To want a bidet / jet in my new bathroom

[AliceRR]

I am British but have family in Asia where it is more the norm not to rely on toilet paper and to use water to clean yourself after using the loo. I’ve seen jet sprays kind of like mini shower hoses by the toilet and even jets which come from in the toilet (less keen). Haven’t seen a proper bidet for years and not sure that’s up my street.

I find toilet paper inadequate and love a fresh clean feeling. I used the Andrex toilet wipes for a bit but have since been led to believe they are not very environmentally friendly so don’t buy them now.

I’d quite like something like the water jet by the toilet - just moved into new house and getting bathroom completely re done so could have whatever I want.

I do know someone who has this actually it she is older and from aforementioned Asian country.

Anyone else?

Using a bit of water and less toilet paper must be more environmentally friendly

I have the bum gun, the hose that attaches to the loo, you can fit them yourself if you only want cold water, but trickier if you want hot. After all if you had poo on your hand you wouldn’t wipe it off with a tissue and go on your merry way.

if you had poo on your hand you wouldn’t wipe it off with a tissue and go on your merry way.

Exactly! Love “bum gun” 😂

I think cold water would be fine

I think I’m going to get one. I was thinking to myself the guy who’s probably going to fit our bathroom (a friend of ours but we pay him as normal) would think it’s weird but I’m thinking who cares 🤷🏻‍♀️

My DH thinks it’s weird

I’m sure other people visiting the house would too

Not weird at all! We have a Muslim shower head (hose next to toilet)

I went to a house last week where every loo in the house had a little shower attachment next to it. (I am a surveyor, hence going into every room)

I quite like the idea.

They also have them in (Continental) Europe. I've seen them in Italy, Finland, Greece, all over the place.

I know I'd end up completely soaked if I tried to use one though

After all if you had poo on your hand you wouldn’t wipe it off with a tissue and go on your merry way.

Well you don't eat with your arse. But that aside, i think it would be quite handy. Also for after sex. Beats a penis beaker.

😃 I knew someone on MN would understand!

Anyone else?

I had bum guns fitted in my UK house.

Bum gun
Penis beaker

🤔😂

We’ve got one - the hose attachment. My family live in Asia so I’ve always grown up with One!

I like everyone idea, but do you have to get naked from the waist down so not to get clothes wet?

*the not everyone!

Definitely go for it. I've never understood why we address so freaked out by a cleaning mechanism. It's this what we werelike when showers and toilets were first brought indoors? "Ooh, i wouldn't, just think of the drop in resale value!"

Do you towel dry afterwards? Or drip dry?

Very intruiged.....do you drip dry after using one?? Or wipe then?

I visited a mosque recently and noticed how all toilets had this shower attachments.

Can someone explain the practicality? Do you take off clothes from waist down? How do you dry?

I like the idea too .... but no idea how it works practically

Well you don't eat with your arse

I like everyone idea, but do you have to get naked from the waist down so not to get clothes wet?

No I don’t think so. I’ve used them abroad and has a little trigger on the side so you shouldn’t be getting water everywhere

It's this what we werelike when showers and toilets were first brought indoors?

"Ooh, i wouldn't, just think of the drop in resale value!"

Thinking about it now I remember a youtuber famous for her vegan lifestyle and she was spouting the benefits of water rather than toilet paper so maybe it will come into fashion like bidets we’re in fashion in the 80s(?)

(I mean she was a bit youtube famous)

I don’t know what people do to dry. I would have thought you don’t get that wet

When ive used them abroad think ive used a bit of toilet paper - but maybe 1/5 of what I’d usually use! It would be better not to use toilet paper at all and think that would be absolutely fine

I don’t like the idea of an arse towel

I have a bidet ( old house) and it has had its uses post child birth and it is was great for soaking wasable nappies. But I find it uncomfortable as it is lower than a toilet but without the comfort of a toilet seat. To use it I have to straddle it so I have to be naked from waste down and then use a towel to dry myself. Perhaps I have bideted wrong but no one ever taught me how.

You just hose and wash your bum while sat on the toilet, so no, you don’t have to undress. I don’t need to towel dry, just a quick jiggle and dab of loo roll. Sometimes I pull my pants up after I have washed and dried my hands, then I don’t even have to dab with loo roll. I imagine people with hairy bums have to towel dry.

Perhaps I have bideted wrong but no one ever taught me how.

I’ve never used one but don’t fancy a bidet that you sit in

Was thinking of the kind like small shower head that you use while sitting on the toilet

I have to say, that in the house I visited - every loo had an arse towel hanging next to it. I wasn't so keen on that.