Bidet Mate! aka Adventures Down Under

Now that I have visions of Solid Gold Cajones in my head, I'm hoping to be able to afford to build a house in the next year or two.

My husband is less of a dreamer than I am and everytime I say, "In the new house..." he rolls his eyes.

Except for the other day when he walked out of the bathroom with a book and said, "In the new house I want a bidet please!"

So I surfed Amazon and found this bidet attachment for the toilet.

It was only $70 so I bought it.  (DH could save $70 on toilet paper in a MONTH with this thing!)

It sat on my diningroom table for a week until I insisted that we get the bidet off the dining room table because, OBVIOUSLY and EW.

So then it sat on the floor of my closet for a week until my husband found some time to install it.  He got part of the way through the installation and then called a plumber friend of his to help out.  Except it was like the friend didn't really want to do it because he just kept telling my husband what to do when it probably would have taken him 6 seconds to do it himself.  

Anyway, my husband got it hooked up and tried it out.  RAVE reviews.  Then my son wanted to try it.  He said, "I didn't feel anything." which was surprising.  I asked him which button he had pressed and it turned out he had hit the wrong button.  We showed him which knob to turn and watched as he turned it.  He almost jumped out of his skin but then he got a smile on his face that could have been disturbing if I were a more conservative woman.

Unfortunately it started leaking shortly thereafter and while we were trying to turn off the water to it, we broke the valve and when we were trying to fix the valve we broke the faucet on the sink.

So it wasn't exactly successful.

HOWEVER, it was VERY promising and even though I never tried it out (because I was afraid) I am going to return the leaky model and get a new one to see if it's any better.

PS I can't take credit for the B'det Mate! idea.  It came to me from a friend on Twitter.

Comments

[Kimberly]

Aaaahhhhhh, I've been looking for this! A bidet and a toilet in one! Well, except for the leaking part. That just sucks.

[John]

The leaking sucks . . . I've only ever seen a bidet as a separate apparatus, but I've always enjoyed using them whenever I've stayed at a place where one has been available.

[Jester Queen]

I love the idea of bidets, but I'm paranoid. My mother for some reason always considered them filthy and I don't understand her logic, but it sticks with me.

[Marta]

For some reason I am frightened of bidets. I don't really quite understand them and am perplexed by the concept of shooting water going anywhere. I am however slightly intrigued to try it out...

[Jenny Lyn]

Oh, come on, Kit. You might get that same smile on your face that your son did! Although if I had one it still probably wouldn't save me on tp.

[Jessica Nessicka]

I still prefer the bidet spray than this one. At least when I use the spray, I can still control it.