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Some of the features I really like about my Japanese toilet: * Heated seat * Bidet with warm water * “Omakase” power-saving setting that learns your schedule and turns off the heat during the times you are typically out or asleep. * Flush with a button press vs. turning a handle. This sounds minor, but whenever I have to use a toilet with a handle it is noticeably less convenient as you often have to keep the handle…
A bidet is standard equipment in Argentinian homes, even the poorest houses have it. Once you get used to it, it’s incomprehensible that in other countries people just wipe and…hope for the best. But often it’s hard to install one in bathrooms that are not designed for it. So a Japanese toilet is a somewhat over the top solution in our house.
> it’s incomprehensible that in other countries people just wipe and…hope for the best. Nowadays many people use wet wipes. Probably less environmentally friendly, but they solve the same problem.
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Less environmentally friendly and greatly more damaging to the infrastructure. Spain is even looking to introduce legislation to reduce/remove their use[0]. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/spain-to...
That link talks about plastic items, but the wet wipes I’m familiar with are 100% plant-based and biodegradable, and dissolve in water. Edit, to clarify: The wipes in question have been certified according to the EDANA Flushability Guidelines, which have been adopted into law in some countries, and there is also a related Spanish standard UNE 149002:2019 (“Acceptance criteria for disposable products via toilet”). The…
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I mean hey, if you want to walk around like that by all means. Maybe it's my ancestral Muslim side coming out, but I just feel dirty without cleaning myself afterwards. Also, the water isn't that cold, even in the dead of winter here in the north east. And if you can't aim from that close I'm not sure what to tell you!
Not sure having a clean bum is a religious thing. Source: Atheist with a bidet.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_purity_in_Islam#Hygieni...
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I mean hey, if you want to walk around like that by all means. Maybe it's my ancestral Muslim side coming out, but I just feel dirty without cleaning myself afterwards. Also, the water isn't that cold, even in the dead of winter here in the north east. And if you can't aim from that close I'm not sure what to tell you!
Having used all three, the neatest system IMO is to everyday carry a spray bottle of 70% isopropanol. Beyond just convenient hand sanitizer, this lets your wet the paper so you can finish with 2-3 wet wipes (typ. 2x dry + 2x wet). If the paper's thin, double it over a couple more times if needed. It breaks down like TP (because it is TP), so this won't create a 100+ ton 'fatberg' in the sewer like commercial wet wipe…
Definitely cheaper than carrying around a TOTO portable bidet: https://www.totousa.com/travel-washlet
In almost all of SE Asia, especially Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, all of the toilets come with a hand-held sprayer. They also had this in the Doha airport and I'm not sure how common this style is outside of SE Asia but I'm guessing it's common. Japanese style bidets are very common in Korean households as well and I'm sure its easily a billion dollar business. It is nice but the functionality is quite difficult for…
I have a question for bidet users. After you powerwash your anus, do you have a towel nearby to wipeoff ? In india you can just put your clothes on after powerwash because it so hot and dries fast. I am guessing you don't want that in chicago winter.
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There is probably somebody on HN who's tasks is to train this neural network right now.
It's been done, but there are legal and ethical issues with photographing children's buttholes. Scientists Working on Toilet That Identifies You by Your Butthole Many users "wouldn’t, for very good reasons, like cameras pointing up their bottoms.": https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-toilet-identifies-b... Anal-genital viewing device and method: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110083264A1/en A Very Suggest…
Some of the features I really like about my Japanese toilet: * Heated seat * Bidet with warm water * “Omakase” power-saving setting that learns your schedule and turns off the heat during the times you are typically out or asleep. * Flush with a button press vs. turning a handle. This sounds minor, but whenever I have to use a toilet with a handle it is noticeably less convenient as you often have to keep the handle…
Does it close the lid as well? Because if it doesn't this is a bad idea.
The amount of stuff that gets spread around your bathroom if you don't close the lid is disgusting.
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I bought $25 versions of this on Amazon during COVID... We did not anticipate or have any of problems you described.
most bidets starts leaking after 6-12 months. It is a flood hazard if the hose breaks.