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I’m new to the bidet scene, and this one has me slightly confounded. Should I install a new towel rack next to the toilet? Should my wife and I share the towel? Do you wipe first? There are so many unanswered questions in the ways of bidet-ing!

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 158 points 5 months ago (36 children)

Bidet wash first. Then tp to dry and to, well there is no nice way of saying this, check how the bidet wash did its job. Used appropriately, you should use significantly less tp than before.

[–] wjrii 60 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For anyone with a sewer system built for TP, this is an ideal workflow. Poops and poopers are not identical, and bidets are not magical. Trust but verify, friends.

[–] JubilantJaguar 39 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Pet peeve. Whatever three-quarters of the world seems to believe, any sewerage system can handle TP. That is: real TP has almost zero fiber integrity, it literally turns to goop on contact with water. Goop that has no more structural consistency than an average pile of sh*t. If still in any doubt then just make sure to flush it in single sheets, each one will be a pea-sized ball of goop. This misunderstanding seems to be purely cultural. I've been to a ton of developing countries, all with the usual dodgy sewerage systems and narrow-bore pipes. Yet only some of them, notably Latin America, have the disgusting cultural norm of TP bins. The rest understand that there is a difference between TP and paper towels designed for the kitchen and your face. TP is always flushable, by design.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago

And generally, baby wipes, bottom wipes and face wipes aren't safe to flush, even if they say flushable on the package. If they were safe to flush, you wouldn't be able to pull out a wet sheet from the package; it would be goo.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pooping solo, a roll of TP will last me a month or two. A pack of TP will last well over a year.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 42 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Gosh, I hope everyone poops solo. 🫢

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

I hope that one day you too can share a connection with a special someone or someones where you never have to poop alone.

You are valuable, loveable and you deserve this

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[–] shortypants 68 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Ryobi cordless leaf blower. You have to aim for the rim because if you hit home it makes you burp.

Actually though, just dab with TP. You'll use much less TP and not need "flushable" wipes that still clog your main sewage line

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[–] count_dongulus 58 points 5 months ago

I twerk a bit over the bowl.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago (36 children)

Copying the text from another comment i made here:

I have a standalone bidet, not the toilet bowl attachment, which is basically a mini sink, and it works like a sink in that you can regulate flowrate and temperature with the handle

with this kind, you have 100% cleanliness since you use your hand to clean everything, and after it there's a mini-towel for each person, usually in a towel rack near the bidet so no-one gets confused, and usually in a smaller size then normal towels.

If you're worried about the idea of using your hand being unhygienic, rest assured, there's a radical invention called washing your hands afterwards, which, by the way, you should do anyways even if you use toilet paper.

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[–] I_Fart_Glitter 44 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm sleepy and read that as "Biden voters, how do you dry your ass afterward?" and was very confused. But like.. not as confused as I probably should have been.

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[–] set_secret 37 points 5 months ago

You dab with toilet paper, for the love of all thats good, do not share an ass drying towel with your wife unless you went her to get chronic utis.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Buddahriffic 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use 3 squares of TP, folded twice (into 4 layers). I never transitioned to a towel because the spray doesn't always get everything and the 3 squares are enough to dry it.

Trim your pubes back there and on your balls. It can make a big difference in how much water you can hold back there. I was using an extra two squares before my last trim.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

This is the information we need but wouldn't dare to ask.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

.....toilet paper...?

Wipe, rinse with bidet, then wipe again to dry.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Why pre-wipe? This feels like washing your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

So you don't splatter little bits of crap god knows where. The reason we use the bidet is because wiping isn't enough, so it's not redundant.

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[–] Donebrach 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Spray with bidet then dry with toilet paper. Why are people so confounded by these things? Have y’all never used water to bathe before?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)
  1. Because it's a funny haha bathroom post

  2. if you have to wipe with toilet paper anyway, doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a bidet?

  3. Actually I'm a lemmy user, I use Arch btw, live in my mom's basement, I've never been on a date and I never go outside. Of course I've never used water to bathe before.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

if you have to wipe with toilet paper anyway, doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a bidet?

No. The purpose of the bidet is to properly clean your posterior which cannot be achieved with toilet paper alone. Also the amount of toilet paper needed to dry is lower than the amount needed to 'clean'

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (4 children)
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[–] biofaust 22 points 5 months ago (10 children)

In Italy, where the bidet is its own "seat", we use small towels, one for each person. The ones that usually people vacationing in Italy think are for the face, they are actually for your ass. Hard to tell the difference on American tourists sometimes.

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[–] TechNerdWizard42 20 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Upgrade to one with power. Never look back. Automatic flush, automatic seat raise and lower with a foot sensor, uv lights inside, foam/soap dispense into the bowl before and after, all the bidet features with constant and pulsing, articulating arm, heated seat, heated blow dry air, etc. It's absolutely amazing.

Assuming you're in the US just because the question only seems to come up there, and for our house there we imported them from Asia for less than $1k to the doorstep. Adding a power outlet is usually easy as most washrooms in the US have an outlet somewhere.

Bidet is like going to level 100 from 5. Super automatic Asian bidet is like a level 5000.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Sounds like you're living in the year 3024.

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[–] Macaroni_ninja 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I invested in one of those super fancy "smart" toilets with built-in bidet and hot air drying.

I used to work for the manufacturer and got a big discount on it before I left. It has a lots of overkill functions but damn I love that thing: Night light, dedicated remote, smell absorbing filter, mobile app, automatic flushing, sensor operated seat.

Its the fanciest thing I own.

[–] KreekyBonez 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

what's on the app? profiles for different butts? live feedback from a down-under camera? AI stool analysis?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

As a vulva owner, for me, the big win with the bidet isn't the butt.

Either way though, the goal is to get clean with water, instead of a dry piece of paper, and then use either toilet paper or a dedicated towel to dry down the now clean area.

Just like with a shower. You don't clean yourself with the towel. You get clean with water, and then dry with a towel

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Just use TP. The manual (yes, I RTFM for my bidet) said that people in Europe have a dedicated bidet towel but that sounds gross. The bidet doesn't always remove 100% before I first go to wipe.

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My bidet does not shoot at my whole ass. It only laser focuses on certain parts, which I dry with toilet paper.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

one sheet of toilet paper

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My ass is bone dry, mine has one of those fans and it can get very hot. Some sort of Toto variant I got years ago.

Unless you go absolutely stupid with the water, the bidet should dry your crack and the surrounding region. :)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (8 children)

follow-up question. how do you deal with ice cold water in the pipes? do you have to turn on the tap every time you sit down to get the hot water going?

[–] HarbingerOfTomb 18 points 5 months ago (4 children)

You get used to it. Only the fancy ones have hot water at all. Cold water is just fine.

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