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[–] pacific@lemmy.world 125 points 10 months ago (48 children)

A bidet πŸ’ͺ even a cheap one is nice.

[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 7 points 10 months ago (22 children)

It literally saves so much water. πŸ’§

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (21 children)

How? Aren't you using more water than normal dry wiping, which uses none?

[–] pacific@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

I spray my ass with the force of a thousand tsunamisβ€”10 seconds is more than enough.

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months 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 πŸ˜†

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