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Oh, how badly I wished Americans had a clean way of cleaning their ... bottoms during my 8 years of stay there. Thankfully, Amazon had nice portable bidets which you could fit in your home toilets, but everywhere else it was still the same.

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I have a washlet on my home toilet (Canada) and when I had a several months client onsite in London, UK I have typed into Google, out of desperation the magic words travel washlet and learned it exists! Yes, Toto makes travel washlets so you can carry civilization with you everywhere. You can find one on Amazon or eBay for about 75-80 USD, right now it seems eBay is cheaper when you consider shipping. It uses one ordinary AA battery, I use a rechargeable, it works just as well.

Here's two SFW videos on how to use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDcS0IAkRIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBAY1GWjjaQ

I suppose this is one realm of technological attainment in which we're just a bit, uh, behind.

Totally agree. After three months here I'm not looking forward to no longer having the wash feature when I get back to Canada. Such a nice feature to have.

You can buy a Japanese-style washlet (also available on Amazon) and install it in your home if you are so inclined.

I just bought one recently.

Worth it. Heated seat alone... so good.

There's soft wipes (not the paper type). Nothing can beat that.

Which screws up the sewage system (yes even the "flushable" ones)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/26/uk-water...

https://www.choice.com.au/health-and-body/beauty-and-persona...

Or for a more humorous account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgHVO-RZ8c4

In short: They're not flushable, regardless of what the packaging says. Soluble dry paper or water works. Japan's got it right.

Bidets are the way to go, aside from being harmful to the plumbing system, soft wipes still require you to, well, wipe which is kind of barbaric once you get used to cleaning your bum with a jet of water and simply drying yourself after. It also saves a lot of money on paper costs if you use a towel to dry off.

A) saving money. It would take quite some time to recuperate the expensive toilet. Probably at least 10 years.

B) DON'T flush them.

C) I really don't feel as clean from a jet spray. And I don't like it. Especially if the toilet is not mine.

D) You can bring your wipes everywhere. They will work in a desert, the forest, or ISS...

I buy baby wipes for the purpose... They are awsome.

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