Honestly I once owned one and I didn't like it. This may get downvoted because it seems to go against popular opinion but with a bidet I never felt properly clean until I'd wiped myself with paper afterwards - washing myself with water was fine but took time and I'd always get some more off with paper.
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Let me put it this way.
If you don't like your bidet, you don't trigger it. If you like it, you enjoy it.
My wife and I enjoy it quite a bit. To the point that when I used the other bathroom, there's been at least one case, where I've cleaned up in there, went into the other bathroom and got a better clean.
As for "how to use it" It will depend on the bidet on how to use it, but for ours you turn the knob, spray your special areas (There's two directions to turn, as a guy I don't notice a major difference, but I imagine a woman might, as one spray feels a bit "longer", but not to the point where I think it'll hit everything down there" You get jet water on your bum, I tend to move around a little to make sure it's getting the whole area, then turn it off. Then wipe (I use toilet paper).
You wipe more to "Dry" than to "Clean" which is a lovely feeling.
There's two must buys in the bathroom, the squatty potty and the bidet. I would say the Squatty potty is more important (I miss it more) but the bidet is getting up there.
I just don't like the way it feels, but that might be due to personal sensory issues. My family uses bidets and there was a time when the seat heater malfunctioned and would heat up on its own, which was inconvenient and unpleasant in the summer but nothing serious.
This might sound gross, but in our culture, we use a bottle of water and our hands to rinse and wipe. can't get any cleaner than that. and yes, we ofc wash our hands thoroughly afterwards.
It's not gross at all, just unfamiliar to many of us.
Could I ask, would a bidet be comfortable for you to use or would you prefer a pot or bottle of water in any case?
In Indian/southeast Asian cultures people have rules for that - you only use your left hand to wash your butt and only use your right hand for food.
Same here, but ...
I'm a lefty... so there's that 😅
I do have a bidet, kind of... it's one of those attachments you assemble onto the toilet seat. And I surely do prefer it bc of the convenience.
When I'm on vacation thou, I get myself a bottle.
In public toilets, I wetten some toilet paper beforehand and use that after I'm finished dry-wiping.
I know you're not wrong, I just don't think I could ever get my hand involved in that. I've seen portable ones, that are what you describe. I've also seen what look like the sprayers we have on our kitchen sinks, all the way to the crazy Toto ones that are part of the actual toilet itself.
It's really not any different than washing off mud from your skin.
Also, before we got old enough to do it ourselves, our moms used to rinse our butts after we had finished pooping.
I know. I logically do. I get it. BUT there is a huge mental block for me on that one.
FWIW I wasn't trying to be rude, or an asshole.
All good, mate! 😂
I have long nails so I have no idea how that would work for me. And what do you do in a public toilet? I'm imagining a lot of poopy hands touching doors! Nothing wrong with the way you do it if it works for you though.
Get a washlet brand bidet if you can. Have had mine several years now and it still works great. I miss it when I’m not at home
Since my question on bidet use for women was answered here, what about for obese people? Would using a bidet make things easier or more difficult? I see a lot here about shifting your weight and all that but I wonder if this is feasible for someone who is 100lbs + overweight.
I only use my bidet if I had a very soft movement. I find if I use it after a harder one, it causes irritation (I use a wet wipe instead).