We have the Toto S300e, which I’d say counts as high end. And yes, it does have an ass dryer. It works for evaporating the last vestiges of dampness that remain after most of the liquid water has been sopped up or wiped away by other means, but it’s poorly suited to blasting away large amounts of water all by itself.
When you urgently need to go, “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you”.
They’re everywhere in Argentina. Well, not everywhere - just in bathrooms I suppose. But you see them even at lower end hotels.
This issue is extensively discussed in the other thread I linked to. IIRC, a couple of us(me, certainly) were of the opinion that the cold water spray didn’t feel cold or uncomfortable. One recent adopter disagreed, finding the spray cold, but still well worth it.
I find patting, instead of wiping, at least with the first couple of sheets, prevents that problem
Every one I’ve seen in Japan has a warm-water setting.
Standalone bidets make sense if you have young children to look after.
I never have this problem. Indelicate observation: I don’t know your gender, but if you have a lot of hair back there, perhaps it is retaining more water than my relatively hairless nether regions.
We have the E200, so maybe yours delivers more water, but even so the water mostly drips off pretty quickly. In any case, blot don’t rub.
grude, the water shooting up from a Washlet is pre-heated (to an adjustable setting), which is one of the reasons it requires an electrical outlet. The seat can also be heated.
Thanks, will give that a try.
In Egypt, nearly all toilets, even in public bathrooms, are accompanied by a hose with a sprayer at the end, rather than having a separate fixture. I have not been to other Middle Eastern countries but I have heard they mostly have similar arrangements.
My sphincter lining’s clear again
No more toilet paper near again
Ah, bidets are here again
All together, try it now
Just wash it and then dry it now
So let’s tell the world, let’s cry it now
Ah, bidets are here again
I’ve never seen a bidet IRL. What’s the process? I imagine it’s something like this:
[ul][li]After finishing, use toilet paper[/li][li]Get up from the toilet and seat yourself on the bidet[/li][li]Use the bidet[/li][li]Dry with more toilet paper[/ul][/li]
But someone mentions not having to use toilet paper. That seems a little… unhygienic. Like, if you defecated messily, then you’re smearing feces in your butt cheeks. And someone mentioned the bidets having a dryer. Is that a common feature?
(Don’t need answer fast.)
It’s the Colon Cancer Awareness Ice Bidet Challenge!
I don’t understand the question. Are you saying the bidet smears feces, or are you saying the toilet paper smears feces? I would think the toilet paper would do that. Let’s say you’re washing your windows on the outside - which would get them cleaner, simply rubbing them with a dry paper towel, or blasting them with water from a garden hose? The dry paper just smudges the dirt around, right? But the water blasts the dirt off.
I have a make-it-yourself bidet. I fitted a kitchen sink sprayer to my toilet water supply line. It took a visit to the hardware store for compression fitting adapters and the Y-adapter, about $20 total. I admit it gets more use in summer as it’s cold water, but I’ve cut toilet paper use by 70%. I still use some paper for “chunks”, then use the spray. I keep some old washcloths nearby for drying and just toss them in the laundry.
OK, you have to get from the toilet to the bidet. This will require some motion of the legs. Your butt cheeks are going to rub together. If you don’t wipe, then you smear shit between your butt cheeks. So ISTM that you need to wipe first, then move over.
Many people in the thread are talking about attachments(either a nozzle in the toilet bowl, or a hand held nozzle) that fit onto your regular toilet, and wash your butt after you’re finished. With those, you wash before you use the toilet paper, without moving anywhere, and then dry/wipe with toilet paper to finish up. Perhaps that is the source of your confusion?
Specifially, I’m asking for the procedure of using a toilet and then using a separate bidet.
I have never seriously been out of the US - I saw exactly 1 - in a well-done Victorian in the Haight (SF) - this was before yuppies had completely overrun the place.
You take a dump on the toilet and then (carefully) hop over to the (hopefully) adjacent bidet. No toilet paper required unless you think you’re going to drop something on the floor in the .2 seconds it takes to move your ass from the toilet to the bidet.
I’m a bit confused by your concern about “butt cheeks rubbing together.” If you have that messy of a bowel movement, you need to nuke, errr, hose down the entire area thoroughly anyway with the bidet. Cheeks rubbing together isn’t going to add significantly to the mess, and the whole area will be pressure washed with a powerful stream of water regardless.
It’s like cleaning the side of your house; which will work better, a paper towel or a power washer?
Sorry, my mistake. I mentioned not using toiled paper, so I thought you meant me. I was referring to the Washlet. I’ve actually never used a separate bidet.