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How do you use a bidet?

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TheClitterati · 10/02/2023 23:45

I've no idea. Do you face forward or back? Does water get everywhere? Do you dry yourself with loo roll? That seems to defeat the purpose. Is the water cold? Is it nice? Will I get addicted? 😂

I've just booked a holiday in Italy and all the hotel bathrooms have bidets so I'm going to give it a go. But I really don't want to Google instructions- cause yikes!

Please enlighten me Mumsnet!

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HoliHormonalTigerLillyTheSecond · 31/08/2023 06:36

No. Do you bleach the bottom of your bath or your shower after every use?

@KnittedCardi do you have poo bits in your bath?!

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TheClitterati · 31/08/2023 14:44

Turned out the bidets in Italy were all a bit disappointing. I did give them all a whirl but the water pressure was never very strong so they all just trickled unimpressionably.

At least the bum guns tend to have good pressure

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Sgtmajormummy · 31/08/2023 15:09

I see I’m late to the thread but in my case.
Sit on it like a throne.
Fill it up first, never more than lukewarm (nobody wants to burn their bum with hot water straight from the tap!
Use towels to dry off.
Rinse bidet after use. Also to avoid soap/pubes residue!
Good for UTI, period hygiene and postpartum (stitches etc.)

Also good for handwashing and soaking smalls.
Foot washing. Also wellies.
Holding the sick bowl if you have V&D.

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NannyGythaOgg · 31/08/2023 17:37

In 'tourist' Turkey, where they have toilets and not just the hole in the ground, they have 'shattaf', which are pipes that come out between the seat and the porcelain at the back. If you get your bum in the right position you get a good clean, after using paper (all but the oldest hotels plumbing can now take paper so long as it isn't stuffed with it). A bit of paper afterwards to dry and away you go. Yes it's cool but not usually very cold because of the ambient temperature.

So ... I bought one of these to use at home. It's so good I've bought another for the other loo. I wouldn't want to be sharing it though, if anyone else leved here they would have to get there own. I have some grey face flannels that I use as a towel, after

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TheClitterati · 31/08/2023 17:39

Sgtmajormummy · 31/08/2023 15:09

I see I’m late to the thread but in my case.
Sit on it like a throne.
Fill it up first, never more than lukewarm (nobody wants to burn their bum with hot water straight from the tap!
Use towels to dry off.
Rinse bidet after use. Also to avoid soap/pubes residue!
Good for UTI, period hygiene and postpartum (stitches etc.)

Also good for handwashing and soaking smalls.
Foot washing. Also wellies.
Holding the sick bowl if you have V&D.

FILL IT UP!! 😁
Holy smoke - no one mentioned that before. I thought it was more of a flowing situation. Filling up a bidet, emptying it etc is far too long a process for me to get too invovled with

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