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blasting wet feces droplets all over the place This is the only thing I don't get about bidets. Unless I'm missing something it's like unavoidable to get dropl

by stinos 7y ago

blasting wet feces droplets all over the place This is the only thing I don't get about bidets. Unless I'm missing something it's like unavoidable to get droplets on your hand/spreayer for the manual types? I personally wouldn't really care, but I just wonder why not more people make a fuzz about this. Again, maybe I'm missing something.

carterehsmith 7y ago
Bidet attachments usually have a self-cleaning mode, ie you push a button and then it sprays water over the sprinkler. I bought mine off Amazon for like $40 and it does that. BTW I do clean mine now and then, and there is like, almost nothing to clean. Compared to e.g. my humidifier, that needs almost-daily cleaning.
- ebg13 7y ago
  > ie you push a button and then it sprays water over the sprinkler. Does it spray bleach or soap or just plain water? You wouldn't wash your hands with just water.
  - capableweb 7y ago
    Bleach? I would hope not. This is spraying your anus, which you should avoid using soaps (or holy shit, bleach?) and only use water or specific soaps. Same with your penis, which I hope you're not washing with regular soap (or bleach)
    - ebg13 7y ago
      The bleach is for the sprayer not the sprayee.
      - capableweb 7y ago
        Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. Thanks for clarifying!
  - Ozzie_osman 7y ago
    You wouldn't wash your hands with just toilet paper either.
  - carterehsmith 7y ago
    Cheap bidet attachments only spray water, fancier models spray water and soap, and blow-dry your butt. Though, I guess the issue here is comparing bidet to no-bidet. The bidet is so much better than TP only, it is not even close. Instead of feeling gross, you feel glorious, is what it is.
badestrand 7y ago
> Unless I'm missing something it's like unavoidable to get droplets on your hand/spreayer for the manual types? Yes, you use your hand along with the water to clean! It sounds disgusting but actually feels super clean and hygienic once you are used to it. Your hand will not smell afterwards and it is heavenly for the butt, feels so nice and clean. Also IME feces will lose some of their disgustingness, just because everything around it is so much cleaner now. I lived "western style" until 30 y/o and with a "bum gun" since two years, one of the best life improvements for me.
not_kurt_godel 7y ago
It's not just you. I found a study showing that bidet use is correlated with higher rates of infection in women (in you-know-where): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30884065/?i=5&from=/21058441/related https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30884065/?i=5&from=/21058441.... Just because bidets feel clean doesn't mean they're not blasting shit liquid all over your bits. How could they possibly not?
visarga 7y ago
Electronic bidets have a self-washing, moving wash head. You don't use your hands.

by stinos 7y ago

carterehsmith 7y ago

Bidet attachments usually have a self-cleaning mode, ie you push a button and then it sprays water over the sprinkler. I bought mine off Amazon for like $40 and it does that. BTW I do clean mine now and then, and there is like, almost nothing to clean. Compared to e.g. my humidifier, that needs almost-daily cleaning.

ebg13 7y ago
> ie you push a button and then it sprays water over the sprinkler. Does it spray bleach or soap or just plain water? You wouldn't wash your hands with just water.
- capableweb 7y ago
  Bleach? I would hope not. This is spraying your anus, which you should avoid using soaps (or holy shit, bleach?) and only use water or specific soaps. Same with your penis, which I hope you're not washing with regular soap (or bleach)
  - ebg13 7y ago
    The bleach is for the sprayer not the sprayee.
    - capableweb 7y ago
      Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. Thanks for clarifying!
- Ozzie_osman 7y ago
  You wouldn't wash your hands with just toilet paper either.
- carterehsmith 7y ago
  Cheap bidet attachments only spray water, fancier models spray water and soap, and blow-dry your butt. Though, I guess the issue here is comparing bidet to no-bidet. The bidet is so much better than TP only, it is not even close. Instead of feeling gross, you feel glorious, is what it is.

badestrand 7y ago

> Unless I'm missing something it's like unavoidable to get droplets on your hand/spreayer for the manual types? Yes, you use your hand along with the water to clean! It sounds disgusting but actually feels super clean and hygienic once you are used to it. Your hand will not smell afterwards and it is heavenly for the butt, feels so nice and clean. Also IME feces will lose some of their disgustingness, just because everything around it is so much cleaner now. I lived "western style" until 30 y/o and with a "bum gun" since two years, one of the best life improvements for me.

not_kurt_godel 7y ago

It's not just you. I found a study showing that bidet use is correlated with higher rates of infection in women (in you-know-where): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30884065/?i=5&from=/21058441/related https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30884065/?i=5&from=/21058441.... Just because bidets feel clean doesn't mean they're not blasting shit liquid all over your bits. How could they possibly not?

visarga 7y ago

Electronic bidets have a self-washing, moving wash head. You don't use your hands.