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Post by whipea on Sept 24, 2017 3:04:19 GMT
Have been house shopping for the last month or so and noticed lots of newer houses have bidets. I am in the USA and surprised to see them in so many houses.
I have never used one yet understand the benefits and how they are embraced by most of the world. But for some reason when I see one my first thought is that thing has to go (sorry). Or if it looks to complicated to remove I try to figure out how difficult it would be to hide. Just the thought of someone hovering over it, water spraying all over their nether regions just is not in my reality.
So, are you noticing more bidets and do you embrace the concept? Or are you not real comfortable with a bidet lurking in your bathroom?
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Post by peasapie on Sept 24, 2017 3:05:31 GMT
I have only seen one.
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Post by Zee on Sept 24, 2017 3:05:54 GMT
I don't get why it's a thing unless it sprays warm soapy water and blows you dry. Not interested.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 3:11:19 GMT
Have been house shopping for the last month or so and noticed lots of newer houses have bidets. I am in the USA and surprised to see them in so many houses. I have never used one yet understand the benefits and how they are embraced by most of the world. But for some reason when I see one my first thought is that thing has to go (sorry). Or if it looks to complicated to remove I try to figure out how difficult it would be to hide. Just the thought of someone hovering over it, water spraying all over their nether regions just is not in my reality. So, are you noticing more bidets and do you embrace the concept? Or are you not real comfortable with a bidet lurking in your bathroom? They were super common when we lived in Italy. My family never used our two for the intended purposes. The kids liked theirs for washing feet after running around barefoot in the yard or washing toys. The one in the master bath got used for any laundry that needed to be soaked. Some friends of mine put potted plants in hers but she had a lot of sun light. I guess I don't embrace the concept but I don't find it something to be uncomfortable about either. |
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Post by elaine on Sept 24, 2017 3:35:22 GMT
Dh laughed at me when I installed a bidet attachment on our master bathroom toilet. It has become one of his favorite features of our current house. In fact, the boys also come into our bathroom to use it. I am going to install one on their toilet, so that everyone isn’t using our bathroom just for the bidet.
I would LOVE to have separate free standing bidets and would be all over buying a house with them installed.
With all the talk here of how one cleans one’s nether regions in the shower, the benefits of a bidet are numerous.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 3:41:06 GMT
We did not use ours when we lived in Italy. My friend has one in her house here and I guess they use it.
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Post by buddysmom on Sept 24, 2017 3:43:15 GMT
Our house was built in 1988 and our master bath came with a bidet.
We never used it.
Well, correction, my cat would get in it and cozy up and sleep in it.
We got rid of the bidet when we remodeled our bath about 12 years ago.
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Post by katlady on Sept 24, 2017 3:53:17 GMT
I love the built-in bidets that the toilets in Japan have. You can wash your front and back side. You feel very clean after taking a poop.  I would love to have one of the Japanese ones, but they are expensive. I don't think I would ever want or use a stand-alone bidet. Seems like a hassle to have to move from the toilet to the bidet. |
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Post by AllieC on Sept 24, 2017 8:10:40 GMT
They are not common at all in Australia either. I look at heaps of listings online here and have hardly ever seen one.
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Post by elaine on Sept 24, 2017 8:20:49 GMT
I love the built-in bidets that the toilets in Japan have. You can wash your front and back side. You feel very clean after taking a poop. I would love to have one of the Japanese ones, but they are expensive. I don't think I would ever want or use a stand-alone bidet. Seems like a hassle to have to move from the toilet to the bidet. As a woman, they are also nice after fooling around and also at that time of the month. The instant hassle-free cleanliness is nice. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 10:56:02 GMT
I love the built-in bidets that the toilets in Japan have. You can wash your front and back side. You feel very clean after taking a poop. I would love to have one of the Japanese ones, but they are expensive. I don't think I would ever want or use a stand-alone bidet. Seems like a hassle to have to move from the toilet to the bidet. As a woman, they are also nice after fooling around and also at that time of the month. The instant hassle-free cleanliness is nice. Never saw one when we lived in the States. They are quite common here in Morocco and have been in our homes thus far. COULDN'T live without one now for all the reasons stated above. Definitely makes you feel cleaner. |
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Post by Olan on Sept 24, 2017 11:18:59 GMT
Even if I am in a rental I will hire a plumber to install generic bidets. I've often wondered why the really crunchy folks hadn't adopted the bidet as a way to cut down on toilet paper usage.
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Post by Linda on Sept 24, 2017 13:05:30 GMT
I haven't seen one since I moved to the States - living overseas, the military housing I was in, didn't have them but they were really common in civilian houses (at least the ones I visited)
They don't bother me at all - if/when we ever build a house, I would probably install one.
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Post by pridemom on Sept 24, 2017 13:16:18 GMT
I know several people that lived overseas and when they returned to the US built homes so they could have a bidet. I would like one as my RA is in my hands and a bidet would make hygiene easier.
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Post by dillydally on Sept 24, 2017 15:40:15 GMT
I don't get why it's a thing unless it sprays warm soapy water and blows you dry. Not interested. When we had our master bath redone, dh wanted a bidet. We got a Toto toilet that has the bidet feature, and while the water isn't soapy, it is warm, and you can have it blow you dry! Plus, the seat is warm too. I don't use the feature that much but DH uses it every day. He loves that toilet  |
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Post by Grom Pea on Sept 24, 2017 15:57:18 GMT
I don't get why it's a thing unless it sprays warm soapy water and blows you dry. Not interested. When we had our master bath redone, dh wanted a bidet. We got a Toto toilet that has the bidet feature, and while the water isn't soapy, it is warm, and you can have it blow you dry! Plus, the seat is warm too. I don't use the feature that much but DH uses it every day. He loves that toilet Used one like this at the Madonna inn and was almost tempted to get one at home, it was nice, but we'd have to get hot water near the toilet and an outlet (have an older home) |
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Post by anonrefugee on Sept 24, 2017 16:11:50 GMT
I don't have one, but they're popular additions in renovations and new homes here.
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I would love to have one of the Japanese ones, but they are expensive. I don't think I would ever want or use a stand-alone bidet. Seems like a hassle to have to move from the toilet to the bidet. 
