I second the hand held device not all tushys are created equal
I don’t have a bidet and I’m not about to install an attachment for one when a little wet tissue paper can clean up after a movement that happens to be a little sloppy. If I feel the need to be more thorough, I squat in the bathtub and use the handheld shower head. Can’t beat the pulse power! 
I think we’re getting into a weird area here. I’m having to visualize some stuff I don’t really think about all that much.
Hemorrhoids can be aggravated from cold water depending on the person, especially if they flared up from sitting on a cold surface for too long.
Ummm, not all of NYC is Manhattan, so nope, no rooftop tanks. 
Groundwater here is supposed to be roughly 55°, per calculations whether/not geothermal can be worth it.
By me, nope, not even close to constant. I can tell the difference easily, especially letting the water run.
In summer, I can never get limeade, etc., cool enough to drink without wanting ice, as it’s definitely warmer, and this is even after, say, using the hose for an extended period. Guessing? 70s, especially after it’s been “summer” for a while.
In winter, the water’s so cold it hurts my hands if I keep them under cold running water. Definitely closer to the high 30s.
Hang on a sec…
Okay, took my meat thermometer, it turned on at 69.9° which is about right in the kitchen (maybe a bit high). Running it under cold water, I got it down to 41.0° and I’m guessing if I let it run even longer it would’ve dipped into the 40s, but maybe not into the 39s.
Yeah, that’s colder’n my fridge.
Yeah, ostensibly “50°–60°” in NYC: Mapping Geothermal Potential In NYC
Worth noting that the aftermarket/retrofit bidets you attach to your toilet aren’t normally up to housing regulations (in the UK at least) because you’re essentially plumbing your fresh water supply into your toilet bowl. They do often come with non-return valves but these still allow some backflow before activating and don’t offer a perfect seal. You essentially need a dedicated cistern fitted in order to make them safe.
Not the first post I expected to make…
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how are they cleaner? you end up with stinky rags lying around drying
how do they save energy? now you have to wash stinky rags
just saying
Well you can use soap with the bidet. Not sure if that’s what you were referring to with how are they cleaner. You can always dry off with toilet paper as well. In the end it’s all preference. Grew up with a bidet so hard go without it.
In Thailand most modern toilets have a bidet sprayer, also known as “The Bum Gun”. 
This is why you tune into BLF.
Peanut butter carpet time
Butt on a serious note… I feel like if we are taking care of our bodies and not eating/drinking trash, this issue is 90% a non-issue. A properly operating system requires not much cleanup.
I have ulcerative colitis and I use one. I started off with one of the cheapo ones but upgraded to more fancy one. The heated water function sure is nice.
Never used one although I’d really like one. I guess they’re more popular in Europe amd Japan and some other Asian locales. Id probably go for a nice one, but they’re spendy like 400, some Japanese ones are like $2000+ that’s a lot for a deal that shoots a stream of water at your turd cutter and possibly gives you a blow dry. Definitely more sanitary and environmentally friendly with no TP or wet wipes.
Just don’t ever press the “TR” button…
Seriously? Can’t think of anything else to post in a flashlight forum? And a poll at that
I'm getting too old for this sh..
Q is… Do you use a bidet?
A? Yes. We have had a Toto for years.
BTW, they do save toilet paper.
Thought about getting one, but never did run dangerously low during the Great TP Shortage of 2020. Also, my bathrooms are really small, at least as space around the bowl goes. And, I do wonder about the wisdom of $30 amateur plumbing for a hand unit that’s under pressure all the time. I don’t think the hand one would have any risk of contaminating the fresh water supply. The toilet-seat mount, maybe.
As for stinky rags, not an issue. At least, in the USA, you’d just dry with TP. I’d wanna use soap, so… with the shower stall right there, if a reasonable amount of TP doesn’t do the job, there’s an alternative to continuing to waste paper and cause abrasion. The other option is to have a sink or bit of water, and moisten the TP a couple of times. Can be handy at a commercial loo with those huge rolls of sandpaper, or just to save some time. I hear that “flushable” wet-wipes are also popular, though I’ve also heard that they’re not entirely benign to the sewer and can cause clogs.
I guess some people are set up or eat such that there’s never much to deal with, but IDK if that’s really any indication of health, or just natural variation. I suppose if I ate nothing but fiber…
they are a game changer
This is definitely the crappiest thread on the forum right now. 
I’d never used one until I bought a Brondell attachment about 3 years ago. Glad I got it. I thought the cold water would be a problem in winter, but it isn’t (although it’s not as cold in OK as in NY). IME there was just no way to get really clean with just TP, short of taking a shower afterward. The bidet attachment gets water, um, higher up than one can otherwise go, and this eliminated later-in-the-day itching.
The Brondell isn’t the greatest, but it was only about $35. The control valve has to be opened too far to get the water flow started, so then I have to quickly turn it down a bit or it feels like a pressure washer. I wish it had more fine-tuning to the valve. Oh, and the first one started to leak at the valve when it was about 10 months old, but Brondell replaced the whole thing under warranty. Now the replacement unit’s valve is leaking a tiny bit, but so far just a few drops.
You folks with the handheld sprayers, is it easier to control the volume?