number two - no pun int….know what? Pun intended - we don’t buy cheap TP so while it may not be a complete cleaning, it gets the job done until I shower. Finally, I’m not in kindergarten…I know how to wipe and not leave a mess.
os_beef@reddit
I'd feel better if I had water than just TP. Even better if I could incorporate soap. There are degrees of "better" here, and water is better than just paper.
Oh, they're not just fine, they're life changing. Hairy "down there"? Your friend the bidet is here to help. Obsessively wipe until the paper comes back red or white? Again, your friend the bidet is here to wash your worries away.
I can understand why that would be, but it happens for a reason.
CaptGarfield@reddit
Washlets are amazing. I have them on 2 of our 3 toilets. Started using them in Japan, and was spoiled for life
timthemajestic@reddit
I must definitely have one. I will eventually upgrade, but I love it. I asked my now husband for one for Christmas one year, and he did. I hate pooping anywhere else. lol My friends have one that lights up and warms the toilet seat and lets you control the temperature, and I want one of those now.
Simulacrum90@reddit
I have the handheld spayer kind (SonTiy is the brand) which allow for a lot more precise pressure and angle control so pretty thorough cleaning. It's also really convenient for spraying down the toilet bowl and brush after cleaning. I bought like a 50 pack of cheap microfiber washcloths to dry off with so my TP use is really low now. The downside, pooping away from home which I have always hated is now just an awful experience akin to pooping while wet it just feels wrong and dirty.
Wise_Finance_5315@reddit
We just bought a Neorest and love it. No going back! It’s pretty gross most people don’t have one and walk around dirty butt.
smokiechick@reddit
My husband got one and installed it for my birthday several years ago. He even ran the hot water line. Easiest task ever completed in our house.
When my parents were designing their house, Mom made the bathroom 10'x10' and it had a bidet. It was avocado, like the rest of the room, but it was a standalone fixture next to the toilet. I floated duckies in it and it had a fountain feature! I hit the ceiling with it several times. My step-mom watered her plants in it. Oddly, Mom doesn't want one in her bathroom.
mockingjig@reddit
It is the greatest home appliance I own. I'd rather have an asswasher than a dishwasher.
Chantalier@reddit
Bidet aficionado here. I’m a sucker for a tidy pucker.
Temporary-Job-9049@reddit
Love them. Wish they'd put one it at work, lol.
CplHicks_LV426@reddit
Oh god yes. I have 2.5 bathrooms and all three toilets have a bidet. I'll never go back. The bidet is civilization.
Dh2007@reddit
Yes. Americans are barbarians for not embracing this sooner. It feels incredibly unhygienic to go without now.
Pineapple-Due@reddit
I was absolutely certain they were pointless and that toilet paper was better. Until I tried it. My god I was dumb.
Jolly_Law_7973@reddit
Yes, and I wish I got it sooner.
bananapanqueques@reddit
I have a bidet bottle if that counts. I bought a bidet from Tushy but it requires drilling a hole in my vanity to feed the hot water tube through which I’m not allowed to do. ☹️
MagickMarkie@reddit
I don't think my apartment manager would let me install a bidet.
IggyDrake64@reddit
Bidets are great, once you have one, you never go back. Big TP, man.... they don't like it. (thinking of south park, lol)
Future-Raisin3781@reddit
Remember the great global TP crisis of 2021?
I don't.
therealskittlepoop@reddit
Good argument for bidet actually
B_B_Rodriguez2716057@reddit
Dont have one but(t) would love one. However I don’t have any electrical outlets near it for heated water and my water is verrry cold during the winters. 👀
therealskittlepoop@reddit
Just wet the tp a little, better than bidet
Schneehenry3000@reddit
Nope, i rent my apartment and the bathroom is too small for installing a bidet, sadly.
Diligent_Mulberry47@reddit
Installed mine last January. I’m never going back and I even use a travel bidet when I’m away from the house.
Winthefuturenow@reddit
Got the full Japanese toilet spraying by ass with hot water as I type this
Key-Low-3896@reddit
I have one, going to upgrade the second bathroom soon. I now poopoo the notion of pooing in a public restroom, preferring to poo in the privacy of my own home. I mean, did before too, but now even more so.
BillyBattsInTrunk@reddit
I get SO ANNOYED at my bowels when they move outside of my home...where my bidet exists. I'm like, "We had a deal!"
foozebox@reddit
Tushy, it’s the shit.
Salty-Tea6815@reddit
I think far too many people are not getting enough fiber in their diets if they need an entire wet down to clean after a poop!! It’s not supposed to be that messy guys!!
More_Programmer5053@reddit
We have them, and I love them. I hate when I’m away from home and can’t use it.
wmubronco03@reddit
Before the bidet I would actively try to only shit at work. Might as well get paid to poop, right?! But now? Now I will try everything in my power to only poop at home with my bidet. I power wash my ass, you smear shit until it’s “clean”.
gir6@reddit
Yes I have one and no, I will never ever go back. It’s like a spa for your nether regions.
midazolamjesus@reddit
Yes.
foolproofphilosophy@reddit
I made the switch at the start of COVID.
Spunkylover10@reddit
I love my bidet! I hate pooping anywhere else!
Brym@reddit
I've never used one, so perhaps y'all can clear this up for me: how does aiming it work? I'm imagining water going all over the place.
MoveCompetitive5742@reddit
after seeing a video on YouTube mention a portable one for traveling I bought one to try. it seemed low risk since I could just discard it if I didn’t like it. it was enough to make me buy a bidet toilet seat. i‘m trying to figur out how to convince my parents to try one.
Past-Confection-6730@reddit
I’d love to have a bidet, but the goods ones are expensive.
darkuen@reddit
Was an early adopter but kept breaking them because I’d shift my ass trying to get my entire butthole clean after my business. So I eventually gave up and went back to tp for years.
Then I went to Thailand and experienced their widely adopted handheld spray ones and never looked back.
ineffable_my_dear@reddit
I can’t use ours. It’s a sensory nightmare. Just major fucking overwhelm.
I use baby wipes. My ass is 100% eatable, I assure you.
TotallyTrash3d@reddit
Im 100% confident that 'everyone' aftet a certain age has a lil bit of anal leakage, regardless of how dry you wipe.
Its just multiple decades of pooping. Not like an epic amount, but any amoubt being 'too much' is why so many boomers (maybe mostly men?) have such a common poo stain in underwear.
Its just kind of what happens to most/some humans as they age. So a bidet eliminqtes this.
Dry toilet paper wiping is for the young. Bidet is essential mid life purchase. Before obviously better hygiene. But mandatory mid life crisis. Buy a heater water bidet.
I thought heating the water where it exits like a Brazilian shower was crazy. But nah man rhere are times a hot water bidet is clutch.
VVrayth@reddit
1000% excellent life upgrade. I'll never go back to not having one.
venusinthe9th@reddit
I have a bidet (shataffa) on each toilet. Can never go back.
No-Banana247@reddit
Squatting potty and bidet. Also, looking at adding an outlet near the toilet to upgrade it totally. I want warm water and a blower.
Prestigious-Row-3244@reddit
Please, take the leap. Your SO, laundry, tush, pipes…will thank you.
KrawlinKats@reddit
Have one. Have one to travel with. Will NEVER go back. I get upset when I don't have it
HearingDue2119@reddit
“Days I haven’t had to read about a bidet” counter on Reddit is now back to 0.
Tarantula_Anna@reddit
Can't even use a restroom outside my house anymore, it's not my nice home bidet. Nothing cleans better, will never go back!
TheVexingRose@reddit
Best dang purchase I ever made.
txmascot01@reddit
Hell yes. Toto washlet with seat and water warmer. I will never go back.
SlackerDS5@reddit
I do, but I want an electric one. My house is old and I need to add an outlet for it.
After my trip to Japan, I get like a peasant using toilet paper. Plus they have heated sears and everything. It’s hard to down grade from that.
Disastrous-Screen337@reddit
Yes. I'll never go back to living like a filthy beast.
jlm8981victorian@reddit
Yes! I recently got one installed and can’t believe I went this long without it!
Superb-Self-1365@reddit
'77 and Oh my. Game changer for sure!! Never going back!!!
_hi_plains_drifter_@reddit
I’ve had one in a box for almost 2 years and haven’t installed it 😑 it’s going on my to-do list now.
Constant_Roof_7974@reddit
I live in Thailand, where there’s glorious bum guns everywhere.
DidUReboot@reddit
I hate using peasant toilets now. We got a brondell bidet toilet seat with the warm water hook up and when I have to go into the office, it's like using sand paper and its never as clean!
Greedy_Practice_5327@reddit
Yes, we have a bidet. Can never go back.
DivineWaters69@reddit
I can't even go anywhere else but home now. My bidet has ruined public toilets for me
Bat-Stuff@reddit
Yes. I'll never go back.
Adventurous-Depth984@reddit
One of the top 5 best purchases of my entire life
Sorry_Im_Trying@reddit
My house uses a bidet. My son has grown so accustomed to one, that traveling has become an issue. The squirt bottles that are sold as travel bidets are not effective.
VenusValkyrieJH@reddit
We have one !!! It’s awesome. We need another one for upstairs but at least we have one! It’s a game changer. Was weirder out at first and it still makes me jump sometimes LOL
Hyperion1144@reddit
Yes.
Life-changing. I'll never be without one again.
yospeedraceryo@reddit
It amazes me how many people are so committed to their dingleberries.
Cold_Window_3590@reddit
Absolutely never going back. I am really disappointed these are not optional upgrades for a hotel room when we're traveling out of town.
funatical@reddit
I do and I love it. Pooping places without one feels dirty.
TheDukeKC@reddit
Just got on the bidet train about 6 months ago. What a fool I’ve been. I should have done this years ago.
Ok-Buddy-Go@reddit
I'm so grateful to have one. We happened to move into a rental w a sprayer installed at the wall, for cleaning, but three month's later we we were in the first pandemic wave of toiletpaper shortages, finished the kleenex in the house and adapted to wet cleaning. We went without at the next rental, and finally here in our home, installed a legit, under the lid, bidet.
I no longer feel clean with a rinse.
Miss_Anthropologie@reddit
WHAT BRAND??? Is a hand-held type okay? We have one but haven’t installed it yet 😅
amazonhelpless@reddit
It’s the best.
alittlegnat@reddit
One in each bathroom
newhappyrainbow@reddit
It’s the thing I miss most when I travel.
Fawners@reddit
I am ridiculed constantly for having a bidet on every one of my toilets. I always gift people with them, and everyone thinks I'm weird. How is cleaning with water and patting dry weirder than balling up dried tissue and smearing everything all over yoyrself. My nether regions are always clean, and I dont itch, or get rashes, and it helps with hemmoriods and sweating from working out.
I can't say enough about how much I love my Bidet. If your on the fence, they are super cheap and really stupid easy to attach to the toilet.
disinaccurate@reddit
Yes. I am civilized.
fanacapoopan@reddit
Yes, I have one in the larger bathroom.
No_Sand_9290@reddit
My wife had shoulder surgery so I installed one for her. I didn’t intend to use it. Got to say, I’m onboard with bidets. Putting one in our other bathroom.
Legitimate_Bird_5712@reddit
I shit in the morning (9:15 on the dot, for those curious) and take a shower before I start my day. Soap and a washcloth means a clean cinnamon bun.
Sstraus-1983@reddit
Day bidet
Famous_Election_2024@reddit
My best friend has had one since Covid days, and she used it for a few years but doesn’t anymore. She recently was telling me about how little pieces of poop stick to the bidet occasionally, which creates a really unpleasant thought of shooting someone’s fecal matter into your vag 🥴😆 her husband still uses it, but she won’t. It’s not like she has a dirty toilet or some horror story situation. She read an article about the potential down sides of using one, and was like .. nope. She also has one that is mounted inside the toilet, which I can understand how things may splash on it that you don’t want on your body.
MotoMom77@reddit
I got one during Covid when tp was in short supply
Day-Classic@reddit
It should be mandatory everywhere
TheDevil-YouKnow@reddit
I've got one, never used it. Got it during COVID because I'm a married man, and a girl dad. Had to cover my bases.
I was raised by the just use leaves crowd. Also grew up with washable diapers & wiping rags. So ultimately, in my head, toilet paper is really fucking fancy. A bath of water just seems too.. Roman for me. It's like a robot vinegar stick.
I'd rather leaves over vinegar sticks, so it's toilet paper over bidets for me.
GotWood2024@reddit
I'm never using a bidet. I'm not touching a poopy wand covered in poop juice.
Chorazin@reddit
Yup, on every toilet in the house.
I even have ones for when I’m backpacking in the woods. 😂
BuyInHigh@reddit
Bigtime.
veganguy75@reddit
I bought a bidet seat immediately when COVID started, and I couldn't find tp anywhere. My wife gave me a hard time, but my teenagers were more open-minded.
I like everyone else, can't believe how long I went without it. I hate having to go anywhere else now. I still need to wipe a little primarily to dry, but I've saved a lot on tp, and I walk away clean.
Jack0Trade@reddit
I've installed ~10 of the $20-60 ones for myself between 2 moves and a few ex partners places.
Diligent-Resist8271@reddit
Got a bidet for my husband (but obviously it's for our bathroom), he loves it! I have to research and get another one. The stream is too strong and actually irritates me from the scar tissue if giving birth. I know I can get a gentler one and have been looking (also I am looking for one with a warming function-husband is content with cold, aggressive water shot right up there! Good for him). So to answer your question, we have one, husband ('79) loves it and uses it, me ('79) loves the idea but our current model is not one I use.
thechristoph@reddit
I would like one, but all my toilets are in these ridiculous little poop closets, so there’s no way to get power to one without house surgery.
MellyMJ72@reddit
I have a hygiene bottle that acts as a bidet. I can never go back to just wipes and TP
Primary_Taste_4532@reddit
Yup. We have had once since 2017. We have TP for those who don’t understand the way of bidet but that’s mainly it
LovableOldJames@reddit
I've been interested in one since COVID, but have never tried one. In my mind, the cold jet of water sounds kind of jarring first thing in the morning.
Is the water super cold, and if so do you just get used to it?
SaveusJebus@reddit
If it's not a heated one, yes the water will be cold. It sounds worse than it actually is. It'll definitely wake you up but you get used to it and IMO I actually like the cold water cleanse lol.
Unhappy-Fox1017@reddit
I’ve been thinking about getting one more and more lately. Been trying to convince my wife that we would enjoy it and use it. She uses SO MUCH toilet paper for one bathroom trip, it’s insane. I feel like it will help us save some money with the TP and it will make us feel nice and clean after every trip. What’s not to like about that?!
SaveusJebus@reddit
Just get one. She doesn't have to use it while you can have a nice clean booty hole.
requiem_whore@reddit
I am moving from the US to a country where having at least one bidet in your house is required by law! I am not experienced in the way of the bidet and am scared.
gorgeousf-edupmind@reddit
Love my bidet. But still using TP. Just less TP and I feel cleaner.
The_Platypus_Says@reddit
“If you get shit on your hands do you just wipe them off or do you wash them? Why should your asshole be any different?” is the response I give when people ask about my bidets or talk about bidets around me.
Ok-Boysenberry-719@reddit
I want one so bad, but I don't want cold water only and we'd have to redo some electrical to have an outlet near the toilet. Really I want one of those Japanese toilets with all the bells and whistles.
SaveusJebus@reddit
Cold water down there really isn't as bad as it sounds. You get used to it and it's refreshing. At least I think so
rustyrazorblade@reddit
I added one to my bathroom remodel and have never once regretted it.
There are people walking around who refuse to clean their ass at all and I will never understand it.
rialucia@reddit
Absolutely. My husband convinced me to get a Tushy just after we got married in late 2020 and that thing paid dividends once the Great TP Shortage of 2021 hit. Then we went to Japan in 2023 and upgraded to a top of the line Toto Washlet with a heated seat, dryer, user settings, etc. We both gripe when we have to go without one.
I’m convinced that we’re the first US generation to sidestep the old stigma that our parents cling to and embrace bidets.
Why_So-Serious@reddit
A bidet is the only civilized option. One must have one.
Pro Tip, if you’re forced to poop like a barbarian. Run water in the sink at a drip and quickly run TP under it. The TP will maintain its integrity yet give you something wet to clean your holiest of holes.
qualityskootchtime@reddit
Yes and it’s been a game changer since 2020
Ms_Anne-Thrope@reddit
YES! I love it.
MtnDewCodeRedFreak@reddit
My folks (boomer Gen, ugh) just did.
rialucia@reddit
Oh really? What convinced them? My and my husband’s parents will not use one no matter how much we encourage them to try ours.
FairTurn2642@reddit
As I’m blasting my ass with cool water
Funandgeeky@reddit
I have one. It's amazing and spoiled me so much. It was just an off the shelf kit I bought and installed under the seat. Took 30 minutes and it's just the best.
rwj212@reddit
I have one. The biggest downside is being used to it and having to use TP elsewhere. Mine has a heated seat and drier. Best purchase in a long time.
SawdustMcGee@reddit
When people ask me about mine, I often relay the story of doing hours of DIY construction work outside shortly after buying a seat mounted bidet. I was covered in dirt, grime, sweat and concrete mix from head to toe, and had apparently knocked something loose in my large intestine. I went inside, did my business and used the bidet.
Coming outside and having the cleanest part of my body be the exit hole was maybe the weirdest feeling I’ve ever had. Like I had a special secret and an unusual amount of confidence.
We bought a new house last year and had to remodel the bathroom and add a half bath, so we went all in on the Toto model. It’s amazing. So worth the money, and considering toilet paper only increases in price, a bidet pays for itself.
IvenaDarcy@reddit
I finally got one recently after I kept reading on Reddit how it’s game changer and a friend kept recommending it. I’ll admit I like it but I actually use more toilet paper than before one and I can’t say I feel cleaner. I was clean before I got one cause I used wet wipes. No I didn’t flush them. I have an automatic trash can (with lid) and I would toss them in there.
It’s fine but I don’t think it’s a game changer unless you have a dirty ass and don’t use wet wipes. They by all means get one. If you already use proper hygiene and clean then it’s ok nothing life changing lol
yukonnut@reddit
Not a xennial, 74 yo boomer. Converted all three toilets to bidet in 2021 and have never looked back ( so to speak). Carry a squeeze bottle portable when we travel, which is huge cuz travel TP is the worst.
VinceAmonte@reddit
Heck yeah!
purple_house@reddit
Bidet and squatty potty from now on. I even have a little travel bidet squeeze bottle thing with a long nozzle with an angled tip.
Trick-Performance178@reddit
I seriously couldn’t function without my Squatty potty and bidet combo at this point. Never going back
roopjm81@reddit
I pushed back for a long time, used one. Immediate GAME CHANGER. I advocate for them whenever possible. I will never go back
Not_a_werecat@reddit
Just got one this month and it's so great!
audioaddict321@reddit
My Boomer mother is the one that's all about the bidet for independence purposes - was super helpful when she had carpal tunnel surgery. So now my Boomer aunt just had one installed as part of her bathroom remodel.
I have an industrial toilet from the 60's so not as easy to set up. Sad trombone.
allieballie1122@reddit
Absolutely! Europe has it right 😬
RickyalldayTD@reddit
Have a bidet and have a travel budget for work. Having a clean bum is under rated
LazySwayze@reddit
Paper? On my precious b-hole? No thanks. Bidet all the way.
kayaking_vegan@reddit
I have a bidet in each bathroom, a travel one in my desk at work, and another travel one I keep in my toiletry bag for when I travel. I'll never go back!
123BuleBule@reddit
kayaking_vegan@reddit
I have the Tushy travel bidet and honestly don't love it but it's definitely better than toilet paper!
chrisdecaf@reddit
Get one of these here badboys. I didn't splurge for a bidet but this was seven of the best dollars I've ever spent. https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Handheld-Postpartum-Cleansing-Childbirth/dp/B08L8LMKPZ
dudical_dude@reddit
One Christmas I gifted a bidet to all family members so there would be one in their houses when I visit
kayaking_vegan@reddit
This is genius
AmputeeHandModel@reddit
Sounds like an informercial. "I have one for the car, one for work..."
reluctantgoat@reddit
Yes. I’m never going back. I’m actually traveling now and am so upset I don’t have it. Wet wipes just ain’t it.
lastminutealways@reddit
Do I own one? Yes?
Has it been sitting in my bathroom waiting for me to remember or find the executive function to install it for way longer than I’ll admit? Also yes.
This thread might push me to finally take the relatively short amount of time to finally install it.
Affectionate-Tiger32@reddit
Heated toilet seat too. Makes every other toilet a disappointment.
satine112@reddit
I have IBS-D so I’m afraid of dirty bidet
Carnephex@reddit
I detest pooping at work like some filthy peasant. Long live the Tushy bidet!
Frequent_Policy8575@reddit
Yes and it’s a game changer. I will never not have one again.
flabergasterer@reddit
I have it and I love it. I still have to wipe after though, but it’s a gentle wipe.
SaveusJebus@reddit
Of course. You gotta make sure you get everything and to dry off.
jcstrat@reddit
I had one when I was in Europe and loved it. I’ll have one installed once I’m done moving all the time.
inkdandcaffeinated@reddit
Game changer, and never going back :)
Grenadier_user@reddit
Yes, and have one on the commercial fishing boat I work on
Tofuloaf@reddit
Bidets are life changing to the point that ever since I got one I've taken to carrying a knife everywhere I go, so that if I ever find myself having to take a shit without access to a bidet I can just kill myself instead.
feldomatic@reddit
Both of our toilets have them. Hers is a stationary model while mine is a wand type.
Always disappointed to have to go outside the house.
Anaxamenes@reddit
I want one, just don’t have the funds to add another outlet in the bathroom. I think in my climate, cold water only in the winter is gonna be a no go. I pretty much have it picked out too, just waiting to get back on my feet after a layoff.
JoshKottlovski@reddit
Yes! Got it right after the pandemic. I still have TP for spot checking but it's amazing.
SaveusJebus@reddit
Yep. We have one. Just got another so we could put our old one in to the kids' bathroom.
Absolutely frickin love it and can't live without the refreshingly clean bhole. It feels gross needing to go #2 somewhere else now and not being able to clean off properly with just wiping.
Expensive-Day-3551@reddit
Yes I have one and I hate shitting without one. I’m bringing a portable one next time I go on vacation
Cocktail_Hour725@reddit
I’m Gen X— I got one last year. Love it .
Bluevanonthestreet@reddit
Love a bidet!
GroundbreakingOne625@reddit
I own two. Bought my first one about two years ago. I never felt so cheated not having that luxury the first 42 years of life. I've since converted several family members & friends.
TheCreatorGus@reddit
Bum gun gang!!!
alreadyreddituser@reddit
I have two
AdotLone@reddit
The Great Covid Toilet Paper Shortage drove us to buy our first bidet. Never going back.
the_Mont81@reddit
I do actually. My wife got it for me as an anniversary present in 2019. 😁
Absolutely hate going anywhere that doesn’t have my bidet. Legitimately helps if places cheap out on TP ply.
FunksGroove@reddit
Yes and it's greatest thing ever. Having to use, TP sucks.
Ayuuun321@reddit
I own one. I still use both, because I don’t like a wet booty, but I do like a clean booty.
puma_pantss@reddit
I had one but our washroom is positioned in a way that we only had access to cold water instead of warm, and fuck that shit. Praying for an alternative though
kevohhh83@reddit
Yes
mackattacknj83@reddit
Yes, I live in the first world
Anyone-9451@reddit
We have a very simple one that gets put in with you toilet seat but some day we’d love to have a fancy one lol
ladyeclectic79@reddit
Yup, kinda got dragged to it kicking and screaming but honestly? Don’t want to ever go back again. We just have the bidet attachment but it warms the seat, the water and self-cleans the plumbing internals so I’m quite happy even when I’m not using it (especially on cold winter mornings!).
MorrighanAnCailleach@reddit
Yes. I own two portable bidets. One stays here, the other travels. I am NOT clean after going potty, unless I have used one. A game changer for sure.
Bushid0C0wb0y81@reddit
Game changer. Get one.
JohnnyCanuck133@reddit
I am 1000% on board the bidet train. Got a super fancy one at the start of Covid after seeing all the morons fighting over TP and have got more basic ones for all the other toilets in the house since. Extra handy now I'm also in the Colonoscopy era of my life as well.
MrsMethodMZA@reddit
I had one and I could never go back. I’m currently hospitalized and of course they don’t have a bidet. I feel so unhygienic!
she-dont-use-jellyyy@reddit
Ask them to bring you a peri bottle! They will!
knowone1313@reddit
I went Japan a couple of times and liked the bidet system. My former place Didn't have an outlet or I would have bought one sooner. There's now a non-electric bidets that just use the water pressure I guess, butt also no heated seat or water.
I'll never go back, any time I need to use the restroom outside my home is a reminder. The seats are always ice cold, and using toilet paper to smear the shit off like an animal! It's terrible.
fargoLEVY13@reddit
Aye!
Old_Association6332@reddit
My grandparents had one in their house. I used it as a kid. Haven't had one since but not opposed to it
aboveaveragewife@reddit
We went full steam or streams ahead! When we did our remodel we splurged (it really wasn’t that expensive) and got a fully functional bidet with all the features. Wash front and back with warm water, heated seat, air dryer, auto flush sensor, and with a remote control.
bikeonychus@reddit
In 2013, I emigrated to India for work for about a decade. It was the first time I had seen bidets, and you very quickly start using them, because having an ass shower is actually very nice and it does feel cleaner.
When I emigrated back to toilets sans bidet, I felt gross all the time. Toilet paper isn't enough anymore.
Now we have a bidet in the house.
Asleep_Onion@reddit
Like being vegan or doing CrossFit, you never need to ask anyone if they own a bidet... If they did, they'd tell you.
OrigamiTongue@reddit
This simply isn’t true. I haven’t said anything to you.
Low_Soil_6831@reddit
Or have a Costco membership
morecowbell520@reddit (OP)
Lol! Good call
madscientist1012@reddit
Had bidets all installed since Covid. I’m not going back
rajkaos@reddit
I got a biffy about fifteen years ago and never looked back. I’ve tried a couple of other bidets, but I always go back to the biffy.
jreed356@reddit
I love my bidet! There is no going back!
kolemsai@reddit
I got one on clearance 10 years ago and I will never not have one again
ti3kings@reddit
I had never used one. Wife and I took a 2 week trip to Japan. I ordered one to be waiting for me when I got home
Tdk1984@reddit
Been trying to get one as my back is fucked up. However I still live at home and despite asking my dad to order one for over a year now, he hasn’t.
One_Tumbleweed_1@reddit
I started using it again now the weather is warm. Really don’t like blasting my ass with cold ass water during winter. Need one of those fancy ones that warm the water for you
she-dont-use-jellyyy@reddit
I do and no, I can't go back to not using one. I even have a travel bidet I take with me when I'm sleeping away from home.
brilliantpants@reddit
We finally put one in and I love it! It’s nice all the time, but it’s absolutely life changing during my period.
tehSchultz@reddit
Can’t even poop where there isn’t one now
Purplecat1982@reddit
Yes I have one and no I can never go back. Honestly it’s kind of ruined pooping away from home for me because it’s so gross to have to wipe and the toilet seats on public toilets are so cold compared to my heated seat.
AaronLeeR@reddit
I’ll never go back. Started with one, now all three toilets have one 🤣
MeanNothing3932@reddit
If anyone said they didn't need it I say you are using it wrong. We have 2 bidets in a 3.5 bathroom house. I want 2 more.
Scoginsbitch@reddit
I had my partner put one on our toilet when I was pregnant because I thought it was be better then the little spray bottle they give you. It was this whole 4 trips to the hardware store process, because I’m the home repair person and I couldn’t bend down to do it! Joke’s on me because I had a c-section.
Even though I have to wait for the hot water, I love it. So much less toilet paper! It even makes it easier to clean the toilet. It’s also very useful for poopy kid clothes!
AFCartoonist@reddit
I will gripe like a toddler if I'm forced to go without one now.
B_Reele@reddit
Same. Always miss our bidet when we’re traveling.
PeepJerky@reddit
One in every bathroom in the house and added one to our camper - which took like 3 trips to Lowe’s for the right fittings.
Barnold4All@reddit
It’s my bidet of life.
schmoke-n-apancake@reddit
We bought a bidet but there is no way that I can just use that alone without wiping. How are y’all just blasting water up there and walking away without drying??? How are you checking to make sure all the shit is gone?👀
Even with a dryer attached, it’s not 100%. I lived in Japan for a few years and had a toilet with a dryer and still had to dab.
proper_specialist88@reddit
Yep. Travel pooping sucks though. My first day of travel always includes finding the best random item in the place to use as a Squatty Potty. It's probably more important to me than the bidet.
whyyoutwofour@reddit
Nope. They technically exist in Canada but it's certainly not a common thing.
drdeeznuts420@reddit
Yes, I’ll never go back to a Gen-pop toilet.
AndrewActually@reddit
My friends have a Japanese toilet and it was the first and only time I ever experienced jealousy in a “keeping up with the Joneses” kind of way.
Adventurous_Pin_344@reddit
I LOVE how many people absolutely love their bidets!
I got one for my spouse a few years ago as a birthday gift.
Funny story: I went to go visit friends in LA a few years back and they were all apologetic for their high end bidet thinking I might find it weird. In all fairness, she and her spouse are east Asian, so they probably thought I was gross and uneducated as a white person...
Matty_D47@reddit
Fuck yeah, I'll never go back. I even travel with a portable one.
Thatoneguyfrom1980@reddit
I’m a hundred percent poop at work and get paid for it. A ten minute poop every day is 40hours of paid time not working. However!!!! It’s a miserable time at the end when I don’t have a bidet to clean myself with properly. It almost isn’t worth it.
VeniVidiVici_19@reddit
Team bidet and never going back. I even got a travel bidet so I really don’t have to go back to the dry wipe days.
doggysmomma420@reddit
I bought a bidet before I was scheduled for a double mastectomy. Best thing i ever did. I wish I'd done it sooner. And yes, I use tp after because no one wants a soaking wet vajayjay or a soaking wet booty.
Dry_Volume7772@reddit
Bidet everyday!
itsjakerobb@reddit
I don't have one. Have never encountered one in a setting where I could try it, either. I don't want to buy one until I try one.
Also I don't have electricity near the toilet, and I'm under the impression that's required -- right? It'd be a pretty big job to get it there.
For those who do have one: how did you learn how to use it? Any accidents leading to water on the floor or wet clothes or anything like that? I imagine it's mostly self-explanatory, but I can totally see some first-time issues being somewhat common.
JeffTS@reddit
I bought one during the Great Toilet Paper Scare of 2020 as a just in case. Never hooked it up. I probably should have bought a warm water one though.
frooootloops@reddit
We just moved and getting my bidet on the toilet was a top priority lol
CaptinEmergency@reddit
I will get one as soon as my kids can be trusted with it. I’ve never used one but I’m convinced it’s the way to go.
TotallyNotRobotEvil@reddit
The fancier powered ones have “butt detection” essentially. You can’t turn on the bidet without being physically seated, also the controls have child locks.
Probably the way to go if you have younger kids, the cheaper $50 ones you can turn on and spray the entire walls all day with no problems, since it’s just a knob with a sprayer that taps into the water line.
Trilogy_of_Five@reddit
You certainly can! My 10yo can give you a tutorial if there is any part of your bathroom you're finding hard to reach.
munchonsomegrindage@reddit
Got mine during the great toilet paper shortage of 2020 and never looked back. I am a bidet guy now.
Thatdewd57@reddit
Yes.
jtriomino@reddit
We got one during the great toilet paper shortage of 2020. It's cold water only. My husband loves it, I'm not a big fan.
cake_piss_can@reddit
I actively avoid shitting in the rest of the world because it’s such a disappointment compared to my bidet at home.
twilightswimmer@reddit
Just got a bidet toilet installed…
PrttyPussSoupp1@reddit
Me and I love it. I'm going to be upgrading to a warm water one soon.
Carpinus_Christine@reddit
Dude, Anytime I go anywhere else, I’m like, why is the seat so cold?! 🥶
Simple_Occasion_7213@reddit
I bought one a few years ago and love it! The first time that chilly blast hits its target is a bit of a jarring sensation. Eventually it becomes soothing…comforting even. Even on a hot summer day I’ll hop on and use it as a quick refresher….its kind of like taking the Nestea plunge, just with your ass.
Mind-of-Jaxon@reddit
I have one. I love it. I don’t have one at work. It’s sad. But. I console myself by thinking I am getting paid to go to the bathroom.
trainwreck84@reddit
Join us or itch!
Alarmed_Drop7162@reddit
Yeah. I had some gastrointestinal problems for months. The toilet paper became very irritating.
I’m never going back
steeguy55@reddit
I got myself a Tushy! Super easy to install and works like a charm. I’ll never go back!
Alexandratta@reddit
Bidet all day.
ThoughtfullyLazy@reddit
Bidets are great, but have you tried using three seashells?
Wak3upHicks@reddit
Not one hooked up to the toilet, but I got a culo clean that I bought for hiking that ends up getting used at home too
UnicornMeatball@reddit
Got one week two of COVID during the Great Toilet Paper Wars and haven’t gone back.
Sea_Analysis_8033@reddit
The only problem is pooping without one feels terrible now
dudical_dude@reddit
Whenever I don’t have access to a bidet and have to poo I feel like I’m transported back to the colonial era and then I remember people still live like this
Specialist-Leek8645@reddit
Hah yeah, my area actually has a big Portuguese population so a lot of houses have separate bidet fixtures plumbed-in. I could figure out how to work one in an emergency. Mine is a fairly cheap, simple add-on type like everyone else probably uses. It's moved apartments w me. We spend a lot of time together. Ah memories.
Anyone else get horrible IBS after your midlife breakdowns? Yes I've had my colon checked. That seems to be how we introduce ourselves now.
jjkarate@reddit
I've used a bidet for years now. I can't and won't go back. I even bought a travel bidet for vacations.
OpiumPhrogg@reddit
yes, the wife insisted on one in the camper when we lived in it and traveled around last summer. Then she decided we needed one in the master bath. I don't use it much. We also had a small flooding mishap in the camper when the knob was not fully turned off so it slowly trickled into the toilet then over flowed.
bansheesho@reddit
I own two plus a travel one. I try very very hard not poop without one.
On top of this, I am a Jehovah's Shitness, spreading the word of the cleansing holey waters. I have recruited no less than 6 others to join me on the throne (not at the same time... that's weird).
Stompedyourhousewith@reddit
And a squatty potty!
_ism_@reddit
My ex bought the dude wipes brand bidet and installed it on my apartment toilet. While I like the concept, I hate this particular thing. Did you know ice cold water on a sensitive butthole with super high water pressure actually hurts? Next time I'm getting an electric kind that warms the water if I ever do it again. Additionally the way the dude wipes one mounts on the back of the bowl is an absolute dirt trap. There's a lot of little crevices where it's bolted down to clean and they gathered dust and it just looks bad.
fookewrdit@reddit
Have one, love it, won't go back.
Desperate_Gap9377@reddit
I love my bidet. Especially now that I've reached the age of colonoscopy. Its a game changer!!
Suspicious_Walrus951@reddit
I've had one since covid. Never going back. I hate pooping at other places. I want to be home.
Fun-Confidence-6232@reddit
Attempted to install one and it didn’t go well. Either a flaw with the design or the installer (me). Both are possibilities
Thick_Coconut_9330@reddit
Yes
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
Ive wanted a bidet since crocodile dundee! so yes!
Longster_dude@reddit
I’ve been using bidets for about 15 years. Graduated from a non-electrical/non-heated basic bidet to a heated bidet with all the bells and whistles about 7 years ago.
I can definitely never go back. In fact, my home bidet is one of the things I miss the most when I travel.
Distinct_Leopard571@reddit
Am Malaysian and super chuffed at the increasing global acceptance of bidets. Welcome to civilization, folks.
BigBubbaMac@reddit
I thought it was unnecessary because I used dry paper and wet wipes.
Hemorrhoids changed that.
I don't have a bidet yet but now it's wet wipes and a shower.
RetroBerner@reddit
No, that's for rich people.
Hopepersonified@reddit
Bidet-life over here.
iGoalie@reddit
Just got back from Japan, and I have been shopping for one since I got home.
Toto S5 is at the top of the list right now
cloudydays2021@reddit
I had one years before they got super popular and my friends made fun of me but now they all have them so I guess I was a bit of a ~~trendsetter~~
Household is half South Asian so bidet and no outside shoes in the house is standard for us! To the naysayers: enjoy the fecal matter!
8KUHDITIS@reddit
🤔 I sometimes mess with the settings on my shower head to mimic a bidet if that counts 😅
BearChavez82@reddit
Last time I was forced to take a dump without a bidet it felt like I was wiping with sandpaper. Never going back!
Anxious-Minx@reddit
I bought a handheld sprayer attachment during The Great TP Shortage of 2020. Despite liking the idea, we absolutely never use it because it blasts with all the pressure of a fire hose. I'm too scared to try it. 😆
We do occasionally use it to pressure wash (rigid non-living) things in the bathtub.
Capital-Coconut-9389@reddit
yep. i dig it. just wish they had them at work where i do most of my pooping during the week....
BadassSasquatch@reddit
We've been using them for about ten years. I will never go back
Flimsy_Equal8841@reddit
I couldn't go back to being without one. Everyone who uses it wants one too. Ours has all the bells and whistles. Remote control, heated seat and water, water pressure selection. Sigh. Love it.
Katiecake80@reddit
I grew up with one in a Portuguese home. Sad my apartment can’t fit one.
cagirlinoh@reddit
Love mine! 💜
ElegantGoose@reddit
We got them during the pandemic and I'll never go back! So much cleaner!
pnjtony@reddit
I bought an attachment for the toilet. The stream is really harsh though. I'd love recommendations.
JeremiahCLynn@reddit
We bought one during the pandemic when it was so difficult to find toilet paper and it was amazing. Also we have greatly reduced our usage of toilet paper, which makes me happy both because it reduces our impact on the environment and because it saves us so much money.
I don't like ever using the restroom without a bidet now and try very hard never to have to do so.
SammerJammer40@reddit
I have and I can’t go anywhere else.
GenericDave65@reddit
No I’m still analog
tomahawk66mtb@reddit
I've lived the past 20 years in Asia. A bidet spray gun is as important as a faucet in a bathroom to me.
ATheeStallion@reddit
Have it with seat warmer. As a fem, I do not use the bidet because I believe it may increase risk of UTIs. And tbh really don’t need it.
Kalle_79@reddit
Born and raised in Italy.
It's kinda like asking "do you own a toilet?"
Workin-progress82@reddit
It’s on my list of projects for this year. Thinking about going with the TOTO KS6 because of the features and price point. I’ve never tried a bidet but I think it’s time.
Top-Wolverine-8684@reddit
We've had them in both bathroom for almost ten years now, and I could never live without them again. I keep wipes in my purse for when I'm out in public or traveling because I need to feel clean.
Lala5789880@reddit
I have one but cannot use it because I don’t trust that my kids will not f it up
morecowbell520@reddit (OP)
My kids (11yr old twins) just recently commented to me about how awesome having a bidet is. They hate using the bathroom anywhere else. Kids get it 😄
zastr0w@reddit
I bought a relatively simple replacement seat one from Costco and now that toilet is the only one I want to poop in so that I can feel Poseidon's refreshing kiss
kalequinoa@reddit
I bought a bidet attachment during the pandemic, and it’s still sitting in my guest bathroom, in its box. It’s not a temperature controlled one, and I can’t get past the idea of shooting a blast of cold water on my ass. The cold toilet seat in the winter is bad enough.
helikophis@reddit
Don't have one at home (just haven't gotten around to buying one), but there's one at my office and it's great.
lastcallhall@reddit
Wonderful invention and has paid for itself in our house several times over by now.
Dylankneesgeez@reddit
...through using less TP? Mine cost $200 plus $300 to install the GFI, im thinking it won't break even from a cost standpoint until my grandkids are using it
lastcallhall@reddit
Yep. With a full house for several years, it has certainly gotten a workout (installed during covid). TP use has dropped (though thankfully not stopped - gross), and at current prices, we are way past its initial cost.
Moist-Golf-8339@reddit
Definitely. I've had one since 2017, and everyone should in my opinion!
For the uninitiated, just go to Amazon and get the Luxe Neo120 for $40 and enjoy the rest of your life with a clean back end. There are fancy options out there with different brands and price points, but get yourself started with that attachment. At home we have the BioBidet BB1000. They're awesome attachments!
WendyPortledge@reddit
I backed a portable bidet years ago on Indigogo. It never got made. I never tried to buy another. If and when I renovate my bathroom, I might get one then. I don’t know if it would work with the amount of iron in our water.
GuttedFlower@reddit
I have one! I hate pooping anywhere but home now!
LongjumpingJaguar308@reddit
I have a bidet but I always seem to #2 at work. Bummer, indeed.
Extreme-King@reddit
Yes. Since right before the pandemic. And about to add a second to a guest bath
bcentsale@reddit
Yes, but not in our primary house. The ancestral home in Italy has them. I don't use them.
BoringExperience5345@reddit
1000% own and use a bidet for every BM. Pooping outside of my own home is barbaric now and disgusting except for one hotel I stayed in that had a better bidet than I have, and that was dreamy.
Apocalypse_Cookiez@reddit
Absolutely! Cannot recommend more highly.
Tmath@reddit
As a person with some pretty severe IBS... A bidet is not a "nice to have", it is literally the only thing saving the forests at this point.
PrivateEnis@reddit
So much yes
lab_sidhe@reddit
We have one in the master bathroom and one in the basement bathroom. My children will go all the way to the basement to poo.
Will never not have one.
LunaBlue48@reddit
Yeah, I have one, and I will never go back to not having one.
SnooStrawberries9563@reddit
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Been on the bidet train for about 4 years now. Never going back. I had to poop at my aunts house once. Felt so dirty afterwards. As soon as I got home, I had to blast my booty to feel clean.
lascriptori@reddit
Getting one with a heated seat and hot water is so worth the extra cost.
Brave_Tadpole2072@reddit
Bidets are the best!
_Internet_Hugs_@reddit
Oh yeah. My toilet is more high tech than my car!
moles-on-parade@reddit
Got one in July when I realized colonoscopy prep was imminent. I'm a massive fan -- remote control, adjustable pressure and position and heat, handy air dryer? Heck yes. My wife, not so much. But I'm never going back.
katmoney80@reddit
yep saved my ass (literally) for my colonoscopy prep last week haha
katmoney80@reddit
Team bidet! I got one a few years ago (nothing fancy just a Tushy one). Went to Japan last year and oh my god my mind was BLOWN by how fancy those toilets were. I hope I can get a toto washlet one day.
No_Ratio1493@reddit
I want one. Is it a pain to hook up?
SnooStrawberries9563@reddit
Not at all. Just adding a middle man between wall and tank.
RandomTreat@reddit
No!! It's super easy. It took me maybe 15 minutes max. And I am not handy at all. I got the cheapest 20 or $25 bidet I could find on Amazon and it's amazing! I like it much better than the fancy bidet I've used at my friends houses
Wactout@reddit
Got one like 8 years ago. Never went back. Looking at a new one soon, too.
JennasBaboonButtLips@reddit
Also like how embarrassing to fully defend having a dirty butt all day.
TryTwiceAsHard@reddit
Yasssss in every one of our 4 bathrooms
edasto42@reddit
Got one during the great toilet paper shortage of 2020. It was one of the ones that you can easily hook up to any toilet. It was nice until it wasn’t.
What happens with those is that they aren’t self cleaning devices and unless you take them apart and off the toilet, you never fully get them clean. So we discovered this when we moved and took it off. The underside and hard to see spots were kinda covered in dried urine and feces. It was disgusting. Tossed that bitch right out.
Status-Hovercraft784@reddit
Even my card-carrying hard-R Republican dad now uses a bidet. If he can be converted, anyone can.
SameRegret5975@reddit
Changed my life, now I own a portable bidet
NotUrDadiBlameUrMoma@reddit
We're Xenials & we just installed our 1st bidet (washlet) last month. Wife was skeptical at 1st & now she's promoting to all her friends as the best thing invented since bottled water!
AshDogBucket@reddit
No. Never had a desire. No need.
RandomTreat@reddit
You don't know what you're missing until you try it.
etanna@reddit
If you ever get an opportunity to try one you def should. It's life changing!
JennasBaboonButtLips@reddit
One of the top 3 purchases of my life
jessRN-@reddit
So fresh and so clean
SuspiciousCranberry6@reddit
I had a bidet installed a couple of weeks ago. It's life changing. It's a Toto Washlet with all the bells and whistles, but would still be life changing if it was basic
Jovial_Candidate_508@reddit
Yup . The ladies love it !
LatinBotPointTwo@reddit
I have one and will never go back. It's so much better.
VincentVan_Dough@reddit
Grew up washing my ass. Never not had one. Even after moving away from Asia and living in the US and UK, always had one installed, even in rentals. I would literally die without one. I even have a travel version.
genesimmonstongue415@reddit
Yes. Just installed it a few months ago. Will use one forever, now.
Darkpriest667@reddit
I have bidets in every bathroom in my house (3) been a game changer for 10 years in my life, I actually judge people that don't have them. To quote Seinfeld "you know, we're living in a society!"
Amazing_Recording_31@reddit
Yes! Love my bidet.
beryka@reddit
Once you go bidet, it's hard to go without
RelaxYourself@reddit
I just visited my wife's family for a week. They are sans bidet and everytime i'd use the bathroom, I would instinctually look for my bidet knob. As soon as I came home I blasted my asshole til I spit up water like one of those cupid fountains. All is right again.
Darkling414@reddit
Best 100 bucks I spent, I’m in the process of changing all my toilet seats!
YoItsThatOneDude@reddit
Bidet is life. Dont be a caveman
RockingInTheCLE@reddit
Hell yes.
Somone-Who-Isnt-Me@reddit
Of course I’m not a cave man
AnxiousSeason@reddit
After I switched to using a Squatty Potty and a bidet, I feel dirty going any other way.
Comfortable-nerve78@reddit
Not yet but about to replace all the toilets in the house. Wife doesn’t know it yet but we’re upgrading to bidets. We go through way too much poop tickets and I have to shower afterwords. No one wants mud butt right? This has been an item on my upgrade list for a while now. Thanks for the motivation looks like I’m investing in some bidet’s. 👍😂 No More Mud Butt!
Mr402TheSouthSioux@reddit
Every toilet in my house. It's a game changer. Especially if you can get your kids to use them. If I had a dollar for every time they clogged it with toilet paper....
welldonecow@reddit
Yes, you’ll be amazed at how clean your butthole can be. It’s awesome.
kace66@reddit
Yep. Bought one when people were arguing over toilet paper. I can never go back.
MapMan992@reddit
I have one and will never go back. I’ve used very expensive ones with heated water, a heated seat, ass blaster patterns that’ll do morris code on your bum, etc.. but I honestly prefer my cheap, non-electric, icy cold bidet to anything else
augustwest30@reddit
I bought mine during the toilet paper shortages during Covid. Upgraded to a newer model last year. I will never go back to just wiping with paper.
VincentMac1984@reddit
It’s pretty amazing
AnswerSure271@reddit
The alternative is flushable wipes and everytime I see them for the bidonts in my house I feel an $8000 sewer problem looming.
SemicolonGuitars@reddit
I have bidet seats on 2 of the 3 toilets in my house. Taking a dump anywhere else feels uncivilized. I have half a mind to report my employer for creating a hostile workplace environment by not installing them.
Lastpunkofplattsburg@reddit
Yes and it’s the best
Pretty_waves904@reddit
Yup. It was the best part of our bathroom remodel
PleaseDontBanMe82@reddit
Absolutely. Its a game changer.
HelpImOverthinking@reddit
I do! I love it. We got it because my sister in law and her husband (who are milennials) were joking about bidets and how silly they were. We laughed along and when we left, I told my husband I want a bidet.
TotallyNotRobotEvil@reddit
First thing I did in our new house was install bidets. We have three. One super fancy Japanese toilet deal for the master bathroom, then cheaper add-on units for the other two bathroom. One of the bathrooms I was able to use the hot water line off the sink (toilet sits next to the sink, so no messy water lines running across the floor) so it had adjustable temp water as well without having to be powered like the fancy Japanese one.
knivesofsmoothness@reddit
I've been in Italy the last 2 weeks and loving them. First thing I buy when I get home. Any recommendations?
123BuleBule@reddit
Yes, we got two. Also convinced my mom and sister to get them. I hate having to go at the office or somewhere else. I got myself a portable version but I also prefer to travel to bidet-friendly destinations.
deezsandwitches@reddit
I'm looking at making the jump
Big-Dig1631@reddit
Yup -- haven't bought TP in ages.
callmestretch@reddit
Had em since Covid….even bought a travel one. Shit is life changing….no pun intended
TheAngerMonkey@reddit
Any time a guest in my house DARES to look askance at my bidet I learn an uncomfortable truth: that person walks around with a dirty butthole.
I don't understand the aversion some people have about this. Like, they aren't dirty? They're incredibly simple to install and the maintenance is, like... Give 'em a quick wipe when you clean your toilet?
The sad part is how many people don't clean their toilets, like, EVER.
Reasonable_Effort_@reddit
Yep. I feel like as an IBS sufferer it’s a necessity.
ManateeNipples@reddit
I remember when sushi and bidets were both jokes and now they're 2 of my favorite life upgrades lmao
Slippery-Pete76@reddit
I have one but it’s not hooked up (I replaced my toilet and haven’t attached it to the new one yet).
Not sure the first paragraph in the OP makes sense - there’s nothing special about us vs. other generations regarding wiping our bungholes. I mean, my boomer parents have a bidet on their toilet.
captain_trainwreck@reddit
Have had one for years, so very worth it.
LeatherRecord2142@reddit
Yep! Went to Japan and my eyes were permanently opened. Came back, ordered a Toto washlet and baby looked back.
Jokierre@reddit
Absolutely. Worth it 100%. You get past the laser aspect after about a day.
anotherfamilysecret@reddit
Installed one a few months ago and annoyed I didn’t get one sooner.
YEM_PGH@reddit
Got one years ago and I now hate traveling because it means no bidet.
Sorry_Challenge_4179@reddit
Yes!
TheBugSmith@reddit
Once you get one there is no other logical option
LongjumpingFall1584@reddit
Only draw back after installing bidets at home is now I LOATHE pooping anywhere else. Never LIKED pooping in places away from home, but now I just feel so UNCLEAN after doing so. 😭
Over_Interaction_925@reddit
Yes, it's okay. But during summer months it's glorious 😉.
donttrustthecorn@reddit
I got one for the hygiene but kept it for that sweet icy kiss.
jtho78@reddit
Switched to one eight years ago. Never going back, and I stress about not having one wherever I go.
My mom (80) said she wants one, I have to check with her independent care if they are allowed.
Imaginary_Scene2493@reddit
Yes, we have one. My wife and I and our youngest love it and don’t like to poop without it.
Our oldest refuses to use it because she doesn’t like the idea of cold water washing there and we haven’t upgraded to heated because that’s not as easy to add here.
ArtisanalMoonlight@reddit
Yep.
Public toilets suck extra now because no bidets.
telos2020@reddit
I now know how filthy not using a bidet is.
18randomcharacters@reddit
I don’t have great gut health and I poop often and, shall we say low quality.
elliemff@reddit
I impulsively bought a bidet attachment for our toilet a few years ago. After a couple of days with it, I bought another one for the other toilet in my house. I literally hate having to use any other toilets now because I love my bidets so much.
jaybeau1979@reddit
Tushy all the way!
Top-Elephant-2874@reddit
I have a bidet and can never go back. Nothing like a cup of coffee and a colon cleanse to start the day off right.
zapstratosphere@reddit
Cant live without it!