How Much Money Will You Save When You Get a Bidet?

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When you get a bidet for your house, you’ll save more money than you think. Most importantly, a bidet eliminates the need for toilet paper. With a bidet seat attachment that comes with a blow dryer, you won’t even need toilet paper to dry off. However, you can use bidet towels or make your own reusable toilet paper to dry yourself.

 

Toilet paper is expensive

 

It’s hard to believe anyone still uses dry paper when water cleans better and is virtually free. Toilet paper isn’t just unhygienic, it’s expensive.

 

No matter what brand you buy, toilet paper is expensive. Charmin might be the most expensive popular brand of toilet paper, but if you’re into sustainable products, your TP will cost more. For example, organic, unbleached, bamboo toilet paper will cost more.

 

According to statistics published by The Hawk, the average American family uses nearly 160 rolls of toilet paper for a cost of $182 per year. Now that toilet paper has reached nearly $2 per roll, the high cost seems accurate.

 

How much toilet paper does your family use each year? You can probably think of at least ten more interesting ways to spend that money than buying paper you’re going to flush down the toilet.

 

While you’ll save plenty of money by not buying toilet paper, you’ll see other savings as well.

 

You won’t need to buy disposable vinyl gloves

 

Some people like to wear disposable gloves while wiping to protect their hands. In some cases, this makes sense. However, gloves are not necessary when you have a bidet.

 

If you or someone in your family prefers to wear gloves while wiping, a bidet will eliminate this expense. With a bidet, there’s no need to wear gloves because you aren’t placing your hands near your bottom.

 

The cost of disposable, vinyl gloves has gone up in the last couple of years. You can expect to pay about $12 for 100 gloves, which is 50 pairs. Fifty pairs of gloves will last for 50 trips to the bathroom. At one visit per day, you’ll need nearly eight boxes per year ($96). At two visits per day, you’ll need sixteen boxes per year ($192).

 

While vinyl gloves have plenty of uses, you won’t need to buy any for your daily bathroom visits.

 

You won’t need excessive amounts of soap

 

Assuming everyone in your household washes their hands after using the toilet, they probably use much more soap after going number two.

 

Just the perception of having had their hands close to their bottom is enough for some people to pump the soap dispenser several times to make sure they get their hands completely clean. That’s not a bad thing. However, soap gets expensive when used excessively. According to statistics, the average household spends around $80 on soap and detergents each year.

 

When everyone in your household uses a bidet, they’ll still wash their hands – they just won’t use as much soap. Switching to a bidet would also be a great opportunity to teach your kids how to use just enough soap and no more.

 

You won’t need to wash extra loads of laundry

 

When your kids don’t clean themselves thoroughly, they end up with soiled clothing. How many unplanned loads of laundry do you wash for this reason? You can avoid all of that by teaching your kids to use a bidet.

 

Washing extra loads of laundry uses more water, detergent, and electricity. It may not seem like much, but it all adds up, especially with all the other expenses.

 

You’ll start thinking about more ways to be self-reliant

 

Once you eliminate toilet paper from your life, you’ll start thinking about more ways to benefit from reusable products and avoid the wasteful world of disposable goods.

 

For example, you might consider reusable menstrual pads, paper towels, and facial tissue. You might also stop using disposable sponges and use a washcloth instead. This would be a fantastic move since sponges are full of bacteria.

 

A bidet could be the start of a wonderful, sustainable lifestyle

 

Once you get a bidet, you’ll start to see exactly how much you don’t need to depend on disposable products to thrive. In fact, most people say they’ll never go back to disposable products once they develop a routine for washing and caring for reusable products.

 

Whether you’re just looking for a way to clean your bottom, or you want to dive deep into reusable products, a bidet will be a great first step.