Why Don't Americans Use Bidets?
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- Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2013
- To celebrate Poop Week, Cristen considers why Americans poo poo having bidets in the bathroom.
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Let's explain this in terms everyone can understand. If you got dog poop on your hand, would you just wipe it off with a paper towel and go about your day? Of course not. You would wash your hand!
Why should we be satisfied using only paper on our butts?
If you got dog poop on your hand, do you use just water to wash it off? Two way question no? ;-)
@@hpurey That's why we the muslims use water and liquid soap to clean up. That's the only way that makes your ass clean.
I’m Muslim but I’ve never used soap💀
mourad ben rhaiem if u gonna use soap u might as well take a shower
@@jordonkareem2486 you do know what a shower is? That's impressive
I installed a bidet the other because I tried it in a hotel after you use one it's impossible to go back to just paper....you feel so dirty
mIchaela burton YOU ARE THE BEST! Come on Anglo-Saxon people it's the time to start using it!:-)
Michaela, you don;t describe the bidet type and further you didn;t say why you liked it.
I'm from italy, every foreigner I met who tried a bidet said the exact same thing
ado fonconi, why you don't specify what type o bidet you use in Italy? That of the stamd alone type, usinng your fingers, or the other one that you have to clean at the end the basin yourself. It is a sad story in either case.
I visit Vietnam for a month and everywhere there is bidets. It feels clean to wash after every time I go. When I went back to the us, toilet paper don't make me feel as clean after I go.
In Italy there is NO bathroom without a Bidet!!! Impossible without bidet!!!!
In Germany there is not a single one WITH a Bidet. lol
***** stimmt nicht.
That's because of building code mandates.
Esta Jo Schifter
Bullshit, you're writing bullshit.
I have not been in every home in Italy, Switzerland or France! The ones I have been in (my aunt, her sister, her friends) and the hotels I have been (Piedmont agro-tourism, Milan, Cinque Terra, Florence, Venice, Zurich, Paris, Nice) in did NOT have bidets. You would be best not being so definitive in your statements. Perhaps you haven't visited enough bathrooms?
I am a 60 year young lady and I just put one in my house by myself, it was SO EASY to install and I love the FRESH and CLEAN feeling. Born and live in USA and wish I had this years ago!!!! TFS
What type is it? There are so many of them. Expensive or unsanitary ones. Also obsolete and difficult to use, f.e 10 steps,as they say .
zisis stip you could buy it in many Italian websites..
Sergio you don't also say what type of bidet i could buy.
well the typical bidet that you can see in every italian home..it depends on where you come from...for example if you are canadian or british you could buy by amazon this: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVQX8M4/ref=s9_acsd_zwish_hd_bw_bkUNrH_c_x_w/146-7179516-1260764?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-6&pf_rd_r=DEWZ669JGY6TKYXJSSZG&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=56d49d9b-e556-55b4-b556-64536e9f7890&pf_rd_i=686953011
well done! I am Italian, we just can not imagine not to have bidet in our home, it is difficult for us when we travel abroad.It may sound judgmental but is not, It is just something that belongs to our culture. it is impossible not to find the bidet in every bathroom in Italy, even in the poorest and tiniest ones
Also, from my trip to japan, Ive found how majestic and comfortable their toilets are. seat warmers(no more cold seats), water jet temperature, blow drying and lots of other cool stuff. Its like a toilet for kings
*The easiest way to mass adoption for a Bidet?*
Integrate them natively into a toilet and make it easy to use. I suspect the reason most Americans don't use bidets is because of the obvious. It's a separate "thing" in your bathroom, or it's an attachment to your toilet that makes you feel a bit pretentious and over complicated.
The solution: Just build it into the toilet itself. Make the toilet as functional as the Japanese version (warm water, drying action) and all-in-one instead of attachments, hookups and separate installations. The day somebody does that, and makes it *affordable* is the day it catches on in America (and probably around the world universally).
They are available already as an attachment that you add onto your toilet and it's not pretentious, I don't even know how that can be perceived that way. It's also not complicated at all, you press a button to wash, it does it for 2 minutes, ours has a dryer which goes on for 2 minutes and then you're done. It was super easy to set up, you just replace the seat and hook it up to the water tank. It's electronic so you need an outlet to plug it in, but it's super convenient and it wasn't very expensive.
Jennifer Hamilton
...2 minutes? The f....Unless Im sick Im done in 2 min. It takes more time to wash my hands than it does to crap. I aint got time for that and no before you ask, I neither strain nor use laxitives. You just learn to relax.
Jennifer Hamilton They're viewed as pretentious because it's a 'French' thing, and many Americans have a view of European things as pretentious as well. Ridiculous, but it's very true for many people. And people don't know about it or understand it, so regardless of how 'complicated' it actually is, it seems that way to people because it's foreign.
Will Burns public awareness is important. I have one for 60$ hand installed no tools from Home Depot.
No, it's because Americans are ignorant.
If I didn't have my bidet, I would have to take a shower every time i pooped
I do
@@FabianReschke What if you have diarrhea? You have 10 showers a day?
@@six.elev3stn738 I can´t think of the last time i had diearrhea. But it wouldn´t be the end of the world. I mean most people here in Germany don´t clean their ass with water at all.
@@FabianReschke Oh God. The third world.
Yes but you can't put the shower into your ass like you do with the bidet so it's not the same thing
I am an American who would LOVE a bidet.
Jarod Hm If you don’t have one you can use baby wipes or flushable wipes
I am an American who loves his bidet. It took a few days to relax and accept it. It's like a water pik up your bum but you get used to it. So clean.
look online depending on what you want.
Just bought mine in amazon!
@@Yokujiii Same here! I got the cheapest attachment, 20 dollars, installed it myself, never going back! For women who are still menstruating it's a godsend.
Whole WORLD should use BIDETs.
Almost all world use them since 1500 BC
Congress is the exception in the worthless you and sent it they need to use that German toilet paper which is very Brown and very coarse that I found out back in the seventies when I was in Germany
Italy uses it more than France where it originated.
The whole world does. Just not Americans and Canadians.
I'm an American and I use an add-on bidet attachment. You just install it to the cold water (there are dual water temp kinds, too) and the bidet attachment goes between the toilet bowl and the seat. I feel dirty if I don't wash after I use the toilet, and because I don't use much TP at all I have less irritation.
I've always thought the lack of bidets in America is a testament to our barbarism. It's one of those things that you don't miss until you start using and then you don't understand how you got along without it.
Sometimes my ass seems like a magic marker, I wipe and wipe and it seemingly never ends.
MrDeadInMyPocket same it's so fucking annoying
MrDeadInMyPocket XD
MrDeadInMyPocket When that happens you are in dire need of either an enema or X Lax to get fully cleaned out.
have you tried using the bathroom curtain?
OMG, MrDeadInMyPocket!! So freakin' hilarious!! Thanks for that!
I lived in America until I was 16, and when I moved overseas I saw a Bidet for the first time, and it's awesome!! I was skeptical at first (not wanting to try new things and all) but it's really great.
I lived in America till I was 15 then we moved to Italy, I had no idea what the bidet was for, I thought it was for washing feet, or for men to pee. It took me a while to use it properly, now I can't do without it. It's just a different planet, you feel so clean. when I do go back to the states to visit my extended family, I have a hard time, using wash rags or wipes just doesn't do it. wash rags I get water dripping down my legs and on the floor, wipes are useless, but better then nothing, I never even used them for my kids when they were babies I would wipe them but then put their tiny butts under running water, soap and rinse they never had diaper rashes.
installed one in my own home, and i have two words.
LIFE. CHANGER.
In Asia( Advanced part of the Asia, like China, Korea, Japan), we actually don't have a separated bidet on the side of the toilet, we have a thing called Washlet, it's produced by TOTO, it's an electronic bidet toilet seat that has multi-functions built-in, like warm seat, rear wash(soft/strong), front feminine wash(soft/strong), rear massage(To stimulate the butthole, so ppl who's having trouble pooping can poop), dryer, deodorizer, e-water toilet bowl disinfectant(Electrolyzed water sprayed all over inside of the toilet bowl to kill germs), there's also a remote you can mount to the wall. So yea, I think our Washlet is better than the bidet, cuz it saves space, and you don't need to use your hands to touch your poopy butt or front and u don't have to bear with the cold seat during winter months. I think Americans will like Washlet(electronic bidet toilet seat) better than old fashion bidet.
+Commander Erik I've seen these in Japan but they don't exist in China anywhere that I've been. The Japanese ones are truly impressive, though.
Hayden Sloan Oh, we don't have it everywhere in public restroom like how japan does, but we do have it in newly done residency apt.
+Commander Erik this one looks horrible, i do not like it>>>>> everything together! Tell us more about your traditional HOLE IN THE FLOOR
Toly Soprano That's like back in the 80s which i don't know cuz i am a 90s kid.
+Commander Erik: Wouldn't India count as an "advanced part" of Asia?
Toilet paper doesnt really clean. It's like saying that you clean your stoves with kitchen paper. Guess you dont... dont you?
Mickeynuggetsma Let’s plays
Hi. Put some Nutella on your hair. Wipe it off with a TP... Any luck? Exactly. Now even if you wear a hat, you will smell like Nutella from a meter away.
Do you understand now?
Good news is, other people who have Nutella on their hair will not smell you because their nose got used to it already.
But us, who actually wash our head after putting Nutella on it. We will smell you and cover our noses and try to escape from you because it absolutely stinks 😷
Mickeynuggetsma Let’s plays moisture u disgust me
I grew up in Russia and we didn't have a bidet there. After I moved to Brazil and lived in a place that had a bidet, but then we moved to another place where instead of a bidet we had a little "personal shower" installed right near the toilet seat. I thought it was pretty neat. Now than I live in Japan, I tell you.. NOTHING COMPARES to the brilliant built-in-washlets we have in our toilet seats. I know I'm taking one of those with me when I move out of here!
+Ukiyou Tell me more, what can it do?
+Kyle Smith I've used a washlet when traveling overseas, and I agree
with +Ukiyou, nothing compares to it. hands-down, the washlet is
superior.
+Commander Erik detailed (in another comment) what they do, "[A washlet]
has multi-functions built-in, like warm seat, rear wash(soft/strong),
front feminine wash(soft/strong), rear massage(To stimulate the
butthole, so ppl who's having trouble pooping can poop), dryer,
deodorizer, e-water toilet bowl disinfectant(Electrolyzed water sprayed
all over inside of the toilet bowl to kill germs), there's also a remote
you can mount to the wall."
Pretty kick-ass, right? :)
Hey, Italian girl here. I'm having massive problems when I go abroad and also France (who is supposed to ace the bidet race) doesn't provide bidet in their hotels trust me I've been twice.
Let's get it out there. You're not really clean after you only use toilet paper, no matter how much. We wipe FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THAT and we don't actually wipe away .. well that. We use SOAP and water to clean up and prevent the smell and, well bacterias.. it's extremely helpful (please don't think I'm trying to gross you out) when having periods.
I try not to think about what my life would be like without it, but I'm probably just baised. Still it would be nice to find those in international hotels. Please do it.
Besides I've heard stories of people in malta (aka isle near italy but with english people in it) who bought their bathroom forniture in italy because of the closeness but not knowing what the bidet was for they put a vase of flowers in it. Seriously?
And no thank you we don't have smelly dirty hands afterwards because we wash them you see? (Also because we just clean up an already wiped ass) and we don't smell like poop when we go out of the restroom. Thank God so yeah. TOTALLY WEIRD
I am from Tunisia. that's what we do here, we clean up with water and liquid soap. That's the only way that makes you clean. I have always been thinking that italians and north african people are similiar in différent ways :)
Great Point. It's time to revolutionize the bathroom experience in the USA! bidetintheusa.com
I don't know who these English people in Malta were who put flowers in their apartment's bidets..lol,
but there are still many older bathrooms here in the uk with bidets in them. They did go out of 'fashion' for a bit, but they seem to be makiig a come-back. Though why having dirty backside was ever 'in' fashion, is anybody's guess.
Bring baby wipes when ur out of town. It helps
I'm European, and to be honest many countries in Europe don't use the bidet either, which I don't understand why. It's mostly a french and italian thing, but I think it's a great invention.
I didn't even know what a friggin' bidet was until half an hour ago. I've never used one because I've never even *heard* of a bidet. I hate it when I have to go poop *after* I shower, and I also hate those stubborn, juicy, slimy dumps that you have to wipe a hundred times, so I will definitely go shopping for a bidet now. Early Christmas present!
In italy bidets have been mandatory in every household since the 70's
I live in the uk now and the fact that i can't clean my asshole immediatly after taking a dump makes me feel really uncomfortable.
videogiocatore3, I use wet paper towels after I wipe, but it's not the same as washing myself in a shower.
update? did you get it?
My first use of a bidet was while on holiday in Paris, France. Weeks later, back in my own coutry, I had one installed in our home. It became a huge hit in no time at all. We love it - and so do visiting friends.
Your friends call you when they are about to poop? And ask you to come use your toilet then bidet? Your bunch of friends are freaks?
What a fucking idiot
Here's a good reason to use bidets:
1º: cover your finger with poop
2º: clean it with paper
3º: smell it. Does it smell clean to you???
Use a bidet. Nothing beats water+soap.
As a converted American living in Australia, I can definitely say that I love my bidet. It is so much more sanitary and cleaner in general! We found some electronic ones online that just attach to the toilet rather than having a separate one for space reasons. LOVE IT.
When I was stationed in Italy and lived with Italians and not near the Americans living there, I found that each time that I visited a fellow American's home, they all had a flowerpot sitting right in the middle of their bidets. They had absolutely no concept at all of how to use them and thus, simply covered them or tried to hide them with a flowerpot full of flowers or such. It was comical to see and many of these same folk had actually been assigned in the military for years on a tour of Naples, Italy at the time. The Luxe bidet attachment is a fine product that works very well if you can''t afford a real bidet in your home. In fact, I am in the process of installing one right now and expect good results for it's use. It was funny as hell the very first time my wife used one when we visited Egg Castle when living in Pianura, Italy. Brings back funny memories of such when watching your video. Thanks for sharing.
*can't
*for its use (possessive)
it's = it is/has
Bidets are so awesome for when you're on your period
And when you have a crappy stomach.
Don't forget about the whole muslim population that uses bidets! haha it really is such a lovely thing...
as a muslim, I have to agree. But it doesn't matter how you get the water on your bottom, as long as it's cleaning. You can just use something like a pitcher.
:D exactly!
Sabiha Sungur So that's why my Saudi roommate had a pitcher in the bathroom...
gtaclevelandcity yes, haha
that s a muslim shower
Woah, let's work on getting the metric system here first.
I'm in the US, and I just installed a bidet attachment to our toilet seat. For $30 I got one off amazon, I'm really happy with it!! You feel so much cleaner, and you barely need TP, just to pat dry. It's so low cost, you'll make up the cost in just a couple weeks not using so much TP.
well it's not only the americans but there are lots of european countries that don't use it! we (italians) use it all the time. I could not see a world without bidet before I moved to the UK and thats when I came up with inventions on how to replace it!
Up here in Finland we don't use it.
Even here in north Africa Sudan we use bum gun or bidet.. I don't know how ppl can live with those dirty asses
1500 BC: Syrians enjoy hot and cold water plumbing made of clay under their bathroom floor.
2020 AD: Americans discover bidet!
I have never used a bidet, but I would totally submit to a bidet revolution. Until then I suppose I will wash my ass in the sink.
I cannot speak for everyone, but I am not a huge fan of butt stuff. I would imagine a bubble bath may due the trick. Perhaps bidets would open up a whole new world to me! As for poop floss thongs, I have no idea.I am disgustingly curious though.
***** Thanks dude! Hopefully, one day, we`ll find out! xD
+EverythingSucks! As far as I know when having anal sex the girl and guy both take showers beforehand and then do their business and take a shower afterwards also with thongs most females in the US that I know off shave everywhere down there so we dont have any problems like having toliet paper stuck near our buttholes or shit left hope this helps
+EverythingSucks! They most likely either wipe with flush-able baby wipes or use some water on the toilet paper and then wipe and clean.
Cool! Thanks for all the answer. That can get me to understand a little bit more about girl issues xD But it`s making me think: "Wow, I`m so glad I was born a man!" xD
I went to Japan and China last summer and used my first bidet. I now have one installed in my bathroom and have only replaced toilet paper for visitors to my home. It make good sense using a bidet. I wish I had learned this lesson earlier.
my first experience with a bidet was one that was installed as an add-on component (with a heated toilet seat) at a high end hair salon in Buckhead (Atlanta GA). Next house I own will definitely have either an add-on to the existing toilet or a bidet added if there is room. I think we're missing out on a good thing here in the ol USAAAAAAA.
First time I travel to the US I was shocked that ALL the restrooms doesn't have bidet. They just use toilet paper that's just gross
Welcome to America my friend
The Japanese have us all beat on this one. They have bidets built into their toilets now. Hands down, the Japanese have THE coolest toilets ever!
While american toilets look like there from the stone age
I installed two in my home after traveling to Japan where they are everywhere. Changed my expectations of cleanliness. My Fiancé thought I was crazy talking about it, but now is a convert and self admittedly yearns for her clean bottom when she is away at work etc. Use one 5 times and your hooked.
I just installed my BB2000 last night and had my first ride this morning. I was not prepared for the experience. Much more exciting than expected. So far I’m liking it.
I don't find the lack of bidets in America bizarre, I find it disgusting. If you think touching the anus is repulsive what about going around all day long with barely clean butthole and genitals? Toilet paper is fundamental, sure, but the sense of cleanliness a bidet gives is incomparable.
+darkelvaan Lots of Americans use baby wipes or flushable wipes. Not environmental but there ya go. I would get a bidet if I could.
+darkelvaan i'm american and I use wet wipes, like the ones for changing a baby's diaper... I only use toilet paper to dry..
While bidets are definitely more popular in Europe, I think you are overestimating their popularity a little bit. I've never been to someone's home in France or Spain who had one, and I've probably been in about 20 or so homes or apartments in those countries. I have seen them in hotels occasionally but not always. I saw many more toilets which incorporated bidets in Japan, including my hotel room and many public restrooms in Tokyo, than I've seen bidets in Europe. Could be that it's going out of style, or could be more of a class thing - maybe only wealthier people have them since it's not a necessity? Just giving my experience with it.
I'm an American living in Italy and every single person I know has them in their houses and apartments, usually in every bathroom. Oh, and most of the people I know are what you would consider "middle class."
karinne knutsen Interesting, maybe they're just more popular in certain countries than rather than Europe as a whole!
I used to have a bidet in my old house and it was great. It was the separate kind from the toilet.
Now I live in an apartment and I miss it so much. I have to wash in the bathtub after using the toilet or I don't feel clean.
Get a bidet sprayer (it's a lot like a tiny handheld shower head on a stick attached to the water supply at the wall) they are cheap and easy to install! The only problem is the water is only cold, but it is actually a lot less of a problem then you would think!
Thanks for letting me know :D! I'll check that out
You're a clean person Zully, I am proud of you.
Mirrim Blackfox there's also bidet toilet seats.
I bought a bidet attachment off Amazon for 19.99. Works great.
Toilet papers comes to rescue when its winter and you don't have a geyser.
You can totally get toilet seats that have a bidet system built in, they're great (although you have to plug them into the mains and to the water supply). They also heat the toilet seat too (woot).
Comunque a titolo informativo vedete che si utilizzano prima la carta igienica e poi si fa il bidet, non è che il bidet sostituisce la carta igienica, ma è un'aggiunta per una corretta pulizia intima.
Richer Americans have been using bidets for a long time. I have one. But growing up, my family didn't have one because of space constraints for a separate basin. Also the original bidets were cost-prohibitive and not really a working-class thing. And you're right, we took our cues from the English. And to this day, they don't use bidets in England as widely as one might expect of a European country. Spain, on the other hand, does. Even council houses in Spain (the projects) are built with a bidet in the bath room. What you DID fail to mention is that when Americans poop at home, they typically shower after the deed, and before getting dressed. At least everyone in my home growing up did. And my friends did, too. Hence the joke about certain Americans who won't poop in public restrooms.
Who the hell uses 57 sheets of toilet paper a day? It only takes a few sheets and for you to wash your hands afterwards with hot water and soap. Not to mention, you should only be going number two once a day with a good diet going on.
Well if you go to the restroom 3 times a day, 8ish sheets per restroom session. Not everyone has a good diet and some food goes through others faster.
bam burn
If someone is going to the bathroom 3 times a day on a regular weekly basis, then he or she has serious issues concerning health, diet, and lifestyle.
Roku Jones Not really. That just means that bowel movement is moving. I'd be more afraid if you just did it once or no times a day because that just means you haven't eaten anything or it's staying in your body. :S
bam burn You are only suppose to have one decent sized bowel movement a day if you are a healthy adult with a good diet. Going multiple times a day means you are unhealthy or have a poor diet.
People in public restrooms always seem to tear off twice the paper towels they need, and don't shake water off their hands first to minimize paper use. Same wasteful habits with TP, I imagine.
Australia doesn't have them much either, but I must admit I like to keep clean with a quick shower rather than use heaps of paper. If we could call them something other than a bidet it might be more appealing, such as the bum-et :)
Don't get me wrong, bidets are awesome, but not because they save toilet paper. They just make you feel much cleaner. Most people still use a bunch of toilet paper to dry with.
One could argue for air drying, but then that would be a separate machine.
an upside right hand dry blower?
The modern toilet seat bidets include a built in warm air dryer after they clean you.
you are hilarious!!! I grew up using bidet and when I first moved to the US I couldn't believe it didn't exist, by now I become accustomed to it but when I am back in my country Argentina, I use it all the time... your facts are correct! Thanks for the video!
I went to Europe as a teenager, and yes I used a bidet (and not just to clean my feet after walking about in my sandals all day.) It was kind of weird, but effective.
in italy we use bidet but we also use toilet paper before using a bidet
Arnt you supposed to just wipe once after and not at all (or very very little) before?
Vapez
An old fashioned bidet you must wipe then you wash in the separate bidet. The modern hybrid toilet seat bidets (they replace toilet seats on regular toilets) you do not need to wipe. They warm the water and clean you with pressurized water that gets you very clean. They then use a built in blow dryer to remove wetness.
Gene Angel Wow. I'd use that.
I like the Italian way. I don't know why it's not used in France. In old chateaux, I saw bidets were used by the French royal.
malezyali79 read my comment above :)
In Finnish bathrooms we have a second, very tiny shower, feeding off the sink's water pipe, strategically placed next to the toilet, so you can use it to wash yourself instead of a bidet, or to do some hardware cleaning around the bathroom too, very handy. But I personally take a dump right before taking the shower so there's that. And since we're on the subject, I will mention that a hairy ass will definitely have leftovers if just wiping and not washing. So good luck for the guys who don't wash.
Sorry if you were trying to eat while reading my post :D
***** I'm not sure why the hell you would be interested in MORE of my poop details than I've already written above, for your morbid fetishes I will only reiterate that I poop, I wipe, I shower. Have a nice day.
*****
I'm not wiping my ass with my hand. I'm using toilet paper. It's just that immediately afterwards I like to shower. I wasn't involving a bidet at any point in my story, I was presenting the after-showering as an alternative to a bidet (which I don't have anyways) :)
I believe you are referring to a handheld bidet or hose, and almost all Arab or middle eastern countries have them.
So true hahaha!!! I’m American but my dad and his family is Italian. I think it’s so unhygienic not to wash or use baby wipes or flushable wipes after pooping 🤢🤢
Groaznic first wash then wipe it. If you see leftovers on paper then wash again. ( I shouldnt have speaken so openly I guess)
I'm Swedish but I have never once used a bidet. I don't think they are very common in Sweden either and when I was younger I used to be deathly afraid of them. I was visiting a friend who had one and I almost had a panic attack every time I had to use their restroom.
One of my friends houses here in USA has a bidet they installed for the dad who unfortunately became wheelchair bound because of cancer and has since passed. But they still love their bidet, and i think they are great too! The cleanest your butt will get without actually taking a shower after every bathroom use. My host family in japan had them and it was no big deal. Nothing is quite so nice as a warmed seat (on the fancy ones they have that function too) in the middle of winter and knowing it wasn't from somebody else sitting there before you.
I installed one on my toilet. Just needs a few simple connections and it was done in minutes! You don't know clean until you've used a bidet.
I tried to get one. I live in a almost 400 year old house & the layout of the pipes & layout of the toilets & bath made it impossible to install one. Also it isn't just Americans who don't have them, British people rarely have them too. The first time I ever saw one I thought it was a bath for babies.
We have one in our 2nd house abroad... Tho my dad never told me what it was for... Nor do I know how to properly use it...
To metabolicshaun…. Then install a hand held bidet like they use in south east Asia. I spent four months in Thailand, and now I won't go without it. I got a good one made of stainless steel and brass off of Ebay, sent from China. I love it and it only took me about ten minutes to install it myself.
This works just as well as a permanent bidet fixture and you can take it on trips.
www.amazon.com/Blue-Bidet-BB-20-Portable/dp/B004IW5ITO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400443560&sr=8-1&keywords=portable+bidet
I just got my bidet two weeks ago, my son installed it for me. i had no idea that they were so cheap on Amazon! I don't know how I lived 66 years without it! My daughter was very skeptical, but now, she loves it. I never could understand why Americans were so behind (no pun intended) we really need to take advice & follow the example of other parts of the world in things like this and even natural healing.
I learned about bidets when I was four years old in Bogota, Colombia. Before WWII Europe, had a lot more influence in South America. We were living in an old house and it had bidets.
I moved to the US couple of years ago, and I still can't get used to not having a bidet. I don't understand how there's no bidets in here!!!
Water does not completely clean the anus- There is still a small amount of poop left. For people like me who want to be 100% free of poop on my anus, that's not good enough. I don't know what it is- I just will not leave the bathroom until there is no poop on my butt.
A simple alternative to a space using expensive bidet is a simple hand held bidet which is kinda like a faucet you aim at ure butt. Its cheap and efficient. Built in bidets are also expensive.
I have traveled abroad and used bidets in Europe, Eurasia and Egypt. Some were the straddle type, others were just a hose with sprayer attachment. I really liked using them. I felt much cleaner. I would definitely love it if bidets were installed in public restrooms.
exactly. in the new construction of my home I have put in 3, all except in the powder room where it might confuse the uninitiated.
What kind of crazy person even uses 57 god damn sheets a day, that's way too much.
My wife, just for peeing. For the record both of our toilets have bidets.
we use handheld water jet and in most middle eastern countries using tp is considered disgusting
+Husain Alhayki - have you ever had that water jet tested for germs?
Escape From NY Honestly a lot of these water jets have self clean features I have a toilet attachment type bidet I live in Indiana.
We got a bidet from USA Bidets that attaches to the toilet lid. It's a very simple design and uses only cool water. We don't find a need for warm water or dryer which gets into the $500-$1000 price range. Our attachment was just over $100, easy to hook up, stainless steel and works well. We use the bidet and then a tiny bit of TP to pat dry. It's a whole lot cleaner....!!!
I used to have a bidet, it was pretty cool. (American)
Have you ever thought that the arguments on youtube would become how many TP sheets to wipe with and to use a bidet or TP! WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY!!!!!
that landed perfectly I'm still laughing.
Add an attachment called the Jerrybox to your toilet. Buy on eBay for about $29.00. Go to you tube for installation video if you have difficulty with direction on the bottom of box. I purchased one for every toilet in our house as we are on a septic system. Everyone loves them. Very easy to use and refreshing.
I used the bidets when I traveled to Japan, it felt weird at first but I love them.
I don't want to be offensive, but for most of us Europeans (especially for us Italians because we are the first country that use the bidet), you Americans and English are really strange! it's so practical using the bidet.. for many of us (Europeans) it's sounds very strange and dirty the fact that you don't use it... whereas using it it's so easy and useful..
Yes.... Yes I would.
Sincerely,
An American
I bought a bidet that I attached to my toilet about 3 yrs ago and we love it. It's inexpensive, easy to install and pays for itself in no time at all. I would never go back. I got the Luxe Bidet Neo 120 for only $39.00, but look up bidets and find one that works for you. There are some that have dryers and everything. Bidets for all likings and all budgets.
I went to Japan and used their smart toilets with the seat warmers and bidet, and haven't gone back. Had one installed as soon as I got back to the states.
Question? Do you still use paper to dry that area? Or is it just a drip and dry method? Not trying to be funny, just asking.
sure. You use toilet paper first, then use the bidet, then toilet paper again. You actually need very little paper through the whole process.
Thank you for replying. That was what I wanted to know. :)
You dry the area with a specific towel
And they accuse Muslims of "Wiping our asses with our hands"!
We *WASH!* :D
With Bidets and short hoses!
Thank you! It helped me understand how it works and you have been most helpful and patient in explaining this repeatedly.
Rogue Filth You are sooo very welcome! =3
I'd like to understand this better. First, do your respective business. Second, stand up and move to the bidet? From here I get confused. Some articles I have read state that you straddle the bidet in a manner opposite. Is this true? Also, if it is, I have to assume that you must remove all garments from either leg. Once you have managed to straddle the bidet, you activate the stream of water. Next, you use your bare hand to assist the water in removing any remnants of waste. Afterwards you rinse the bidet, put your garments on whichever leg from which you removed, shuffle back to the toilet where you dry your washed area with toilet paper. Finally you flush the toilet and proceed to wash your hands.
junit483 Ok, junit483 darling, there are two methods here (or actually three); I’ll try to be thorough.
- One involves using the French Bidet.
- Second which involves using a water hose, with a length of nearly 1.5 meters, fixed to the side of the toilet seat, which is the case more prevalent in the Arab world now.
- The third, involving the squat toilet basin, which is now less common in the Arab world but more in Islamic Asian countries.
The first method, yes, exactly, as you described it, however, let me elaborate.
First, in all three methods, it is better to remove ALL garments from the lower half of the body, thus it is advisable not to use public toilets to avoid this "problem", however, in the Arab world, there is usually a spot and a hook to help you hang whatever you need to remove.
As for us, garments are not that problematic because they are easy to handle; the men's garments known as Dishdashah/Kandorah (the white long robe), including the Izar (The inner rectangular white piece of cloth wrapped around the waist and used as an "underwear"), or the Sirwal (baggy long white pants), and women’s similar long garments called Galabiyyah/Thawb (names can be used interchangeably with men’s garments too), including ALL sorts of skirts, (including kleid.. etc), are very very very much easier to handle when visiting the toilet, because you only need to raise them and hold them up, however, if you are wearing jeans or tight pants or shorts, its kinda harder in that case, (which you need to worry about accidental splashes of water stains, lol, you don’t need to leave the toilet room and people looking and saying: Oh look! She went to the toilet and did number two! Lmao), however, with time, even with jeans and pants, you train to handle this minor problem.
- As for the Bidet, yes, you sit facing the wall, and you wash, you don’t really need to worry about rinsing the Bidet, for the amount of water while washing will remove everything, however, some people do use the Bidet setting facing away from the wall while bending slightly, it depends which way you prefer, doesn’t really matter, as long as you get clean and feel good about it? That’s ok. =)
- As for the hose, which I really really REALLY advice everyone to use, the hose has a trigger like a gun, when pressed it releases the water, *WHILE STILL SEATED AND NEVER MOVING* you reach to the hose with your right hand and insert it in front of you INSIDE the toilet seat *ALONG WITH* your left hand, and press the trigger and wash with your left hand, everything will fall inside the toilet seat, (no need to worry about the amount of water growing inside of it, the Toilet will flush away the extra water automatically without pressing the button) once you feel your body and everything are clean, release the trigger, the water will stop, take out the hose and put it back, reach for some liquid soap with your right, pour some on your left hand in front of your, put the soup back, reach for the hose, and spread the soup and then wash, once finished, dry and stand up and fix your clothing. Wash your hand again. Done!!
However, you may skip the soap washing for your bottom, as in our religion, water is good enough and is suffice to take care of everything, some people don’t use soap to wash their bottoms, even with that, it is much cleaner than wiping! =)
- The third method, which involve squatting on a toilet basin, you either use a hose fixed next to it, in a similar way you do with the toilet seat, or, and this is more common in rural areas, you use a Ghori (A kettle like container, with a long thin neck), you fill it and then position it at your back, and pour the water over the buttocks on the center, and reach with your left hand from the front to the bottoms and wash. I know I know, you will break some shoulder bones doing it first time if you never tried it before, LMAO!
I hope this answers you correctly, if you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask! :^)
And sorry for my poor English.
Good luck. :-)
Arab Katib Thank you very much for your time to very precisely describe that to me. It was helpful
In Spain most post 90's houses have a bidet. you dry with a flannel after. In South Africa and Germany it depends on the house bathroom size, not ever seen one in a private house in France in some offices in UK I have but am told only in the ladies and they are cleaned every hour.
Bidets are common bathroom fixtures in many southern European countries, especially Italy, where they are found in 97% of households (the installation of a bidet in a bathroom has been mandatory since 1975). The bidet appears to have been an invention of French furniture makers in the late 17th century, although no exact date or inventor is known. The earliest written reference to the bidet is in 1726 in Italy, and not French.
In Thailand we used a little hose! It's wonderful feeling.
In Japan, we have washlets---- they are amazing. It's a fantastic way to save water. There's a little sink on the back of the toilet, so the (clean) water used to flush can be used for washing your hands!
You still need to use a toilet paper to dry and able to check it there is still nothing stuck there.
In fact no, we use small towels, around 40cm, and they are individual, each member of the family knows which is theirs. And something that the video does not clarify is that after the first stream of water, one passes his hand between his cheeks, to verify that everything is clean.
Listen up, guys and gals. In the UK you can buy special toilet seats that have an inbuilt bidet function. I've checked and you can buy them in the US, too--try googling (for example) "bio bidet". You can also find U-Tube videos for them. Such seats range from a couple of hundred quid (around $300) upwards.
That means you don't have to find space for a separate bidet: it fits on top of you existing toilet base and replaces your existing seat. Many seats not only wash, but also dry you (they are electric, so best fitted by a certified plumber) and come with a remote control.
Some have a quick removal feature so that you can wash them as required: shouldn't be too often, as the servo-retracting spray nozzle automatically cleans itself after use. They have buttons for a bottom wash and also for a front female wash, and you can vary the water pressure and temperature to suit. I swear, they're marvels of modern electronic engineering!
I installed one today... omg life changed.. thumbs up
me (im brit pak)and my swedish friend always take water bottle in toilets at work here in uk and English girls think we r disgusting. even though we pat our nether regions dry and thoroughly wash our hands. we got sooo offended once that we were like "how do ur men go down on u? do they come up looking like they ate chocolate" indians (non Muslims), Swedish, Arabs etc all use the water method. it's just so much better and I've had two very large babies never ever had I had hemorrhoids even midwife was surprised.
I had yo mention indians being non muslim coz some silly Americans think all brown people = arab it's like saying all white people = Christian when in reality some r atheists, jews, Muslims (Bosnians/converts).
Zed J ikr where has the sense gone
Here's a question for you: If you saw a person take a drink of water from a water fountain, swish the water around the inside of their mouth, then spit the saliva-contaminated water back onto the faucet, would you feel comfortable stepping up to the fountain and taking a big gulp of water? I certainly wouldn't, and I think most other people wouldn't, either. Yet, bidet users can't seem to grasp the obvious health risks in a similar transfer of germs from one user to another. I find that baffling.
There is a common saying 'flush after use', that you do every day. I am hoping you do, right?
Sid Bhardwaj not only that but most bidets have a clean nozzle function if you’re really worried about ricochets. I also note that most people flush after wiping without washing in between.
Had one installed recently, and I LOVE it.
I installed a Bidet and it was thee best decision ever. My whole family suddenly starting showing me more love lol. Everyone is clean and happy 😊
The real reason Americans don't know about it is, because toilet paper companies are doing everything possible for us not to know about Bidet.
... but how do you dry it? more toilet paper, or a towel...?
Ah bidets, cool invention France! In Somalia, we've come up with a much LESS fancy invention, one that's quite easy too. Just slice the top part of a 2 liter bottle & fill it with water. And after we use the toilet paper, put the left hand between your thighs, under your groin, pour the water into your left hand using your right hand & do the deed, takes some practice! lol
The concept of washing your nether regions after a number 2, always seemed so obvious to me, until i moved to Belgium & it wasn't the norm here.
I grew up in Greece and we always had a bidet installed, but not all the other houses I had visited. I remember some people were a bit confused about bidets..
You had the obsolete standalone bidet type.See at KO BIDET. www.bidetdisabled.com. Feel the difference.
In Japan the bidets are devices installed on the toilet seat itself, so no need for a place for a new piece (in Japan it is called a washlet) and it's also very common in many Arab countries.
Why do we need a bidet when I can just lay on my back in the shower and hold my butt in the air while the water just splashes the liquid fart I just made right out of me?
Because most people don't like finding brown lumps between their toes after they have showered.
Ƒȓǟǹǩ Ɫⱥțȇȓ Ewww, lol
PessOmist Because peaple don't have time to do a shower EVERY TIME they pee or poop
+G i u l i a. i do not want to know that kind of people
Toly Soprano and i don't want too meet peaple that don't use a bidet
EVERY predictable Italian toilet, almost every private home's bathroom and even public toilet quite often has a bidet as a standard beside the WC... for us Italians is a normal routine commodities.
Usually we also have different size towels in the bathroom: one for the body big or bathrobe, one for face/hands medium size, and one for bottom/groin/bidet service smaller, usually the smaller one (not the glove), it is specifically designed to be used for dry up the bum after proper soap washing groin/anus area duty and is at fingertip near the bidet.
Obviously we use even toilet paper (a lot less), and after that we use that short little sink to wash up sitting on both ways front or rear as it happens to be more comfortable. usually with the back to the tap for wash bum and with the front to the tap for the groin.
On the bidet sometime there are also intimate detergent bottle or normal soap.
95% of Italian bathrooms has a bidet everywhere you go.
I have been living in Italy since I was 15, and never saw bidets in public bathrooms, gas stations, or malls only in homes and hotels.
shihtzu imperiale of course ! It’s even more hygiene dangerous than the loo...;)
Americans don't use bidets because they're squeamish about the idea of touching poop with their bare hands. Bidets aren't actually supposed to be hands-free. You use your right hand to turn the tap on and off and your left hand to facilitate the cleaning process. Then you use some toilet paper to dry off afterwards. My family has recently retrofitted our toilets with bidet attachments. Before, we used to use plastic watering cans with the spout partially sawed off / shortened or, in Canada, a lot of people use the milk jugs that are designed to hold bags of milk. It's also possible to improvise with empty yoghurt containers, pop bottles, etc. (All these things are simply filled with water at the sink.) It's common to clean yourself after peeing too. Also, people who live overseas don't use baby wipes when changing a baby's poopy diaper. They hold the baby over the sink and wash its bum, using soap if necessary. It's much cleaner!
I installed one. Worth it. Glad I did it, would do it again and you should install one too.
yes i hate that in america every time we go visit our relatives their i just feel like dying before going to the bathroom , thank youuuu for answering my forever question WHY IS THERE NO BIDETS IN AMERICA!!!!!
Don't be an evidwnce based show that cites Dr. Oz. Even if he's right in this case (he may or may not be) it hurts your credibility. I know this came out before he was called before Congress so they could scold him for his bad science, but he was a well known crank long before that.
Yea he was called to a congressional hearing for pushing hazardous dietary supplements on his show.
My husband just installed them in our house at Christmas and shockingly, i find that it's the best thing ever. I now can't figure out how I ever lived without it. You can't imagine how clean you feel until you then have to go back to using a toilet without one!
I don't know what type it is that he installed. It goes on under the toilet seat - it has two nozzles - feminine wash and regular, it also has a lever that turns the water on and stronger, and goes cold or hot. It's got a self clean option as well. It's great. But I have no idea what the model or type is.
I have one and love it! I even have a portable one to take with me when I'm away from home :)
You still need to wipe when you use a bidet, unless you like a wet butt.
Some have dryers.
Because they think its rape.
+The Readers Corner hahahahahaha BEST comment here hahahahahahahahaha
+The Readers Corner LOL! Good one!
Really you guys think that joke was funny? You do realize I just made a rape joke? lol.
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It was still a joke though, didn't you want to make us laugh anyway?
I knew a guy who had an electronic one and I loved it. It had a heated seat, etc. and I want one so bad now
In italy biets are basically mantatory - and now that I live in the UK and I don't have one it's pretty annoying, cause I have to get in the shower twice a day and it's such a waste of time - and extra water!
After four months in Thailand, where all the residences and hotels have hand-held bidets beside the toilet, I had one installed in my home in Canada. (Some places there use a squat toilet and either have a sprayer, or water and ladle you use.)
Way better than toilet paper. There is information on the internet on how to use them properly. But be sure to by a high quality one. Mine is heavy duty stainless steel and brass. There are cheap plastic ones out there. In south east Asia they spray with the right hand while wiping with the left hand, cleaning both anus and hand at the same time. Feel so much cleaner back there after using the hand held bidet "bum gun" sprayer. Of course wash your hands after anyways. That's why they don't shake hands or pass food with the left hand.
A ladle and water...are you for real...gross!!!!!
Yes. I'm for real. And so are the people of south east Asia and many other areas of the world. If you go to the tribal mountain villages in many isolated areas of the world, you better be prepared to see things differently from your western privileged rich lifestyle. Learning how to use a squat toilet and water ladle is not that hard, unless you have very weak thigh muscles for squatting. Obviously you have led a very sheltered existence and don't know much about the world. For me, I enjoy traveling to other areas of the world, seeing how other people live, like in the mountains of north west Thailand, and in Myanmar, Laos, Nepal and India and sharing time away from McDonalds and the big city civilization.
Lilalorikayla, Gross? So is wiping poop off skin with a little piece of wadded up paper and calling it "clean."