Finally someone actually demonstrates how to use the bidet. Every video I watched so far the people just talk and SHOW the buttons, but they don’t press the buttons. It just leaves me with more questions. THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Thanks for your comment and watching the video. When we arrived in Europe, we had no idea how to use one. We never wanted to ask anyone, lest they think us backwards. LOL. The use of the bidet for a place to shave legs, came from necessity. Our shower stalls were too small to bend over to do it. So I improvised and used the bidet! :)
Is Russia like the USA in that bidets are not common in homes? We just installed an all in one in our apartment and will post a review video soon. Spoiler, I do not like it as much as I do the stand alone. Thanks for your comment and for watching!
In the U.S. here, after watching this video, with your good explanation, I bought the type that attaches to my toilet. It was simple to install. Cold water only but I think it will be ok even in the winter. But what I did for a towel is I bought a pack of 18 wash clothes and I use those for drying my behind. The water does such a good job that the towel is just for drying off. I toss the towel, that is the wash cloth, in a small basket beside the toilet and use a new one each time. Wash them all at one time. I don't have room for a free standing one like in the video. Wish a did. But the one I have seems to be fine. I've been using it about 6 weeks.
Girl I loved your video explanation on the uses of a bidet and the little extras that go with it! I appreciated your tactful and clear explanations. The little bit of humor was just great so thanks for making something so sensitive easy.
You are so cute explaining everything! It might seem like common sense to some but it’s hard to understand when you’ve lived in the US all your life! Thank you! 😁
You have no idea how much I needed this lesson!!! Too chicken to try it on previous trips, but now with a holiday home purchased in Italy.....IT'S TIME!!!! Thank you. xx
You've answered all my questions Thank you😉. You have such a great personality, other videos I came across made me cringe at times. The way you did it was on point so natural and funny🤭too, kept me watching until the end.
Thank you for your kindly and informative bidet video. I'm used to using a lota and separate butt washcloths as towels. (that is, after I wash thoroughly, I dry off the clean water with a little washcloth, so I can toss it into the laundry and use a new towel/washcloth daily) The bidet has proved invaluable for helping my 87 yr old mom clean and fresh. Yes, role reversal has set in now.❤
I've a very personal question but now is the perfect time to ask it. I'm in my 70s and mobility issues are mounting, along with a couple scary falls. I have nobody to help me shower and I am strongly considering the use of a bidet. I'm looking for lessons ahead of time in choosing the style and my trailer won't accommodate anything other than the integrated system... which kind is your mother's use? In addition bless you for caring for her..I know that it's far from an easy "job" once we age. I've been resisting the nursing home with a passion!
This is how we usually carry out the "whole process" here in Lombardy: you go "number two", then you use toilet paper to wipe, then you use a bidet to wash your rear (and front, if you want) with water and mild soap. In the end, you use your butt towel to rinse. The towel doesn't get dirty at all since you are most definitely clean at that point. You have a bidet in your house's restroom and you often can find one in your hotel room's restroom. You won't find any bidet in public restrooms. You don't use a bidet when you are in someone else's house, bc you wouldn't have a butt towel at your disposal, unless your host gives you one but that would usually happen if you are staying there for a few days, at least. I Hope this clears a few doubts some people had in these comments 😉
Excellent response! Thanks for clarifying for those of us who are ignorant in such matters. If the household has several family members, does everyone have their own towel, or is one towel used, like a hand towel?
@@WhileAwayWithUs Usually everyone has its own "bidet towel". In Italy, since 1975, is mandatory to have at least 1 bidet in one of the restrooms of the house. The standalone bidet can also used for warm baths can help soothe the irritation from hemorrhoids or other problems.
I've watched many bidet tutorials and yours is by far the best. I love your clear explanation and humour which is helpful especially for those that might be unfamiliar and therefore tentative about trying out European habits. FYI: I'm from the UK [we don't typically use them here] and only started using bidets once I travelled around continental Europe. It does take a while to adjust to it however you'll never go back to solely using toilet paper once you have. - Subscribed!
I live in the U.S.A and I have an all into one. It is the best thing since slice bread. I also wish I had gotten mine years ago. You also gave me some more ideas, thank you very much.
We are building our retirement home and I am trying to decide between a separate bidet and a bidet toilet. You gave me a lot of information to think about! And you made an uncomfortable topic, both comfortable and humorous! Thanks!
Thank you for your kind comment! Being novices to bidets ourselves, we have decided that if we had the choice we would definitely go with the separate bidet. :)
Specific Bibet separated from the toilet all the way! The bidet has two main uses 1) washing your asshole after poop 2) washing your genitals after sex (in this case sitting facing the bidet)
Bidet is one way trip Specific Bibet separated from the toilet all the way! The bidet has two main uses 1) washing your asshole after poop 2) washing your genitals after sex (in this case sitting facing the bidet)
I love the additional uses you found for the separate bidet. Great to see the subject addressed and the American public taught a little bit more about hygene.
My wife and I had a similar experience while travelling in Europe: we found bidets in most places in Spain, but Italian hotels always had them, and they were the best. Back home in the US, we use a Japanese TOTO brand Washlet, which easily installs on any toilet but needs an electrical outlet within 3 feet.
Thank you for the comments! It is perfect for that time of month. And hemorrhoids too. But be warned, once you try it it will be hard to survive without one!
Thank you so much for this great explanation video! We have a family member with limitations who needs some help getting all the way clean. I started wondering if a bidet might help them be independent but I wasn’t fully sure if it would work in this situation and all other videos weren’t really showing me. Your video makes me confident that it would work, so thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your comment! We had not even thought about the extra assistance a bidet could give some folks with extra needs or mobility limitations. You just expanded our appreciation of the bidet even more! :) Thanks for watching our video!
Love it! I think everyone can use an extra "pick me up"! Great description! I found traveling in Asia that they have the sprayer attached to the toilet and you use the same way. Refreshing! Paper was sparsely used.
Finally! I never knew which way to sit or that one was supposed to sit since there isn't a seat. I didn't know how to dry off...paper or cloth. In Colombia, SA, they sprayed up. My mom used hers as an ashtray!
Thank you! The best video explanation on how to use a European bidet! No longer intimidated using one. I did install a Japanese bidet to my toilet a couple years ago...automatic controls and a dryer too!
Thanks for watching! We just installed an add on bidet with warm water and a dryer but I still prefer the stand alone model. Maybe someday, but until then my current model will have to do.
You are correct. Though unfortunately when we first arrived in Spain and stayed with a lovely family, my husband did not realize that the low towel was meant for someone else’s bidet drying. I had a fit of giggles in our nocturnal admissions video on this subject when I found out he used it to dry his face 😂
@@IbraNNB7 You are correct. If there's only one towel, then it's not meant for drying your privates. It's for your hands after you cleanse your nether regions at the bidet. Many houses have a basket with one-use washcloth-size towels next to the bidet to be used to dry your privates. You pat-pat-pat dry and throw it in the hamper.
Thank you so much for the great video. We will be going to Europe for the first time this fall and I had no idea how to use one. I loved how open and funny you are. You have a new subscriber!
Very well explained! Thanks. I hope you did get yours at home by now. Enjoy! (i know a bidet already from the early seventies, eighties. They looked nice, (white too), but then, also in matching colors with the bath, toilet and washing sink! Green, brown , pink or blue where then very common colors) . And i loved it. I was a child then, but did very soon understand what it was made for. Never used the wrong towel neither... Have a clean refreshed life everyone.
Love bidet. Used it on hols in Italy. Brilliant. Going to put one into my bathroom here in the UK. It's so practical and hygienic. A young girl said the other day that she finds it disgusting using a bidet..lol.
It is funny to me that so many Americans think bidets (and using them) are nasty and Italians think you are nasty if you don’t use one after toileting. Thanks for watching!
@WhileAwayWithUs indeed. I would never choose to only use tp. I must at least have wet wipes. If they used a wet wipe after only using tp they would realize their mistake!
THANK YOU! for this thorough video. I met my first bidet in the '80s and have run from them since. Now I realize that the fault was in the explanation of use and the the concept of the bidet. I would rather not interact with a public bidet but a personalized one seems a lot more appealing.
Thank you for explaining how to use this. It’s what I was looking for. I’m curious about the all in one toilet seat cover. With people hoarding TP a bidet just seams reasonable.
we bought 2 on Amazon (hubby is installing the 2nd one as we speak), for the exact same reason! We've been using the one now for about 2 wks and that's what helped us to decide to get the 2nd one. No toilet paper around right now, and even when this covid thing is all done, what next virus will have everyone doing it all over again.
Drgnfli I’m looking to install one now that we are back in the states. What kind do you have? Do you like it? Do you wish you had gotten another model? If so why? Thanks!
Yes... when I bought my house..I had NO idea how to use it. Well, I figured it out and now.... it's the most thorough, economic, and environmentally sound way to go.
Thank you for this video. I never even thought about using it for my feet or shaving. In our travels I’ve always been intimidated by it. I now have a Toto washlet (bidet). I love it.
Isn't it funny how we are intimidated by the bidet? I'm glad we got past it. We just installed one on our toilet. I don't like it as much as the stand alone but glad to have it. Thanks for watching!
Great video! That bidet is old fashion though. My mother had one of those put in the 1970s in London, England. Yeah, they were really rare but really liked her bidet! 'Her bidet' because none of us boys ever used it and neither did our dad, as far as I know! The new ones are fantastic and no getting up an turning around necessary! I'm here because I'm researching having one put in and I live on my own. It seems a no brainer, I just have to decide which type! It'll be one that incorporates the toilet so there'll be no foot washing!
We got an inexpensive add on bidet for our apartment in the US. It’s better than nothing but prefer the model from this video. Thank you for your comment and for watching!
The separate bidet is not the same as the manually installed regular toilet seat attachment. I am too embarrassed to ask anyone how to use it. I did not know that you are not supposed to do your "business" in it. I appreciate that you demonstrated it and talked about other practical uses of it like washing feet etc. Thank you for this video.
It was a comical experience at first. And it was a bit of trial and error - since we weren't comfortable asking our hosts and locals about how to use one. Now we feel much more "clean" than before. Thanks for your comment and watching our video. :)
Thank you for your compliment and for watching! We purchased and installed an "add-on" bidet on our commode in the States. Check out our installation video ruclips.net/video/UI0opki5HUk/видео.html and our review of it, ruclips.net/video/RWsCqJha-IE/видео.html
Thank you for explaining this! We are moving to Portugal and I keep seeing these in the rentals. I was wondering how to use it and wondered if people usr toilet paper over there! Thank you for this!!
I see why they prefer to cheek kiss instead of hand shake cos it makes sense. People may not have soap or even wash their hands properly. Wooow... long fake nails hmmmm
When we were in Italy, Italians couldn’t understand how we went to the toilet without a bidet. We were asked do Americans shower after every bowel movement? Well no, we just don’t know any better 😅 Buy an add on bidet. You can get them quite cheap, and they are super easy to install.
lol, I think a towel for the front and the but lol thanks I was kind of clueless about how to use it. and with the tp shortages I wanted an alternative. Also working on a handheld one with warm water set up, no room to get a big one.
Thanks for the comment and watching our video. We also wonder if a hand held unit would be effective. We do notice quite a bit of splashing with our add-on bidet. Let us know if you get a hand held unit, what you think of it. :)
Great job of explaining the bidet, very brave also. We have fitted a spray bidet fitting to use while on the toilet. We did it as an insurance against the toilet paper shortage bought on by Covid-19. It is better to do it before it is needed as they may be in short supply when the time comes to NEEDING IT. I think it is a far better method than having to resort to rags, buckets and smells when we can't buy toilet paper. Far more hygienic for us, especially women. Where we live TP has been unavailable since our basic lockdown laws came into force. Like you, I like using it for both cleanliness as well medically reasons. Living in the tropics, we only have it installed to cold water. I think if we had four seasons, we would install a deluxe toilet seat bidet.
Thanks! Very nice video. My poop tends to be sticky so I wondered how a bidet would work for me. No other video I have seen gets into the detail yours has done.
We just installed one on our toilet and hope to do a video on it soon. I don't like it as much as the stand alone but glad to have it. Thanks for watching!
Just subscribed! What a great personality you have! I won’t be scared of using one in the future, thanks so very much for explaining, I didn’t know who to go to and ask. 🙈
Thanks for your comment, watching our video and subscribing. We didn't feel comfortable asking around either, out of embarrassment. We have a couple of other videos about purchasing/installing an "add-on" bidet we got for our apartment. There is also a video review of the new add-on.
As some one who comes from a country where we don't mince words it's adorable to see people from other countries talking around specific words :D Like private parts or behinds xD I would just say "wash your vulva", or "wash between your butt cheeks" :D It's so cute :D But you know what they say "Different countries, different customs" :) I appreaciate that you actually show the people how to properly sit on a bidet and also show some other uses which you can use a bidet for! :) My parents got themselves a bidet after they were in Mallorca for vacation and when my sister and me where little we just used it as a normal sink to wash our hands (because of the nice low size) and when we had cystitis my mom would use the bidet to make us a camomille infused sitz-bath/ hip-bath and this really helped! A bidet is just great and I really wish more people would know about it and use it because the prejudice that it's "gross" or "unclean" to wash yourself with a bidet (which is actually the opposite from what it is) is still out there a lot :(
Americans are taught not to talk about our private intimate areas in that manner because it is considered sexual or crude and youtube doesn't like that kind of language(demonetized if you do). So that's why we talk in circles about it. In America it is not proper or polite to refer to your private area that way, especially around family or strangers. With friends, it depends on your relationship and how comfortable you are with each other.
For an inexpensive one for the budget conscious, may I suggest the Squatty Potty version. Unless you have warm water going to your toilet, you'll only have cold water which I've found can cause a butt cramp in winter, but other than that, I highly recommend it.
@@WhileAwayWithUs I got mine a couple of years ago, so I went to their site and I see they now have a dual stream one that goes over the toilet to wash front and back! They only had a single stream one when I bought mine & it appears they no longer carry my model. New one is listed as out of stock for 4-6 weeks, but the price is right and I'm definitely interested.
Any advice about choosing between a bidet with a horizontal spray (shown in video) and the vertical spray? Floor mounted as shown (not toilet attachment). I think horizontal spray is most common in Europe. Perhaps vertical is where the state of the art has evolved? Just a guess. Thanks for any input.
It’s funny, I prefer horizontal. But I think the biggest difference on the floor models I’ve used with a horizontal stream is a thick stream like a sink faucet. The add on bidets I’ve used are a skinny (think waterpik) vertical stream which can be a bit uncomfortable, almost too sharp. I appreciate you watching and commenting!
This video was really entertaining just because of how fun your personality was in it haha. I don't even care much about bidets but you might have sold me on it.
Thank you for this explanation. I just could not imagine how it works without getting messy. It is still a little bit messy, because there could still be water dribbling down your legs, splash on the floor, etc.
you are great- brave, but great. good on you. Have you used the new ones where they dry you as well. Please let me know your opinion on those as I am getting one asap.
I have not used the one with a dryer. I would love to hear someones opinion on those as well. Could do away with the butt towel altogether :) Maybe your turn to do a video after you get it installed? ;-)
Eastern Europe often has plumbing issues. Toilet paper is relatively new to these areas and often you have to put your paper in a separate receptacle. Bidets are used to clean in the absence of (or complimenting) toilet paper. In mens public washrooms like Dubai, Kuwait and Turkey, and sometimes Thailand and China there are eastern toilets (holes in the floor with foot rests) and regular western toilets. But each type has a sprayer similar to a kitchen hose sprayer and you use it to wash the backend and the front each time. Either way a great addition to any home.
Thanks for your comment and for watching! I just uploaded a review on an all-in-one model we bought for our home here in the US. Spoiler alert, I prefer the stand alone model from this video best.
@@WhileAwayWithUs No problem i liked your demeanor and explanation and everything. I'm trying to convince a friend a bidet is life-changing but she doubts it.
clivebuckwheat I don’t know why we are so scared of a bidet. I mean I know I was intimidated by it and it took too long before I would even try. And I regret I waited. Trying it was life changing.
Thank you so very much for showing us how to use a bidet.I have bought a portable foldable plastic bidet and use it with liquid soap after using toilet paper.my french aunt said that" you do not have to shower very often if you use a Bidet every day." I 💖 my Bidet and use it every day..the french and germans used one in the olden days.in Hospitals they are used for sit baths afrer an Operation..I can,t live without mine.. Available in eBay and Amazon..😊
Bidets are awesome, need we say more! When we lived in Italy, we had one and used it. Later we discovered that many other Americans used their's as planters...hahaha!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting on the video. We are both amazed that a cruise ship has a bidet. Can you let us know what cruise line it is? Is it on all their ships or just that one?
@@WhileAwayWithUs No we are going on the Royal Caribbean. We will sail on the Adventure of the Seas. When you upgrade to a Suite (Owner's Suite) it comes with one. We are going on a family cruise.
As far as everyone using the same towel, I honestly do not know. And yes, before I myself started using bidets I thought the bidet and "butt towels were weird and gross. We just aren't use to it. The Spanish and Italian's grow up with it, it's part of their culture. Now that I've grown fond of the bidet I miss it and feel unclean without it. I find myself taking too many showers, and it is much more a big process to undress, wash, dry off, redress.
Hello! No we have a personal towel, of course! And we clean the bidet after we have used it. And when you go to other people's house you don't use the bidet
@@birdie.b Me too when I don't have a bidet but they are bad for sewer system. But I have to say it is just not the same, I just don't feel as fresh...But we do what we have to to feel clean ;-)
Finally someone actually demonstrates how to use the bidet. Every video I watched so far the people just talk and SHOW the buttons, but they don’t press the buttons. It just leaves me with more questions. THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Thanks for your comment and watching the video. When we arrived in Europe, we had no idea how to use one. We never wanted to ask anyone, lest they think us backwards. LOL. The use of the bidet for a place to shave legs, came from necessity. Our shower stalls were too small to bend over to do it. So I improvised and used the bidet! :)
came into this video not knowing much about bidets, left the video wondering why I don't have one!! thank you, very educational, love from Russia
Is Russia like the USA in that bidets are not common in homes? We just installed an all in one in our apartment and will post a review video soon. Spoiler, I do not like it as much as I do the stand alone. Thanks for your comment and for watching!
A Joe Biden search brought me here. How appropriate .
Finally an explanation. I never understood it. Did not know how to use in Europe. Thank you
DOG HAIR DONT CARE Lindaniel You are welcome! Thank you for watching!
Certo le istruzioni per adoperarlo! Il bidet ...questo sconosciuto!
Yes because you are uneducated
@@oishi7992 I hope you grow up one day.
We have it in College in india. And I never understand how to use it properly🙂
In the U.S. here, after watching this video, with your good explanation, I bought the type that attaches to my toilet. It was simple to install. Cold water only but I think it will be ok even in the winter. But what I did for a towel is I bought a pack of 18 wash clothes and I use those for drying my behind. The water does such a good job that the towel is just for drying off. I toss the towel, that is the wash cloth, in a small basket beside the toilet and use a new one each time. Wash them all at one time. I don't have room for a free standing one like in the video. Wish a did. But the one I have seems to be fine. I've been using it about 6 weeks.
Old Blackstock What a great idea, perfect size too! Thanks for your comment and for watching!
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Girl I loved your video explanation on the uses of a bidet and the little extras that go with it! I appreciated your tactful and clear explanations. The little bit of humor was just great so thanks for making something so sensitive easy.
Thank you for your nice comment and for watching!
If it was in upstate NY, it would be shocking without pre-warmed water because we pretty much get ice water from the top most of the year.
You are so cute explaining everything! It might seem like common sense to some but it’s hard to understand when you’ve lived in the US all your life! Thank you! 😁
Thank you for your comments and compliment! :)
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You have no idea how much I needed this lesson!!! Too chicken to try it on previous trips, but now with a holiday home purchased in Italy.....IT'S TIME!!!! Thank you. xx
Thanks for your comment and for watching! And congratulations on your new home!
too chicken to try? did you think it would make your butt fly across the room?
You've answered all my questions Thank you😉. You have such a great personality, other videos I came across made me cringe at times. The way you did it was on point so natural and funny🤭too, kept me watching until the end.
Thanks for watching and for your kind comments!
exactly. well done.
Thank you for your kindly and informative bidet video. I'm used to using a lota and separate butt washcloths as towels. (that is, after I wash thoroughly, I dry off the clean water with a little washcloth, so I can toss it into the laundry and use a new towel/washcloth daily)
The bidet has proved invaluable for helping my 87 yr old mom clean and fresh. Yes, role reversal has set in now.❤
I've a very personal question but now is the perfect time to ask it. I'm in my 70s and mobility issues are mounting, along with a couple scary falls. I have nobody to help me shower and I am strongly considering the use of a bidet. I'm looking for lessons ahead of time in choosing the style and my trailer won't accommodate anything other than the integrated system... which kind is your mother's use? In addition bless you for caring for her..I know that it's far from an easy "job" once we age. I've been resisting the nursing home with a passion!
This is how we usually carry out the "whole process" here in Lombardy: you go "number two", then you use toilet paper to wipe, then you use a bidet to wash your rear (and front, if you want) with water and mild soap. In the end, you use your butt towel to rinse. The towel doesn't get dirty at all since you are most definitely clean at that point. You have a bidet in your house's restroom and you often can find one in your hotel room's restroom. You won't find any bidet in public restrooms. You don't use a bidet when you are in someone else's house, bc you wouldn't have a butt towel at your disposal, unless your host gives you one but that would usually happen if you are staying there for a few days, at least. I Hope this clears a few doubts some people had in these comments 😉
Excellent response! Thanks for clarifying for those of us who are ignorant in such matters. If the household has several family members, does everyone have their own towel, or is one towel used, like a hand towel?
@@WhileAwayWithUs Usually everyone has its own "bidet towel".
In Italy, since 1975, is mandatory to have at least 1 bidet in one of the restrooms of the house.
The standalone bidet can also used for warm baths can help soothe the irritation from hemorrhoids or other problems.
@@donkeymarco @insuber79 mille grazie! I wish bidets were more popular here in the United States. They make so much sense!
Thank you so much, you explained it very well.
But y a butt towel..y cantvthey use the toilet paper for drying?
This hands down the MOST down to earth vid I have seen on this topic (including the butt towel!!!!). Thank you!!!!!
Thank you for your comment and for watching!
I've watched many bidet tutorials and yours is by far the best. I love your clear explanation and humour which is helpful especially for those that might be unfamiliar and therefore tentative about trying out European habits.
FYI: I'm from the UK [we don't typically use them here] and only started using bidets once I travelled around continental Europe. It does take a while to adjust to it however you'll never go back to solely using toilet paper once you have. - Subscribed!
Thank you for your kind comment and for watching!
The absolute best home product I bought in my lifetime. I would never go without a bidet now. 10 years now.
I agree. If I have to choose between a bathtub and a bidet, the bidet wind!
I live in the U.S.A and I have an all into one. It is the best thing since slice bread. I also wish I had gotten mine years ago. You also gave me some more ideas, thank you very much.
Well done! ☺️ You answered all the questions I had, and I also appreciate your warm personality and sense of humour! 💕
Tammy O'Brien Thanks for your kind comment and for watching!
What a great video. Thank you! It was especially helpful to actually see you "using" it, and talking so plainly. :-)
Thank you!
@@WhileAwayWithUs agree ~ thank you ~
We are building our retirement home and I am trying to decide between a separate bidet and a bidet toilet. You gave me a lot of information to think about! And you made an uncomfortable topic, both comfortable and humorous! Thanks!
Thank you for your kind comment! Being novices to bidets ourselves, we have decided that if we had the choice we would definitely go with the separate bidet. :)
Specific Bibet separated from the toilet all the way!
The bidet has two main uses
1) washing your asshole after poop
2) washing your genitals after sex (in this case sitting facing the bidet)
separate bidet is more hygienic.
“A lil pick me up” your explanations are so funny. Thanks for the charming vid
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
We never get too old to learn. I'm 81 years old and I plan to buy one very soon. Great video and thank you so much.
You are so right! We are never too old to learn! Thanks for the comment and for watching!
Been talking about this and wanting one for years and serendipitously your video pops up. Love your tutorial. Thank you!
The best description of a bidet that I have found. Someone that describes how it is actually used. 👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Bidet is one way trip
Specific Bibet separated from the toilet all the way!
The bidet has two main uses
1) washing your asshole after poop
2) washing your genitals after sex (in this case sitting facing the bidet)
I love the additional uses you found for the separate bidet. Great to see the subject addressed and the American public taught a little bit more about hygene.
Thanks for watching our video and commenting! Once you discover the difference a bidet can make in your life it is hard to be without one ;-)
I didn't know about the use of mild soap after or the butt towel, so thank you for going through the whole process. I want a bidet now!
I’m glad to pass on some info. I highly recommend a bidet!
My wife and I had a similar experience while travelling in Europe: we found bidets in most places in Spain, but Italian hotels always had them, and they were the best. Back home in the US, we use a Japanese TOTO brand Washlet, which easily installs on any toilet but needs an electrical outlet within 3 feet.
40 years old never seen one in real life and never really found a tutorial that was just to the point
Great video you're a natural on camera!👍👌
V EL Thank you for your kind comments and for watching!
Thanks for the lesson. Thinking of putting one in for my elderly Aunt. I'm in the U.S and have never seen one or know how to use it. Again...thanks.
We highly recommend a bidet. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for being so informative,other videos had me scratching my head lol I think this would be fabulous for that time of the month too!❤
Thank you for the comments! It is perfect for that time of month. And hemorrhoids too. But be warned, once you try it it will be hard to survive without one!
I'm an Italian woman and I can assure you that the bidet is a life-saver during that part of the month.
I appreciate you so much, in anticipation of my travels...I just couldn't make sense of it. Thank you! -Kat
Hope you have a wonderful trip! I think once you use a bidet you will feel the need for one going forward. Happened to us anyway. Thanks for watching!
We are interested in getting a bidet and had some questions. You did a great job answering them for us. Thank you!
bruced625 Thank you!
Thank you so much for this great explanation video! We have a family member with limitations who needs some help getting all the way clean. I started wondering if a bidet might help them be independent but I wasn’t fully sure if it would work in this situation and all other videos weren’t really showing me. Your video makes me confident that it would work, so thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your comment! We had not even thought about the extra assistance a bidet could give some folks with extra needs or mobility limitations. You just expanded our appreciation of the bidet even more! :)
Thanks for watching our video!
this should get millions of views, finally it answered my questions where im too scared to ask!
I'm glad I could answer some questions. Thanks for watching and your nice comment!
Love it! I think everyone can use an extra "pick me up"! Great description! I found traveling in Asia that they have the sprayer attached to the toilet and you use the same way. Refreshing! Paper was sparsely used.
Thank you for the comments and watching!
Finally! I never knew which way to sit or that one was supposed to sit since there isn't a seat. I didn't know how to dry off...paper or cloth. In Colombia, SA, they sprayed up. My mom used hers as an ashtray!
Yet another use! An ashtray, lol
@@WhileAwayWithUs 🤣👍
Thank you! The best video explanation on how to use a European bidet! No longer intimidated using one. I did install a Japanese bidet to my toilet a couple years ago...automatic controls and a dryer too!
Thanks for watching! We just installed an add on bidet with warm water and a dryer but I still prefer the stand alone model. Maybe someday, but until then my current model will have to do.
The “butt towel” as you call it, is set lower and closer to the bidet, usually between the bidet and the toilet so that is not confused by anyone.
You are correct. Though unfortunately when we first arrived in Spain and stayed with a lovely family, my husband did not realize that the low towel was meant for someone else’s bidet drying. I had a fit of giggles in our nocturnal admissions video on this subject when I found out he used it to dry his face 😂
But that towel need to be private for each individual
@@IbraNNB7 You are correct. If there's only one towel, then it's not meant for drying your privates. It's for your hands after you cleanse your nether regions at the bidet. Many houses have a basket with one-use washcloth-size towels next to the bidet to be used to dry your privates. You pat-pat-pat dry and throw it in the hamper.
@@IbraNNB7 That would make sense to me, and be a necessity if I used a bidet.
Certainly, the most sincere and fun explanation of how to use the bidet, 👏👏👏thank you
Thank you for your kind comment and for watching!
Thank you so much for the great video. We will be going to Europe for the first time this fall and I had no idea how to use one. I loved how open and funny you are. You have a new subscriber!
Thank you! And thanks for subscribing! We are working on more videos to post from our year of travel now. Enjoy your trip!
The butt towel and pick me up line had ne cracking up, lol! Love the explanation.
I crack myself up sometimes 😂 Thank you for your comment and for watching!
@@WhileAwayWithUs Ha, my aunt came in and filled her water bucket, as I sat on her toilet. 😭😱 Was that fair, what do you think ??
@@alfredsuhrbier4166 I don’t think I would like that. And does it actually get you clean?
@@WhileAwayWithUs I was in the middle of my business, as she came in and gave me a speach. 😡 What would you've done in my place ??
@@alfredsuhrbier4166 I would’ve screamed for sure!
Your bidet video is the best by far i got a better understanding of how it works
Thank you for watching and your comments!
Very well explained! Thanks. I hope you did get yours at home by now. Enjoy! (i know a bidet already from the early seventies, eighties. They looked nice, (white too), but then, also in matching colors with the bath, toilet and washing sink! Green, brown , pink or blue where then very common colors) . And i loved it. I was a child then, but did very soon understand what it was made for. Never used the wrong towel neither... Have a clean refreshed life everyone.
Thank you for putting yourself out there to do this public service! You are appreciated!⚘
Thanks for watching the video and the nice compliment! :)
I love the pick me up video. Thank you for the information. I'm glad bidets are getting to be more known in US
I’m also glad bidets are gaining popularity in the US. Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Love bidet. Used it on hols in Italy. Brilliant. Going to put one into my bathroom here in the UK. It's so practical and hygienic. A young girl said the other day that she finds it disgusting using a bidet..lol.
It is funny to me that so many Americans think bidets (and using them) are nasty and Italians think you are nasty if you don’t use one after toileting. Thanks for watching!
@WhileAwayWithUs indeed. I would never choose to only use tp. I must at least have wet wipes. If they used a wet wipe after only using tp they would realize their mistake!
THANK YOU! for this thorough video. I met my first bidet in the '80s and have run from them since. Now I realize that the fault was in the explanation of use and the the concept of the bidet. I would rather not interact with a public bidet but a personalized one seems a lot more appealing.
This would be a great SNL skit. Lovely explanation 👌
LOL, thanks for the comment. Can't argue with you about that! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the explanation. I really had no idea how this works. (You are a brave girl doing this video!)
Thanks for watching and for the kind comment!
Thank you for explaining how to use this. It’s what I was looking for. I’m curious about the all in one toilet seat cover. With people hoarding TP a bidet just seams reasonable.
Lori Neighbor Thanks for watching! Feel free to subscribe, we will be posting more videos soon from our year of travel.
I WAS JUST THINKING THE SAME THING -in fact I am contacting a plumber tomorrow morning. I was thinking about getting one anyway.
@@Maria-ig2vt We are back in the states now and I want to get one as soon as we buy a place. Please let me know what you find out regarding price.
we bought 2 on Amazon (hubby is installing the 2nd one as we speak), for the exact same reason! We've been using the one now for about 2 wks and that's what helped us to decide to get the 2nd one. No toilet paper around right now, and even when this covid thing is all done, what next virus will have everyone doing it all over again.
Drgnfli I’m looking to install one now that we are back in the states. What kind do you have? Do you like it? Do you wish you had gotten another model? If so why? Thanks!
We had one in our hotel in Portugal. I finally got up the nerve to try it but wasn’t sure which way to face. Thanks for clearing that up.
Yes... when I bought my house..I had NO idea how to use it. Well, I figured it out and now.... it's the most thorough, economic, and environmentally sound way to go.
Arthur Breaux Can’t wait time have one installed now that we are back in the US. I really miss it :(
I'm sorry, I was laughing so hard at the hot day/pick me up comment I missed the end of the video. Good job.
I recently rewatched this and it cracked me up! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video. I never even thought about using it for my feet or shaving. In our travels I’ve always been intimidated by it. I now have a Toto washlet (bidet). I love it.
Isn't it funny how we are intimidated by the bidet? I'm glad we got past it. We just installed one on our toilet. I don't like it as much as the stand alone but glad to have it. Thanks for watching!
she seems genuinely soo sweet 🧡🧡 i loved this video of her explaining how to use the bidet. she did an amazing job! 😄
Thanks for watching and for your kind comment!
Great video! That bidet is old fashion though. My mother had one of those put in the 1970s in London, England. Yeah, they were really rare but really liked her bidet! 'Her bidet' because none of us boys ever used it and neither did our dad, as far as I know! The new ones are fantastic and no getting up an turning around necessary! I'm here because I'm researching having one put in and I live on my own. It seems a no brainer, I just have to decide which type! It'll be one that incorporates the toilet so there'll be no foot washing!
We got an inexpensive add on bidet for our apartment in the US. It’s better than nothing but prefer the model from this video. Thank you for your comment and for watching!
Thank you for this video, as it is one of those less talked topic; appreciate this video for people who have not used it before.
You are welcome! Thank you for your comment and for watching!
The separate bidet is not the same as the manually installed regular toilet seat attachment. I am too embarrassed to ask anyone how to use it. I did not know that you are not supposed to do your "business" in it. I appreciate that you demonstrated it and talked about other practical uses of it like washing feet etc. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Thank you. I always wondered how to use one, I had no idea, now I won't be afraid to use one.
It was a comical experience at first. And it was a bit of trial and error - since we weren't comfortable asking our hosts and locals about how to use one. Now we feel much more "clean" than before. Thanks for your comment and watching our video. :)
This was perfectly informative! Thank you. Now I want one too hahaha
Thank you for your compliment and for watching! We purchased and installed an "add-on" bidet on our commode in the States. Check out our installation video ruclips.net/video/UI0opki5HUk/видео.html and our review of it, ruclips.net/video/RWsCqJha-IE/видео.html
You are the only one who really shows how to do it!
Thanks for the comment and for watching!
“Extra pick-me-up.” LOL. You’ll get no judgment from me. ;)
😉 Thanks for watching!
Thank you for explaining this! We are moving to Portugal and I keep seeing these in the rentals. I was wondering how to use it and wondered if people usr toilet paper over there! Thank you for this!!
Thank you for your kind comment and for watching! Good luck on your move to Portugal. We plan to visit in June next year.
I always wondered how that worked! Thank you!
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching!
I see why they prefer to cheek kiss instead of hand shake cos it makes sense. People may not have soap or even wash their hands properly. Wooow... long fake nails hmmmm
@@Kay-dt5gn 😂🤣Thanks for watching!
Wow! Lesson I didn’t know I needed. Somehow I ended up with one. Now I may use it!
Use it! Once you get acquainted and comfortable you will hate being without it 😉
Isn’t is nasty that in the states we don’t have these?? Just dry tp.
I switched to tp and wet wipes, I need to buy a bidet insert
When we were in Italy, Italians couldn’t understand how we went to the toilet without a bidet. We were asked do Americans shower after every bowel movement? Well no, we just don’t know any better 😅 Buy an add on bidet. You can get them quite cheap, and they are super easy to install.
@@WhileAwayWithUs we really don’t lol and thank you!
lol, I think a towel for the front and the but lol thanks I was kind of clueless about how to use it. and with the tp shortages I wanted an alternative. Also working on a handheld one with warm water set up, no room to get a big one.
Thanks for the comment and watching our video. We also wonder if a hand held unit would be effective. We do notice quite a bit of splashing with our add-on bidet. Let us know if you get a hand held unit, what you think of it. :)
Great job of explaining the bidet, very brave also. We have fitted a spray bidet fitting to use while on the toilet. We did it as an insurance against the toilet paper shortage bought on by Covid-19. It is better to do it before it is needed as they may be in short supply when the time comes to NEEDING IT.
I think it is a far better method than having to resort to rags, buckets and smells when we can't buy toilet paper. Far more hygienic for us, especially women. Where we live TP has been unavailable since our basic lockdown laws came into force.
Like you, I like using it for both cleanliness as well medically reasons. Living in the tropics, we only have it installed to cold water. I think if we had four seasons, we would install a deluxe toilet seat bidet.
Lyn R Thank you and thanks for watching!
Thanks! Very nice video. My poop tends to be sticky so I wondered how a bidet would work for me. No other video I have seen gets into the detail yours has done.
Thank You for explaining an awkward subject.
We just installed one on our toilet and hope to do a video on it soon. I don't like it as much as the stand alone but glad to have it. Thanks for watching!
Just subscribed! What a great personality you have! I won’t be scared of using one in the future, thanks so very much for explaining, I didn’t know who to go to and ask. 🙈
Thanks for your comment, watching our video and subscribing. We didn't feel comfortable asking around either, out of embarrassment. We have a couple of other videos about purchasing/installing an "add-on" bidet we got for our apartment. There is also a video review of the new add-on.
As some one who comes from a country where we don't mince words it's adorable to see people from other countries talking around specific words :D
Like private parts or behinds xD I would just say "wash your vulva", or "wash between your butt cheeks" :D It's so cute :D
But you know what they say "Different countries, different customs" :)
I appreaciate that you actually show the people how to properly sit on a bidet and also show some other uses which you can use a bidet for! :)
My parents got themselves a bidet after they were in Mallorca for vacation and when my sister and me where little we just used it as a normal sink to wash our hands (because of the nice low size) and when we had cystitis my mom would use the bidet to make us a camomille infused sitz-bath/ hip-bath and this really helped! A bidet is just great and I really wish more people would know about it and use it because the prejudice that it's "gross" or "unclean" to wash yourself with a bidet (which is actually the opposite from what it is) is still out there a lot :(
Americans are taught not to talk about our private intimate areas in that manner because it is considered sexual or crude and youtube doesn't like that kind of language(demonetized if you do). So that's why we talk in circles about it. In America it is not proper or polite to refer to your private area that way, especially around family or strangers. With friends, it depends on your relationship and how comfortable you are with each other.
Omg thank you! I bought an add on bidet for my toilet a few months back and i love it but i had a few questions and you cleared it all up for me.
Glad you found some useful info. Thanks for watching!
You know how she struggles to say something inconvenient is funnny😂
LOL, thanks for watching.
Yes....she is adorbs 😊
Thank you for posting this video. I saw these things when I traveled but I had no idea what they were.
You're Welcome :) Thanks for watching the video. Like you we had very little idea of what to do or expect until we had traveled a bit.
For an inexpensive one for the budget conscious, may I suggest the Squatty Potty version. Unless you have warm water going to your toilet, you'll only have cold water which I've found can cause a butt cramp in winter, but other than that, I highly recommend it.
Thanks for the info. Fortunately I don't really mind cold water on my butt. We will definitely look into this.
@@WhileAwayWithUs I got mine a couple of years ago, so I went to their site and I see they now have a dual stream one that goes over the toilet to wash front and back! They only had a single stream one when I bought mine & it appears they no longer carry my model. New one is listed as out of stock for 4-6 weeks, but the price is right and I'm definitely interested.
Any advice about choosing between a bidet with a horizontal spray (shown in video) and the vertical spray? Floor mounted as shown (not toilet attachment). I think horizontal spray is most common in Europe. Perhaps vertical is where the state of the art has evolved? Just a guess. Thanks for any input.
It’s funny, I prefer horizontal. But I think the biggest difference on the floor models I’ve used with a horizontal stream is a thick stream like a sink faucet. The add on bidets I’ve used are a skinny (think waterpik) vertical stream which can be a bit uncomfortable, almost too sharp. I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Outstanding, excellent video many thanks
Thanks for watching!
Thx for showing…I’ll give it a go when I get the opportunity…cheers 😊
I predict it will change your life 😉 Thanks for watching!
Thank you lol I've always wondered how they work!!
Thanks for watching! My husband is currently installing one on our toilet in our apartment. Will have a video on it soon.
This video was really entertaining just because of how fun your personality was in it haha. I don't even care much about bidets but you might have sold me on it.
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it. Try it, I think if you give it a week you'd like it!
Thank you for this explanation. I just could not imagine how it works without getting messy. It is still a little bit messy, because there could still be water dribbling down your legs, splash on the floor, etc.
If you have a drying towel between your legs as you stand up it will catch any leg drips. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your frankness. This device has always been a mystery to me!
I’m glad if I could help. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. Always wondered how it worked. Bought one recently just havnt attached it waiting for toilet paper to run out.❤
Jeannie Herrer Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Love the way she just got down to it. I love a woman who stays clean!
you are great- brave, but great. good on you. Have you used the new ones where they dry you as well. Please let me know your opinion on those as I am getting one asap.
I have not used the one with a dryer. I would love to hear someones opinion on those as well. Could do away with the butt towel altogether :) Maybe your turn to do a video after you get it installed? ;-)
This was a Caillou moment for me. Learning how to use a bidet. Thank you.
Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Nicely explained, thank you.
Ricardo Perez Thank you and thanks for watching!
Eastern Europe often has plumbing issues. Toilet paper is relatively new to these areas and often you have to put your paper in a separate receptacle. Bidets are used to clean in the absence of (or complimenting) toilet paper. In mens public washrooms like Dubai, Kuwait and Turkey, and sometimes Thailand and China there are eastern toilets (holes in the floor with foot rests) and regular western toilets. But each type has a sprayer similar to a kitchen hose sprayer and you use it to wash the backend and the front each time. Either way a great addition to any home.
Great feedback! We plan to visit Turkey in 2021 and hope to try the eastern toilets. Thanks for watching!
Thank you! You answered my questions.
Thanks for watching!
I really appreciate the demonstrations. I was so confused!
Thanks for your comment and for watching! I just uploaded a review on an all-in-one model we bought for our home here in the US. Spoiler alert, I prefer the stand alone model from this video best.
I never thought about sitting the other way around even though I've been using a bidet my entire life haha
Not sure if it is meant to be used that way, but it made sense and worked well for me. Thanks for watching!
We got one last year & what a joy it hs been! Very easy to install & only $30.00.
Wow! What a great price. We paid $50 for an add on bidet and I felt good about that. Thanks for watching!
I like this women. She is into real life talk and solving life's problems we all ask.
Thank you!
@@WhileAwayWithUs No problem i liked your demeanor and explanation and everything. I'm trying to convince a friend a bidet is life-changing but she doubts it.
clivebuckwheat I don’t know why we are so scared of a bidet. I mean I know I was intimidated by it and it took too long before I would even try. And I regret I waited. Trying it was life changing.
@@WhileAwayWithUs That's what i told my friend, a pristine butthole is the telltale sign of a true champion in life.
clivebuckwheat I love it 😂
Thank you so very much for showing us how to use a bidet.I have bought a portable foldable plastic bidet and use it with liquid soap after using toilet paper.my french aunt said that" you do not have to shower very often if you use a Bidet every day." I 💖 my Bidet and use it every day..the french and germans used one in the olden days.in Hospitals they are used for sit baths afrer an Operation..I can,t live without mine.. Available in eBay and Amazon..😊
Thank you. I'm so glad there's a human to explain this instead of those robot videos. Also, I like the fact that there's a cleaner you can use.
Purplebutterfly Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Thank you for a straight forward explanation on how to use a bidet.
Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Bidets are awesome, need we say more! When we lived in Italy, we had one and used it. Later we discovered that many other Americans used their's as planters...hahaha!
Tina Patch 😂 Us Americans seem to have a hard time accepting a bidet! Thanks for watching!
Not only that, even Indians use it but its called toilet shower or commode shower.
Thank you. This is a sensitive subject, but how else will we learn?
Thank you for your kind comment and for watching!
Ah these standalone units seem more useful than I thought
Wish I had room for one in my apartment, the all in one model we installed is not as good. Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much. Going on a cruise and my room has one. Had no idea how to use it!!!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting on the video. We are both amazed that a cruise ship has a bidet. Can you let us know what cruise line it is? Is it on all their ships or just that one?
@@WhileAwayWithUs No we are going on the Royal Caribbean. We will sail on the Adventure of the Seas. When you upgrade to a Suite (Owner's Suite) it comes with one. We are going on a family cruise.
@@olcoleman3240 Have a great time and stay safe! :)
Does everyone use the same towel? Is it weird when you go to people's houses?
As far as everyone using the same towel, I honestly do not know. And yes, before I myself started using bidets I thought the bidet and "butt towels were weird and gross. We just aren't use to it. The Spanish and Italian's grow up with it, it's part of their culture. Now that I've grown fond of the bidet I miss it and feel unclean without it. I find myself taking too many showers, and it is much more a big process to undress, wash, dry off, redress.
While Away With Us I use wipes faithfully for the same purpose as a bidet here in the States
Hello! No we have a personal towel, of course! And we clean the bidet after we have used it. And when you go to other people's house you don't use the bidet
@@cinemamonamour3113 My husband learned about bidet towels the hard way ;-)
@@birdie.b Me too when I don't have a bidet but they are bad for sewer system. But I have to say it is just not the same, I just don't feel as fresh...But we do what we have to to feel clean ;-)
Very informative thank you. I was puzzled, you have cleared that all up for me. xxx
Thanks for watching!