Not having to use toilet paper sounds pretty convenient.
I have an American toilet but a Japanese toilet seat (toto washlet) and it is pretty awesome. It has a heated seat, a bidet with a built in on demand water heater (you only have to hook up cold water), it has adjustable nozzle length to make sure it gets the right spot, has soft lighting so I can use the toilet at night without turning on the bathroom lights, it has modes to oscillate and pulsate the stream which is much better than it sounds, it pre-mists the toilet when you walk up so your poop doesn’t stick to the bowl, it lifts the lid when you walk up and can lift/lower the seat with a button press, it has 2 user profiles so you can set up your preferred heating settings and nozzle length and such, and it drys your butt off when you’re done with a blow dryer. If you buy a fancy toilet it can auto flush too but I only got this bc I had a contractor friend who sold it to me for $350 bc some rich dude ordered too many for their house remodel and they were selling it as overstock or whatever. I couldn’t justify changing out a perfectly good toilet. It was already too much to spend but now if it breaks I don’t know what I’ll do because a new one is like $800-1200 and I am so used to having my ass blow dried lol
You can find nice seat replacements for toilets on Amazon that are only $300 that do all the features you just mentioned. Especially the important ones like, warm water (without hot water hose needed) Heated seats, and hot air drying as well.
Thank god! I got this one years ago but good to know. It’s built like a fucking tank. I’m pretty sure it will last forever based on that. what I’ve read online seems to confirm it but good to know there’s a backup. Plus anything I can do to avoid Amazon is always excellent
Do this many people have electrical outlets right next to their toilets? That’s the only thing keeping me from getting one. I’ve never lived anywhere with an outlet right next to a toilet.
Naw I just had to set up an extension cord
Absolutely yes. I’ll never go back.
I don’t see a lot of toilet hype really. I’ve heard nothing but good things about Japanese toilets though.
I was in Japan for two weeks and at first I thought I really liked them. The ones I used had heated seats, ran speakers with the sound of water to cover up any uncomfortable sounds others may hear, and had the all-important bidet. The one downside that made me get tired of them though was the small toilet hole. The toilet seat itself had most of those gadgets embedded in it and thus took up quite a bit of room and I’m used to the long type of seat with an opening at the front. I didn’t have a comfortable position for both by butt and penis to fit comfortably without a bit of an ab workout so they got old for me pretty quickly. I recommend just sticking to an installed bidet if you’re larger than the average Japanese man.
I have a cheap bidet that I got on Amazon for maybe $30. I love it. It gets you way cleaner compared to just wiping because the water can flush you out a bit. The downside is that you have to dry yourself off (unless you get a drying model) and there’s more cleaning involved because of the bidet and the powerwashed poop particles that don’t fall straight down into the bowl.
Getting a bidet + squatty potty changed my life, especially as someone with a very poor and inconsistent diet.
Oh yes, trust me, they do. Your butthole will never feel so clean.
I wish I could install a washlet in my apartment, but the toilet is installed into the wall so there is no pipe for the washlet to take water from.
Now that I’m back home after travelling in Japan I feel like like a caveman. Sometimes I even end up taking a shower after pooping.
I have a $50 bidet attachment that’s made my entire life better.
Go to Japan and find out.
Highlight to my trip to Japan if I may exaggerate a bit :D Incredible comfort, heated seats, sounds of nature if you like… Can’t believe they’re not more prominent outside of Japan.
Hellyeah bidets are great! You can get a $20 attachment off amazon that goes under your regular toilet seat and hooks to the toilet water line with a T connector. It’ll be cold water only but works as a great. There are also heated under seat attachments and full toilet seat replacements with a heated seat, blowdryer, and water spray options. After using them for years it feels bad shittin in public bathrooms.
I’ll probably get one at some point, but to test if it was good or not I got a “portable” one (it’s basically a bottle with a special nozzle) and I’ve been using that for years now, with the advantage that it’s, well, portable, and you can take it with you on vacations and the like! It’s like this: https://eu-browse.startpage.com/av/anon-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F71zhLrpWVVL.jpg&sp=1688454897T181dbaa7a258905811055b89b1acdb559c6420aa640cd8edb2da8f65490f756c
Hmm, that link didn’t work for me. You might need to fix it
I hate pooping in public, I want my bidet at home.
They are awesome. I still use some toilet paper for drying, but they are doing a much better job at cleaning.
They’re awesome! Being 100% clean instead of 75-90% makes a world of difference. Plus, you can keep browsing Lemmy or even brush your teeth while the toilet cleans your butt.
You still have to use toilet paper to pat yourself dry, but much less than before and you can buy the cheapest and scratchiest half-ply garbage, it doesn’t matter. There are also models with a built in blow dryer, but it takes ages, so I never use mine.
Only downside is that I dread leaving home for more than a few days now. Using toilet paper feels so stupid and ineffective now.
Yes. The biggest problem with them is you will hate pooping outside your own house even more once you get used to it.
