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A bidet.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I don't get the point. I was convinced by a billion people online and got a nice one with water and seat heater, dryer and a ton of other features. It sucks. Nobody in the family likes it or uses it now because afterwards you're still wiping dirty ass that's now wet.
None of us are especially fat or have weird bodies as far as I can tell.
Do the rest of you really get up with a clean asshole that you can just tap dry after?
What the fuck are we all doing wrong?
Your diet is bad.
Have some actual (not instant) oatmeal every morning, and a good sized portion of non fried veggies with dinner and marvel at the change.
Maybe, but I'm already eating what you're suggesting. Muesli with fruits every morning and a reasonable amount of veggies for lunch. I don't really eat dinner often.
I’m a very hairy guy, so getting really clean down there is challenging sometimes. With the bidet I wiggle a bit to make sure the whole area is clean, and I usually do it a couple of times.
And sometimes I wipe to dry and it’s still dirty… I think it has more to do with my diet than anything else. When that happens I just rinse and repeat, or I jump in the shower. Once I realized how much cleaner I feel after using water instead of just paper, I can’t go back.
For anyone else reading this who doesn’t already have a bidet, don’t spend your money on the really fancy ones. You can get a basic model on Amazon for less than $50 (my first one was only $20), and unless you really want the heated seat, deodorizer, or other features, that’s all you need. The water pressure on the cheap ones was way better than on my fancy electronic one too.
Hair is definitely a problem. My perfect solution would be wet wipes I can flush. They really work, I just hate to have a trash can full of shit covered wipes.
Wipe first. Use soap if you want to be really clean.
I got a cheap bidet a few years back and I use it all the time. The fancy ones can be nice but most of the extra features are gimmicky things that don't have a large impact on function. They're marketed like magic poop-away devices but bidets aren't magic. Bidets are showerheads for your toilet bowl meant to make buttwashing more accessible. Use your bidet like a butt-shower instead of a magic no-effort poo cleaner and you'll have better results.
Right, but in the bath you have a sponge. You don't just blast yourself with water to get clean. Bidet just makes it worse imho because you're still dirty, but now also wet so it's much more difficult to clean with tp.
Same - my butt is cleaner but it's not worth the hassle of it being wet now. The dryer on mine isn't any good.
Wiggle around a bit to get cleaner. But I'm not a fan of ours.
I got the Tushy Spa bidet for my toilet. It has cold and hot water attachments points. warm water and no electricity needed.
TBH, the cold water never bothered me. Now that I have a heated version it is really nice, but not worth the extra money.