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Anyone here got one?
Upcoming plans for the house and I've been musing over the idea of a bidet. Except I can't quite get my head round them. Is it squat and squirt until clean, or do you need to get hands involved, or a bidet flannel? Not sure I could countenance such a "convenience" if it's either of the last two.
It's obviously an item of bathroom furniture that works though, going by every toilet I've ever been in on holiday. What am I not getting...?
You have survived this long without one.
They had something like this in Japan when I was there-
You get to play the game "don't flinch".
I little arm pops out and sprays warm water IIRC.
What am I not getting…?
Skiddies.
Ladies seem to like them. I gather the good ones have a blow dry function. I'm old fashioned so stick to wiping, but pushed the wash button by mistake once, bit of a surprise, was careful not to do that again.
Another one for the "what makes us British" thread.
They're a mystery to me too!
I kind of get the ones built in to a toilet that dry your bum as well.
But one's sat separate to the toilet that you shuffle across to, pants around your ankles, and then presumably need bog roll to dry your backside anyway???
No, I've never used one and wouldn't fit one in my bathroom.
Going al fresco and wiping with cool damp sphagnum moss is a joy though! How about a bucket of moss instead?
I'm not sure there is any point in a separate one these days as all they seem to be for is for keeping children's bath toys in. Japanese style skooshy-bogs are another matter though, they rock
I like to think of myself as the human equivalent of a bidet.
No one is really sure what I do or am there for, but I add a touch of class.
A separate one is a waste of space, my parents had one fitted when they redid their bathroom, I think it's probably been used less than 10 times (in 25 years).
My OH is Italian and can’t understand why we don’t all have them.
Although, if you’re dropping sufficiently heavy ordnance won’t the resulting splashback do a similar job?
Sort of
First World problem.
We had one because it came part of a set, I’ve used it about 30 times in 3 years.
They're fine, but you have to accept there is a few moments of pants down wobble over to them whilst trying not to fall flat on your face...
Jesus Christ! There's people washing their bums in the foot bath?
Last time we moved house we looked at a property with a bidet.....in a separate room to the toilet at the opposite end of the large landing...!
Not sure they’d quite understood the concept.
First World problem.
Ironic, seeing as how a lot of "Third World" people have worked out how to wash their buns with water 🙂
Not sure they’d quite understood the concept
https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1875847-Do-you-dunk-your-penis
I don’t have one. So I just waffle stomp and the cleansing effect is broadly the same.
sorry wrong topic
Used to use one when I was a kid as we had one in our bathroom. Yes, was a case of squatting, running water, soap, getting fingers involved...you could use a flannel but I've always thought of flannels as being unhygienic anyway, even more so with one next to a bidet. They do really get your bumhole squeaky clean and you get used to the feeling of a squeaky clean bumhole, which is nice. Obviously got over it as I've not had the use of one in any other house once I moved out of the family home into student digs and been fine since so nice to have.
My granddad had one in his old house with a fountain...which was great for balancing ping pong balls on.
Have used the Toto pans in Japan a few times...they are great. Looked at getting one for my home but they're the thick end of a grand for the spec'd up ones.
If you have the room with nothing else to fill it with then you may as well have one than not. Also good for soaking socks in and other items of clothing. But I've been recently musing about why more people don't have urinals in their home? Seems perfectly sensible to me.
First World problem
Just like 99.9% of the stuff that's discussed in this forum 😁
Bidet flannel ! eeeuuuwwwww
Bidet flannel
Especially when you have guests and they don't know which is which
A few Bachelor friends of mine here in Germany have installed mini urinals.
I just piss in the bath. My aim is not that great first thing in the morning.
I had one in a rented house once. It didn't have a jet upwards, it just had a directable nozzle pointing downwards. Presumably to allow the water to run down your crack as you wash with your hands. However this meant my balls were in the way so I ended up with a completely soaked crotch area requiring thorough drying. Far more bother than it was worth.
Morning toilet, then shower, then the day is good. Why would anyone want another shower that points upwards? Save water - shower after dropping the kids off.
It took a while travelling through Vietnam to realise that the hose pipes and sprayers at the side of every bog weren't just alternatives to a bog brush. In Sri Lanka there was sometimes just a tap and bucket.
Normally, when faced with having to learn a new technique, I turn to YouTube. But not on this occasion.