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Ah, squatting toilets...reminds me of my first time in Japan. Was waiting to land so I could uh, unload. Finally deplaned, and hurried to the restroom. Saw w
by axaxs 5y ago
Ah, squatting toilets...reminds me of my first time in Japan. Was waiting to land so I could uh, unload. Finally deplaned, and hurried to the restroom. Saw what looked like a urinal buried sideways into the floor. As a tall person with bad knees, I cried inside and scurried away. It's just not something a person thinks about or assumes, does this country have toilets like mine?
Oddly enough, by my second trip, that same bathroom(I assume, but can't be positive) had at least 2 functional western toilets, bidets and all. First time using one of those, and not what I'd describe as pleasant, but story for another time :).
On another note... in my wife's country many people actually do use western toilets as squatting toilets. People typically have just a typical western bowl, with no tank or seat.
- philliphaydon 5y agoI have a bidet. When I eventually move back to NZ I’m gonna make sure my house has one!
- axaxs 5y agoSo...gross question. Let's just say I expected a drinking water fountain type thing, and got what felt like an enraged eel trying to find warmth inside me. Is that uh...typical? I've never tried one since.
- _ZeD_ 5y agoWhat??? Do you think of "enraged eels" when you whash your hands?
- axaxs 5y agoNo, of course not. This was much more invasive than a tap.
- noisy_boy 5y agoThe water pressure isn't the same for all the models so some are gentle cleansers and other could be.. enraged eels. The trick is to start with a light press on the button to gauge the pressure and calibrate from there.
- philliphaydon 5y agoIt really depends on the Toilet or Bidet. The house I'm in at the moment has a bidet hose, depending on how much you press the button dictates the pressure of the water. The Japanese style toilets have a little button, there's 2 versions. The first uses the water pressure to function, so when you press it, the water causes it to come out and spray, these don't have any control, it's dictated by your taps water pressure. The other is the fancy eletric ones that can go from very basic, to multi adjustment, temperature, self-cleaning, etc. When I first saw these in Asia I thought they were absolutely stupid and pointless. But one night I got food poisoning and ended up on the toilet, a bit messy, and i used the bidet to clean myself and... Ok when I got gastro living in australia, I went to the toilet so many times i made my bum raw with toilet paper that it hurt. After having food poisoning in Asia and cleaning with the Bidet then just drying off, even tho I went to the toilet many times, I didn't get a sore butt. This convinced me that they are awesome, and I've used ever since.
- vmception 5y agomany have configurable water pressure if they do that