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A bidet to save on toilet paper and improvement the quality of your life. I learned about bidets from a HN post a few years ago. Any bidet is pretty good compared to nothing and they are surprisingly easy to install.

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Using a bidet dramatically reduces body odor. It enables naked sleeping. It enhances spontaneous adult activities.

Getting used to a bidet takes about 2 days. After that, dry wiping will seem backward, like using leaves or corn cobs.

Get a simple manual one. I use a Luxe brand bidet that I bought for $40, six years ago. It still works fine.

https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-110-Non-Electric/dp/B0...

I use a portable bidet when I travel. It's just a squeeze bottle with a long nozzle. The nozzle stores away inside the bottle.

https://www.amazon.com/Brondell-GS-70-Portable-Convenient-Ca...

Sleeping naked without a bidet is impossible?

No, but some would say it's a bit funky spending 8 hours in a bed with a shitty ass.

"Using a bidet dramatically reduces body odor." Like, because your ass smells so intense that people can actually register it during regular activities?

Not trying to undermine your happiness about clean asses, I'm very fond of that myself but that line seems to be hyperbole.

I don't think I've ever registered someone smelling like ass save for a few bums and some very questionable types.

The seat attachment types are excellent. I installed a $50 Luxe model in one of our office bathrooms, it really was a breeze to put in, and works just great.

For reference, I have high-end Japanese units at home, and here's what an extra $1,200 buys you:

- Remote control (slower than manual)

- Heated seat (I don't care)

- Heated water ($55 models have hot connection, if you care)

- Dryer (useless, as you will wipe anyway)

- Remote-controlled jet positioning (easier to move your ass by half an inch)

- Disinfecting UV light, purified water, etc. (marketing BS)

- Nightlight (...)

The best part is rarely mentioned: this [1] is a thing of the past

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGCIGEUB32M

Did you get a stand alone bidet installed in your house or is it something installed in your toilet?

It's more hygienic

Also, buying and carrying toilet paper is not really practical.

Embarrassed to say but I use a normal toilet and sometimes I try to flush skid marks away using the shower head (from my bath-tub) in strong jet mode. However, this is often quite difficult, which makes me believe that the bidet isn't all that hygienic ...

Interesting, my bidet has much more power than my showerhead and if I'm not careful and pull the trigger to much I hurt myself.

Ok. I think hygiene depends on municipal water pressure then, unless one uses a bidet with built-in compressor.

probably.

I used to wipe the first times I used my bidet, because I didn't trust it.

Now, I don't trust toilet paper anymore.

Do note that some of those "jets" are meant for cleaning the toilet and not for hygiene. When buying one, make sure you are getting the right one. The difference is indeed in the intensity with which the jet of water is ejected from the device.

Not to be too nosy but I’ve noticed that tends to happen if you don’t have a very healthy or balanced diet. Since I’ve started eating better and making sure I’m getting enough greens and fiber it’s rarely been an issue, unless I have a few too many drinks.

Yes I appreciate your concern. I'm aware of potential causes, and I believe these issues are quite normal really, if they are not frequent.

This comment section took an unexpected turn.

My diet is terrible sometimes. I use my bidet (retrofitted toilet seat adapter) and then a quick wipe to ensure cleanliness and to partially dry my bum.

+1 for bidet.

Before you use the toilet, put in some toilet paper and everything just flushes out.

The "poo canoe".

Not sure if that's exactly what you mean by a bidet, but the Japanese toilets with water cleaning are the best I've encountered in that space.

Ever heard of "Muslim Shower"?

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