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How do folks use bidets (or those spray-hoses they use in India) without getting water and feces everywhere? How do they dry off without using tons of toilet pa

by wtbob 11y ago

How do folks use bidets (or those spray-hoses they use in India) without getting water and feces everywhere? How do they dry off without using tons of toilet paper? The whole bidet thing just seems messy and unsanitary. I'm sure that there's a way to use it which isn't messy and unsanitary, but I'm not about to make a mess trying to learn!

sanmon3186 11y ago
I am sure your opinion would change once you start using it. It's definitely not as messy as you describe it. On the contrary it takes less paper and is more sanitary IMO.
- cpncrunch 11y ago
  How does it clean you properly with just water? Surely you would need to use soap and use your hand, which doesn't seem to be very sanitary... EDIT: there's no need to downvote...I was simply asking a question, as I've never used a bidet. However in my experience, it's not possible to remove all the poop simply using a shower...soap and hand action is also required. I'm curious about how the spray can clean you properly.
  - seba_dos1 11y ago
    Whatever you do, you'll end up cleaner than when just wiping with paper anyway.
  - tincholio 11y ago
    > Surely you would need to use soap and use your hand, which doesn't seem to be very sanitary... You can wash yourself with soap, and then wash your hands (which you should do in any case). I don't see how you can think that leaving all that the TP doesn't take away can be _more_ sanitary than a bidet.
    - cpncrunch 11y ago
      I never said that TP is more sanitary. I was more concerned about poopy water dripping from your hands while getting the soap, or poopy water splashing onto your legs, etc. However as I've never used a bidet, perhaps these aren't problems. I think if you really want to get clean after a particularly messy poop, the best way is to have a shower from the crotch down.
newaccountfool 11y ago
The only place feces are going to go is inside the bidets, much like a toilet. It's not going to be flying around the room and the jet of water isn't that powerfull. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xnm1syPnwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xnm1syPnwE
- DanBC 11y ago
  Here's one study that found potential risk from aerosolised particles from flush toilets. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033465 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033465 > Many individuals may be unaware of the risk of air-borne dissemination of microbes when flushing the toilet and the consequent surface contamination that may spread infection within the household, via direct surface-to-hand-to mouth contact. Some enteric viruses could persist in the air after toilet flushing and infection may be acquired after inhalation and swallowing.
danneu 11y ago
It's not a gasoline-fueled power washer. Also, picture your bum from below when sitting on the pot. Do you really think the bidet has trouble hitting its target?
codeshaman 11y ago
The bidet is not a replacement for toilet paper, it's an extra step after using the toilet paper. In simpler language - after you wipe your ass, you sit down on the bidet, open the faucet and gently rinse your butt. At this stage, your butt doesn't contain large pieces of shit, it's in the same state when you take a shower. As a consequence of using a bidet, your underware stays clean, no more 'thin brown line' on white underpants, no shitty smell and no creamy feeling in the butt when you sweat.
bidetsprayerman 11y ago
It's like riding a bike, before you could ride it looked scary but once you know how it's a breeze. The Hand Bidet Sprayer makes toilet paper obsolete and quite frankly...nasty/ Cleaning with water is the only way to go. If you touched dog poop would you wipe your hand or wash your hand? See www.bathroomsprayers.com.

by wtbob 11y ago

sanmon3186 11y ago

I am sure your opinion would change once you start using it. It's definitely not as messy as you describe it. On the contrary it takes less paper and is more sanitary IMO.

cpncrunch 11y ago
How does it clean you properly with just water? Surely you would need to use soap and use your hand, which doesn't seem to be very sanitary... EDIT: there's no need to downvote...I was simply asking a question, as I've never used a bidet. However in my experience, it's not possible to remove all the poop simply using a shower...soap and hand action is also required. I'm curious about how the spray can clean you properly.
- seba_dos1 11y ago
  Whatever you do, you'll end up cleaner than when just wiping with paper anyway.
- tincholio 11y ago
  > Surely you would need to use soap and use your hand, which doesn't seem to be very sanitary... You can wash yourself with soap, and then wash your hands (which you should do in any case). I don't see how you can think that leaving all that the TP doesn't take away can be _more_ sanitary than a bidet.
  - cpncrunch 11y ago
    I never said that TP is more sanitary. I was more concerned about poopy water dripping from your hands while getting the soap, or poopy water splashing onto your legs, etc. However as I've never used a bidet, perhaps these aren't problems. I think if you really want to get clean after a particularly messy poop, the best way is to have a shower from the crotch down.

newaccountfool 11y ago

The only place feces are going to go is inside the bidets, much like a toilet. It's not going to be flying around the room and the jet of water isn't that powerfull. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xnm1syPnwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xnm1syPnwE

DanBC 11y ago
Here's one study that found potential risk from aerosolised particles from flush toilets. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033465 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033465 > Many individuals may be unaware of the risk of air-borne dissemination of microbes when flushing the toilet and the consequent surface contamination that may spread infection within the household, via direct surface-to-hand-to mouth contact. Some enteric viruses could persist in the air after toilet flushing and infection may be acquired after inhalation and swallowing.

danneu 11y ago

It's not a gasoline-fueled power washer. Also, picture your bum from below when sitting on the pot. Do you really think the bidet has trouble hitting its target?

codeshaman 11y ago

The bidet is not a replacement for toilet paper, it's an extra step after using the toilet paper. In simpler language - after you wipe your ass, you sit down on the bidet, open the faucet and gently rinse your butt. At this stage, your butt doesn't contain large pieces of shit, it's in the same state when you take a shower. As a consequence of using a bidet, your underware stays clean, no more 'thin brown line' on white underpants, no shitty smell and no creamy feeling in the butt when you sweat.

bidetsprayerman 11y ago

It's like riding a bike, before you could ride it looked scary but once you know how it's a breeze. The Hand Bidet Sprayer makes toilet paper obsolete and quite frankly...nasty/ Cleaning with water is the only way to go. If you touched dog poop would you wipe your hand or wash your hand? See www.bathroomsprayers.com.