The PROBLEM with Toilet Paper
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- Опубликовано: 31 окт 2023
- The average American uses 141 rolls of toilet paper a year, despite toilet paper being probably the worst way for you to deal with your dirty bum. We're here to find out how this inferior method to clean your posterior became the norm.
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For some weird reason in my country (Portugal), at the beginning of COVID, people started buying toilet paper like crazy, to a point where supermarkets had to limit how much you could buy, this is even worse when you realize that bidets are mandatory by law in Portuguese bathrooms.
The shortages began when people wanted an extra package in case they got stuck at home sick or in lock-down. Just half the customers taking an extra pack of rolls was enough to wipe out not just the shelf-stock, but the whole-sale and regional stocks as well. That is when the "hoarding" began, the Just-in-time system failing to keep the stores supplied.
That happened the world over.
Because they saw the rest of the world panic buying it and thought that if we run out of toilet paper we're all going to die or something.
@@workinprogresssince1974 Panic purchases and hoarding didn't start until well *after* the stores had been cleaned out.
@@BPo75 Do you mean in Portugal, because here it was the panic buying that caused the stores to be cleaned out.
Learning about bidets is like finding out you were in a cult this whole time and are finally starting to question it.
big time!!!
The way bidet lovers talk about bidets sounds like actual cult language
im a retard so i dont understand how they work. like i would need a literal in person demonstration.
@@bland9876 Basically just sprays the bum. What I want to know is how they dry themselves off.. I don't want a wet butt.
@@user-sf9gs2pg1bthere are a few options. In this video they talk about cloth towels that you can wash when you do your laundry. Another option is to just use toilet paper to dry off. Some fancy bidets have an air dryer. Alternatively you could just use the 3 seashell approach
As a middle aged North American, I just joined team bidet and can verify that _this_ is the way to go! Not only is my butt post-shower clean all day, my TP usage has _dramatically_ decreased. There's no going back now. 🤠
An *actual* life hack.
it's SUCH a game changer!!
This is the way
If anyone asks me what item they could buy that makes the greatest life impact, I'd tell them to get a washlet bidet, no doubt.
I installed mine about a year ago (for less than $40 on Amazon, just a basic no-frills) and now I can't believe that I spent my whole life prior wiping with a bunch of TP to clean up post-poo.
Don't forget how much time it saves! It's not like TP actually gets you that clean anyway
Strangely one of my biggest annoyances of owning a bidet, is that when I go to work I get stuck with the absolute garbage rolls.
My job thinks I'm crazy because I only poop at home.
I like clean butts, and I can not lie.
You bidet owners can't deny
When you poop at work, with dry paper in your stall.
and you realize that you'll, NEVER ,GET IT, ALL!!!
And chafing as a result!
And the rolls at work are no where near as comfortable as the ones you have at home. Unless you bring your own rolls to work.
Yeap!
@@e66iuwow
The best thing about COVID was Americans realizing that bidets exist,
🤘🤘🤘
Having a clean ass is overrated
The money checks were better. Less plumbing work
As an American, I can assure not only did we know bidets exist, but that we have them. I have had a bidet for almost a decade.
True lmao
I'm from Cambodia (Southeast Asia), we use hand bidets. During my time in college in the United States, I explained to my peers that toilet paper is stupid, and they all looked at me like I'm a mad man.
Please help, two questions: 1) How do you know you are clean and should stop spraying? 2) How do you dry yourself afterwards?
Yes, many Cambodians make do with just a bucket of water. Good hand washing afterwards is a must.
@bernarddt wipe with your hand while spraying
I think that if you work from front to back, it should be fine. Drying off with toilet paper is a must.
@@bernarddt your tush will feel squeaky clean like you just took a bath. Waiting a while for the water to dry or shaking your tush does dispel most of the water droplets. Wear your pants and go on as usual
when i was growing up, toilet paper wasn't always white. they were available in a rainbow of colours to match the decor of your bathroom. crazy right?... that was a bygone era.
as usual, thank you for an entertaining episode.
Still the case here in Austria.
Blue and green. I miss them both.
Now you mention it, i remember pink and peach tp in to shopes. I dont see it so much now.
This is probably because being a consistent colour means both bleaching AND dyeing the paper. Unless your paper comes in a natural wood colour, it's probably bleached.
I remember the rainbow colored toilet paper. It made me itch.
I used to work in a pharmacy, and some people would come in with problems regarding over-wiping to the point that they would cause their anus to bleed (and then sometimes they would wipe more to clean the blood, creating sores). This was because they were not convinced they had cleaned themselves properly and just keep going. Their paranoia of cleanliness is like a kind of body dysmorphia. It's definitely an issue for people who have a lot of anus hair.
Better to have paranoia than being dirty in this garbage world!
well i always wipe my butt till i bleed cos i had an issue with wiping less than i needed last time. oh dear...
@@thamzhiyong3161woah, is it REALLY that difficult???
I get a yeast infection if I use poor quality toilet paper for a few days. Like at hotels.
Laser hair removal is wonderful for anus hair.
My dad was paralyzed from a tumor on his spine. My mom was having to help him in the bathroom so they invested in a bidet for him. That was 3 years ago, we now have one on every toilet and convinced several people to get one. Most bidets also have locks so it can be turned off if there are littles running around who may think it’s fun to spray
While I totally agree with the pointlessness of using paper to clean bungholes when better options exist there are some misunderstandings here.
The reference to "virgin fibers' in the context of paper production is presented in a very misleading manner. The mistaken assumption made here is that you seem to believe that this references to the often misused similar term "virgin forests".
What paper manufacturers are referring to when they admit to the overwhelming majority of source material as being 'virgin fibers" is NOT referring to the denuding of old growth so-called 'virgin forests". Not at all.
What they are admitting is that they grow trees for paper. Grow. As in a crop. Grown specifically for the purpose of making paper. Over 90% in fact of the pulp used in the production of paper products in North America comes from tree farms. Farms (and thereby trees) that wouldn't exist if we didn't use them to make paper. Just like potatoes. We grow them because we use them. If we didn't like tasty potatoes, we wouldn't grow them. And no one complains about saving "virgin potatoes' do they? This whole "virgin" thing is just clever language designed to make you care about something. And we should care about the environment of course. But paper is NOT a worrisome problem for forestation in North America.
The other 10% This is recycled materials, both directly from waste management efforts and as recycled waste fibers from other timber sources. Recycling paper is a nasty process that also leads to increased use of PFAS chemicals and is NOT carbon neutral. Recycling paper is perhaps one of the DUMBEST things to recycle, especially as it is a biodegradable resource. The mistaken belief that merely tossing paper in a landfill is a bad thing comes down to the decades-old idea leaned into by the media in the 1980's but never explicitly said, that we were running out of landfill space. We DEFINITELY are not. What we are running out of is the will to increase landfills for several rather stupid reasons. The first is the weirdest. NIMBY, What is NIMBY? Not In My Back Yard. Just like we need and yet cannot figure out sustainable cheap housing, we cannot figure out landfills. And it's entirely a manufactured problem. Just like we don't want to be around poor people, we don't want to be near landfills. How enlightened of us! :P Our population could quadruple today and we'd STILL have thousands of years worth of available space for landfills. What we lack is the willpower to build them. We have more prisons than anywhere on earth, but that's an easy concept to sell to an easily scared and manipulated public. We can build prisons but not landfills? What are our priorities???
Ironically our overwhelming focus in North America on protecting old-growth forests created this necessity, as well as the colossal misunderstanding about how recycling paper is a good thing when it is anything but. This has also led unfortunately to our having to IMPORT structural wood more and more from other countries, despite the fact we have way more forests than most people think. Structural wood needs far longer growth cycles than wood grown for pulp production and therefore is a more difficult (by orders of magnitude) a product to successfully farm as a monoculture. Old-growth forests are heavily restricted and regulated by the Department of The Interior and over the last century this has led to the collapse (to the tune of 90 plus percent) of the timber industry. We did a great job of saving trees already. Almost too good of a job.
This is when looked at soberly, an example of our focus on environmental protection simply becoming a way of outsourcing our responsibility to manage resources here to other countries. Much like recycling in North America has done with the "plastic problem". We don't recycle anymore because it is a good idea. Some things ARE a good idea to recycle, but most are not. Today we recycle because the government decided to incentivise recycling with ever increasing billions in private subsidies to almost exclusively private enterprises that only honestly recycle because those guaranteed subsidies make it profitable and NOT because of any focus on actually saving the environment. Actually doing science is a much harder challenge than "throw money at the problem and let capitalism fix it". We have many decades of experience with how disastrous that idea has been.
We have so successfully managed trees as a crop in North America that there is not only a negligible to zero effect on forestation here we, in fact, have MORE forested acreage in North America today than we did 150 years ago.
Let me state this again. Slowly. So everyone can grasp this. We have more forests, and therefore more trees, then we had at the end of the civil war. People need to understand their history well, and understand how hardcore the entire planet went into burning down trees to get potassium for fertilizer in the 19th century.
It takes a bit of digging but Clemson University did a study about this issue (and the often misunderstood nature and downsides of recycling) 30 years ago. If anything timber as a crop has only increased the acreage of forestation since then.
This doesn't make toilet paper any less of a stupid idea. But it's important to get the details correct. You cannot solve problems without first understanding them. And understand most of all, you can't explain how to solve them in even a lengthy post like this one. People want simple answers to complex problems. That isn't how either problems or answers actually work.
Thank you for your message! Informations like these are important to learn. Another proof than reading comments isn't always a waste of time haha
Source(s) please?
This is RUclips, not a Ph.D program. It isn';t difficult to simply ask a very simple question. "is this or that true?" and then do a bit of casual digging.
Most of this does however come from a clemson university study into recycling in the 1990's. It isn't hard to find in even a cursory attempt to search. So just do that.
@@ScottPiercy It just makes your claim more credible if you can produce/cite your sources. Don't need a Ph.D to know that.
I mean, using timber for long term construction is generally pretty silly especially with how many issues america has with tornadoes and house fires, I say this as someone from portugal, a country where people are generally poorer, sitting in a home of foot-thick concrete brick walls, its sturdier, requires no maintenance (unless you get hit with a massively strong earthquake, this is a geologically active area with minor earthquakes being rather common, and its rare to see even minor cracks in the walls of any home less than 80 years old), and especially in the hotter states (texas, arizona, etc), when combined with stone/tile floors in some areas would mean that AC is not necessary (trust me, it can be 40c outside and the home won't go over 25c if you keep the windows shut) the thermal mass also means that heat is better maintained through the winter even with pretty harsh fluctuations outside.
Watching this whilst on the toilet and toilet paper on my hand. Now I’m feeling guilty, but yes I agree, when I went to Japan I was introduced to bidets and OH MY GOD are they so much better than toilet paper.
Japanese toilets are the next frontier 😅
@@FutureProofTV IMAGINE... Yeah for now I'm just gonna save for a bidet
Hahaha I'm also pooping in Turkey with my phone in my hand. We have a faucet thing attached to the toilets here..
just use your shower or sink, same thing
@@FussyPicklesnow THAT is classy!
I'm struggling to believe that the average American goes through 141 rolls a year. That's a new roll no later than every 3 days. The Statista source you reference has come under fire by the Federalist, which highlights that toiler paper rolls are not typically 90g, but instead 227g in the US. That brings this average down to a much more believable 56 rolls per person per year.
My girlfriend uses half a roll everytime she pees
@@cs8712 🤣
56 rolls a year is much more believable. Basically a roll every week.
yall must have never lived with a woman
I use almost one roll per day.
I realised how harmful toilet paper was when i was in the shower one day and felt a horrific sting when I went to clean the ole booty crack. Turns out years of wiping dry paper over delicate skin had damn near left me with what felt like carpet burns on my butthole.
We rent our house and the bathroom is too small for a proper bidet so I bought one of those postpartum bidet bottles that you just fill up at the sink and then spray until clean. It was only £10 and it's been a life saver!!
Just FYI, there are actually bidets that are no larger than the seat covers, they have small knobs at the back which don't protrude. Delta for example has one that also has a soft close seat cover. You can detach it when you move out.
Haven’t heard of bidet towels before. Might work for me and the missus, but I’d definitely keep a stock of TP in the powder room for guests.
@AlexPrevost I use old wash cloths which are basically the same thing.
I used old t-shirts cut into toilet roll lengths when I started and have switched to using a cotton flannel roll by marley's monsters. The cotton flannel gives me the same experience as using toilet paper because I roll them into one roll and hang it by the toilet.
I agree. Sharing butt towels with guest, and then touching them when putting them in the wash is just too gross to think about.
I moved to Japan in December 2019, and my apartment was equipped with a bidet, so I got quite accustomed to using one, and quite liked it. I returned to the US in March 2020 due to the pandemic. Due to a combination of my recent experience in Japan, and the difficulty getting toilet paper, I bought a bidet for my home in the US, and my tush has been happier ever since!
Go Toto! Japanese toilets are the best. They even have special toilets for people with an ostomy. It is like a sink and a urinal so the user can stand and wash. 😊
I've used bidet attachments for several years now. I still use TP to pat myself dry, but the amount of paper used is miniscule compared to before. I've even sent bidet attachments as gifts to friends and relatives.
That's cool. I'm happy to hear you make your friends and family happy.
Thanks for this comment, I was unsure about this. I've seen bidet in all the bathrooms in the UAE when I visited, but I've ever since tried to understand how do they dry themselves? There is no special "bidet towels" in the bathrooms or hotel rooms, so how does this work! Do you simply spay yourselves clean with the hand attachment and then wipe again with toilet paper till you are dry? Does this not need a lot of paper to cover your but area (and since TP that is wet tend to deteriate quickly). Also how do you know you are "clean" or do you guess you have sprayed enough! I want to start using a bidet but I can't understand how to use it. Since its a taboo type topic, you don't find any "real life" examples out there. Only people also guessing what is done 😢
@@bernarddt I'm not familiar with customs in the UAE. I do think the handheld wand type of bidet is the most popular in mid-east countries. Whereas here in the U.S. the integrated toilet seat bidet has become most popular. I've used both, but since I'm a guy who lives alone, I prefer the seat mounted type. If I were a female, I might prefer the wand type because you can spray front-to-back direction, which is more hygienic for them.
As far as knowing when you are clean? I've learned to go slow and methodical. Start with low pressure and wiggle around a bit to cover a wider area. Then turn up the pressure to power wash nooks and crannies. Then back down to a low flow for a final rinse. I use 4 folded sheets of TP to pat dry. If I notice any spots of "residue" on the TP, then I repeat the whole process. But frankly after some practice, I seldom have to do a repeat rinse.
If I had the space and in-unit laundry, I'd probably use washable towels instead of TP. But alas, my tiny condo bathroom just doesn't have floor space for the extra bins.
I use both bidet and toilet paper.
Spray then wipe.
the combo 😮
i do that but the other way around - one wipe to remove any potential big chunks (hey, it happens), then wash with soap & water and towel
@@tubebrocoli Dang Klingons!
141 rolls a year is insane, I buy one small box of Who Gives A Crap per year for both me and my partner, and most of that gets used by guests
I love Who Gives a Crap!! I buy the big box, and my partner and I tend to use more toilet paper since we each have a menstrual cycle (an unfortunate occurrence, but what can you do) so it's a couple boxes per year, but def not 141 rolls per person.... that's like.... 3 rolls a week. That's a lot of toilet paper.
I was thinking the same. I don't understand how it's possible to use so much toilet paper. I think that I use 36 - but now I need to figure out for sure, so I'm going to count how many rolls I use the next 100 days. I need to know! 😂
I go through one double roll every 3 days all by myself.
I thought "Who gives a crap" was a very clever replacement for any no-name brand - until I finished the video 😂
@@LikaLarukuHow? Why? Do you like, coat yourself in doo doo every time you go and need a full body wipe down?
Wouldn’t mind wiping my arse with a piece of ceramic that has my enemies name written on it 😂 🤣
"its not about the hygene spiderman, its about sending a message"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@tiagobelo4965
Just like folks had to be sold on the idea of TP and taught how to use it, bidets just need stronger mass marketing. The only thing holding me back from switching was the idea of walking around with a soggy bottom. Nobody mentioned the towels, duh so simple, I'm sold. Thanks for this video.
You can also get a bidet with a drying function. Heated seat, clean & dry bum . . . All good!
happy to have you here and glad you're making the switch!!
Bidet users are living in the future.
This video has piqued my interest in bidets as well, but I’m not sold on the towels being all that much more environmentally friendly than TP. How much irrigation water was used to grow the cotton and make the towel? How many times did the cotton travel around the world before it got to your house? How much water does your washing machine indirectly add to each flush when you wash the towels? How much PFAS comes with the towel and how much are you adding in to the world from the laundry detergent used to wash the towels? In BC your TP doesn’t travel very far from tree to home. The towels look pretty cheaply made, how many washes can you get before they’re replaced? I guess I’m thinking bidet + TP might be the better option than bidet plus towel.
Tbh i dont use a towel after bidet , i just stay in the bathroom for a min longer and my back dries up 😶
When we ran out of TP during Covid, I grabbed 12 large packs of Walmart's cheapest washcloth bundles. Until you mentioned how 1 roll of TP equaled 37 gallons of water... I had been feeling guilty for how it takes me 20 gallons per load to get these alternatives clean. My use of 150 gallons of water per month in laundry for my reusable has saved over 1,200 gallons of water per month. Thank you for alleviating me of the guilt.
You realize that the 37 gallons of water used for the toilet paper don't just disappear off the face of the planet. Paper mills are equipped with water treatment plants that clean the water, typically cleaner than when it was brought into the mill, and is then sent back into the river where they got the water from.
@@andrewtellez929 Paper mill waste water is absolutely horrible, the Little Pigeon river was smelly and nasty brown until the EPA finally made the mill in Canton shut down. There's still dioxin in the sediment behind one dam.
Got a bidet attachment in 2020 and love it . Reduced TP usage 90%. I still use tp to help dry. Going back to work physically means no more bidet use unless I’m home. Ugh 😑 I feel so dirty without it .
you can get handheld ones you can take in a rucksack, one which are attachments for a small soda bottle
As an Argentinian who grew up with bidets as the standard (I sometimes use it to refresh when I'm on my period) It's astonishing to see that lots of people don't consider it a staple of daily life
The thing I like as a Vietnamese is that we have a hand-holding bidet in each household's toilet lol. So unfortunate for Western people who don't know about the existence of the bidet.
Portuguese here, we have bidet's in our homes.
Same in Pakistan
I LOVE the Vietnamese garden hose bidet.
I tried using them when I was in Vietnam. They're so friggin powerful that your sh!t goes all over the bathroom! Absolutely the worst way I've ever seen to clean your a-hole. I don't know why the world just doesn't use Japanese toilets. They are poo hole perfection. 💩😍
@@fmkhan213I had a stopover in Pakistan many years ago. The toilet cubicles all had plastic tea pots with water in them. I've never been so confused in my life!
My friend started a bamboo toilet paper company (unfortunately, because of the increased freight shipping prices, she had to close it down), and we saw that there was a demand in alternatives such as these. Unfortunately, we tried to sell it as cheap as we can but it still couldn't be cheaper than tree TP. Because of the price, I'm pretty sure people would still be using tree TP for a while longer.
Umm, bamboo can be found locally like everywhere. The stuff grows incredibly fast and can be found all over the U.S. Why on Earth would somebody with any business sense source such a thing needing to be shipped from afar?
Grove does "tree free" paper products. I use them for many items.
@@nato7.62mm4 there's many species of bamboo and some are not as good to use for TP purposes
@@nato7.62mm4 I think the original commenter meant that it cost a lot to ship the finished product out to the customers of their friend's business. It does cost a pretty penny to ship a bunch of product out and depending on if they shipped it internationally, that would cost even more. During the pand3mic, USPS increased their shipping costs quite a bit, while also slowing their services down as well(which I think is silly but that's just me). I could be wrong but that's my interpretation of the original comment
@@nato7.62mm4also not everyone lives in the us
Toilet paper used to come in colours. I have four 4-roll packs in blue. They cost 99-cents at that time per 4-roll pack. They have never been opened and sitting in the Antique Room in my home. Never knew corn cobs were used before 1857. Must've been rough. But it could've been worse.....like using coarse sandpaper for example.
You have to make sure you are wiping "with the grain" according to my husband, who grew up using outhouses. If you don't you'll get a butt rash.
@@KittyMama61 LOL......may as well use coarse sandpaper if one is going in that direction!
Guatemalans still use corn cobs.
The problem with toilet paper is that the sheets have gotten smaller and smaller. You can hardly wipe a gnat's ass with it, it's so small. Also, here, in the UK, there's no way to easily compare different packs of paper as there are no regulations on it apart from those that apply to any product being sold, such as safe to use. So, the rolls in one brand of paper may be more loosely wound and/or the diameter of the cardboard tube in the centre is bigger. The paper may be two-ply or three-ply but how thick are the plies? Then, factor in the sheet size. How rough is the paper? You don't want it like sandpaper but if it's too smooth it just smears the poop around.
i never noticed that... but i always use costco TP.
I knew it!!!
You compare the package by weight. Take them over to the produce department and weigh them.
I am constantly astounded by the pretty, white, sometimes scented toilet paper. Like, it's one of the most sensible products to be made from recycled paper/rags. the recycled version it usually grey/unbleached from my experience but you wipe your behind with it, theres no need for it to be pretty. Sadly where I live the "grey" toilet paper became less and less popular over the years(cause grey is usually cheaper, ppl turn to bougie pretty white paper "cause they can affford it") but I hope that this foolishness doesn't cause it to dissapear completely, cause it would be a shame.
Never seen anything but White
In the 90s you used to be able to get pastel coloured loo roll in any big supermarket. That's gotta be the most 1 percenter BS I've ever seen.
Scented intimate products need to be banned. That shit is horrible
I am glad we are not going back to glossy Sears catalog. They were too stiff. 1:30
Toliet paper is one of the wonders of the world. I worked with a guy that apparently didn't use it. He stunk up the office even after he left. You could tell when he was in the vicinity. The boss had to have that embarrassing talk with him twice to wash his ass.
No one is going to make me feel guilty about using toliet paper. This guy must work for Klaus Schwab. Get outta here!
@@connyconiglione It doesn't work alone sometimes, but it's alot messier without it. If your poop is healthy you won't have a mess.
@@connyconiglione My co worker cured his problem after the boss talked to him. All he had to do was a better job of cleaning his body. Trust me, people can smell better if they have good hygiene, it's not that hard.
@@PardieDiemif no one can make you feel guilty, then how about jealousy? My bidet has an enema button. 🤣
I think that's more on your coworker's hygiene rather than the power of toilet paper. This is based on someone who only ever started using toilet paper regularly during college because we wipe our ass with water and hands.
I live on the east coast, and I havent used anything except a bidet, at home or work in 10 years. My TP use is less then 1 roll a year.
I bought a high end bidet about a year ago and I will never go back to paper or wipes. The clean feeling a bidet provides is second to none and getting over the stigma was not hard at all.
And the wet feeling is worth it?
Sounds like you're just switching out TP for a wash cloth that then spreads it's contents amidst the rest of your laundry in the washing machine.. look up some info on poop particles in washing machines if you don't believe me.. not something I'd want to increase lol
There are no poop particles on those clothes because he already used the bidet, they are just there to soak up water
I love this channel but it seems the solution is always "hey spend money on this thing that im affiliated with." I don't think we are gonna spend our way to a better world.
You're definitely not going to spend your way to a better world... but at least you could get there with a cleaner bum? 🤷🏻♂
The spray bottles I use, cost me $1 from the supermarket.
$1 bidet
Just soap and water, easy.... :)
maybe stop demanding that people buy expensive incovenient shit for every single thing in their life? sorry not sorry i doubt ppl will abandon sanitary products while there are no sane long term policies for the environment whatsoever. also try showering, it helps with dirty ass without bidets. but i guess you have a video somewhere telling ppl to shower once a week to save water lol @@FutureProofTV
@@FutureProofTV its more an issue of aparent dishonesty, you perhaps rightfully say thing/product X is bad because of certain reasons, and then you promote thing Y, this shows a bias that is only stated at the end of the video, in a way its what you complained about in the video on the decluttering fad, you show/create an apparent problem to the viewer, and then present a solution that benefits you, which seems morally grey/improper.
can't say its the case for every video, but it isn't a good image to have.
I switched to a bidet long before Covid. I was having issues with going every 10 minutes. Toilet Paper would end up making things much worse. I am very unhappy when I have to use a regular toilet with paper only. I haven't purchased toilet paper in over a year. Yes I still use it on occasion. I feel so much cleaner with the bidet. Most bidet's today have heated seats, adjustable water temp (and its instant no cold water at the beginning) and an air dryer. With a light for night. And its pretty quiet. I'm using an Alpha JX
Can all y'all bidet aficionados answer something I've wondered about for years? As a woman, I've always feared bidets because I'm worried about the water jet pushing fecal matter and bacteria toward the front and causing e.coli-based UTIs (I'm speaking from the experience of having gotten more than one UTI over the years from infrared sensor toilets flushing unexpectedly while I was still seated). I feel like a bidet would just make me want to jump in the shower immediately as a precaution, which I can't do if I have to pitch a log right before needing to run off to work. Guys have a much easier time with all this business.
If a bidet is spreading shit up your junk you're using it wrong.
Been using bidet 8 years, no UTIs. Having said that ... if the water flow direction is a concern for you, there are models that the water spout is placed at the front of the toilet, and there are models that come with a hand-held sprayer. You can adjust the strength of the water flow, too. I used a rear spout model for 6 years (a cheap, seat-mounted one) and when that finally broke 2 years ago, I upgraded to a "proper" porcelain bidet, replacing my 1976 toilet (that used like 2 or 3 gallons a flush!) in the process. Having used the rear spout model for 6 years, it took me a few weeks to get used to the front spout model. I do like it, but sometimes feel like the rear spout did a better cleaning job. Probably in my head ;) Oh - my water bill went down about $11 a month getting rid of that ancient 1976 toilet! Bidet paid for itself already! Oh and I've had ZERO plumbing issues in 8 years, too! not one clogged toilet in 8 years! Side note: There's research indicating bidets are much more likely to *reduce* the incidence of UTIs than cause them.
@@LauraRealLife That's really helpful to know, thanks for all the info!
I'd recommend a hand held one :)
no utis from my companion since getting bidets ours has two angles for the different bits plus its spraying clean water where as a Poseidon's kiss is from stagnant water from the bowl.
In Finland, every single toilet has bidet showers on them, but I never understood what they were used for as kid, because I was told not to play with it and always used toilet paper. The yellow colored one because it's much cheaper. It is just literally hose attached to your sink, it costs basically nothing. Only after visiting couple foreight countries I fully realized this seems to be Finnish thing.
But yeah, wiping with paper after that, it just soaks so personal towel for butt and hands is next thing you do need to invest in but that's about it.
And even with bidets everywhere we still had the toilet paper panic at stores like everyone else in the world, even though we not only have bidets and additionally are from country that's main export is wood and wood products...
As an American, I was so weirded out by the idea of bidets for the longest time. Spraying water up there and getting all soaked felt off after using toilet paper for years.
Then eventually got a cheap attachment after hearing someone rave about them over and over. I figured you know what, for like 20-30$ I'll take a chance.
Fast forward a few years and I can't believe I've gone so long without one. When I go on vacations for any prolonged period of time, I actually bring a cheap one to install and uninstall in the room's bathroom so I don't have to be without it and fully enjoy the time away.
If anyone reading this is also on the fence about bidets, please give it a shot. Tushy is a big brand that I'm sure works great, but there are also cheaper options that work. I have 3 that collectively cost less than 100$. I went from being weirded out by the idea and thinking I'd never use one to only wanting to use bathrooms that have them, they truly are an amazing addition to any home.
PLUS even without getting the reusable towels, I go through so much LESS toilet paper. So even with still using toilet paper, in the long run it pays for itself on saved toilet paper cost.
I have a bidet at home and hate using hotel TP when traveling. May I ask what bidet attachment you bring with you when you travel and how easy it is to install/uninstall?
All the ones I have are different brands. The first one I bought was a samodra, but traveling i just bought one that was cheap and on sale off Amazon that said ultra low profile or something along that line.
Most of the cheaper ones seem pretty similar to install. Don't usually have any issues as long as there is the knob to turn off the water to the toilet. Install takes a little longer than uninstall, but its pretty quick. I bring a screwdriver and wrench just incase but usually just need the screwdriver since most everything is just hand tightened.
@@RussellJLed you don't need to get one that needs installing. Just get a nozzle that attatches to a plastic bottle. they cost like a dollar and are super easy to bring and use
First time I got to try a bidet was while cat-sitting for a family who moved from Canada and had a bidet attachment on their toilet. Loved it! It really did the job and made doing business kind of exciting, too (there's nothing quite like the anticipation of cold water on your nethers when you aren't used to it, lol). I've been wanting to get one for my toilet ever since.
I'm glad he mentioned the towels in the video (though they don't look comfy to me, but I guess maybe if you're just lightly patting they may be good). But that seems like a waste of water/electricity when you need to wash the towels.
I mean, I get that you can just throw them in with your regular laundry, but it still seems like that would require you to do laundry more frequently (depending on how often you shit and/or do laundry...idk, I'm tired).
And is it just for poops? Do those who usually wipe after a pee still use TP for that, or are the towels being used for pees as well?
The great toilet paper hording of 2020 is when I decided to give the bidet a go. I now cannot live without it, and really dislike going out into the world and staying at places other than home. I feel so....dirty...when I don't have a bidet to use and have to rely solely on toilet paper.
How do you dry off your wet ass, then?
You don't need a bidet. Get a large cup of water. Pour it slowly down your backside with one hand while using the other to help cleanse. Then wash hands well. It's the Muslim method.
@@GeeEee75 Again: do you just walk around with a damp ass like it's no biggie?
You can buy a portable bidgit, or use one of those disposable water bottles with a sports cap. I use it when camping so I don't feel gross. Bonus points if you use warm water.
Supermarket spray bottles do the job....
Soap and water in one and diluted sanitizer in another, job done! :)
Clean up by reusing paper towels, I only ever buy TP for the guest toilet....
Better Help commercial cut off right at the finger joke. Couldn't be any better. 😂
Great video I honestly am going to look into investing into a day and towels reusable purposes. Thanks so much definitely made an impact. Love your channel
After a trip to the Middle East a few years ago I discovered the wonders of a bidet sprayer and installed one on my toilet, I have saved so MUCH money on TP and it's much more hygenic!!
Should be everywhere
Even a hose is fine
I have a toilet with build in bidet, best thing ever, especially when you have IBS and the runs. I would never go back again.Nothing better than a spray of water when your butts on fire.Mine is simple ,one button only,as long as you press it it sprays water and when you release the button ,the blower starts with hot air and it keeps going until you get off the toilet.
Covering topics I would have never even thought about. Great job.
Love this channel, so interesting thanks!
The whole freak out during COVID over toilet paper was the funniest thing to me. 😅 The very first mention I saw of a "shortage" was literally the day after Id made my monthly tp purchase & if said shortage outlasted that purchase, so what? You buy tp for your own home, the shower is right there next to you, whats the problem? Ive always wanted a bidet attachment but as a renter with failing eyesight & zero technical skills I have mo confidence in my ability to install it properly; however, having recently moved where I have a so far great landlord its on my list of things to ask him about.
Levi, its a credit to you that while I suspect we are firmly entrenched on opposite sides of many issues (climate change for example), you still come across as likable & intelligent & I look forward to your videos. Who says people cant get along if they disagree?
So very well said, my friend.
I remember one news article where they showed an older gentleman picking up a box of facial tissue and made it seem like the worst thing in the world OH NO people hoarded toilet paper so he has to use FACIAL tissue. Oh, the humanity!
Filipinos during the US toilet paper crisis: "Hold my tabo"
I grew up in Asia and has spent a few years in the US. During that time I kept a watering can in my bathroom to use as a bidet.
Thank you for letting us know how you dry the bum, after you use a bidet…I always wondered about that.
I just push the dry button on the remote control. No paper or towel needed.
The electric bidets are less than $200 now, it'll save you that much in a year.
I'm of Indian background, so my grandparents growing up used lotahs, a pot with a spout. In their apartment in Bombay now Mumbai they had a pull chain toilet and a spay next to the toilet and old washcloths after you cleaned yourself to dry with. Before we bought this house we used baby wipes and threw them away. When buying this house we installed a bidet.
Not one person wants to know.
@@userre85 so says you.
" HEY, could I get another 55 Gallon Drum of PFAS over here??!!" I hear Costco sells it with two 55 gallon drums shrink wrapped together for convenience...
Thank you for the video and info. While I plan to order a bidet, I did not realize that bidet towels were a thing... just added to my Amazon cart.
You do have an amazing variety of content! My binge evening after stumbling on you.
There is no way the average American uses a roll of toilet paper themselves every 2 or 3 days. A family maybe. Or if you include paper towels or Kleenex maybe.
Or if ypy use the rolls instead of kleenex
The source for this figure measured consumption by mass and then claimed a roll was 90g of paper, which is way off of a market average roll which is closer to 250g. So likely the figure is closer to 60 rolls/yr or a little more than 1 roll a week.
My boyfriend used one roll every 2 days
Trust me if you're single and a man, that roll goes by real quick.
I feel like i go through a roll like once a week maybe? Im a guy but i do use some after peeing because i cant do the drips lmao
I think Jordan Schlansky is the best proponent of using water instead of paper. If you had "human soil" on your arm, would you be satisfied wiping it off with a piece of paper and call your arm clean?
I always hear that but I wouldn't spray it with water and consider it clean either. I'd need water and soap and scrubbing to consider it clean.
When I moved out on my own and became an adult, I had to figure out what products I’d liked. So I went to the dollar store and bought one roll of every toilet paper they had to determine what I would use from then on and since then I’ve been a Charmin ultra strong connoisseur.
Edit: I love bidets too, after 4 years of living overseas I can never go back to just paper when I’m home.
Ultra strong toilet paper is the worst you can use for your plumbing and the sewer pipes of your city. It doesn't dissolve well. Use a little too much and its guaranteed to cause a plugged toilet.
I have purchased tp 3 times in the last year. Now, my bidet does the heavy lifting and tp just assists in drying my tush. Saved money, feel fresher, and don't have to do the emergency store runs if i run out of tp.
Yes, the Great Toilet Paper Shortage finally pushed me to a bidet. I had been considering it in the past but that's what made me finally cross the line. It's a weird concept for sure, but once you get used to it it's great. I would 100% buy an all in one bidet toilet if I owned a house, but I'm glad attachments are an option. We spent a pretty $ on ours for hot water and pressure sensitivity and a stainless steel nozzle for cleanliness (we had a plastic nozzle before and um, ew). Plus as a bonus, heated seat!!
It's so funny to me that I feel the exact opposite way: toilet paper is just gross to me (at least without involving water in the process somehow). Why on earth would you want to smear the mess into more places 😂
Not sure I'm sold by the bidet towels seeing as they still cost a lot to produce and wash (compared to TP).
Quick air dry + toilet paper pat dry still seems to be the best way forward, at least as it current is in Japan.
I love my handheld portable bidet! It was $20 and a game-changer!
Where did you buy it from?
@@heythave you can find it online. The search tool of your choice should bring up several possibilities. The one I have is from a German company and has the word 'Happy' in the name.
There's always the 3 shell option 🥳
I think we need to double check the stat that the average American uses 141 rolls of toilet paper per year. That’s a roll every 2.6 days, a four pack every 10 days, or 12 rolls a month. Unless my usage is waaaay lower than the average, there’s no way this is true. My wife and I use less than roll a week. Not counting poops at work, of course. But I own my business and I buy the TP for the office, so i think my usage is still less than 1 roll per week. I guess if the average American is buying very small rolls, it might be possible. We buy bigger rolls. Maybe the average household goes through this much. But that’s more people.
I use that much (12 ish rolls a month) but I'm using a lot of toilet paper OUT of the bathroom instead of kleenex or paper towels. I don't know how bathroom-only folks go through that much.
Are you counting the female usage as well as usage at work? Half the population is female and uses about twice as much due to plumbing issues.
I've used a bidet for over 15 years. I have no regrets.
Been inside your home for 15 years?
I've been using a tabo for 3 years and never looked back (I even carry an extra water bottle when I go out to use for that purpose). Hemorrhoids have gone done, feeling very clean, and saved money from buying TP (though I still have it around for visitors). Just love washing over wiping. Think about it, if your dog took a dump on your hand, would you smear it off with a dry napkin, or would wash your hand with running water? Would love to get a bidet seat/attachment someday though. For those who don't know what a tabo is, I suggest looking up the "I Use Tabo" video.
I noticed recently that some brands have become narrower...while they have the same number of sheets, you'll get less b/c it's narrower. Now I compare using the sq footage.
You should definitely do an episode on PFAs. Your information wasn't wrong but it really missed the stink of the situation. One thing to note is that the toxicity is not incidental - the things that make it bad are what make it useful, particularly that they're tough, slippery, and highly temperature resistant. It's a fundamental ingredient to make PTFE / Teflon. And the fallout recently with some lawsuits have big implications.
He already did
@@p_serdiuk No, he didn't. Episodes that mention PFAs, yes, but not one *about* PFAs. Which is also evident by what he had to say about it in this episode.
@@andrewcureton8216 Gore-Tex is literally PTFE
that episode didn't talk about each and every implication of PTFEs, but it was informative enough
@@p_serdiuk PTFE is farrrrrrr from the only PFAs material worth talking about. Not even close.
Bidets all the way!!! I have been using one for 4 years now. Love the heated seat and water. I still buy TP, but I have significantly reduced how much I use. It was especially nice during covid when people went crazy on buying TP and it was hard to find any.
I haven't bought toilet paper since 2019, I still have some left. I laughed at the empty shelves.
Thank you so much from the knowledge I'm learning a lot from this video
yo Yooo!! discovered u and Leah on the gram with the Prius adventures. I just found this channel and it's hella dope! you have inspired me to change my ways. from Temu shopper to bidet-using hippie, i have a ways to go, but i will try.
keep being awesome
Thanks for being here! 🙏🏼❤️
As someone who lived in SE Asia for a bit, when I came back, I sounded like someone who recently left Scientology and was trying to get everyone to come with me. Look at the world outside! They don't have traditional French bidets, or fancy toilet attachments like Toto, or other, more luxury, Japanese built in booty sprayers. They have the most effective, wonderful device colloquially known as the BUM GUN.
I didn't realize what a filthy animal I have been my entire life. I was sheltered from the reality of living with a sparkling, squeaky clean trash compactor. My back door needed a pressure wash, and I was just unaware hoses existed. Just bought my first place, and the highest priority is installing my own personal water closet buttler.
The bum gun is quite cheap too. For as little as 10-20 dollars you can get one that will last for years. It is also very easy to install.
@mttrocks I tell anyone who will listen. But not one person has displayed interest. I guess they gotta experience it's simple beauty to understand. I vote Bum Gun 2024.
@@lackoliver55 I have to look that up! Though I am using minimal TP - we women wipe a lot more and I decided , as TP prices kept going up and up and I was not a fan of TP anyway, to cut up a bunch of old cotton T-shirts. By now they are chemical free, get washed and are so much nicer than TP!
I’ve taken to timing my BMs so I can go directly into the shower after, reducing the TP waste a little. I’ve also found that the less I use (typically 3-4 squares), the cleaner I can get, and I just use another 3-4 on the rare occasion it was insufficient (usually in public toilets).
Love your videos. Learn a lot of interesting facts. Love you sense of humor.
Great watch as always
man i just checked out the cost in my country and it's only about 35 for something that installs in 3 steps, nothing fancy and probably won't last long, but i'm definitely going for it
***Adds bidet to cart
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That RUclips play button hanging up on the wall being crooked is driving me insane
For those on a budget, a spray hose / bidet hose is cheap, easy to install and works well, once you get the hang of it. It comes in handy as a water source for for general bathroom cleaning chores as well. A guy told me he put out a small fire in his bathroom once, a wall exhaust fan motor. He did cut the power switch first.
I am a bidet + recycled paper person. I used to buy the brown tp from Seventh Generation but they discontinued it in 2020 sometime (boo). It was only available at Natural Grocers and Amazon as far as I could tell, so of course it didn't sell well, so I don't know what their plan was with that one. It was WAY better than their white paper, which I hate, and is the only recycled option in many stores.
A patreon plug, a sponsor, a podcast plug, an affiliate link and a self plug? REALLY?
yoooooo this video isn't sponsored (and the podcast and the patreon are the same thing lol) 😮 but we'll keep it in mind for future uploads!!
Learned something new today. Thank you.
Today I realized that I have waited my whole life to hear the phrase 'medicated paper butt napkin.' 🤣
I support y’all getting your bag but let’s not pretend that $100+ counts as a “relatively affordable” bidet attachment hahah
Well a 12 pack of cheap toilet roll is like 15 bucks and will at a push last you 2 weeks, but is very unlikely to,
it pays of so fast
It's not just 'relatively affordable' compared to TP, it's CHEAP! It pays for itself in less than a year.
And it cleans better than toilet paper ever could. @@jonc4403
You want to know what is funny? People in my country do not put toilet paper in a toilet, but they put it on dining table. Yep, you read it right. Dining table. Not just on some regular people house dining table, but a lot of restaurants here put toilet paper on their dining table. For customer to wipe their mouth and hand or something lol
I guess you are from Thailand.
I would like to say my bidet was like $40-50 online. It doesn't have hot water but isnt not bad even in the winter. 4 years in and its doing great
It would be helpful to have disclaimer that the entire video is an ad. The information is still valuable, and the point being made is legitimate. As a viewer, I feel more respected if I'm given advance notice that I am watching an advertisement that the channel is being paid to produce rather than having it sprung on me at the end. Love the content, glad it's being produced, and transparency rocks!
I always knew there was a problem with toilet paper but you're going to come and clutch and tell me about it
Used bidets while I was in Japan, and god I wish I could go back. I say I wish, because as a renter, it's very hard to get the installed where I am (even the ones that are meant to be non-invasive), because of how our toilets are designed
Just get squirt bottles from the supermarket....
Fill them with soap and water or very diluted hand sanitizer
Spray and wipe... :D
OMG YES! A VIDEO ABOUT PAPER STRAWS!?
Absolutely have to watch that now.
90% of my comments on YT are "still not as bad as paper straws" 😆
Walmarts Parents Choice wet wipes + Bidet is the ultimate combo. 3 boxes of 900 count each box lasts one full year and its 17 bucks a box. i just throw away the white i use to dry/pickup any leftover after the bidet in the trash.
Real gentlemen use water bidets. I have always used water here myself.
okay. I have never used a bidet, but made me curious. my question is. do you use a towel or something to dry it afterwards?
Yea I'm using toilet paper forever
Weak stay where you are.
$200 is not even in the same ballpark as the "most affordable" bidet. Ours was $40 and has lasted 5 years with no signs of slowing down.
Whaaat? I didn't know they made bidet towels! Never even thought of this, awesome!
Considering how laundry detergent doesn't get rid of small amounts of poop on your underwear, why would you think it would get rid of even more small amounts of poop on a towel.
You're not using enough laundry detergent, or you're mistaking stains for poop.
@@briancrawford8751 Laundry detergent was never intended to clean your clothes. There have also been plenty of experiments and studies done, there are small amounts of poop left over in your washing machine whenever you wash used underwear. Look it up.
I'm glad somebody finally shined a light on this scam
Have been using Who Gives A Crap for over a year now. Their rolls last longer somehow. And bamboo one is really good.
The "bidet towels" are interesting! I didn't know that was a thing. What a great idea.
We had a bidet. It was great! Our apartment management even helped install it. Reduced how much we spent on tp, and given my stomach issues, reduced chafing and raw skin issues. Apparently, though, we recently found out bidets arent actually allowed at our apartment, and we were forced to remove it. Supposedly people with bidets broke the piping and caused issues?
There are more ways to use corn than any other plants
TP ran out during the beginning of covid in LA, CA at Costco so I had to go to walmart or 99 cent store it was ridiculous
Thank you for the tips I'm about to buy those reusable toilet paper so my bidet works better