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05-19-2009, 10:53 AM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | The Bidet Thread
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Who's used one?
Why haven't they taken off in America?
Would you have one for your home?
Anyone particularly not like them?
Is it particularly hard to retrofit plumbing to accomodate one?
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05-19-2009, 10:54 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Bidets are sloppy. You need to look into the Japanese washlets. Those are a blumpkin shy of nirvana. |
05-19-2009, 10:54 AM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | wait, when I was in France, I....I....you mean that WASN'T a water fountain!???
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05-19-2009, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar ...Those are a blumpkin shy of nirvana. |
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05-19-2009, 11:01 AM
| | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Bidets are sloppy. You need to look into the Japanese washlets. Those are a blumpkin shy of nirvana. | There's something in my brain that feels that articulated plastic and remotes would represent a hygeine issue in this area. The cleanup on the standard porcelain seems like it'd be a lot more effective.
I did enjoy their website though. 
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05-19-2009, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Relic wait, when I was in France, I....I....you mean that WASN'T a water fountain!??? | My dad is a plumber, back in the 80's him and his apprentice were working on a ryan homes sort of deal. The apprentice runs downstairs and is beaming: "Bob you'll never believe this they have this little water fountain in the bathroom!"
When we went to Orlando many moons ago our hotel had one and I was young and it was quite a shock to see what it did haha. I was just in Belgium but didn't run into any there  |
05-19-2009, 11:09 AM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | The washlets in Japan are high tech. Water temp control, angle adjustment for different genders more jet settings than a dial a jet shower head, and there many that talk to you in nice sexy japanese chick tones. Many of the toilet seats are heated too. You'd be better off importing a whole toilet unit from Japan than just a glorified seat. Check out ToTo. Some of the best poos I've had in my life have been on ToTo's.
Bidet's are kind of like sitting on a water fountain. Nothing really precise about them, and you don't really feel all that clean afterwards, but rather you kind of end up swampy and uncomfortably wet. The Japanese washlets are precise. You simply use a little dab of toilet paper to check and dry up. |
05-19-2009, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago | | | Is the washlet simply a high tech seat attached retrofitted to a toilet, or is it an entire unit? |
05-19-2009, 11:42 AM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Linas Is the washlet simply a high tech seat attached retrofitted to a toilet, or is it an entire unit? | In Japan, it's an entire toilet. You can buy seat attachments but they aren't as good. |
05-19-2009, 01:31 PM
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05-19-2009, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NY/MI | | | we had one in one of our hotel rooms in costa rica... i was the first one that used it... i wanted one for about 5 months after that... and still do for that matter....
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05-19-2009, 02:29 PM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | Back in the 80's, I dated a nice girl who's mom had a bidet in her posh Ann Arbor home. It got dusty after a while.
But they had a bidet, so they were with it.
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05-19-2009, 03:08 PM
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I'm buying some before I leave here, for my next house.
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05-19-2009, 03:16 PM
|  | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | | Hey Pacman, Toto has a factory in Atlanta and the high end plumbing
supply houses carry the washlets. No need to drag it halfway
around the globe, they got them here.
My house is Toto equipped, but unfortunately, not
with the washlet. They make a good product and the 1.6
gallon Toto's flush better than the old 5 gallon Kohlers I had,
so the hydraulic engineering is top notch. Good company,
great products.
I have always thought that bidets were a poor substitute
for daily hygiene.
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05-19-2009, 03:24 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Thor I have always thought that bidets were a poor substitute for daily hygiene. |
Theye are not a substitute for it, they are a supplement to it!
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05-19-2009, 03:38 PM
| | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | Depends on what part of the globe you are from.
The part of Europe I was born in believed in the pheromone
power of old sweat.
As far as the rest of it, you get the idea, let's not go there.
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05-19-2009, 03:39 PM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Thor Hey Pacman, Toto has a factory in Atlanta and the high end plumbing
supply houses carry the washlets. No need to drag it halfway
around the globe, they got them here.
My house is Toto equipped, but unfortunately, not
with the washlet. They make a good product and the 1.6
gallon Toto's flush better than the old 5 gallon Kohlers I had,
so the hydraulic engineering is top notch. Good company,
great products.
I have always thought that bidets were a poor substitute
for daily hygiene. | Hmm. Takes notes. I'm heading to Atlanta next month. Might need to figure something out. |
05-19-2009, 03:42 PM
| | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | | Back to the OP, the retrofit really depends on the location of
the supply line for the toilet and where the drain lines run.
Also, it depends on if the underside of the flooring is accessible. A second
floor installation might make remodeling a lot more involved as
opposed to a first floor with an unfinished basement.
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05-19-2009, 03:49 PM
| | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Hmm. Takes notes. I'm heading to Atlanta next month. Might need to figure something out. | They got about 5 models available. http://www.totousa.com/Default.aspx?tabid=113
They got a dealer in Huntington Beach, http://www.totousa.com/tabid/186/Def...9-a456e665ec4f
Greers Plumbing is the closest.
They have 14 dealers within 10 miles of H. Beach.
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05-19-2009, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Thor Depends on what part of the globe you are from.
The part of Europe I was born in believed in the pheromone
power of old sweat.
As far as the rest of it, you get the idea, let's not go there. | Never underestimate the power of old sweat... I get turned on everytime I get a whiff of my girls dirty gym.. um.. never mind. 
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