Bidet - don’t need any fancy standalone appliance, just a $50 nozzle that goes under the toilet seat and plugs into the water hose. Haven’t paid a penny for toilet paper in 6 years.
You definitely still need to wipe to be properly clean. Not only is it possible to miss spots with a bidet for uh … messier movements, but the water retains some particles. You’re not using soap, amd water will not perfectly remove everything.
The tell is in the smell. If your ass still smells like an ass, it’s not fully clean.
Yes, the water perfectly removes everything and does not splash. I refused to believe it myself. TMI warning: for the first year in my disbelief I would test it personally, for science, by sticking a finger in for “first-hand” comparison. When using paper, no matter how much you wipe, afterwards, even if the finger looks clean, it still has a whiff of ass. Only a full shower after use would remove the whiff entirely. But after using the bidet, the finger looks clean and smells clean, so much so as if there isn’t even a need to wash the finger afterwards (though of course I did anyway). In summary: paper = never fully clean, bidet = fully clean.
I think the difference in our bidet experiences is the water pressure. Mine is plugged directly into the water supply, and I have good water pressure, so the pressurized stream coming out is tight and powerful like a water pik. It took some getting used to. But it’s easy now and it scours everything. I fear a gabo-style bidet that pours instead of powerwashes (or a spraybottle like the one linked in this thread) would not be as thorough and might indeed require a follow-up wipe. But mine doesn’t.
Nope, mine is also directly hooked up and not one of those stupid misting types. Frigging power washer.
Maybe you have way less hair down there, or you somehow manage to eat enough fiber, or maybe you just don’t know what a truly clean asshole is, but let me tell you, water is NOT enough for many, many kinds of less than perfectly healthy movements.
Also, the tell isn’t necessarily in the immediate smell. I should’ve specified a lot better: Water can trap particles that otherwise would get in the air. The real tell is later, after everything’s dry and your ass has been rubbing on your underpants for a while. If you can peel off your underpants and only smell normal sweat smell, that’s clean.
As an analogy, think of how scientists test for the presence of bacteria. It’s not sampling a surface and taking a whiff. They let that shit grow in a petri dish first. That’s what you’re doing with your ass at all times. Sniffing it right after is akin to sniffing the raw sample, when your ass is going to be the petri dish either way.
You’d think so! right? But instead it is the idea of smearing shit on your ass with your fingers and a piece of paper that now sounds uncomfortable to me. This is the “completely changed your life” element of it. I’ve been using paper for decades no problem, but now I hate pooping outside of home because there is no bidet there. Beware!
Maybe they have a fancy bidet with a blower? Or they horded toilet paper during COVID and are working through the surplus? You do pretty much have to dry somehow, but the amount of TP needed to dry a wet asshole is significantly less than cleaning a shitty asshole.
Heh, thirding bidet. I’m still working through the stock of toilet paper I bought as a joke when Covid first hit and everyone was panicking about toilet paper, I bought the bidet right after that and realized I’d be taking a looong time getting through that.
It’s handy for lots of other stuff too, if I ever need to quickly rinse something the bathtub’s right next to the toilet so I can hold it there and give it a blast.
I remember back when people were posting pictures to shame the idiots at Costco who were panicking and buying all the toilet paper before anyone else could…
What I’m trying to say is that’s a “hilarious” joke!
Bidet - don’t need any fancy standalone appliance, just a $50 nozzle that goes under the toilet seat and plugs into the water hose. Haven’t paid a penny for toilet paper in 6 years.
the fact that this is not the norm around the world is crazy to me
You definitely still need to wipe to be properly clean. Not only is it possible to miss spots with a bidet for uh … messier movements, but the water retains some particles. You’re not using soap, amd water will not perfectly remove everything.
The tell is in the smell. If your ass still smells like an ass, it’s not fully clean.
Yes, the water perfectly removes everything and does not splash. I refused to believe it myself. TMI warning: for the first year in my disbelief I would test it personally, for science, by sticking a finger in for “first-hand” comparison. When using paper, no matter how much you wipe, afterwards, even if the finger looks clean, it still has a whiff of ass. Only a full shower after use would remove the whiff entirely. But after using the bidet, the finger looks clean and smells clean, so much so as if there isn’t even a need to wash the finger afterwards (though of course I did anyway). In summary: paper = never fully clean, bidet = fully clean.
I think the difference in our bidet experiences is the water pressure. Mine is plugged directly into the water supply, and I have good water pressure, so the pressurized stream coming out is tight and powerful like a water pik. It took some getting used to. But it’s easy now and it scours everything. I fear a gabo-style bidet that pours instead of powerwashes (or a spraybottle like the one linked in this thread) would not be as thorough and might indeed require a follow-up wipe. But mine doesn’t.
Nope, mine is also directly hooked up and not one of those stupid misting types. Frigging power washer.
Maybe you have way less hair down there, or you somehow manage to eat enough fiber, or maybe you just don’t know what a truly clean asshole is, but let me tell you, water is NOT enough for many, many kinds of less than perfectly healthy movements.
Also, the tell isn’t necessarily in the immediate smell. I should’ve specified a lot better: Water can trap particles that otherwise would get in the air. The real tell is later, after everything’s dry and your ass has been rubbing on your underpants for a while. If you can peel off your underpants and only smell normal sweat smell, that’s clean.
As an analogy, think of how scientists test for the presence of bacteria. It’s not sampling a surface and taking a whiff. They let that shit grow in a petri dish first. That’s what you’re doing with your ass at all times. Sniffing it right after is akin to sniffing the raw sample, when your ass is going to be the petri dish either way.
I mean. When I had a bidet I still used paper to dry off, just less of it
I call toilet paper “quality control” now.
You just walk around with a wet asshole? That sounds uncomfortable.
You’d think so! right? But instead it is the idea of smearing shit on your ass with your fingers and a piece of paper that now sounds uncomfortable to me. This is the “completely changed your life” element of it. I’ve been using paper for decades no problem, but now I hate pooping outside of home because there is no bidet there. Beware!
I have a bidet as well, but I use a very small amount of paper to dry up - and verify that the bidet has done its job well.
I don’t think I would want to use it without any way of drying up.
Have I got a thing for you! Culo Clean
The product name alone is worth the price, I love it! 💕
Bought four, three will be presents 😂
I had the exact same response when I found out about them!
They are great gifts.
I bet i could print this for cheaper than $10 and also not have to visit Amazon to purchase.
Amazing
Do some research man, you let the dog lick it until it’s dry enough.
I still use a bit of toilet paper to dry off and as a make-sure
Maybe they have a fancy bidet with a blower? Or they horded toilet paper during COVID and are working through the surplus? You do pretty much have to dry somehow, but the amount of TP needed to dry a wet asshole is significantly less than cleaning a shitty asshole.
Here to second bidet.
I still dry with toilet paper tho
Heh, thirding bidet. I’m still working through the stock of toilet paper I bought as a joke when Covid first hit and everyone was panicking about toilet paper, I bought the bidet right after that and realized I’d be taking a looong time getting through that.
It’s handy for lots of other stuff too, if I ever need to quickly rinse something the bathtub’s right next to the toilet so I can hold it there and give it a blast.
I remember back when people were posting pictures to shame the idiots at Costco who were panicking and buying all the toilet paper before anyone else could…
What I’m trying to say is that’s a “hilarious” joke!