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The Bidet: An Update
It’s been 6 months since I installed a bidet, so I figured it was time to update everyone on how it’s been. Do I still have glowing praise, or have I soured on the notion of using water instead of toilet tissue? For the TL:dr, that’s an easy one. Having used a bidet, I would not go back to using just toilet tissue.
Using the bidet presented a bit of a learning curve. It’s not a matter of simply sitting there and letting it spray your bum for a moment. You do have to know how best to position yourself to clean effectively. You also have to know your poop. Some poops might require longer cleanup. Once you know, you know, but it takes a while to figure it out. During that time of figuring it out, the “security wipe” is important. For a while, I found I couldn’t assume I was truly clean back there without wiping with toilet tissue and making certain. Over time, performing the security wipe became less and less necessary because the security wipe was always clean. When the security wipe was clean all of the time, I knew I had mastered the bidet.
Spraying until clean was only half of the learning curve. The second part was drying off. Much to my surprise, once I’d learned how to direct the spray, there wasn’t much left to dry after. A quick pat with toilet tissue was all it took. I’ve learned some bidet owners reserve a towel for each person to use for drying or keep a stack of reusable…
