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What is a fun gadget you have purchased that has added value to your life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Fumbles@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] pacific@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It takes a lot of water and energy to make toilet paper. Well, a lot more than turning on my bidet for 10 seconds.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would also add on that, unless you REALLY rocked that toilet, every poo becomes a single flush. Rather than potentially needing to double flush to avoid clogging it

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While you're shopping for a bidet also shop for an Australian toilet. The half flush saves a lot more water too but the proper s-bend makes everything a single flush even if you rocked it hard.

and by rocked it I mean you filled it with mercury for some reason

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

One of those is a bathroom remodel and the other is twenty minutes with a wrench in a rental

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's this now? There are a number of US toilets that have the dual flush feature, but what's this about a modified S bend?

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally no other countries have problems with toilets clogging. It's not a modified S, it's a normal one

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I may or may not have looked up gullible in the dictionary when I was younger

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's my secret, I've got a 50 year old toilet with a five gallon tank. There's nothing this bad boy can't take down.

https://youtu.be/DGyaFzRciMA?si=AAOU8yHrWBnT0ti4

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[–] Chozo@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahh, that's an interesting angle I hadn't considered. I wonder if there's a way to quantify the water savings this way, like a volume of water per TP roll or something. I feel like that could be a solid selling point to get more people interested in buying one.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I was curious a while ago and researched a little. Bidets are the environmental champ for butt cleaning.

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ten seconds? I think Mother Nature can understand if you wanna live it up a little bit more you know?

[–] pacific@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I spray my ass with the force of a thousand tsunamis—10 seconds is more than enough.

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hahaha well then what better experience can you have with an ebb and flow like that? That's beyond living it up, and more like riding the storm 😆