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A few friends switch to bidets a while ago and wont look back. Personally I just jump in the shower if it's that bad.

wegs 7y ago
I find bidets as or more useful if it's not that bad. You're often talking about just one or two square of toilet paper (literally, not figuratively). Try cleaning your hands with paper instead of water some day, and see how that works out for you. It's the same thing.
- romanows 7y ago
  I would think that the difference between a towel and water alone for cleaning hands is smaller than the difference between water alone and water with soap.
- daxorid 7y ago
  Feces comes in all manner of consistencies and textures. There is a range of consistencies for which bidets are wholly useless. Specifically, sticky ones. For these, you need friction from a solid, high-surface-area object. I'm sure you've had brown streaks inside the bowl that could not be removed in N flushes, but a simple toilet brush made quick work of the matter. To use your handwashing analogy, try removing crisco, or some other substance that adheres to your hands with a stream of water. Now try physically wiping it with a paper towel. The towel will win every time. This is to say nothing of the fact that it's quite nice to leave the bathroom with dry hindquarters rather than a bad case of SA.
  - hombre_fatal 7y ago
    If your bidet can't wash off some sticky feces, you simply have a weak bidet. That's one of the main instances where bidets are so nice instead of wiping and wiping.
    - olyjohn 7y ago
      A weak bidet... Or too many Quarter Pounders in your diet.
  - magduf 7y ago
    >There is a range of consistencies for which bidets are wholly useless. Specifically, sticky ones. For these, you need friction from a solid, high-surface-area object. You've obviously never used a proper washlet.
  - CosmicShadow 7y ago
    Dude, my basic bidet has a knob with 9 levels of pressure, but after 3 it's basically sandblasting your anus to the point it physically hurts and does damage. You can get mostly everything off, but you can still use toilet paper for clean up on the nasty ones, which shouldn't be all the time. You just reduce your TP usage by a lot and have more flexibility. Also, just wait 30 seconds after use then wipe once or twice and you are dry, ta da! Best $70 we've spent; if you don't like it, don't use it, but I guarantee it's worth the experiment if you don't have one or haven't really tried one. The bidets I refer to are the washlet type, not those weird separate sink looking ones.
  - tacon 7y ago
    That isn't how bidets work. I happened to get a bidet in early January, before the wave. One of the first things I learned was to let it run for awhile, maybe 20-30 seconds, and shifting around if it seems necessary. This may be TMI, but one gauge of how long to let it run is when you can relax your anal sphincter and feel the cold water slightly entering your anus. Once I stopped being in a hurry and let the water do its work, I simply never see any discoloring on the few sheets of toilet paper needed to blot dry.
- magduf 7y ago
  It's utterly amazing that American society is so unhygienic that we still don't have bidets or washlets in common use.
Niccizero 7y ago
I used bidets a lot when I lived in Argentina. The sensation of having a clean butt is pretty unbeatable. When you poop and then wipe with paper you still feel dirty for the rest of the day.
plughs 7y ago
LPT: Bring a little unscented lotion in with you and put it on the TP.
throwaway55554 7y ago
I'm particularly hairy down there (not trying to be gross), so I often worry a bidet would just make a mess a wet mess.
- CosmicShadow 7y ago
  Don't worry about it dude, just get one. You can always just not use it once its installed, they are like $70 and take 15 to install yourself, but trust me, it's a game changer and worth the cost even just to try it a few times.
- post_break 7y ago
  I’m hairy too, it still helps. It’s not peanut butter in shag carpet, but honestly the best thing you could do is learn to shave down there. You go from trying to clean up a disaster, to blasting it away in 2 seconds.
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 7y ago
  Get some cheap clippers, use the ~#2 guard, and deforest that shit. Crack hair is useful for a lot of things, keeping skin from rubbing, fart silencing, sweat management, etc. But you only need a bit of hair for that to work. 80% of the length can be removed with no ill effect, but dramatic improvement in general cleanliness and comfort.
  - throwaway55554 7y ago
    Doesn't it itch after you mow?
    - quickthrower2 7y ago
      I really hope this conversation is mentioned on n-gate.com!

wegs 7y ago

I find bidets as or more useful if it's not that bad. You're often talking about just one or two square of toilet paper (literally, not figuratively). Try cleaning your hands with paper instead of water some day, and see how that works out for you. It's the same thing.

romanows 7y ago
I would think that the difference between a towel and water alone for cleaning hands is smaller than the difference between water alone and water with soap.
daxorid 7y ago
Feces comes in all manner of consistencies and textures. There is a range of consistencies for which bidets are wholly useless. Specifically, sticky ones. For these, you need friction from a solid, high-surface-area object. I'm sure you've had brown streaks inside the bowl that could not be removed in N flushes, but a simple toilet brush made quick work of the matter. To use your handwashing analogy, try removing crisco, or some other substance that adheres to your hands with a stream of water. Now try physically wiping it with a paper towel. The towel will win every time. This is to say nothing of the fact that it's quite nice to leave the bathroom with dry hindquarters rather than a bad case of SA.
- hombre_fatal 7y ago
  If your bidet can't wash off some sticky feces, you simply have a weak bidet. That's one of the main instances where bidets are so nice instead of wiping and wiping.
  - olyjohn 7y ago
    A weak bidet... Or too many Quarter Pounders in your diet.
- magduf 7y ago
  >There is a range of consistencies for which bidets are wholly useless. Specifically, sticky ones. For these, you need friction from a solid, high-surface-area object. You've obviously never used a proper washlet.
- CosmicShadow 7y ago
  Dude, my basic bidet has a knob with 9 levels of pressure, but after 3 it's basically sandblasting your anus to the point it physically hurts and does damage. You can get mostly everything off, but you can still use toilet paper for clean up on the nasty ones, which shouldn't be all the time. You just reduce your TP usage by a lot and have more flexibility. Also, just wait 30 seconds after use then wipe once or twice and you are dry, ta da! Best $70 we've spent; if you don't like it, don't use it, but I guarantee it's worth the experiment if you don't have one or haven't really tried one. The bidets I refer to are the washlet type, not those weird separate sink looking ones.
- tacon 7y ago
  That isn't how bidets work. I happened to get a bidet in early January, before the wave. One of the first things I learned was to let it run for awhile, maybe 20-30 seconds, and shifting around if it seems necessary. This may be TMI, but one gauge of how long to let it run is when you can relax your anal sphincter and feel the cold water slightly entering your anus. Once I stopped being in a hurry and let the water do its work, I simply never see any discoloring on the few sheets of toilet paper needed to blot dry.
magduf 7y ago
It's utterly amazing that American society is so unhygienic that we still don't have bidets or washlets in common use.

Niccizero 7y ago

I used bidets a lot when I lived in Argentina. The sensation of having a clean butt is pretty unbeatable. When you poop and then wipe with paper you still feel dirty for the rest of the day.

plughs 7y ago

LPT: Bring a little unscented lotion in with you and put it on the TP.

throwaway55554 7y ago

I'm particularly hairy down there (not trying to be gross), so I often worry a bidet would just make a mess a wet mess.

CosmicShadow 7y ago
Don't worry about it dude, just get one. You can always just not use it once its installed, they are like $70 and take 15 to install yourself, but trust me, it's a game changer and worth the cost even just to try it a few times.
post_break 7y ago
I’m hairy too, it still helps. It’s not peanut butter in shag carpet, but honestly the best thing you could do is learn to shave down there. You go from trying to clean up a disaster, to blasting it away in 2 seconds.
Obi_Juan_Kenobi 7y ago
Get some cheap clippers, use the ~#2 guard, and deforest that shit. Crack hair is useful for a lot of things, keeping skin from rubbing, fart silencing, sweat management, etc. But you only need a bit of hair for that to work. 80% of the length can be removed with no ill effect, but dramatic improvement in general cleanliness and comfort.
- throwaway55554 7y ago
  Doesn't it itch after you mow?
  - quickthrower2 7y ago
    I really hope this conversation is mentioned on n-gate.com!