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I want a Finnish bidet shower

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fUNNYfACE36 · 02/01/2023 21:38

Just returned from Finland and I love feeling properly fresh down below.DH thinks they would freak guests out, so I just have to stick to our ensuite fir now.
Would you find one weird and off putting on an English home?

I want a Finnish bidet shower
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EconomyClassRockstar · 02/01/2023 22:49

Half of our family are Finnish and I don't know anyone who has one. I do know plenty of people with an outhouse at their lake cabin though. Maybe I'm hanging out with the wrong people!

c0nfusedasalways · 02/01/2023 22:53

We have one too, it took the plumber a couple of minutes and £40 to fit. From looking at it, the water comes through the wash basin supply line.

Leafyblinders · 03/01/2023 09:23

Snickers94 · 02/01/2023 22:22

I really want one of these as they use them in my parents' home country - but im not sure if you can use them with a concealed cistern??!

You can. This is mine.

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Buttalapasta · 03/01/2023 10:19

We have bidets but I would prefer this!

bilbodog · 03/01/2023 10:22

My DH put these on our upstairs loos - got ours from amazon.

Greatly · 03/01/2023 10:26

What's wrong with loo roll and a daily shower?

Oakbeam · 03/01/2023 10:29

The 'guns' are available on Amazon for under £20 and anyone reasonably savvy can fit one.

Read the reviews first. We had a cheap one and it leaked all over the place.

Oakbeam · 03/01/2023 10:31

What's wrong with loo roll and a daily shower?

What’s wrong with properly washing your arse after a poo?

Greatly · 03/01/2023 10:32

Oakbeam · 03/01/2023 10:31

What's wrong with loo roll and a daily shower?

What’s wrong with properly washing your arse after a poo?

Nothing - just a massive faff and a new fad we are all suddenly told we need. I mean, there's nothing to stop you washing your arse after a poo without buying something new.

NewYearNewSeeds · 03/01/2023 10:35

Please help me understand. These seems like a good idea but I cannot figure out the right angle to use them.

Spray from the back and low down and you're spraying water upwards, risking the rest of you getting wet.

Spray from the back and high up and you're spraying down and not really getting it where it needs to be.

Spray from the back and straight at your bum and surely it splashing back onto the back of the loo?

Spray from the front and it'll never reach the back.

I am so confused!

Draconis · 03/01/2023 10:37

We've got them. Ordered from Amazon.
We got a plumber to fit them and no leaks.

harktheherold · 03/01/2023 10:37

We installed one of these - German made I believe - and honestly the water goes everywhere. I think you'd need to set the water pressure carefully. And the person using it needs to be careful.

A Japanese bidet is much better

harriettenightingale · 03/01/2023 10:37

It's really easy to use them, they have them in large parts of the world and the first time i encountered one travelling I just sprayed myself, without ruminating on it too deeply. I love them and want one at home.

c0nfusedasalways · 03/01/2023 10:38

NewYearNewSeeds · 03/01/2023 10:35

Please help me understand. These seems like a good idea but I cannot figure out the right angle to use them.

Spray from the back and low down and you're spraying water upwards, risking the rest of you getting wet.

Spray from the back and high up and you're spraying down and not really getting it where it needs to be.

Spray from the back and straight at your bum and surely it splashing back onto the back of the loo?

Spray from the front and it'll never reach the back.

I am so confused!

you spray from the top. When you sit on the toilet Your butt hole isn't perpendicular to the toilet bowl. It's slightly higher and enough for you to get a good shot at it from above with a bidet🙈🍑

asawas · 03/01/2023 10:39

Even better, get a Japanese toilet!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Essw0rDg1uY

Threadkillacilla · 03/01/2023 10:41

This is mine.
If you have heavy periods, piles, skin tags, fissures etc you need one of these!

I want a Finnish bidet shower
Threadkillacilla · 03/01/2023 10:42

NewYearNewSeeds · 03/01/2023 10:35

Please help me understand. These seems like a good idea but I cannot figure out the right angle to use them.

Spray from the back and low down and you're spraying water upwards, risking the rest of you getting wet.

Spray from the back and high up and you're spraying down and not really getting it where it needs to be.

Spray from the back and straight at your bum and surely it splashing back onto the back of the loo?

Spray from the front and it'll never reach the back.

I am so confused!

Your bum crack channels the water down 😁

Oakbeam · 03/01/2023 10:44

Nothing - just a massive faff and a new fad we are all suddenly told we need. I mean, there's nothing to stop you washing your arse after a poo without buying something new.

It’s a hell of a lot less faff than cleaning yourself as best you can in the loo, then traipsing to the shower, getting undressed, showered and dressed again.

As for new fad, they have been around for years. My in laws had them at least twenty years ago.

DinosApple · 03/01/2023 10:48

Haha I just clicked the link and it said 70 people were looking at the Japanese loo right now. Victoria Plum will think there's going to be a rush on!

It's not a modern fad, my grandparents used to have a jug by the loo for a bottom wash. They were from India though, but had been in the UK since the late 50s.

HolidayHappy123 · 03/01/2023 10:50

I have a Toto washlet. It has a remote control and a little spray that extends for optimal positioning. And a heated seat. Highly recommend.

CrunchyCarrot · 03/01/2023 10:54

To be honest I'd look at it blankly and have no idea what it was for. I'm happy using wet wipes.

TellMeWhere · 03/01/2023 10:55

I don't know why Brits always seem to think they're so much more advanced, with their dry loo roll...

I live in the Middle East where these are commonplace. You spray your arse, dry with loo roll and you're off. Positioning of spray gun makes sense once you use it. Zero reason for your clothes to get wet. Also a god send when you're on your period. You need to have the pressure just right for optimal jet washing and I prefer a warm rinse.

Japanese toilet is, of course, the dream.

Threadkillacilla · 03/01/2023 10:56

Not a new fad.

HolidayHappy123 · 03/01/2023 10:56

www.toto.com/en/washlet/

uhtredbebbanburg · 03/01/2023 10:58

I’ve got a Japanese toilet! It’s great and now I don’t feel properly clean without it. Also, I’ve had issues since DCs with piles and the butt washer function really helps with that. I didn’t have the toilet paper panic during lockdown either. Not cheap but totally worth it I think.

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