To ask why would someone use washable toilet wipes?

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I was reading an article this morning about a women who has made the switch to use washable toilet wipes instead of toilet roll. I honestly had no idea this was a thing, but from googling it looks like there are companies which make and sell these wipes.

The women claimed they were more environmentally friendly which I just don't understand. Surely you recycle the loo roll tubes and the paper disintegrates. Using wipes that you have to wash would be worse for the environment wouldn't it?

I cannot see why anyone would use such wipes am I missing something? Or is it as I suspect a new-fangled look at me and how environmentally aware I am statement?

I've got a combined toilet/bidet as I'm disabled, the jet for the water is separate from the water for the flush, it has warm water & a blower to dry off afterwards.

it has warm water & a blower to dry off afterwards.

It sounds like a distant cousin of the Japanese toilet... Who knew toilets and their associates were so complex.

The jet of water isn't from inside the bowl - I linked an installation video upthread but this is the sort of retrofit kit and you can see how it's laid out and the water is drawn from plumbing connection to the water supply from the adjacent handbasin:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EUREKA-BIDET-EB-1500W-Bathroom-Non-electronic-Toilet-seat-DIY-EZ-LEVER-SPRAYER-/220758914860

I love a a Japanese toilet. I live in the Middle East and the toilets here have little hand sprayer hose things (although I don't have one in my house). They're actually really good, if a little cold . They're fairly high pressured so pretty much blast everything away. I poo, spray and dry with toilet paper. TP will be clean if you hosed adequately

I can't get down with the squat toilet though. I know they're better for your bowels, but I always wee on my feet and don't reckon I'd be able to aim a poo in the right place... 🙈

The water supply for the gobidet doesn’t come from the toilet system. It comes off the hot and cold water supply.
I have one in the downstairs loo and wish I had one upstairs as well.
We ordered it from the USA so I don’t know if it is available in the uk but it was really easy to fit.

Much better than one of those hose type things or a separate bidet.

I can't get down with the squat toilet though. I know they're better for your bowels, but I always wee on my feet

Your hips aren’t low enough. You have to squat so your knees are in your armpits and bum is nearly on the floor. Like a toddler squatting down to look at a leaf. It’s hard, most European adults have calf muscles too short (from lack of practice) to manage it. Merely bending down results in pee running down your leg.

I loved the toilets in Japan. Some had a special ‘lady’ button.

This was the controls in a cafe loo.

Like this:

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Not this:

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This was the controls in a cafe loo.

This just confirms my daydreaming that Japanese toilets will start the robot uprising, why does it need so many buttons...

How is rinsing your bum with water actually cleaning it? Surely you'd need soap? Or at least enough pressure - Karcher style - to blast off any remaining detritus.

Well, you don't use soap on your bum when you wipe with dry paper, do you? There is water pressure as well - it's not a delicate misting, there's proper pressure on my one, more than a shower, I would say. I would DEFINITELY say that the hose gets your bum cleaner than dry paper.

I liked the Japanese toilets with waterfall and birdsong, to save your blushes when you were weeing

That dashboard looks too similar to the airport one that I encountered

The traditional long shaped squatty ones were not so good, especially in trousers. People tend to miss - they are a stark contrast to the high-tech all singing ones.

I wasn't sure about the heated ones.

Maybe everyone should get a Bidet, (and they should be installed in all public toilets,) to eliminate ANYone having to use loo roll (or wipes.) 😬

It's the one on the left, but you probably all knew that.

I like the idea of a water attachment, but the problem with the gobidet is that if the spray doesn't line up with whatever bit of your bum needs cleaning you presumably have to hover and move your hips around, which all seems a bit awkward. Friend had something installed which was basically like a shower hose by the loo, which seemed to be better because you could easily control the direction and force of the water and have it as far away from or as close to your bum as you want.

Most people who do it (including me) use a bidet spray so the cloth is only for drying afterwards. In my opinion, people who only use cloth are unhiygenic. But it is environmentally friendly to stop using loo roll as we know it.

You can get a bidet attachment for 20 quid on amazon, that's the one we have and it's very good

I don’t think I could make the leap to washable wipes, but have changed to buying ‘who gives a crap’ toilet paper I’m bulk - it’s made from recycled paper, packaged in paper and not much more expensive than the budget ones we used to get (as it’s twice as long). They also put 50% profits into charity.

If anyone wants £5 off they can use this referral code (which also gives me a £5 discount):

www.talkable.com/x/2j7oH0

Thank you to the couple of people who have followed my Who Gives a Crap discount code link. I’ve just had two £5 discounts.

We once rented a house which had a separate toilet in one room, and a sink and bidet in the other next door. I did wonder how people were supposed to have used the bidet efficiently like that without having to leave one room with their trousers around their ankles to waddle to bum wash in the other room!