American here. My husband bought one for our house. At first, I thought it was the dumbest thing, of course, until I used it. For the ladies, it is such a lifesaver when you're on your period. Guys, you can't possibly know how unclean us ladies feel during our periods. We now have one in both bathrooms and I am in the process of teaching my 5 year old how to use it/set it for herself. My 2.5 year old just plays with it and sprays it all over the bathroom!

Bidets are coming slowly to America. It is a matter of simply trying one in a friends house once and having $250 to spare.

Bidet it's a life changer. I'm Italian, and we are used to wash our butthole every time we use the toilet. When I moved to France, I asked my renter to put a little shower on the side of the toilet. I can't comprehend how people live using only toilet paper or with itchy butt. Bidet for life!

As a naive Canadian, does the spray completely clean the area? Do you use toilet paper first, then spray and dry with towel? Completely lost on proper usage

I just keep a supersoaker by the toilet.

Yes, fear of using it wrong or getting everything wet is exactly why I've never used one. Not to mention I've never even seen one because US... They're just not wide spread here, it's never been or culture.

If you have "poo water" spray it longer until it becomes just water. I've never had nasty water left on my anywhere.

Absolutely worth it, if your undercarriage is hairy, or it bleeds.
Or even if you don't pay much attention to how what you're eating is going to come out.

It involves only a little plumbing work, I installed ours with a crescent wrench and a drill bit to run the hot water line

Everything was included in kit to retrofit. I don't always use it, but when it's needed it is lovely to have.

Yes it's worth it. So much better. I hate traveling now because I feel so dirty.

Pro tip: get one that's an entire toilet seat, not one that you smash between your existing toilet seat and toilet. Those ones are cheap and easy but I've had issues with them requiring you to shift or lift your weight a little to get water flowing.

The basic ones require no plumbing or electrical, and come with all the parts you need (basically a spare water line and T-connector). If you want to get fancy, you can spend hundreds on something like a toto washlet. But those require a power outlet by the toilet which most people don't have. They do, however, give you a heated seat, heated water and even a blow dryer...

I don't agree with "little bit harder." You have to remove the seat and the bidet in order to clean.

Plus, if you have leftover smudges in the bowl after flushing, you can rinse them off with the handheld bidet.

Finally, there's a gender factor here. Women sometimes want to spray-clean something other than the poop hole, which means we sometimes want to spray from the front.

I have a 30 dollar amazon cold water only bidet.... and yes

It's a rite of bidet-installing passage to step back, admire your handiwork, and give the knob a little test.

No one warns you just how pressurized that water can be.

Can’t go back to not using a bidet. It’s a quality of life issue now.

Mine installed without any tools onto my toilet’s supply line. I have the kind with a handheld nozzle. I like this better than the kind that installs under the toilet seat, because that seems like it would make the toilet hard to clean.

Resale value doesn’t matter, because if I move I’m taking it with me.

i want to elevate to a toto toilet in my life time. Once you go to japan and experience a true bidet you won't go back

I heard a comment after someone saying that after using the bidet for a first time; that they felt the urge to smoke a cigarette afterwards.

So North America didnt get in to bidets because "way back when" it was considered only for WHORES and appropriate only in BROTHELS, so much like many things ruined by puritan americans, including brealfast that isnr cereal, and spicey foods, many things were considered "immoral" and shunned by proper society.

Is there anything religion in North America cant ruin?

I put them on our toilets about 3 years ago. Ill never go back never!

We recently had one installed during a bathroom remodel. It was something I really wanted. It's the master bath. My husband felt we didn't need it and made a face. I overruled him and we got it. He loves it. No more nasty wipes. First time ever, he admitted I was right.

Come and get it. On many occasions I've caught him watching-and enjoying, Hallmark Christmas movies.

And don't get me wrong, those features are awesome, but the lack in popularity for Bidets and Bidet attachments in the USA = getting the electrical done on a typical half-bath to reach a toilet comfortably is going to be another chunk of change. :\

Ya I was honestly worried the coldness of the water would be hard to adjust to because I’m softer than 10-ply and can’t handle even a lukewarm shower. But when it’s concentrated on your butthole it’s somehow…refreshing?

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have the option for the warm water rinse but it’s a luxury not a necessity.

The bidet itself however…necessity.

Haha that's fair. I can say for certain that if we were to move into a new home without a bidet I would absolutely make the $30 purchase again, so I suppose I'm saying I need it

So, heres my background: I work in IT. I'm not handy. I infini-wiped for 30 years. Single ply, double ply, triple, etc.

Pandemic hit. I said "what the hell, if I hate this, at least it was only $30."

I'm never going back. No paid sponsor. No wife telling me to type this at gunpoint. No toilet paper shortage anymore. Doesn't matter. The ability to only use some TP to dry off (and have zero residue 98/100 dry-offs) is just magical.

Hell, I go home to crap when its #2 visit if I'm within 3 miles of my house. No joke.

Q: But, cold water!

A: Do you have any idea how hot it is between those cheeks? You're not going to notice this. Trust me. Throw this fear out.

Q: I'm hairy.

A: Even better reason to get one, you infini-wiping hairy person you.

Q: Am I going to get a couple drips of water in my pants cause I didn't thoroughly dry off?

A: Would you rather it be an "I give up" dirty butthole touching your skivvies?

Q: But my wife might not buy into it!

A: Oh. She will. Even the crappy ones have a 'sprinkle' mode or whatever the heck its called. Her period will be delighted by this addition. Seriously. I'm not trying to be coy here, she doesn't use other bathrooms during these uncomfortable days, and this makes it a little more bearable.

Q: Doesn't the nozzle get dirty?

A: No. They are hidden from view, and then "pop down" like an upside down sprinklerhead. When they close up, they do it like a sprinkler going back into the ground, and the water still inside is used to "rinse" the head. Youtube.

Enjoy. Doesn't need to be spendy. Warmed seats and warm water and blow-dry fans are not needed for this to be enjoyed.

We got one last year due to the pandemic. Best life change I've made in years. Cleanup is much easier. Feels refreshing. Was pretty cheap (like $30) and was an easy install.

It did take a few times to get used to the water temperature and find the right pressure but now I feel dirty if I don't use it.

It's hard to go back to not using one.

Do you NEED one? No.

But it is nice. We bought and installed a cheap bidet (this one- it was only $30 when we purchased) coincidentally at the beginning of COVID when TP panic buying was happening. My partner and I live alone and buy TP in bulk from Costco and the savings are marginal (purchasing every 12-14 weeks instead of every 10-12) but the feeling (and reality!) of that super clean arsehole after taking your morning dump is priceless.

As a female, it's also really nice to be able to do a 'quick rinse' after sex or if I'm not feeling fresh and don't have time for a full shower.

Protip: Pair with a squatty-potty for the best bathroom experience

Coming to the US from an Asian country where we wash our butt with water instead of toilet paper, i felt dirty when I could only wipe after #2. I didn’t have a bidet until we moved to a new house recently and OMG my butt is so much happier. I no longer have to wipe and wipe and wipe to only feel slightly clean. My butt is no longer red and dry from all the wiping. My husband (born and raised in the US) however refuses to use the bidet but whatever, his loss.

We have 3 of the cheap $30 bidet attachments. About 2 weeks ago, we had an electrician in to do some work and decided to have them add an outlet by the toilet in the master bath while they were here, and then I bought one of those Toto C200 seats for it. It's been awesome. Now we're thinking of adding one to one of our downstairs bathrooms so we don't have to run upstairs every time we want to sit on a heated seat.

My 7-year old daughter this morning got mad because she used one of our toilets that didn't have a bidet attachment, and told me we're not allowed to have any toilets without them.

Basically this: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1BkrIsv9TBuNjy1zbq6xpepXae/Portable-handheld-bidet-Bottle-shattaf-Free-Press-sprayer-Pregnant-woman-cleaning-Washer-Hemorrhoid-Treatment-lavado-botella.jpg

Obviously, squat toilets would be easier to do it with, but you can do it in sit down toilets easily with a sprayer with an angled sprayer arm.

I've got a stand-up bidet...it's called a shower.

Ebay has plenty of cheap-o ones for reasonable prices. Mine comes today.

You're absolutely right! We installed a bidet when we did a master suite addition to our old home, which was in use around ten years before we decided to sell and move south. Of course, selling a home requires checking and certifying systems like the septic, so we called in a guy to open it up, pump it, and check that everything was working properly and fix it if it wasn't.

I'll never forget when the lid came off and he looked in and then looked at us like...?? He was amazed at how relatively clear the tank was, especially considering its age and the fact that we'd never had it pumped. We told him about the bidet and he was impressed at what a difference it made, because it absolutely extended the life of the system and saved us thousands of dollars since we didn't have to replace it.

I also had to laugh because I overheard our buyer telling his realtor that the first thing he was going to do was to take out the bidet. Haha- dumbass!

There was a thread on home improvement recently where a plumber highly recommended springing for the $300 toto etc ones. The cheapos apparently flood more houses than he could count.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Brondell-Blue-Handheld-Bidet-Sprayer/1000316885?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-kab-_-google-_-lia-_--_-toiletseats-_-1000316885-_-0&store_code=503&placeholder=null&gclid=CjwKCAjwgbLzBRBsEiwAXVIygKTUhuvw8_aXCExmX_1S3CgNmjvM4Q_QEiQfG_Rv545pNaYNU_r2pRoCVYMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have this in my purse (a backpack) at all times!!

NOTE- you have to sit down when using this or water gets EVERYWHERE and all over you. I line the toilet seat with paper before pooping in public places anyway... but I, in my haste, have decided to hoover to shit before and it was a mistake lol

I bought amazon’s best seller one for $30 but didn’t fit my one piece toilet. When I went to return it, price was already up to $48. Even though it won’t fit my toilet, I ended up buying a different one from helloTushy.com because they’re discounted currently. Would rather spend more at a company that’s willing to give people a break.

Edit - fixed web address! Sorry everyone ��

Or a spray bottle if the price of a bidet is out of reach.

The greatest part of this ordeal is the normalization of bidets in the states.

I barely remember my life before...

I gave them out as gifts/house warming presents to all the people in my life whose houses I'm most likely to take a dump.

It's pretty funny watching your brother or in law unwrap a bidet on Xmas day too

The plastic one that came with it worked fine for us for two plus years, then we moved lasted another 6 months on a different toilet before it started leaking. Wasnt a big deal, disconnected it ordered a proper metal one and installed upon arrival. No issues since. Bidet is an absolute game changer to have, only downside is you never feel clean using just toilet paper

Ive thought about getting one of those fancy ones that cost hundreds, but the ~$30 one i got on amazon has served me wonderfully.

I have a luxe bidet model. It's the one that also has a hot water hose for hookup to under your sink , if you're close enough. I've only installed the cold water hookup for now because that's the easiest way to get up and running. the Luxe brand comes with very nice adapters. I think the model i 320. I didn't want to risk a $30 model, so i went for the nice one in hopes that all the parts would be of higher quality. it was about $79 Can$ so probably $60 in US$.

great product.

do it.

Just to add on. I have the same exact on and have had it for 2 years no leaks and I hate using a toilet without a bidet. As a man with a hairy ass it is a nightmare to wipe. I have actually started getting bidets for friends and family so I don't have to wipe my ass if I use their toilets.

They go beyond cool... think more like "necessity" or "game changer".

Even the cheapo ones from amazon will make your life way better. I loved mine so much I bought a 2nd one for the guest bathroom.

As a man with a hairy ass - I've saved countless hours of my life wiping the peanut butter out of the carpet as they say. You are cleaner, you save a crap ton of toilet paper (no pun intended)

To this day my mom still gives me a hard time over the phone because she (and I quote) "Doesn't understand why anyone would want cold water shot on their ass" if the topic of bidets come up.

It's almost 2020 -- a truly clean asshole is something few people in the US can actually comprehend or appreciate. I'm firmly in camp "clean asshole" :)

Yeah I agree re the wait time. This is a bathroom on the second floor of my house, so you're in for 20-30 seconds wait just for warm tap water. However, for that luxurious bidet feeling, I might not be averse to that little wait. Turn on the hot water, for 30 seconds, then have a sit down, run the cleaning cycle and then aim for your anus!

I'm not sure how you guys use it, but i sit there for at least 10 seconds on low pressure and get a gentle wash. I can imagine when i hook up the hot, it will be even nicer. Like i may just luxuriate for 30 seconds in the warm water. :)

(This is november in canada, and the tap water isn't really that cold, you get used to it after the initial contact. Not sure what january will bring).

Its the Luxe bidet neo 120. Currently $35 on amazon. Nothing fancy about it but works great.

I liked mine a lot and it never leaked, but fair warning that if you do not get the one that heats the water, during the winter it will feel like spraying your butthole with icicles

The ones that Toto makes have a built in heating element to warm the cold water before use.

Was relatively minor, constant drip, at first we put a bucket under it. But after fiddling with it realized it wont be repaired and just needed to be replaced. I also recommend getting quality bumpers for the toilet seat. The one i have raised the back of the seat a bit and it didnt secure quiet right. Bumpers fixed all that, but i guess that somewhat depends on the shape of your toilet seat.

Like I said before, absolute game changer! I always recommend my friends get one, makes for a weird conversation piece cause some ppl have odd hangups about spraying water at their butt hole. But its one of those quality of life essentials you never realized was missing from your life. Stop overthinking it, join team bidet.

Also, added benefit great for women during their cycles and pre sexy time rinse.

Save more and use washcloths. Bin for clean ones, bin for used ones. Wash/sanitize, reuse.

Life-changing! I don't understand why Americans just don't get it. Literally a thousand times better in every way. To meet so disgusting now if I have to poop outside of my house. Gross!

I'm real ticked off nobody told me how great they are.

But then again I don't really go around telling my friends how clean my butt is.

A pregame splash of water helps keep anything from sticking 

One of the best features, being shower fresh any time. No more syncing your bathroom trip with a shower. It's liberating.

A few years ago we took my 92 year old Dad to visit Taiwan and Bangkok. My worldly brother made all of the awesome accommodations.

The first hotel had these Toto toilets with a complex electronic bidet feature. We’ve never experienced anything like it. After figuring it out we fell in love with spraying our fannies and vowed to look into installing one.

Once we returned, instead of the expensive electronic Toto version, I found a simple bidet to install. Within a few months I installed Luxe Neo 120 bidets and seats in each of our three toilets.

Anything else is uncivilized.

Look at moneybags over here, and their three toilets. Save some for the rest of us, eh?

yea.. bidets are pretty normal in asia. It just doesn't make sense why people still use toilet paper here. If you picked up shit with your hand, and only used toilet paper to make it clean... is it clean?

I grew up in a region where every single bathroom, public and residential, comes with a bidet installed. The concept of not having it just didn't exist. So when I moved to Canada, naturally it was one of the first things I set out to find, and luckily it was easy to find and pretty cheap for the value. Got it installed before I even had furniture lol

11/10 would recommend

>Also, if you happen to have some love juice left inside, it's great for that too.

Hey, I'm calling the police on you for making me read this.

Thank you for this entertaining review.

I don't understand why the west hasn't embraced the bidet. Now that I have one, I have strong opinions about it

The Culo Clean. It is used a lot in the hiking community for when you're in the wilderness and want a bidet.

Here is a link:

https://www.garagegrowngear.com/products/portable-bidet-by-culoclean?_pos=1&_sid=3296564a3&_ss=r

EDIT: Also check out this comment about another portable bidet of similar design but different hole pattern.

You could cleave it with a poo-oh never mind.

99 cent peri-wash bottle from the pharmacy.