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Bum guns...

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LongTermLurker · 06/05/2023 10:58

...AKA handheld bidets. AIBU to think they're brilliant, and anyone who is content with wiping their arse with dry tissue is a barbarian?

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Gowlett · 27/01/2024 05:09

All I can think is, where has it been? I know if my DH was using it, it would be in the same state as my poor toilet brush…

Straycatblue · 27/01/2024 04:50

How is it different from a bidet?

How do larger people who have to stand up to wipe use it?

SnoozeToMe · 27/01/2024 04:39

@JMSA Hate that. It really only takes a minute or so more but bloody annoying.

theresastormcoming · 27/01/2024 03:15

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JMSA · 27/01/2024 02:51

Do you know what, there is nothing worse than a 'messy' poo; one that does not come out cleanly, requiring several wipes.
Always happens to me when I'm in a rush, of course.
Blush

JMSA · 27/01/2024 02:48

Ohhh, I'd love this. Can you use it on your vag too, or is it specially positioned to target your arse? Grin

Disturbia81 · 23/01/2024 18:29

@Infusedwithchamomileandmint Of course poo gets on your arse, hence wiping. Inner cheeks, clearly not the big cheek bit

WeeOrcadian · 23/01/2024 17:40

We have a bum gun (and call it such) - amazing. I don't use it all the time but heavy periods? It's a life saver if you don't have time for a shower .

Ours is a mixer so isn't just cold water

Off topic - I bought a douche kit as I suffer from occasional constipation and it really helps

goingrouge · 23/01/2024 17:28

I now really want a bum gun! I'm off to research. Are they tricky to install?

ScroogeMcDuckling · 23/01/2024 17:27

Love our bidets!

they were in when we moved in, one is late 60s, and one is mid 70s.

there is no feeling like it ;-)

Aparecium · 23/01/2024 17:22

Curious. Doing a bathroom right now. What's the proper name for these things? I am certainly not going to Google 'bum gun'!

Choconut · 23/01/2024 17:06

Zombie thread

Infusedwithchamomileandmint · 23/01/2024 17:02

QueefQueen80s · 06/05/2023 14:24

Eh? 🤣🤣 Have you no bum cheeks? You've never had to wipe poo off your arse?

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What! 😳
How big is your bum that you get poo on your bum cheeks?

BobbyBiscuits · 23/01/2024 16:57

They had them all the time in Thailand/Cambodia. I was always too scared to use it! I'd worry I'd make more mess than I started with! Each 'poo' their own I guess : )

daisysteiner85 · 23/01/2024 16:55

Is that a faux pas?

vodkaredbullgirl · 23/01/2024 16:55

daisysteiner85 · 23/01/2024 16:52

I want a bum gun. Big fan

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zombie

daisysteiner85 · 23/01/2024 16:55

ThePants999 · 06/05/2023 13:50

Since, to my bemusement, nobody has commented on "deterred from being de-turd", I'm going to post just to tip my hat for that.

👌🏾bravo

Kangarude · 23/01/2024 16:54

Such a valuable contribution to a dead thread Hmm

daisysteiner85 · 23/01/2024 16:52

I want a bum gun. Big fan

Natsku · 07/05/2023 12:31

NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 06/05/2023 23:52

I don't understand them.

From reading this thread, they're not powerful enough to spray shit everywhere and also a bottle of water can be used as an alternative. So they must be like drizzling water over your arse??

If I could do that with my baby after I had changed his shitty nappy I would. But that totally wouldn't work. So I use wipes to wipe it off.

Honestly don't see how splashing a bit of water at your bumhole is going to clean it properly. Surely, you'd need a flannel or something. I suppose you could use loo roll, but in my experience it just goes to annoying tiny bits when added to water.

They are powerful enough to clean it all off. Also really good for cleaning out the potty after use.

When my babies were little I used to hold their bums under the tap to wash the poo off rather than use wipes, that worked so much better than wipes for those liquid newborn poos.

JMSA · 07/05/2023 12:16

I'd love a bidet. I hate poos that don't exit cleanly, particularly when one is in a rush Blush

QueefQueen80s · 07/05/2023 11:35

NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 06/05/2023 23:52

I don't understand them.

From reading this thread, they're not powerful enough to spray shit everywhere and also a bottle of water can be used as an alternative. So they must be like drizzling water over your arse??

If I could do that with my baby after I had changed his shitty nappy I would. But that totally wouldn't work. So I use wipes to wipe it off.

Honestly don't see how splashing a bit of water at your bumhole is going to clean it properly. Surely, you'd need a flannel or something. I suppose you could use loo roll, but in my experience it just goes to annoying tiny bits when added to water.

They are powerful but the nozzle is direct so not spraying everywhere and definitely not a dribble. Trust me, they get it it all off and no mess anywhere. I've used them for years and pardon the pun but I'm anal about clean bathrooms and personal hygiene so I wouldn't be raving about them if they made a mess or didn't do the job.

LulooLemon · 07/05/2023 00:26

Japanese toilet is the way forward

Kyse · 06/05/2023 23:54

NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 06/05/2023 23:52

I don't understand them.

From reading this thread, they're not powerful enough to spray shit everywhere and also a bottle of water can be used as an alternative. So they must be like drizzling water over your arse??

If I could do that with my baby after I had changed his shitty nappy I would. But that totally wouldn't work. So I use wipes to wipe it off.

Honestly don't see how splashing a bit of water at your bumhole is going to clean it properly. Surely, you'd need a flannel or something. I suppose you could use loo roll, but in my experience it just goes to annoying tiny bits when added to water.

I use soap as well but I don't know if that's common (have a bidet bottle)
After lots of googling I found a thing called bottle washing for UTI/cystitis, tried it and it's worked so I don't dare stop doing it!

Also having had the unpleasant experience of getting a whiff of someone's unwashed bum during sex.. no thanks

NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 06/05/2023 23:52

I don't understand them.

From reading this thread, they're not powerful enough to spray shit everywhere and also a bottle of water can be used as an alternative. So they must be like drizzling water over your arse??

If I could do that with my baby after I had changed his shitty nappy I would. But that totally wouldn't work. So I use wipes to wipe it off.

Honestly don't see how splashing a bit of water at your bumhole is going to clean it properly. Surely, you'd need a flannel or something. I suppose you could use loo roll, but in my experience it just goes to annoying tiny bits when added to water.