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> Regular cold water is nowhere near as bad as you'd assume. Perhaps not in California. But here in Calgary, Alberta, I assure you it is much worse than you'd
by smnrchrds 7y ago
> Regular cold water is nowhere near as bad as you'd assume.
Perhaps not in California. But here in Calgary, Alberta, I assure you it is much worse than you'd assume.
- peatmoss 7y agoSeattle checking in. Just used a questionably accurate meat thermometer to check the water coming out of our tap. It looks to be about 6C / 42F. Brisk!
- smnrchrds 7y agoUsing the same methodology here, I get 3.7°C or 38.7°F.
- joecool1029 7y agoEh, good for hemorrhoids I suppose.
- rconti 7y agoHow about the initial water after leaving the taps closed for, say, 20 minutes? :)
- peatmoss 7y agoGreat point. Bum washings would mostly be pretty warm due to unique features of our bathroom and condo heating... mostly. And I guess for the cold times, variety is the spice of life!
- visarga 7y agoI own a bidet which costed about $400 which has a water heater, warm air ventilator, seat warmer, human presence sensor and even a remote control you can put on your wall. It's just a plastic seat I mounted myself on the old toilet. Summer or winter it's always great to use it.
- dzhiurgis 7y agoAfter trying it in Japan I've got one for my parents for like $200. You must be animal to use those classy cold ones.
- rconti 7y ago61f/16c here in the Bay Area
- nojvek 7y agoI’ve been used to a handheld bidet for a long time. When we bought our house 3 years ago, I installed in all the bathrooms. Our tissue consumption is 10% of what it used to be in the rental apartment. When we had our baby and she was 1, we started cleaning her by teaching her how to sit on the toilet and washing with a hand held bidet. It was much nicer on her bum, significantly less rashes. We’d wipe off with tissue but it was less friction and sweat would be cleaned off. Bidets are the right thing to do if you care about your ass and environment. It just feels so freaking good. Yeah winter could be bad but usually it is tolerable.
- digianarchist 7y agoI use one in Toronto. Cold in winter.
- cmauniada 7y agoI am also in Calgary, using a bidet. The cold water gets to you but you need lots of pressure to knock those pesky poops off.
- yawaramin 7y agoIn Toronto here, and I actually want it cold. Nice and refreshing!
- rconti 7y agoI'm not sure how much water a typical cleansing will require; our cold-water one is on its way to the house now. But I reasoned it would probably not require more than a 1-2 second blast. Given that it's plumbed in at the toilet tap, and that you'd use it before flushing, I would presume the water would be relatively close to room temperature, as the supply line is indoors just below the seat. That should be plenty for 1-2 seconds.
- st1ck 7y ago2 seconds is definitely not enough, unless you put pressure on "rectum destroyer" level. You don't need to wash it as clean as your hands, but give it 5 seconds at the least.
- beached_whale 7y agotry being on lake superior. 2C all year
- kwhitefoot 7y agoDitto Norway. Had some visitors from South Africa once who declared that they had never believed that water from a tap could be so cold.