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Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by smnrchrds »

tunesmith wrote: post #13

My wife made a joke about a bidet a few years ago, so also as a joke I bought us one for her birthday. The $60 attachment kind where you just plumb in a splitter from the source that fills the toilet tank. It was a hit, so we bought one for family friends for a birthday - high hilarity as we heard the reports from their kids - and then more for our extended family at Christmas. Shocked reactions around the Christmas…

> Regular cold water is nowhere near as bad as you'd assume.

Perhaps not in California. But here in Calgary, Alberta, I assure you it is much worse than you'd assume.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by azinman2 »

latchkey wrote: post #26
Causality1 wrote: post #10

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I like the concept but I admit to not really understanding how they work in practice. For the in-toilet ones, how do you aim them? Just scooting around? They don't dribble poop-water down your cheeks? The handheld ones just baffle me. How do you get them in place and spread your cheeks at the same time? I feel like I'm going to need a stack of wet-wipes and a disposable towel the first time I actually use a bidet.

You only need a regular towel to dry off, since now you're actually clean instead of just smearing poop around until the paper kind of looks clean. Unless of course you have microscopic eyesight.

Why not use soap?

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by peatmoss »

smnrchrds wrote: post #171
tunesmith wrote: post #13

My wife made a joke about a bidet a few years ago, so also as a joke I bought us one for her birthday. The $60 attachment kind where you just plumb in a splitter from the source that fills the toilet tank. It was a hit, so we bought one for family friends for a birthday - high hilarity as we heard the reports from their kids - and then more for our extended family at Christmas. Shocked reactions around the Christmas…

> Regular cold water is nowhere near as bad as you'd assume. Perhaps not in California. But here in Calgary, Alberta, I assure you it is much worse than you'd assume.

Seattle checking in. Just used a questionably accurate meat thermometer to check the water coming out of our tap. It looks to be about 6C / 42F.

Brisk!

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by smnrchrds »

peatmoss wrote: post #173
smnrchrds wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Regular cold water is nowhere near as bad as you'd assume. Perhaps not in California. But here in Calgary, Alberta, I assure you it is much worse than you'd assume.

Seattle checking in. Just used a questionably accurate meat thermometer to check the water coming out of our tap. It looks to be about 6C / 42F. Brisk!

Using the same methodology here, I get 3.7°C or 38.7°F.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by joecool1029 »

smnrchrds wrote: post #174
peatmoss wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seattle checking in. Just used a questionably accurate meat thermometer to check the water coming out of our tap. It looks to be about 6C / 42F. Brisk!

Using the same methodology here, I get 3.7°C or 38.7°F.

Eh, good for hemorrhoids I suppose.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

#176

Post by digianarchist »

smnrchrds wrote: post #171
tunesmith wrote: post #13

My wife made a joke about a bidet a few years ago, so also as a joke I bought us one for her birthday. The $60 attachment kind where you just plumb in a splitter from the source that fills the toilet tank. It was a hit, so we bought one for family friends for a birthday - high hilarity as we heard the reports from their kids - and then more for our extended family at Christmas. Shocked reactions around the Christmas…

> Regular cold water is nowhere near as bad as you'd assume. Perhaps not in California. But here in Calgary, Alberta, I assure you it is much worse than you'd assume.

I use one in Toronto. Cold in winter.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by frequentnapper »

ebg13 wrote: post #154
pacetherace wrote: post #137

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The feeling of wetness is something that you get used to once you realize that your butt clean. On the flip side, most people who use toilet paper think their butts will get completely clean. That is actually not the case. But either is not a big deal because the skin in that hind area is quite resilient. To the surprise of many people, the game-changer in bathroom hygiene is properly washing hands after using the to…

> The feeling of wetness is something that you get used to once you realize that your butt clean. I'm not talking about wetness. I'm talking about feces. As in sitting there getting blasted with a sprayer for well over a minute trying to hit all the angles and then seeing brown on the paper being used to dry up. Just spraying water does not work on its own. If you wipe normally first, then a bidet afterward will prob…

i think this is a you problem. after moving to japan, i've been using bidet exclusively and it's much much cleaner.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by swebs »

tunesmith wrote: post #13

My wife made a joke about a bidet a few years ago, so also as a joke I bought us one for her birthday. The $60 attachment kind where you just plumb in a splitter from the source that fills the toilet tank. It was a hit, so we bought one for family friends for a birthday - high hilarity as we heard the reports from their kids - and then more for our extended family at Christmas. Shocked reactions around the Christmas…

In Europe, I only see the ones that attach to the inputs from the bathroom sink. That way you can control the temperature.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by cmauniada »

smnrchrds wrote: post #171
tunesmith wrote: post #13

My wife made a joke about a bidet a few years ago, so also as a joke I bought us one for her birthday. The $60 attachment kind where you just plumb in a splitter from the source that fills the toilet tank. It was a hit, so we bought one for family friends for a birthday - high hilarity as we heard the reports from their kids - and then more for our extended family at Christmas. Shocked reactions around the Christmas…

> Regular cold water is nowhere near as bad as you'd assume. Perhaps not in California. But here in Calgary, Alberta, I assure you it is much worse than you'd assume.

I am also in Calgary, using a bidet. The cold water gets to you but you need lots of pressure to knock those pesky poops off.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by jacobsenscott »

Symbiote wrote: post #108
mordechai9000 wrote: post #72

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I think hot water mixing valves are standard for toilet lines in modern construction. It mixes in enough hot water to prevent condensation from occurring on the tank or the bowl. The water wouldn't be shower warm, but judging by other comments here it's less of an issue than one might think. I guess you might not have this if you live somewhere like west Texas. In my old rental, the mixing valve malfunctioned and con…

I've never heard of that. It looks like something from North America (any other Europeans heard of it?), and it sounds appropriately wasteful :-) Searching for the condensation problem in Britain, plumbers suggest using an insulated cistern (tank).

I've never seen a hot water line to a toilet in the US. If people are doing it they only started doing it very recently - maybe for bidet options or something.
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