Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back
While the toilet paper shortages that hit the United States during pandemic lockdowns in the spring of 2020 ultimately eased up, they’ve had a lasting impact on one industry: the bidet business.
“The industry here in the U.S. just blew up. You couldn’t get a bidet if you wanted to,” says James Lin, founder of BidetKing.com, an online marketplace for all varieties of the bathroom appliance. “We all sold out. … There was a huge scramble to get more.”
I have the ghetto 35$ version that just blasts your ass with cold water. Even that is heavenly compared to wiping.
But to answer question, your butt is wett and you dry it with toilet paper. The difference is that it’s almost always 2 sheets of paper and there is no real rubbing as you’re just drying the water off. With paper it can be tons of sheets and I still might not be convinced I’m clean.