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After living with a bidet, it’s really hard to go back. I don’t know why America doesn’t make it standard, especially new homes. You need to run an electrical line to the toilet though which most American bathrooms don’t have.

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I recommend just getting one of the no-frills affordable unpowered $40 bidets on Amazon. The idea of the water not being warm sounds much worse than it actually is, and after just a couple uses you hardly even realize the water isn't heated.

Agreed. I have both types and they are both fine. The one with heated water and a heated seat and different spray options is obviously nicer but the Amazon special does just as good of a job getting me clean for much less money.

Personally, I think an upgrade to something in $100 range is worthwhile. I've got an original Tushy (cold-water) model that is easier to control the flow. The cheaper Amazon models tend to be either off or a sharply aimed firehose at least with my water pressure.

Honestly I find that heated water feels worse, because it feels almost like having diarrhea (a hot liquid right on your interface).

I have an unpowered one with cold water and I agree that it's not an issue at all. It's even refreshing!

I agree. I got one with a hot water connection, but after trying it with only the cold, I've never bothered to connect the hot water.

Heck, I've got one of the unpowered Tushy models and even that is enough of a life changer that I now actively avoid using any toilet without a bidet.

There are plenty of bidets that don’t require electricity. You can buy them as attachments to almost any toilet.

Not just an electrical line. In a lot of new homes, they put it on its own circuit. The nicer models have tankless water heaters in them and can pull >12 amps on their own. That'll trip a breaker for sure if you've got any other high load on the same circuit (e.g. hair straightener, hair dryer).

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