It may be time to upgrade your bathroom routine.
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Ah, bidets.
What Bidet Toilets Do
Bidet toilets are not a modern inventionthey date back to 17th century Europe.
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Bidets spray water to help you clean up after you’ve done your business.
Think quick-and-easy shower for your undercarriage.
Here’s somewhere where the U.S. is behind the rest of the world.
Europe and Asia are fully on board with bidets.
Better hygiene
Cleaning up with water will get you cleaner than just wiping and swiping.
It can also be gentler than wiping, reducing the risk of irritation and tears.
And that can help reduce the risk of contamination and infection.
Better for the environment
Obviously, less TP use means fewer trees converted into toilet paper.
Currently, nearly two million trees per day are turned into toilet paper.
Using a bidet in lieu of toilet paper can also save a ton of water.
Installing a Bidet
There are a few different ways to bring a bidet into your life.
Traditionally, a bidet was completely separate from your actual toilet.
That brings us to the bidet seat, which has become the most popular way to add a bidet.
Upgraded versions with heated water and heated dryers may require a bit more skilland a good bathroom configuration.
Many bidets have a “nozzle clean” function to run water through the system to clean it.
