Bidet sales are flush with success
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2024
- Bidets are common in Asia but are only just now catching on in America. Contributor Kelefa Sanneh finds out what's behind this recent stateside surge in interest and checks out some of the options from Toto, the global leader in bidet sales.
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America, what the hell took you SO LONG ?!!
Lol, was thinking the same.
Europe too, especially Eastern Europe
We’re a stubbornly proud folk.
@@swedemartyrsonswadeit's a European invention it's literally a french word lmao
As an American who has lived in four foreign countries, so it seems that many in the USA think that their way of doing things is always 'correct' and that other places in the world are 'incorrect'. Of course, it's foolish to think this way. But of course, many other countries in the world are more willing to adapt to new things quicker, with the USA lagging behind due to tradition, or fear, or refusal to change.
Can you name one other part of your body where, if you got feces on it, you'd wipe it off with some paper and call it good?
That part of the area usually always smells weird
I rest your case.
Who cares that part of the body is hidden anyways lol
Nose 👃?
Their reasoning is that it’s too far from the nose and mouth so who cares if it is dirty.
This would be good for the elderly who have mobility problems.
America was living in the Stone Ages here. So happy we’re finally becoming more hygienic
I mean, bidets aren’t popular in any English-speaking country that I’m aware of…
@@lngvly22 So?
@@theotheleo6830 So… it can hardly be “the stone ages” if many of the wealthiest and most developed countries are in the same boat LOL. If the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc are all doing the same thing, it’s usually (though admittedly not always) the right thing.
This segment was silly. You can pick up a bidet attachment at your local home center for 100 bucks. It doesn’t have the cachet of the $20,000 model, but it’s just as much an ace in the hole as the high-design options.
"ace in the hole"... I see what you did there. 😏
Mine was just under $300.
Mine was $37, works great
@@jamiemacdonald436 And maybe ACE HARDWARE sells these "ace in the hole" products! 😄
Does it have water temp control?
A Toto bidet seat is only a couple of hundred on Amazon and easy to install. I highly recommend. My Japanese husband can’t poop without one. 😂
On vacation with out one right now... I'm going crazy! Once you have one, it's hard to live without one. They really should have talked more about how affordable they've become.
Tushy was only $35 for me, it's amazing for my first bidet. I don't even use toilet paper anymore - seems so uncivilized
BIDET BIDEN 2024
@@pepsico815seriously, the $35-$50 bidets are such an upgrade. I can't imagine it's worth it to jump up to the hundreds of dollars range.
@@heyaisdabomb Toto sells a travel bidet. It’s on Amazon.
For Mother's Day Bob gave me a Toto Washlet and installed it himself. Last month we had an outlet put in. It works, and is quite as we are getting older and the idea of other people washing our behinds when we could use a bidet as we age in place is more appealing. I live in Metro-Atlanta. People from all over the world go through my town of Hiram, home of one long stretch of the Silver Comet Trail. I saw a review with a lady who reviewed the Toto Washlet, and she said that her children and husband line up to use the bidet. I like the idea better than all the toilet paper in septic tanks. Think of all the problems Septic Tanks give when too much toilet paper is flushed?!
You still ABSOLUTELY need to use toilet paper. Anyone saying otherwise has messy underwear. 25 years experience with TOTO, Lixil and Inax have proven that.
I still use TP, but at least 75% less than before installing a bidet, which was extremely helpful during the TP shortage.
@@theotheleo6830 Same. I got a bidet in October 2019 (amazing timing haha). I still have to use TP to dry and make sure it's all good, but TP usage went down significantly. I could use a regular/basic roll (not even a giant one) and it would last me a WEEK. Those 12 packs from Trader Joe's would last months haha. I think a large pack from Costco would last 2 years...
You are correct.
There are dryers built into some seats.
I have used bidets all my life and the worst part of travelling is going to countries where hotels and public toilets do not have any. 😭
I wish Toto would import their amazing bathtubs, especially the waterfall one. I want one. 😢
A bidet is awesome and life changing. I haven’t bought tp in two years. Plus, the heated seat keeps my touche warm.
How do you dry yourself?
@@HMNNO I have the same question!!!
Interesting. All this talk about no longer needing TP and yet I have a bidet, thoroughly wash, and yet still need at least a little TP afterwards.
@@douglassmith9445 soggy wet toilet paper? No thanks!
@@catlover34fl a towel that is guaranteed to have a little crap on it after washing because the bum is imperfectly able to be perfectly washed every time? No thanks
I've run across and used bidets a few times, but does anyone else beside me have a little queasiness about the dirty water falling back on the sprayer, thus contaminating it with each user's feces microbiome?
Thank you!!! That's been my thought and argument this whole time.
If I urinated on your faucet, would you still use that to wash your hands?
The Toto brand cleanses the sprayer before and after each use. This is standard even on the base model.
As soon as you sit down the seat senses your weight and starts cleaning the sprayer. As soon as you get up it cleans it again.
the sprayer doesn't come out until you tell it to. You cannot "pee" or "poop" on it. (unless you do it on purpose).
The wand has positive pressure, so nothing gets inside the nozzle. Most bidets, even the cheaper seat adapters, have "self-cleaning" wands where there is a separate flow of water over the outside of the wands before/during/after operation.
The falling water can’t go on the wand due to the water flow. The wand also self washes after each use. TOTO actually shows this effect at their showrooms.
There is no better feeling than a freshly pressure washed hole ❤
I use was mine daily, always clean, even at bedtime
Encountered it in Italy where it is standard.
I finally have a bidet seat on both my toilets. I hate to "log out" anywhere but home now.
The only remaining superpower country in the world is discovering bidets just now. 😅
You can buy a bidet seat to attach to your own toilet for about 60 bucks.TUSHY and Brondell Rinslet are what I use.
Soaking tubs should be the default also. Standard tubs are too shallow.
"For washing your backside, right?" ~ Crocodile Dundee
Like when you aren't fishing with TNT?
Can anyone answer though, after you've been washed, what do you dry yourself with?
A towel - paper or fabric, your choice.
Toilet paper. But you use less.
The Totos have a air dryer. And you can still use TP, just less. No more bad old days of going through a whole roll after a bad night of Carl's Jr.
TOILET PAPER. I don’t know what this Western idea is that you don’t need TP if you have a bidet seat. You must still use TP or you are going to have the messiest underwear out there.
I started using bidet seat attachments a few years ago and I love them. The one I currently have has most of the bells and whistles. If someone asked me what features to look for, I'd say 1) easy to install, 2) can accommodate warm water. These can sometimes cost a bit more but they are so worth it!
Hand held travel bidets are an option too.
Bulky
Not as good or strong as an actual bidet but still quite useful. I use one all the time.
Zero pressure and mostly useless.
Jordan Schlansky will be proud.
Toto, you’re not just a toilet anymore.
After living in Japan for 20 years,I could not live without my Toto toilet.
The price is a bummer.
An attachable bidet on Amazon can be like $30-60. Easy to install
Save up for the $350 Toto Washlet. It is worth saving up for. It is worth it.
True, the good ones are a couple hundred bucks... but it's a one-time expense. The average person spends about $100 on TP in a given year, so in the long run it pays for itself -- sometimes within the first year for busy washrooms
Remember to do the periodic cleaning intervals on your bidet toilets. As a plumber, the majority of bidet toilet users i have encountered have caked on poop inside the places a toilet brush cant reach. You have to physically take apart the wands to disinfect it
Ugh. Disgusting.
That is not what the Toto Washlet says.
That should never ever happen on any name brand bidet seat.
Even when using the self-cleaning mode?
@@theotheleo6830 I know. It makes me wonder. I have a direction guide I will consult for this.
It's fascinating to see how changes in consumer behavior, driven by unexpected events like the toilet paper shortage💡
The Asian style is what I think of as the car power wash style. The more traditional bidet (common in Europe and not mentioned in this story is a separate unit from the toilet, you straddle it and wash your nether region manually. The traditional bidet works better, but it does require more space and separate water supply.
The Asian-style is ultimately more flexible as it can imitate the European style, but the European style cannot imitate the Asian version.
Traditional bidet absolutely does not do a better job in any way. Messier than not using one at all.
Bidet '24
Congratulations…you made me laugh
@@gdwlaw5549 you're welcome 🤗.
I agree with one commenter that this story made the bidet seem expensive and unnecessary. TP alone can't clean residual poop; TP is dry. (Try taking a shower with no water and just toweling off). Bidets still require TP, but less, sure. I have had a bidet for many years. It's not silly, or luxurious, or gross. It's smart, hygienic, and important.
Tucks pads are perfect for thorough cleaning after using TP.
How hard is it to wet some TP though. Does nobody know you can do that?
Roommate A (who thank god, does not share a bathroom with me) installed his own DIY (he calls it a bidet) setup consisting shower hose, sprayer, and flow diverter on the toilet's water line. Roommate B who shares the bathroom said that the walls and floor and often the ceiling are wet after Roommate A does his business in there.
Actually, I installed a bidet in my bathroom a few years before the pandemic hit the US, and when everyone was going crazy with the toilet paper, I thought, "go ahead and take the toilet paper! I have a bidet, so ha, ha!" But seriously, it's one of the best things to have on your toilet.
I still want to wipe after bidets. Don't like them. & Dryer never fully dries.
We have finally reached the point where the people with money REALLY have it ($20k bidets), and those who don't are literally on the street.
SNL skit brought me here..lol😅
Toilet/bidet combos should be standard at the work place. I try to avoid doing a #2 at work because I feel dirty and gross even after wiping clean.
Newly built homes should have mandatory outlets behind toilets..bidets are a must
My Toto S550e is a life changer. I even negotiated for 45% off MSRP from one of those bidet specialty retailers.
Washing cleans better than wiping. We don't wipe dirty dishes. We don't wipe our cars etc.
I bought my first bidet about a year ago, and it was the best thing I've bought in years! Mine is simple, it just inserts into my existing toilet, so very easy to install and fabulous to use. It cost me about $40 on Amazon and I paid a friend $20 to install it.
I love them, so tidy and clean after a refreshing spritz.
You can get excellent bidet toilet seats at Costco on sale for $200.00. You have to plug it into a grounded electrical outlet. I would never but one of these expensive all in one's shown in this video because repairing them will be very difficult. The cheap ones that I buy are unfortunately not repairable, but I properly recycle them once they are broken. I wouldn't expect more than 10 years out of any of these, no matter how expensive that they are.
Savages! We’ve had washlets in all our toilets for over a decade!
A toilet that cleans itself? I'll take a dozen.
I've seen these in Spain but had no idea how to even use them. Do you just turn the water on and stick your fingers up there to get all the poop out?
This is only one kind of bidet. In Italy they have a different version.
Randy Marsh approves.
How the hell can you just wipe and go without washing it? Just using toilet paper is disgusting
It was a papyrus embargo from Egypt that helped increase the popularity of paper.
I just got a $30 attach version on amazing and luv it!
'For washing your backside, right?!'
😂😂😂 Middle East Africa Asia and even a country like Japan all use water . Except the first world west. And this first price tag is ridiculously expensive
One would expect the reporter to have done his due diligence and experienced one for himself before making this segment. I bought one after using them in Japan and it's a game changer. I will never willingly go back to using just TP alone.
I have had a bidet seat attachment for 10 years now and don’t know about some of you, but I still use toilet paper to dry my buns because the dry function doesn’t work that great, you have to sit way to long to get “dry” 😜😜 but I do love mine even though I’ve had to replace the seat 3 times now because I leave the heat on low all year so it eventually cracks the seat and end up unexpectedly stabbing my cheeks - ouch 😂😂 it’s worth every penny! US hotels need to get on board too!!!
Hotels? I think big box stores need the Washlet, and State Welcome Centers on highways need the Washlet. Oh, I made a video of one Alabama State Park outside of Eufaula with handicap bars falling out of the wall, a missing door, a missing sink, and just as moldy as you could ask for.
But it will not be anywhere as much toilet paper as you would have used if you did not have a bidet. And it's more of a blotting action rather than a wiping action that irritates the skin.
You have to use toilet paper regardless. There is NO bidet where you don’t need to use toilet paper. That idea is an absolute fallacy.
Explain how all the germs inside the wand and toilet don’t get washed onto you.
The wand does not “sit” in the toilet water, nor is it exposed at all until it’s in use. It’s also self-cleaning, with an option including having the entire toilet self-clean. Your toilet seat is probably MORE dirty than the wand.
If that bothers you (and it shouldn’t) you can get a handheld bidet attachment, which never is in the toilet at all.
Why would there be germs inside the wand? It is only exposed when turned on and water is coming out. It’s not possible for anything to go inside. Also, any decent brand self-flushes the system after every use. You don’t crap on the wand.
@@BlownMacTruck toilets are always dirty. You delude yourself.
@@onestarabove7027 That just shows how little you know about how these toilets clean themselves. Hint: it’s not just soap and water.
Why would the wand have germs inside of it?
I read this as BideN sales are a flush! Poops. My bad.
I began noticing them in rich homes during my window cleaning years back in the 80's in Charlotte. What I find odd is just like the thumbnail to this vid, some bathrooms had two or three next to each other with no privacy wall between them. Yuck.
We’ve been using bidets in South Africa since the early ‘70s - Jenla Bidet was awesome - unfortunately, the company not around anymore
Most importantly feed with the right hand wipe with the left hand.
Clean with water is always cleaner than TP
I installed a bidet on my toilet in my apartment. I love my bidet. It is the best.
I'd never leave the toilet 😂
I’ve had a bidet for over 20yrs. Not like these expensive ones. Just a regular bidet next to my toilet. Can’t live without out.
And I'm sure every average American can afford a $20k bidet!
97% of Americans have or would like to have a Bentley at home 😅😅😅😅
Civilization at last arrives to the USA. Good quality public transport, dense cities, affordable universal healthcare and education plus the adoption of the metric system should be next.
Kimberly Clark’s toilet paper cartel is sweating….
I bought a bio bidet seat accessory for 18 bucks in 2016 and haven’t looked back,we’ll little 😅
If you pay 20,000 for a toilet then you can pay 2,000 for the install
America continues to zombie walk itself into becoming Japan.. and I am here for it
So, if it talks to you, does it say, "WOW! That was a real bowl-winder!" ;-P
There’s a better solution than a full, separate bidet. If you’ve never used one, well, it’s a bit “indecorous” and inelegant to shift from the toilet to the bidet. A better solution will cost you only $20 and you can mount it to your existing toilet. They transform your existing toilet into something like a Japanese toilet.
Toilets in Cambodia have a water hose next to it, called a bum gun by some.
We just moved into a house with a bidet and it truly is life changing
Let's see, $20K or a $30 bum gun?
02:00 Salesman of the year 😂
2:20 350 dollars?? That's insane. You can buy a decent one in Japan for like 10,000 yens (about 65 US bucks.)
No, you can’t. A basic bidet seat starts at a little over ¥20,000 and anything with more than basic features is around ¥50,000. Higher end, you are looking at ¥150,000. They don’t even have dryers in most seats these days here. They are going backwards on features and have halved the water output.
If she would design a completely handicapped accessible bathroom and shower a bidet is a must have.
I have one.
$20 K ? 🤯 You could buy quite a few boxes of Wet Wipes for that amount 🤪 or flush $19.595 K down the toilet. 😅
You still need toilet paper even with a bidet
The narrator says it's common in Asia, but isn't the bidet commonly used in Europe?
It def Is Not half of America.
Yeah, they combined the stats for those who have a bidet and those who want a bidet.
Yipeeee !!! Finally ! Change the construction
I installed Toto toilet in bathroom. It clean itself all you need remote to press
20,000$ lmfao it’s not expensive in Japan so funny
It shouldnt cost $3000 for a toilet period.
I'm more interested in the heated seats. Women always have to sit. Cold seats in the winter are jarring.
Big Toiletpaper must be panicking.
No. You still need to use toilet paper.
we call it TABO
$350, I might consider it.
$20,000???? I don’t think so!
They aren’t $20,000. A Neorest CES9820 is about $2000. I have no idea what that guy was talking about.
The Toto Washlet replacement toilet seat is about $350. I have one. It may not have all of the features of the $20k version but it does the job well.
Who else looked for a bidet during the pandemic? 😅
Not enough people, that’s for sure!
And did, purchased my tushy. Love it so much I even brought a travel one, because I travel a lot for work.
It's the one gift I give to people. Because they always think of me when they poo
You can get a 30 buck attachment.
I'd love to use a bidet. I will never have to buy toilet paper again. I don't think I could afford one though.
Yes you can. It's not as expensive as the vid makes it out to be. You can get 1 for less than $100
I can’t afford the cost of toilet paper anymore.
FALSE. You absolutely still need toilet paper EVERY time. You may need less, but sometimes even more. If a straggler decides to pop out while water is flowing, it’s like throwing a grenade into a room full of kittens.
@Shontaku I use a washcloth
That stat 47% have OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. 😅😅😅 that's hilarious 😅 So state the stats how many HAVE ?
NOT wiping after using a Bidet is the equivalent of getting in the shower and just standing there thinking the water, WITHOUT using soap, is cleaning your body. You still need to wipe your bottom to ensure cleanliness after using the darn Bidet. Gross!
They're are bamboo reusable toilet rolls that act as a towel. So you are just drying you bum off and helping with the planet too😊
No, wiping doesn't get things any cleaner. Bidets are much cleaner than wiping. Sure using soap is the most clean not necessary after every poop
@@christopherstone6962 I have a Bidet, and wiping is still necessary! People are nasty and lazy, period!
@@user-dj1sg3hm5i I have a non-electric bidet, which I find cleans better than the fancy ones because the pressure is much stronger. Since non-electric models have no air dryer, I pad dry with white bamboo baby towels. If the towel is dirty after padding, I give myself another blast. After 2 or 3 blasts everything is clean and the towel is totally white after padding. So I don't use toilet paper but there is friction between my skin and the towel. I will say this setup only works if you have your own laundry with a high temperature "sanitize" cycle
Absolutely 100% agree…as I sit on my Lixil with a turbo button.
I have a $150 non-electric bidet and prefer it over the expensive electric ones. The electric ones have nice features like a night light, seat warmer and air dryer; however, the pressure is too soft for me. I like the strong power washing from the non-electric tap connection. Just make sure you spend the extra $100 for a hot and cold bidet, the very cheapest non-electric ones cost more like $50 but are cold only and will freeze your butthole in the winter! The warm water feels amazing though. Definitely life changing!
It IS much harder to find a fully electric model with good pressure. Coco makes one, as does Bio Bidet. You have to look for a model that has the so-called “enema” feature to get anywhere near the strength of those hand-held wands. On the plus side, when you do find one, the water will be pre-heated.
Nevertheless, your point is well-taken.
Which brand and model do you use?
Finally!😂😂😂😂
My friends, the bidet is EUROPEAN not, let me say that once again, not Japanese! Come on, give credit where credit is due! The fact is just about every civilized house, apartment and often office in Italy has got, you guessed it, a bidet!😅
Japanese improvised it. A d this one here I looks different than the regular eu bidet.
The Japanese made it much much better.