TwoLegged
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They might say it was a great idea, and start oversharing their own experiences of bum rash
Designing a marine bidet
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loneshark64
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Grizz
Beats the crap out of me
I guess there’s always the option of pulling the knot meter and taking a quick squat.
Elegua
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Fah Kiew Tu
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When I used to work (using the word loosely) doing fish species identification on foreign fishing vessels, mainly Taiwanese, they usually had a cage 'seat of ease' over the stern where you went to take a dump.
If the weather was lively, it was also a bidet.
And no plumbing required.
I have a Lavac head. One of the things I find quite annoying about it is, you can't tell if the turds have gone away until the vacuum bleeds off and you (or the next person) opens the lid. I've fitted a washdown pump with hand hose/rose so you can wash/flush stuff into the pump hole, thereby guaranteeing the turds go away.
It would also serve as a bum washing device. If so desired.
FKT
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There are a number of them available that you can retrofit to RVs. The major difference between boat and RV here is the fresh water source if you're a saltwater flush installation.
But if you can get a freshwater source to the device, it would be easy enough to fit. The hardware is cheap as chips. For RV, they just make a T in the freshwater feed and use that, so if you already have a freshwater toiler it's easy.
Uses freshwater - downside.
Tricky to rig with warm water...also a downside outside the tropics.
Does not use TP and arguably does a better cleanup - huge upside.
I'd consider it, if I was keeping my boat, except I don't have an easy source of freshwater near the toilet.
loneshark64
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You need a man-sized liver though.
This might be adaptable for marine use, just needs a cupholder.
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Corryvreckan
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3 hours ago, TwoLegged said:
And bang on cue, Mads Dahlke has installed a bidet on Athena.
He calls his the "ButtSprayer 2000", but that may not be actual brand name
Should I be worried that there seems to be a sewing machine involved?
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Or would it use less water, since you aren't pushing TP down the pipe? Less clogging too. (And someone is going to bring up bagging TP. Whatever.)
Elegua
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The really creepy ones have motion detectors so as you head into a dark bathroom this glowing maw opens up. It can be quite off-putting.
Kolibri
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Whenever I think about "marine bidet" this guy comes to mind.
Yeah, that was my experience, trying to learn to waterski. (Everyone else had been doing it since they were like, five.) I didn’t get invited back…
Before Covid, some friends in the city took me out to a cool wine/jazz bar near their place. The latest thing about it, that everyone was raving about, was the heated bidet in the uni. Some people were in there for a looong time. The control panel was so complicated, I was afraid to touch it. But I had a nice seat on the bench by the fireplace, practically cheek to cheek with the piano player/vocalist. It was a pretty good (if slightly constipated) night.
Sadly, I hear the place didn’t survive the covid real-estate/rent asymptote.
Before Covid, some friends in the city took me out to a cool wine/jazz bar near their place. The latest thing about it, that everyone was raving about, was the heated bidet in the uni. Some people were in there for a looong time. The control panel was so complicated, I was afraid to touch it. But I had a nice seat on the bench by the fireplace, practically cheek to cheek with the piano player/vocalist. It was a pretty good (if slightly constipated) night.
Sadly, I hear the place didn’t survive the covid real-estate/rent asymptote.
The Q
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Bidet on a boat? I thought that was ploughing through the back of a wave on a laser just wearing shorts...
