Had one since visiting Japan. The guy saying he'd never use one again is lying.

I've never tried it, but i know i want it. A mini ass shower seems exactly what one needs after a good poop. Warm water please.

Here in Thailand, it works a little differently. You know those spray nozzle attachments on a hose for your kitchen sink? Here those are attached in parallel with the toilet itself. So, you do your business, then self-aim the sprayer, squeeze, and let 'er rip.

Not to get too graphic, but you know how sometimes due to illness or specific foods or whatever else, you end up using a LOT of toilet paper? Like, you're on wipe number 17 and not getting clear ... spot checks? Water spray completely eliminates that problem. Way cleaner, way easier (once you get used to the sensation), I'm 100% sold.

I still buy toilet paper, but as the dude in the video said, it is purely for drying purposes. And that requires like 1-3 squares, vs probably a bare minimum of 12 or so for my average bathroom visit when I lived in the US.

Lots of Thai bathrooms have the sprayer but NO toilet paper available. That kinda confuses me, because although if I was forced to choose between either/or but not both I'd go with the spray, I don't quite get the mechanics of how to pull it off without any drying whatsoever...

Flushable wipes. Once you try it you'll never go back.

Problem with those is they don't break down quick enough and end up clogging sewer systems if used daily. It's why your parents probably told you never to flush kitchen towel down the toilet either, same problem - just doesn't break down quick enough to prevent blockage.

Toilet paper is designed to avoid this problem (except that waxy shiny toilet paper found in public toilets that probably costs 2 quid for a hundred rolls since nobody wants to buy it).

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Although I've never used a bidet, but I kinda think I know what it would be like. I imagine it's a lot like when you drop a turd and it sometimes causes the water to splash up on your ass. It's a bit of a shock when you're not expecting it, but if you could do that every every time, you wouldn't need a bidet.

Welcome to the first world america!!

Depending on the temp of the water and the force at which it is shot at your butt, the experience is completely variable. I can imagine non heated water in the middle of the night in winter would not be pleasant.

In SE Asia, it's goddamn mandatory, particularly when you consume as much hot chili/curry and beer as I do. Instead of chafing your asshole to death before walking out in to 34 deg.cel heat with 100 billion percent humidity, you get a cool soothing clean.

Some of them are literally as simple as a bent metal pipe hooked over the bowl and attached to a tap on the wall. Turn on tap, move butt around to get good coverage, brief dry and go.

Oh Buzzfeed, what WON'T you do a video on?!

*anatomy, *wtf

Adding video to channels (Anatomy, Wtf) - requested by Zawash.

While the ones that sold me on bidets were relatively fancy like the one in this video, the one I have is a cheap (though now costlier than I paid) unheated version. Yeah, the cold water will shock you--every time--but you get used to it almost instantly.

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Just what I need, a toilet that pisses back.

If you settle my bidets, it would make my bidet.

What's with the Boy George hat? That's not coming back is it? Please say it isn't and she's just quirky.