Why So Many Countries Use Bidets But the US Does Not
Every day, the world flushes 270,000 trees down the toilet. If the US switched to bidets, it could save 15 million trees – so why don’t Americans use bidets? If you’re not familiar with this alternative to toilet paper in many countries, it’s a basin separate from the toilet for washing one’s nether regions. What countries use bidets? Many households in Europe, Asia, and South America rely on them.
And why are bidets popular in Europe, but not America? Colonial American hygiene began with chamber pots and outhouses, and the country eventually progressed to toilets. Overall, however, Americans were skittish about hygiene topics associated with bidets.
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@PamSell-m8y
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Topic suggestion: WHY did we (usa) make the stupid decision to NOT go with decimal measurements?!
@aer71367
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Because white folks who first came here were stinky AF and were afraid of water. So the aversion to anything that keeps you clean is no surprise. Heck! They were cleaning themselves with ash!
@ghanson1717
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I discovered the Toto Washlet in a very high end hotel room in Hawaii about 5 or 6 years ago. I fell in love immediately. The cost was too much, so I bought a $45 toilet seat adapter from Amazon which is wonderfull. I used to travel with it, installing/uninstalling it in places I visited. I've been preaching ever since, and have converted many. In fact, I don't have to travel with it anymore, as all my friends have them now. I now have a portable, rechargeable battery operated version that I take on the road. I'll never go back!! On a recent trip to Turkey, I was shocked to find bidets in all the hotels AND public restrooms! And, yes, even though the wipes say 'flushable', that's only if you don't care about your plumbing or septic system.
@ThunderKat
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I could literally live without toilet paper, we have bidet here in Uruguay and I been using in it since I was a kid up to my 42 years old now, no issues at all since my skin can take it perfectly. If I have to chose the bidet is a no brainer over the stupid toilet paper invention.
@bhld77
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
From now beginning all usa toilet water wash……
@WanderingOnward
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Been 100% fine with TP for 43 years. Plus there is like this weird pressure to use one, which makes me not want to use it. I also don't like having a wet butt. I think I'm good. Bring on the "your gross butt isn't as clean as mine" comments.
@tedoydislake
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Una de las cosas que más me rompen los huevos de ir a EEUU es justamente que no tienen bidet. Es un hábito que llevamos incorporado de toda la vida y vas allí donde pagas una buena suma por habitaciones de hotel e incluso si rentas por más tiempo un departamento y cada que vas al baño no tienes forma de higienizarte con agua y jabón, es espantoso, te sientes como si fueras de campamento y el aseo se convierte en algo para salir al paso. Por supuesto que no sacrifico mis principios de higiene personal pero tampoco daré detalles. En todo caso es incómodo e impractico, pero es una batalla que merece la pena dar.
@mkrezanski6606
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Just buy a Bum gun !! Clean well after going and if necessary use a tiny bit of soap and rinse well . Use a designated towel to dry . Zero toilet paper ever used !! No plumbing or septic issues ever again as well !!
Set this up during Covid as didn’t want to fight for toilet paper 🧻
Now will never go back !!!😊
@eugenepolan1750
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Bidet mate. I'll throw another shrimp on the barbie for you, right after I get done cleaning up all the water and excrement on the floor around the bidet.
@lunarminx
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I have the cold water attachment and wouldn't go back to wet wipes for no money!
@robertherman1146
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
The bidet represents radical left COMMUNISM. It should be BANNED in the USA.
@chezmanya
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I wanted to buy a bidet ever since my 2016 trip to Japan, but was put off by the price and the lack of an electrical outlet. However, I discovered a company that sells many bidets and I inquired whether I could use an industrial extension cord for an outlet 6 feet from my toilet. The company confirmed that I could so I purchased one about a month ago. I absolutely love this thing and were it not so pricey, I would have one on every toilet in my house. It is really a game changer for personal hygiene and the warm seat is like a warm hug.😊
@jorgeluwis
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Los yanquis son culo sucio 😅
@janicelavoie2457
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I live in the US and have always had a bidet. French family used it all the time.
@richardjohnson7563
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I have a very simple plastic bidet which I bought online during lockdown when no toilet paper, and toilet bidet sales run out of stock. I carry the portable with me when traveling and use it at home. Very handy.
@stampboyz
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Wait until you discover "handheld bidet" or "bidet sprayer" it's totally different world to normal bidet.
The best thing about this is it doesn't need physical touch to that spot AT ALL.
-90% used of toilet paper and it cost you almost $0.
Western has bring so many good innovation to the world,
But this is the only thing that make me feel like you guys were stuck in 1900 century.
@Carlos-hr8mt
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
El BIDET es un CAMINO DE IDA…SIN RETORNO
@garythorington1600
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
As an American I always use a bidet. I can't stand Toilet paper after converting to a bidet
@craigcook9715
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Ironically, in the US, it's my French housemate who vehemently stopped us from installing one (I & an American housemate wanted to).
@AlbertoLloveras
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
El bidet es imprescindible para la higiene. En Argentina el uso es habitual. Aquí no hay obras de constucción en casas o departamentos que no lo incluyan, y esta costumbre no es nueva, ya en los '50 y aún antes era habitual.
@singularitystudios4502
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
We Aussie’s don’t even know what a bidet is…
@FerroDuque
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
No tienen bidé, tampoco seguridad social gratuita, ni prefijo telefónico de país, o sea no tienen país…..😂😂😂
@Robertoarlt-vh7um
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
En argentina y uruguay casi todos los hogares tienen bidet, es limpieza asegurada.
@Robertoarlt-vh7um
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Por algo los de EEUU tienen como insulto "besa mi trasero". El bidet es garantía de culo limpio.
@Enrique-k5j
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Nacieron con el c# sucio.
@cesarcespi2149
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Les recomiendo usar el bidet es un antes y un después para la higiene íntima
@noemiroldan8307
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
En Argentina casi no existe baño sin bidet, por más humilde sea la casa,
@estellesilver8299
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Sorry, I couldnt finish watching, that "b'day" is just too annoying on the ear. It's "beeday".
@estellesilver8299
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
B'day? 😂 American pronunciation is hilarious.
@isaacabraham613
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I’m a renter in a 100 year old apartment building. I can’t rearrange the plumbing. At the beginning of the Pandemic I bought a plastic squeeze bottle bidet for $7 on Amazon. I use about 2 rolls of toilet paper a year!
@PrashantDevendrabhaiPandya-d9w
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
No fixed bidets in India too.
Indians use a portable bidets aka bathroom mugs to wash it off!!!😂😊😂😊😂
@PrashantDevendrabhaiPandya-d9w
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Malayali community in dubai call bidet a kundi washer literally means heiney washer!!!😂😊😂😊😂
@marioj.poggio1117
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
En EEUU hay Bidé, solo en hoteles cuatro y cinco estrellas. Y en algunos hogares.
Es importante que se distinga lo siguiente: el papel te limpia el traste, pero no alcanza; por eso es importante higienizarse, y eso se hace con el uso correcto del Bidé (con agua y jabón líquido. Las mujeres deben prestar especial atención a la forma, ya que deben hacerlo de adelante hacia atrás).-
@danielschachter1404
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
En Argentina el 100% de las casas hoteles o lo que fuere tienen bidet
@amberm9853
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
I just use baby wipes after. Bidets freak me out.
@HectorDeparsia
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Son muy roñosos
@Rintintin7676
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
In Uruguay Bidets have always been there. It looks stupid to argue about the cost or usefulness of it. No bidet no bathroom. Period.
@Analus100
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Que raro no hayan mencionado a Argentina, todas las casas se construyen con bidet, yo creo que somos los que más lo usamos en Sudamérica, nombran a Venezuela, y nada que ver, han venido venezolanos que no sabían usarlo, aquí en Argentina todos los usamos, no nos sentimos limpios si no, usar bidet es un viaje de ida, no puedo entender que la mayoría de los países no los usen, para mí el que no lo usa es un sucio.😅
@sergiosrabonian5551
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
En Argentina en los 70 o 80 la mayoría que podía tenían bidet somos como pioneros
@lobosolitario5065
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
El bidė no reemplaza al papel higenico el bidė complementa un buen aseo despues de defecar.
@mabelgrana8218
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Soy Argentina y no sabría vivir sin un bidet. ¿En otros países no se lavan el trasero después de una deposición? No tienen idea de lo fresco y limpio que te sientes después de hacerlo.
@Berretin1976
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
No usan el bidet porque son unos mugrientos. No podes en el siglo 21 andar todo el dia con mierda en el culo.
@gustavocecchin9742
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Sabian q el bidet fue para las mujeres,y se usa mirando hacia la pared de atras,y es comodo para la limpieza ,lavado de toda la zona,en cambio para el hombre ,es al revés de espalda a la pared de atras
@gustavocecchin9742
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Sin bidet no voy al baño,asi es la cosa.el papel chau ,no hace falta.
@oddish4352
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
7:39 – Those three control buttons could easily be concealed under seashell shaped covers. A 90's pop culture mystery, solved!
@gonc3457
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Todo lo q sea para la higiene personal es bienvenido 😊
@edgardoluciocrocetta2437
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
Visité EEUU hace unos años (New York)
Sufrí mucho por la falta de bidet en mi hotel. Como estaba prevenido, llevé un rociador potente y bastante grande. Cuando me fui lo dejé como regalo junto al inodoro.
Fue absolutamente horrible.
@mariaelsaperoni4227
February 26, 2026 at 5:32 am
En muy pocos lugares de Europa no los vi. Porvej en los hoteles de Eurodisney no hay . En Argentina es impensable e increible si entras a un baño y no hay bidet. Indispensable para la higiene
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