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Muse

Lifer
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so you are so traveled you have not seen one in europe or asia? i have seen and used 100's of them, really i dont care since flushable wipes work just fine. funny how obbssesssed you seem to be about them! seems like just extra water and electricity to use, a hose would be OK if you really needed it. I dont need heated seats or water or a butt massage while i take a shit since the whole process takes 2 mins or less for me.
Ok, not arguing with your relationship with La Bidet, but I have to wonder what drugs you're on with your take on me and my relationship. If you read my posts here I never said I'm so traveled (I have never been to Europe or Asia, for instance), I was talking about my extended family, not me. I also am anything but obbssessed with bidets, don't know where you got that. I've never even seen one, and TBH I don't give a shit. I've just seen a lot of posts here by people who swear by them. WTF.
 

Muse

Lifer
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It just looks like a fat toilet seat. You don't have to use the features at all if you don't want to. This unit literally just replaces your toilet seat & pipes in water (via a tap) & electricity (via a cord).

The bidet itself is just a little plastic straw that slides out & squirts you, exactly the same as a flexible shower head, just tiny. So you do your business, press the button to make the straw come out, it squirts warm water on you (there's a sensor in the seat, it won't come out if you're not sitting down, so it won't just spray randomly FWIW), you rinse off, and then you can either use the air dryer (takes forever, I don't use it) or just a single piece of TP.

That's it, that's the whole process! tbh it's super hard to go back to regular toilets because of the convenience & cleanliness. Plus the heated seat is amazing. All of those features sound so fancy lol. I think the toilets themselves cost less than the bidets, but they were worth it!
I'm wondering if I want the round or elliptical. My toilet isn't perfectly round, it's a little elongated. How do I determine with certainty which one I want? Should I take measurements? From where to where?
 

BUTCH1

Lifer
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you dont own a telephone? you cant call ahead and have them make you some chicken? i personally dont eat fast food and if i wanted fried chicken id have my wife/chief prepare me some, sounds like you are very excited about eating out / fried chicken!! (wonder how much MSG use) ((i have read the box and MSG was defiantly a main ingredient according to my goolge search its in a lot of their products woho!
Hmm, CHICKEN SNOB DETECTED! and MSG is harmless unless your sensitive to it.
 

killster1

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Hmm, CHICKEN SNOB DETECTED! and MSG is harmless unless your sensitive to it.
msg is harmless!!!! oh this is the first ive heard of that, ok maybe im wrong... /checks again .. OK from the 1 min googling i guess you are right! doesnt seem to cause cancer or anything like i had dreamed up! oops,, Order another round

Ok, not arguing with your relationship with La Bidet, but I have to wonder what drugs you're on with your take on me and my relationship. If you read my posts here I never said I'm so traveled (I have never been to Europe or Asia, for instance), I was talking about my extended family, not me. I also am anything but obbssessed with bidets, don't know where you got that. I've never even seen one, and TBH I don't give a shit. I've just seen a lot of posts here by people who swear by them. WTF.
I'm wondering if I want the round or elliptical. My toilet isn't perfectly round, it's a little elongated. How do I determine with certainty which one I want? Should I take measurements? From where to where?
OOps again my bad, thought you said you and your family are well traveled just said that your extended family has traveled (why mention this because they have not purchased one after traveling?) but yes you are obsessed :) i can count 20 posts in this thread focused on every aspect of one even 1 min later you make a post about how round your toilet is :p Maybe just buy a plane ticket somewhere new instead of wasting money on heating toilet water to shoot on your butt.
 

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Lifer
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so you are so traveled you have not seen one in europe or asia? i have seen and used 100's of them, really i dont care since flushable wipes work just fine. funny how obbssesssed you seem to be about them! seems like just extra water and electricity to use, a hose would be OK if you really needed it. I dont need heated seats or water or a butt massage while i take a shit since the whole process takes 2 mins or less for me.
Just so you know, those "flushable" wipes don't break down like they are supposed to, they are a plumbers best friend because of the issues they have down the line, https://www.today.com/series/one-small-thing/are-flushable-wipes-really-flushable-t151945 if you use wipes, (flushable or not) just toss them in the garbage. I keep some around in case extra cleaning is needed.
 

Muse

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msg is harmless!!!! oh this is the first ive heard of that, ok maybe im wrong... /checks again .. OK from the 1 min googling i guess you are right! doesnt seem to cause cancer or anything like i had dreamed up! oops,, Order another round



OOps again my bad, thought you said you and your family are well traveled just said that your extended family has traveled (why mention this because they have not purchased one after traveling?) but yes you are obsessed :) i can count 20 posts in this thread focused on every aspect of one even 1 min later you make a post about how round your toilet is :p Maybe just buy a plane ticket somewhere new instead of wasting money on heating toilet water to shoot on your butt.
You know, you didn't have to go ad hominem here. Just because I pursue a subject doesn't mean I'm "obsessed" by it. I have a better attention span than a chimpanzee. I'm so damned obsessed with bidets that I've never even seen one after all these years. Case dismissed.

You're pretty indecent in your characterizations of bidets. I'm curious now. Have you used one?

Hey, admit it, you've been drinking this afternoon, haven't you?
 
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sdifox

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so you are so traveled you have not seen one in europe or asia? i have seen and used 100's of them, really i dont care since flushable wipes work just fine. funny how obbssesssed you seem to be about them! seems like just extra water and electricity to use, a hose would be OK if you really needed it. I dont need heated seats or water or a butt massage while i take a shit since the whole process takes 2 mins or less for me.


Them flushable wipes are not really flushable...
 

killster1

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Just so you know, those "flushable" wipes don't break down like they are supposed to, they are a plumbers best friend because of the issues they have down the line, https://www.today.com/series/one-small-thing/are-flushable-wipes-really-flushable-t151945 if you use wipes, (flushable or not) just toss them in the garbage. I keep some around in case extra cleaning is needed.
You know, you didn't have to go ad hominem here. Just because I pursue a subject doesn't mean I'm "obsessed" by it. I have a better attention span than a chimpanzee. I'm so damned obsessed with bidets that I've never even seen one after all these years. Case dismissed.

You're pretty indecent in your characterizations of bidets. I'm curious now. Have you used one?

Hey, admit it, you've been drinking this afternoon, haven't you?
Them flushable wipes are not really flushable...
not been drinking but i really dont sleep much and am doing 5 things at once (and am not english so my grammar is most likely horrific.!) , also mad that my boss is here on a friday@! suppose to be relaxing, i actually throw the wipes in the trashcan next to the toilet, and yes i have hoses attached to my toilets in my houses in asia, (is that close enough to a ass washing thing for you?) in america no i do not. have used loads of different types of toilets, Japanese toilets wow so fancy, one of my friends purchased one for 2000$? but they have the same thing in a lot of airports in japan too. /shrug just my opinion about obsession dont obsess about if you are obsessed or not ;)
 

Muse

Lifer
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/shrug just my opinion about obsession dont obsess about if you are obsessed or not ;)
I really don't think about it, so not obsessed. I mean, I don't, and don't really care. I just noticed the ad in the Costco mailer, wondered if it was the same one that @Kaido had posted about at length in some thread. I remember Kaido saying that it went on sale every Thanksgiving in that thread, figured it would be doing a public service here to find the thread and post that it was on special NOW. So, found the thread, posted, still non-commital about the bidet, not sure AT ALL if it was something I should consider, or even be thinking about, so posted my thoughts. All this makes me obsessed? Gotta admit, I haven't made up my mind about plenty of things but am proud not to be a very opinionated person. It's called having an "open mind." It HAS been noted that I DO have an open mind.
 

Muse

Lifer
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when it comes to bidets, i don't have an open mind.

everyone who doesn't own one is a caveman.
I may order that 6800 before the deal ends (it's as long as supplies, last, tho, IIRC). I have high water pressure here (~92PSI when I tested it). Bought a reducing valve, have to install it, I figure before installing a bidet. Maybe reduce to around 75PSI.

I probably wouldn't care much but for those times when I think, gee I should take a shower after THAT shit! :D

Still don't know answer to question I posted a ~2 days ago in this thread about my AC outlet situation for this. Anyone?
 

brianmanahan

Lifer
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Still don't know answer to question I posted a ~2 days ago in this thread about my AC outlet situation for this. Anyone?

for years i used a non-powered bidet so outlet wasn't an issue

when i got an electric one, my closest outlet was about 8 feet away and unfortunately out of reach of the cord. so i just used an extension cord on the floor for a while. then i realized that was stupid if something overflowed, so i now i run the cord along the wall and back of the counter. it's not really pretty but it works.

installing a new outlet near the toilet is the best way though.
 

Muse

Lifer
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for years i used a non-powered bidet so outlet wasn't an issue

when i got an electric one, my closest outlet was about 8 feet away and unfortunately out of reach of the cord. so i just used an extension cord on the floor for a while. then i realized that was stupid if something overflowed, so i now i run the cord along the wall and back of the counter. it's not really pretty but it works.

installing a new outlet near the toilet is the best way though.
I don't think I'll bother trying to install an outlet, just run a cord from the opposite wall... it's real close to the toilet, the bathroom is tiny. One of the neat things about it, though, is that the toilet paper roll is right next to the toilet. Almost every bathroom I've been in the last X years you have a weird long reach... not in mine!
 
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nakedfrog

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Apparently it's back and available for purchase from Walmart, which is very apropos.
 

Kaido

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So, this was awful. It smells like two things:

1. Sweetness
2. Poo gas

I can't explain the smell. It is...unique. I had visitors today...they came in to the room to find the source of the smell, smelled it, and never came back into the living room again. A small child commented "it smells like bum". It smelled exactly zero percent like fried chicken. Also to be clear, when I say poo gas, I'm not saying it smells like someone farted, I'm saying it smells like when you're on the toilet and are going #2 and have gas. THAT gas. Coupled with, I dunno, corn syrup. I am decidedly not a fan.

0/10 would not buy again. KFC, I am disappoint :(

QFP. Just a reminder of the reality of this monstrosity lol.
 

Kaido

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I don't think I'll bother trying to install an outlet, just run a cord from the opposite wall... it's real close to the toilet, the bathroom is tiny. One of the neat things about it, though, is that the toilet paper roll is right next to the toilet. Almost every bathroom I've been in the last X years you have a weird long reach... not in mine!

Also a follow-up to this...I have 3 toilets (master, guest, half). I have a bidet on all of them now. It's awesome. 10/10 would recommend. Almost better than owning an Instant Pot!
 

Muse

Lifer
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Also a follow-up to this...I have 3 toilets (master, guest, half). I have a bidet on all of them now. It's awesome. 10/10 would recommend. Almost better than owning an Instant Pot!
And your favorite bidet? I recall you recommending a Costco one that goes on sale around this time, or maybe it was BF and too late...
 

Kaido

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And your favorite bidet? I recall you recommending a Costco one that goes on sale around this time, or maybe it was BF and too late...

I think it's the BioBidet 6800, I have the same one on every toilet. 10/10 would buy again. Heated seat in the winter, blue LED nightlight so you don't blind yourself, heated cleaning spray. Marvelous.