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Comment on why isn't the use of the bidet more widespread?

Serious question: you use it instead of wiping, not in addition to? I have a hard time imagining the bidet would be more sanitary without the use of mechanical force (wiping) and/or soap. Is it really just a jet of water that is supposed to remove any residue, regardless of consistency?

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PixelOfLife@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The water jet is the mechanical force. But unlike wiping, it doesn’t smear the shit all over your ass hair and rub it into your skin pores. It just liquifies it so that it gets rinsed away.

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turmacar@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
YMMV but personally it makes everything 1-2 wipes to ‘verify’/dry. Got one in 2020 to lessen TP usage, which it does really well. I think you’re underestimating how strong the stream is (which is variable/controllable) and overestimating how ‘stuck on’ any residue is. Works kinda like a pressure washer where you can’t move/angle the washer (on the affordable ones) so you move the thing being washed for full ‘coverage’.

Regardless, if I got muck on my hands would rather rinse them in water than just wipe them off with a paper towel.

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- solidstate@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thanks for the explanation and I hate muck ony hands so that analogy also helps.
  
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Wahots@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My toto, you don’t need to wipe at all. Heated seat, multiple nozzles, heated water, dryer built in. Powerful enough to give you a full clean, it even oscillates to get better coverage.

My grandparents got one after going to Hawaii, where they are prevalent. Then I got one during the pandemic. Then my family bought two after trying mine. Then my relatives all got at least one. It’s Japan’s gift to the world, haha. I feel bummed out whenever I have to go somewhere without it, as you can never get as clean with toilet paper.

The recent articles about all TP being treated with PFAS to make them dissolve faster in water makes me even happier to use a bidet.

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- stappern@lemmy.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  that sounds disgusting that bidet is full of shit.
  
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stappern@lemmy.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
im italian/french born and raised with bidet. the bidet is after your regular business. you still use TP because you dont want chunks of shit in your bidet. thats basically a sink, just lower. you clean your hands in it you dont drop shit in it.

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