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 just went with the basic cold water ones because I don’t have a hot water tap at my toilet and didn’t want to go through the trouble of installing hot water due to finished walls.
These screw into the hot and cold water lines going straight up to your sink, not the toilet line.
Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Handheld-Adjustable-Keep-Open-Feminine-Stainless/dp/B09D9WCML4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=NMM0DQ1UK5S0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bBV1AgBIcD6R7CQg0bqdgpbJVkfdBNvGFlgmJdH_XXX-Em9K8bAisQsoe0faU_NFZt28t13IakYdBoT7HfTWhw1o4m3sULayMrU1NlkyopQIqSWrUM3P7ntQE3m85NSZOxyG7DdOnlHTF_wRAl7LSbJhfZNTG1C2bse-lcfEcDmoYRwrhirApvOe0iQis3daGFcglNkd6bREWH2wHtC_wA.Fls8cyU0-c-3jkKU-6e3P1sLSKPCb_ZIlz5NhFJGO3o&dib_tag=se&keywords=handheld+bidet+warm+water&qid=1710906362&sprefix=handheld+bidet+warm+water+%2Caps%2C491&sr=8-3
And then this one takes less than a minute to install:
This is the simplest way to get a hot water one though, you just screw right into the faucet itself.
https://www.amazon.com/Blissland-Handheld-Toilet-Stainless-Adjustable-Pressure/dp/B0CLNNZB9T/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=11S7NXUSIP6E1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NNzoifJjQ6NtaycPoU6wfMDFF378cEY4T9SuVfc_l7_z5zWS1B6E71LQYsAQibR01yDVs7hU4XqeGx52Os51NfE7RU8nXNpJcC5DscXishQtyLHTalUZxlSAqvxQMYqC_ERJXEM-0TGIpgSa8koCHQyCB_W_V2pAoeZxUoDYMgQR4PPDEghYHE90TzOLQ_99htFqeRVnuZV7nePeCo6M7g.I_dplsP95qgLqXmKXBvED181TejJ1C3iRJ6snc9PLiw&dib_tag=se&keywords=handheld+bidet+sink+lines&qid=1710906210&sprefix=handheld+bidet+sink+lines%2Caps%2C628&sr=8-3