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I bought a couple sets of washcloths that are only for drying butt. I fold them and lay them on the tank lid, and then put used ones in a little basket/bin beside the toilet. When I run out, I wash them in the laundry room. I haven't bought toilet paper in 5 years.
One piece of toilet paper. Just enough to get it mostly dry.
In a hot climate I don't dry it, the water dries very fast, like a little bit of sweat.
When it's cold, two sheet of toilet paper.
My bidet is a Japanese washlet and I wipe with toilet paper to dry.
Just turn on the drying fan? Should be on the same control panel.
Yeah mine doesn't have a drying fan. It's a pretty basic model which requires no power outlet since I don't have one near the toilet.
Ow, cold water. Yeah, just use TP to dry.
I wanting to hijack this thread and ask people what model seats you use? I bought a BioBidet Uspa from Costco on sale for $200. It has all the features of the well-regarded Toto Washlets but I found the spray was not very “focused” so cleaning wasn’t as effective with it as others I’ve randomly been able to try. This meant it usually took quite a few passes with both spray and TP to get clean (still, less TP than if that was all I used). I think the big cost difference between the Uspa and the Toto is they used much cheaper components than Toto. Three years on it’s broken just outside of the warranty period. The manufacturer has offered to consider applying the warranty but would probably still involve some costs. I’m thinking this might be the time to just upgrade to a better model.
Toto seems like the historic go-to choice and I’m assuming they should still be good quality. With my IBS it might be worth spending the money. But I’d like to know real-world recommendations on what people use, and I suppose how recent their model is.
Personally, TP when out and about, an arse towel at home.
Honestly, if you do the job right the towel is the right implement, in that you're just patting dry any stray droplets left over.
For insecure bidet-ers, a preemptive TP run to verify you're ready for a towel is a bit of insurance, I suppose.
Just... have one for each person in the household. It's one thing to be secure in your technique, quite another to hold everybody's destiny in your grasp.
spot check with 2 squares of tp, when clean use single-use mini towels (I bought a pack of 100% cotton terry cloth squares similar to those used in auto shops)
the butt/coochie towels go in their own hamper and get laundered separately with the hottest wash setting
i live alone though. if i ever manage to convince a woman to marry me i imagine modifications may be requested...
I solved this by purchasing 2 sets of 15 white cotton rags. When I finish evacuating my bowels, I use the bidet. Then toilet paper to make sure everything is clean. Then I use one of the rags to dry off whatever water happened to get on my genitals, before giving the backside a good wipe down as well (women learn this young, but for the men, ALWAYS CLEAN FRONT TO BACK. NEVER BACK TO FRONT. That's how you get a UTI). Toss the rag into a small laundry hamper I keep in the bathroom, and voila! You're clean, dry, and ready to go. Just wash the rags with some bleach, and you can fold them as you take a dump instead of doom scrolling.