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Under $100: 1) A bidet! Got one in the pandemic when toilet paper was scarce and I wanted to be more efficient, but now I'll never go back. The Tushy ones are

Under $100: 1) A bidet! Got one in the pandemic when toilet paper was scarce and I wanted to be more efficient, but now I'll never go back. The Tushy ones are good. 2) A safety razor & accessories. I get a cheaper, closer, less irritating shave, and I get to customize every part of it. This can certainly be a rabbithole you spend a lot of money on, but you can get a solid customized starter kit for under $100 that will be totally solid, and from then on you're saving money over cartridges and gel unless you really want to splurge. I'll second the electric toothbrush suggestion too, its great having my teeth fel clean and smooth.

declan_roberts 2y ago
Second a bidet. Used one in Asia and bought one immediately on returning to the USA.
cameronh90 2y ago
For anyone in the UK interested in getting a bidet: most normal bidets are illegal due to our water safety backflow prevention regulations. As a minimum you need a break tank - a double check valve isn’t sufficient.
- ohnoitsahuman 2y ago
  Secret bidet is secret.
- oliwarner 2y ago
  I know this applies for bumguns —various water boards have published guidance— but a lot of the under-seat bidets retract [without positive water pressure]. There's no risk of the spout sitting in and siphoning dirty toilet water it back into your supply. I'm neither a lawyer or a plumber but these seem like they might be okay.
  - Const-me 2y ago
    > There's no risk of the spout sitting in and siphoning dirty toilet water it back into your supply In many places in Europe tap water is safe to drink. However, hot tap water is not. The regulations mentioned by GP might protect safety of the cold tap water from intake of hot tap water. Which is easy to do unintentionally when mixing hot and cold water.
    - benterix 2y ago
      Oh so that's why the Brits all have this crazy setup with separate cold and hot taps! I was always wondering why - I'm from a country where you can mix water easily.
      - mattmanser 2y ago
        Nah, in the UK it's now fairly uncommon to still have a hot water tank. Most houses have mixer taps, and new fittings for bathrooms or kitchens will have mixer taps unless the home owner is masochist. The separate taps thing is more because it costs to replace a sink. So even if you put a new boiler in an old houses lots of people aren't going to replace the fittings in the kitchens and bathrooms at the same time.
  - theFlamewithin 2y ago
    "Bumguns" -Lol - I love it :-)
K0balt 2y ago
I’ll Third a bidet. Once you experience the exhilarating bliss of cleaning your nether regions with fresh, clean water, you’ll never willingly go back to smearing excrement around your fiddly bits with the dry paper.
- foobarian 2y ago
  Sorry if this is getting into TMI territory but how does the bidet avoid dissolving the unwanted material and spraying it all over everywhere? And how does one dry this without toilet paper?
  - Cyph0n 2y ago
    By controlling the water pressure.
  - BurdensomeCount 2y ago
    It works under the same principle as pressure washing, as long as the water pressure is high enough the final result is completely clean. Too high pressure can lead to material flying around everywhere but there's a very large range where the pressure is high enough to clean you but not enough to spray things around. Drying is a personal preference and isn't as important anymore as you're clean down there now. Toilet paper is one option but you don't have to do it (I don't dry for reference) as it'll dry out by itself in a few minutes once you put your underwear on to absorb the water (which is fine because you're completely clean down there so it really is just clean water left).
  - wingerlang 2y ago
    > And how does one dry this without toilet paper? Normally you still use some small amount of toilet paper to dry away most of the water.
bigyikes 2y ago
I can’t live without a bidet but the Tushy ones are no good - tight knobs and awkward spray angle.
- dmckeon 2y ago
  Luxe Neo bidet attachment - easy to tee into supply, fits under toilet seat, options for rear/male only, or both rear/front male/female separate spray nozzles.
jklinger410 2y ago
+1 for the bidet
stavros 2y ago
Yesss bidet post upvote! Seriously, whenever I stay somewhere without a bidet I feel like a caveman. It's just such a quality of life improvement, it's crazy. Under $1000: My 3D printer. I just super love 3D printers.
- jorisboris 2y ago
  What do you use the 3D printer for?
  - stavros 2y ago
    I get this question a lot, and I never have a good answer. The best way to describe it is that it's a tool, so it unlocks a whole solution space that wasn't there before. Before, I used to live with random little annoyances so much that I couldn't even see them as annoyances. After you get something that can solve all of them, your mind just unlocks. Toilet seat won't stay up? Print a hook. Taking my glasses out of the glove compartment takes too long? Make a custom glasses holder. The cat eats too much? Print a cat feeder. My USB hub slides around too much? Print a bracket to hold it down. Too many devices on my desk? Print under-desk mounts for them. The list just goes on and on and on, I've printed probably thousands of useful things, especially for my hobbies.
- Corrado 2y ago
  Same for me. The bidet is absolutely a life changer. And the BambuLab's A1 3D printer (and mini-AMS) was by far my favorite under $1000 purchase. I've already printed some fidget "tools", toys for the grandchildren, toys for the children, and even a couple of useful tools for me. As a bonus I get some more experience in CAD and other 3D design tools. It's turning into quite a hobby for me.
  - stavros 2y ago
    Hell, the A1 mini is something like $199, it's such a steal I'm thinking of buying some to gift to friends.
Kiro 2y ago
All bidets I've looked at including Tushy seem really complicated to install (basically having to redo the plumbing) and I don't understand how so many people can just buy and install one like it's nothing. Am I imagining things? Edit: Not in the US and the plumbing looks a bit like this, but without the nuts so you can't easily disconnect a part of it: https://static.byggahus.se/attachments/images/large/341/341602-f04786c0e6aa12b7b1359df83263cb9c.jpg https://static.byggahus.se/attachments/images/large/341/3416...
- infecto 2y ago
  US based plumbing. You are imagining things. Most/all resi toilets in the US use a flex hose to connect the toilet to your water supply. Its usually a threaded connection. All these style of bidets simply have a T off of this connection.
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  - Kiro 2y ago
    Not in the US. The pipe just goes straight into the toilet. When googling around seeing articles about installing Tushy when you have rigid pipes they are still much more flexible than mine, with separate parts you can disconnect and replace.
    - syntheticnature 2y ago
      I was in the situation you describe when I got a bidet. It's possible to replace that pipe -- a little more work of course, but it's still turn off water, replace pipe with flexi-hose, connect bidet.
      - Kiro 2y ago
        I posted a picture in my original comment. Was it in the same ballpark? The difference with mine is that there are no nuts on the pipes next to the wall. It's one solid construction going from the sink through the toilet to the shower.
jtwaleson 2y ago
My parents in law lived in the middle east for a long time, and we all got used to bidets over there. I've had a "mini shower head" version next to my toilet for the last 15 years or so. A bit afraid that it'll start leaking at some point, but so far it's holding up great. I would never go back to TP only.
- al_borland 2y ago
  Without meaning to get too personal, what is the technique for using those? When I took a work trip to India the office had what I think you’re talking about. In the US, it’s like a sprayer on a kitchen sink. I didn’t dare try it out, as I couldn’t think of a scenario where I tried it for the first time and didn’t soak my clothes. I didn’t want that to be my reputation at the office.
  - jtwaleson 2y ago
    You hold it relatively close to the area that needs cleaning. Adjust the pressure as needed using the control on the handle. Then use TP (just to dry), in my experience this is optional in warmer climates.
- HenryBemis 2y ago
  I have seen that 'mini shower head' in multiple homes and hotels in Finland and Russia (but not in Sweden or Denmark). It is amazing!! A side-hack for that matter is to switch from plain-TP to wet-wipes. Some time ago I visited a friend who had younglings, and treated myself to a pamper-wet-wipe and it was amazing.
  - jtwaleson 2y ago
    The sewage system won't be happy with wet wipes. Caused huge problems in some areas as it doesn't break down.
iKlsR 2y ago
I'd add a cheap hand massager to that list, just basic compression and some heat with vibration can do wonders for your hand after a day of coding, bonus if it kneads as well.
fnimick 2y ago
Safety razors are amazing and life changing. Even if you have something basic it's better for your skin than a cartridge razor, plus it's better for the planet (way less plastic), plus it's way less expensive! I don't know how they are still a niche item. For anyone who wants to get started, I recommend (no affiliation): - the henson razor for those who want something on automatic. It's less efficient (worse at cutting long hair) but it's basically impossible to cut yourself with it due to the small blade gap - the rockwell 6s for tinkerers. It has 6 different settings for blade gap so you can choose your favorite, switch it up if you skipped shaving for a day and have longer hair, etc
- tomcam 2y ago
  I abandoned safety razors because the handles are minuscule. Never found one that didn’t cramp up my big farmer hands.
dangus 2y ago
I would asterisk the bidet suggestion just to say that higher end bidet seats that cost starting around $400 are wildly better the cheap ones, especially the unseated ones. I’ve bought the cheap kind, got tired of it and tossed it, then years later went with a more expensive Toto (around $400) and it’s like a completely different experience. The Toto keeps itself and the toilet cleaner for longer, it has options for gentle spray and oscillating movement, it’s entirely controlled by electronic remote rather than a crude manual knob, the water and seat are heated, it detects when you are sitting down and operates accordingly, and it even has a warm air dryer.
scruple 2y ago
I've had my safety razor (a Merkur) since 2008 or 2009 and I am still working through the original pack of 1,000 razorblades that I got with it. I keep a beard year-round so I don't really shave much. Incredible value purchase, with very minimal effort it has remained practically as good as new.
telcal 2y ago
Yes for a bidet! My wife wanted one, I thought I'd hate it but it really is fantastic. We have a Toto Washlet C5. Heated seat, heated spray, warm air dryer. Had to cancel the Amazon toilet paper auto-delivery.
HellDunkel 2y ago
A bidet for under 100$?
- dole 2y ago
  Luxe Neo bidets are like $40-60, sturdy, easy to install and yes, rather life-changing.
gwbas1c 2y ago
I bought some Tushies for my house and they were awful, they were so thick that they broke my toilet seats. I then bought new toilet seats and little stick-on bumpers, but they fell off. I then visited a friend who had an older Tushy and it was thin enough that he had no problems. It's like they switched to a cheaper version without testing it, and then marketed the hell out of it. I ended up replacing all my Tushies with Amazon's toilet seat with a built in bidet. It's decent.
ingend88 2y ago
Is there a travel bidet that falls into the same category in terms of the quality ? I have tried many but nothing works at the same level as tushy and thought i would make one myself! Would anyone from this community buy one if I made a very strong force bidet thats portable ?
- bidet_user 2y ago
  You’re looking for a culo clean: https://www.amazon.com/CuloClean-Portable-Compatible-Discreet-ecological/ https://www.amazon.com/CuloClean-Portable-Compatible-Discree... I have the high-end Totos installed at home, and occasionally still revert to this. It’s the best. Have one in my travel bag, car, backup in luggage, briefcase. All you need is a cheap water bottle. Test it at home so you know how to use it. Keep it in a tiny ziploc with extra tp (for drying in a public WC)
theFlamewithin 2y ago
I am so glad you mentioned this. My son is intellectually challenged, and teaching him to wipe himself is . . . challenging. A bidet seems like an excellent game changer. Cheers!
mlsreality 2y ago
$79.95 on Amazon: RinseWorks- All Brass Aquaus 360 Handheld Bidet Sprayer for Toilet - NSF Plumbing Code Certified Legal Installation Ergonomic Dual Thumb Pressure Controls- 3”-11” Spray I just spent 6 weeks in Japan, where EVERY toilet had some version of the Toto bidet toilet seat. And while I appreciated that it was everywhere, whereas in every other country bidets can barely ever be found; I was happy to return to my Bidet Sprayer, with a MUCH stronger adjustable spray, that cleans me out, and leaves no brown on the single swipe of toilet paper.

declan_roberts 2y ago

Second a bidet. Used one in Asia and bought one immediately on returning to the USA.

cameronh90 2y ago

For anyone in the UK interested in getting a bidet: most normal bidets are illegal due to our water safety backflow prevention regulations. As a minimum you need a break tank - a double check valve isn’t sufficient.

ohnoitsahuman 2y ago
Secret bidet is secret.
oliwarner 2y ago
I know this applies for bumguns —various water boards have published guidance— but a lot of the under-seat bidets retract [without positive water pressure]. There's no risk of the spout sitting in and siphoning dirty toilet water it back into your supply. I'm neither a lawyer or a plumber but these seem like they might be okay.
- Const-me 2y ago
  > There's no risk of the spout sitting in and siphoning dirty toilet water it back into your supply In many places in Europe tap water is safe to drink. However, hot tap water is not. The regulations mentioned by GP might protect safety of the cold tap water from intake of hot tap water. Which is easy to do unintentionally when mixing hot and cold water.
  - benterix 2y ago
    Oh so that's why the Brits all have this crazy setup with separate cold and hot taps! I was always wondering why - I'm from a country where you can mix water easily.
    - mattmanser 2y ago
      Nah, in the UK it's now fairly uncommon to still have a hot water tank. Most houses have mixer taps, and new fittings for bathrooms or kitchens will have mixer taps unless the home owner is masochist. The separate taps thing is more because it costs to replace a sink. So even if you put a new boiler in an old houses lots of people aren't going to replace the fittings in the kitchens and bathrooms at the same time.
- theFlamewithin 2y ago
  "Bumguns" -Lol - I love it :-)

K0balt 2y ago

I’ll Third a bidet. Once you experience the exhilarating bliss of cleaning your nether regions with fresh, clean water, you’ll never willingly go back to smearing excrement around your fiddly bits with the dry paper.

foobarian 2y ago
Sorry if this is getting into TMI territory but how does the bidet avoid dissolving the unwanted material and spraying it all over everywhere? And how does one dry this without toilet paper?
- Cyph0n 2y ago
  By controlling the water pressure.
- BurdensomeCount 2y ago
  It works under the same principle as pressure washing, as long as the water pressure is high enough the final result is completely clean. Too high pressure can lead to material flying around everywhere but there's a very large range where the pressure is high enough to clean you but not enough to spray things around. Drying is a personal preference and isn't as important anymore as you're clean down there now. Toilet paper is one option but you don't have to do it (I don't dry for reference) as it'll dry out by itself in a few minutes once you put your underwear on to absorb the water (which is fine because you're completely clean down there so it really is just clean water left).
- wingerlang 2y ago
  > And how does one dry this without toilet paper? Normally you still use some small amount of toilet paper to dry away most of the water.

bigyikes 2y ago

I can’t live without a bidet but the Tushy ones are no good - tight knobs and awkward spray angle.

dmckeon 2y ago
Luxe Neo bidet attachment - easy to tee into supply, fits under toilet seat, options for rear/male only, or both rear/front male/female separate spray nozzles.

jklinger410 2y ago

+1 for the bidet

stavros 2y ago

Yesss bidet post upvote! Seriously, whenever I stay somewhere without a bidet I feel like a caveman. It's just such a quality of life improvement, it's crazy. Under $1000: My 3D printer. I just super love 3D printers.

jorisboris 2y ago
What do you use the 3D printer for?
- stavros 2y ago
  I get this question a lot, and I never have a good answer. The best way to describe it is that it's a tool, so it unlocks a whole solution space that wasn't there before. Before, I used to live with random little annoyances so much that I couldn't even see them as annoyances. After you get something that can solve all of them, your mind just unlocks. Toilet seat won't stay up? Print a hook. Taking my glasses out of the glove compartment takes too long? Make a custom glasses holder. The cat eats too much? Print a cat feeder. My USB hub slides around too much? Print a bracket to hold it down. Too many devices on my desk? Print under-desk mounts for them. The list just goes on and on and on, I've printed probably thousands of useful things, especially for my hobbies.
Corrado 2y ago
Same for me. The bidet is absolutely a life changer. And the BambuLab's A1 3D printer (and mini-AMS) was by far my favorite under $1000 purchase. I've already printed some fidget "tools", toys for the grandchildren, toys for the children, and even a couple of useful tools for me. As a bonus I get some more experience in CAD and other 3D design tools. It's turning into quite a hobby for me.
- stavros 2y ago
  Hell, the A1 mini is something like $199, it's such a steal I'm thinking of buying some to gift to friends.

Kiro 2y ago

All bidets I've looked at including Tushy seem really complicated to install (basically having to redo the plumbing) and I don't understand how so many people can just buy and install one like it's nothing. Am I imagining things? Edit: Not in the US and the plumbing looks a bit like this, but without the nuts so you can't easily disconnect a part of it: https://static.byggahus.se/attachments/images/large/341/341602-f04786c0e6aa12b7b1359df83263cb9c.jpg https://static.byggahus.se/attachments/images/large/341/3416...

infecto 2y ago
US based plumbing. You are imagining things. Most/all resi toilets in the US use a flex hose to connect the toilet to your water supply. Its usually a threaded connection. All these style of bidets simply have a T off of this connection.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- Kiro 2y ago
  Not in the US. The pipe just goes straight into the toilet. When googling around seeing articles about installing Tushy when you have rigid pipes they are still much more flexible than mine, with separate parts you can disconnect and replace.
  - syntheticnature 2y ago
    I was in the situation you describe when I got a bidet. It's possible to replace that pipe -- a little more work of course, but it's still turn off water, replace pipe with flexi-hose, connect bidet.
    - Kiro 2y ago
      I posted a picture in my original comment. Was it in the same ballpark? The difference with mine is that there are no nuts on the pipes next to the wall. It's one solid construction going from the sink through the toilet to the shower.

jtwaleson 2y ago

My parents in law lived in the middle east for a long time, and we all got used to bidets over there. I've had a "mini shower head" version next to my toilet for the last 15 years or so. A bit afraid that it'll start leaking at some point, but so far it's holding up great. I would never go back to TP only.

al_borland 2y ago
Without meaning to get too personal, what is the technique for using those? When I took a work trip to India the office had what I think you’re talking about. In the US, it’s like a sprayer on a kitchen sink. I didn’t dare try it out, as I couldn’t think of a scenario where I tried it for the first time and didn’t soak my clothes. I didn’t want that to be my reputation at the office.
- jtwaleson 2y ago
  You hold it relatively close to the area that needs cleaning. Adjust the pressure as needed using the control on the handle. Then use TP (just to dry), in my experience this is optional in warmer climates.
HenryBemis 2y ago
I have seen that 'mini shower head' in multiple homes and hotels in Finland and Russia (but not in Sweden or Denmark). It is amazing!! A side-hack for that matter is to switch from plain-TP to wet-wipes. Some time ago I visited a friend who had younglings, and treated myself to a pamper-wet-wipe and it was amazing.
- jtwaleson 2y ago
  The sewage system won't be happy with wet wipes. Caused huge problems in some areas as it doesn't break down.

iKlsR 2y ago

I'd add a cheap hand massager to that list, just basic compression and some heat with vibration can do wonders for your hand after a day of coding, bonus if it kneads as well.

fnimick 2y ago

Safety razors are amazing and life changing. Even if you have something basic it's better for your skin than a cartridge razor, plus it's better for the planet (way less plastic), plus it's way less expensive! I don't know how they are still a niche item. For anyone who wants to get started, I recommend (no affiliation): - the henson razor for those who want something on automatic. It's less efficient (worse at cutting long hair) but it's basically impossible to cut yourself with it due to the small blade gap - the rockwell 6s for tinkerers. It has 6 different settings for blade gap so you can choose your favorite, switch it up if you skipped shaving for a day and have longer hair, etc

tomcam 2y ago
I abandoned safety razors because the handles are minuscule. Never found one that didn’t cramp up my big farmer hands.

dangus 2y ago

I would asterisk the bidet suggestion just to say that higher end bidet seats that cost starting around $400 are wildly better the cheap ones, especially the unseated ones. I’ve bought the cheap kind, got tired of it and tossed it, then years later went with a more expensive Toto (around $400) and it’s like a completely different experience. The Toto keeps itself and the toilet cleaner for longer, it has options for gentle spray and oscillating movement, it’s entirely controlled by electronic remote rather than a crude manual knob, the water and seat are heated, it detects when you are sitting down and operates accordingly, and it even has a warm air dryer.

scruple 2y ago

I've had my safety razor (a Merkur) since 2008 or 2009 and I am still working through the original pack of 1,000 razorblades that I got with it. I keep a beard year-round so I don't really shave much. Incredible value purchase, with very minimal effort it has remained practically as good as new.

telcal 2y ago

Yes for a bidet! My wife wanted one, I thought I'd hate it but it really is fantastic. We have a Toto Washlet C5. Heated seat, heated spray, warm air dryer. Had to cancel the Amazon toilet paper auto-delivery.

HellDunkel 2y ago

A bidet for under 100$?

dole 2y ago
Luxe Neo bidets are like $40-60, sturdy, easy to install and yes, rather life-changing.

gwbas1c 2y ago

I bought some Tushies for my house and they were awful, they were so thick that they broke my toilet seats. I then bought new toilet seats and little stick-on bumpers, but they fell off. I then visited a friend who had an older Tushy and it was thin enough that he had no problems. It's like they switched to a cheaper version without testing it, and then marketed the hell out of it. I ended up replacing all my Tushies with Amazon's toilet seat with a built in bidet. It's decent.

ingend88 2y ago

Is there a travel bidet that falls into the same category in terms of the quality ? I have tried many but nothing works at the same level as tushy and thought i would make one myself! Would anyone from this community buy one if I made a very strong force bidet thats portable ?

bidet_user 2y ago
You’re looking for a culo clean: https://www.amazon.com/CuloClean-Portable-Compatible-Discreet-ecological/ https://www.amazon.com/CuloClean-Portable-Compatible-Discree... I have the high-end Totos installed at home, and occasionally still revert to this. It’s the best. Have one in my travel bag, car, backup in luggage, briefcase. All you need is a cheap water bottle. Test it at home so you know how to use it. Keep it in a tiny ziploc with extra tp (for drying in a public WC)

theFlamewithin 2y ago

I am so glad you mentioned this. My son is intellectually challenged, and teaching him to wipe himself is . . . challenging. A bidet seems like an excellent game changer. Cheers!

mlsreality 2y ago

$79.95 on Amazon: RinseWorks- All Brass Aquaus 360 Handheld Bidet Sprayer for Toilet - NSF Plumbing Code Certified Legal Installation Ergonomic Dual Thumb Pressure Controls- 3”-11” Spray I just spent 6 weeks in Japan, where EVERY toilet had some version of the Toto bidet toilet seat. And while I appreciated that it was everywhere, whereas in every other country bidets can barely ever be found; I was happy to return to my Bidet Sprayer, with a MUCH stronger adjustable spray, that cleans me out, and leaves no brown on the single swipe of toilet paper.