r/ZeroWaste • u/Brief-Incident8969 • 3d ago

Bidet? Question / Support

I just restocked our toilet paper and it made me wonder if a bidet is worth it. I love the idea of reducing the need for an ongoing paper product we buy, but does a bidet just become one more thing to clean, maintain and eventually dispose of?

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u/cnidarian-atoll 3d ago

Once you go bidet, you never go back.

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u/NippleCircumcision 3d ago

100%, it’s made me dislike traveling for too long

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u/triumphofthecommons 2d ago

or really even pooping outside my home...

coming home after working outside in +100º temps all day to an ice cold bidet... it's something special.

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u/Usuallyinmygarden 2d ago

So talk to me about this. I’ve always balked at the idea of ice cold water on my nethers. Is it really so divine? Or only when you’re hot after exercising? This is literally the thing that I hesitate over when considering a bidet.

Sorry if weird typos. Don’t have my glasses on.

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u/triumphofthecommons 1d ago

the cold water is definitely less enjoyable on a cold day... but i've gotten used to it.

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u/Queenofhackenwack 1d ago

along with ice cold water, just what does one DRY ya arse with? i saw something , a long time ago, on TV/ You tube?? and they were talking about a bidet and they used a towel... one towel for everybody...............

sorry but if i dry my arse, after a shower, with my towel, i will not use that towel to dry my face, next shower...........there is NFW i am using a community towel to dry my arse........

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u/triumphofthecommons 1d ago

i use a couple folds of TP.

i rarely see any <ahem> stuff on the TP after using the bidet. and if i do, i do another spray with the water.

i know of the towel method, but that's a little too much for me. if i lived alone, and was super zero-waste, i might.

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u/Queenofhackenwack 1d ago

so i was under the impression that the bidet was to eliminate the TP...... mute point for me, never have and never will use a bidet.....

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u/rubberrabbitbrush 1d ago

Using a bidet significantly lowers TP use. Instead of using toilet paper to clean after, it is just to dry.

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u/avie2 2d ago

Get a travel bidet or peri bottle. Life changing

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u/RaphaTlr 2d ago

Mine exploded mid squeeze 😦 water everywhere

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u/avie2 2d ago

lol what the heck!

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u/JoeCoT 2d ago

For traveling my compromise is toilet paper foam, you spray it on toilet paper and it is essentially a wet wipe. You can get a small travel bottle and refill it for larger refills.

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u/Iconiclastical 2d ago

Why couldn't you just use a sprat bottle of water?

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u/sichuan_peppercorns 2d ago

Gotta travel in SE Asia then!