Excuse me for the intimacy, but it is a cultural question. Doesn't americans usually use water the clean their butts?
Nope. We use rather expensive toilet paper advertised by cartoon bears.
And puppies. Golden retriever puppies.
The Cult of the Toto Toilet
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#42Just returned from Indonesia where this is pretty standard in hotels, and where I saw the light. I cannot believe I spent the first 38 years of my life without using water to wash my behind after I poop. When I buy my own place it must have a Toto washlet. Normal toilet seats just seem uncivilised now.
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#43For those who don't want to spend $2,000 on a toilet, there are relatively cheap attachments that are a good 80% solution, especially if you are renting. However, when I own a house, I'm getting one.
If the first option is a $2,000 toilet, I'll take #2.
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#44Bidets? No thanks. Heated seats? Don't need 'em. I think the smartest element on Japanese toilets is that some of them have a little faucet and sink on the lid of the tank; the water that fills the tank actually goes through that faucet first, then drains through the tank lid into the tank, so you can just wash your hands in that water rather than turning on the separate sink. An easy way to save water! Granted, that…
> Bidets? No thanks. Why not?
A fear of the unknown, I guess. Even in all the time I spent in Japan, I never tried one. I just… don't want that sensation.
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#45Excuse me for the intimacy, but it is a cultural question. Doesn't americans usually use water the clean their butts?
Nope. We use rather expensive toilet paper advertised by cartoon bears.
I've known a few who said they used wet wipes (paper towels treated with some cleaning stuff and packaged to stay moist), which is almost like using water.
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#46Toilets and bidets are two separate items, I don't believe an automated thingy will ever provide the same hygiene levels. Plus, bidets have many other use cases not mentioned.
You don't believe but you give no reasoning for this "belief". Actually Bidet Toilet Seats are nice for sure but they are expensive; to buy, install and maintain. A much lower cost alternative is the Hand Bidet Sprayer. It requires no new plumbing and actually does a better job cleaning you. If you've never tried both of these the Hand Bidet Sprayer provides a much stronger water flow and more control of where it sprays than the fixed "spray wand" in the bidet toilet seat which is more like a weak water fountain. You can also use the Hand Bidet Sprayer to spray water up inside to help with constipation and hemorrhoids. See bathroomsprayers.com.