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[–] kescusay 91 points 1 year ago (5 children)

American, here. Got a bidet, and I am never going back. The fact that this isn't standard in American households is disgusting.

[–] Countess425 21 points 1 year ago

Bidet life is best life

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh so true! Before I visited Japan for the first time I thought having shit left on my ass is just a normal thing. But later I also visited Morocco and they have a bucket of water on the toilet so you can wash yourself. It seems it's only in Europe/America where people don't wash themselves after pooping.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are bidets in many countries in Europe too. In Spain, most houses have them, and I'm pretty sure it's the same thing in France and Italy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was a week in Italy and never seen them. But it's good to hear that it's getting better.

[–] Kushi 2 points 1 year ago

Separate bidets are a thing, but only in older houses.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have been disappearing in France, sadly, because people couldn't afford the space…
I'm adding integrated bidets to all our toilets in our oncoming renovation though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I like the integrated ones much more anyway. I got one for our second toilet from my fiance for my birthday, she's a keeper :D

[–] Lemmylefty 9 points 1 year ago

I got one just around the time that toilet paper was getting yanked off shelves at lightning speed, and it has ruined me for public toilets.

Peasant toilets. Hideous.

Love my bidet. I feel so clean and it’s so nice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. Bidets should be opt-out at this point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I got a bidet but then I read you have to turn it off at the connection to the water (at the bottom/back of toilet) every time or eventually the gasket can wear out and it will explode and the water will just go and go and go. If that happened at night or when noone is home you'd have major water damage!! I thought you could just use it with the trigger. Do people really actually fully stop the water every time? I uninstalled mine because I don't think I can reliably remember to do that.

[–] kescusay 9 points 1 year ago

Been using a bidet for several years, and that has literally never happened. I think you might have gotten bad info.

[–] Open 5 points 1 year ago

The T-adapter? That's not mechanically complex and should literally last forever if made out of the correct materials and isn't touched all the time. It should be no more fault prone than the connection to the toilet.

A misaligned thread or a washer not fitting quite right might be an issue from a bad install. That's an easy fix though and you should see a leak before things go catastrophic.

If your really looking for piece of mind I'm sure there are t adapters that can close themselves down in certain failure states.