Better Than Toilet Paper in a Pandemic - a Bidet

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Updated March 22nd, 2020 V1.4, new improved larger radial grips and more powerful spraying nozzle size. This simple portable bidet is designed to be attached to a standard plastic disposable bottle. It's easy to use and can greatly reduce or even eliminate the need for toilet paper. Let's give people in our communities one less thing to worry about! This pandemic has us all justifiably scared. In my community, toilet paper and hand sanitizer were sold out before most people even believed there was a problem. A bidet can make a big difference, and with this design, anyone can print a functional bidet fast and cheap anywhere. Works well with PLA. Print time for me was 78 minutes each using a 0.6mm nozzle when printing multiples. The bidet is a strange device to many westerners, but it's actually very useful. It's fallen within a weird cultural taboo, as evidenced by the fact that I struggle to find socially comfortable words to describe the everyday act of going to the bathroom. If you're not currently a bidet user, please try to restrain your skepticism. I promise you that they are absolutely superior to using toilet paper alone. Here's a quick one-page guide on how to use a bidet: https://www.bidet.org/pages/how-to-use-a-hand-held-bidet Watch this video about going toilet paper free with a portable bidet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWjJgi7QkEo I make no claim of originality with this design. Attaching a spray nozzle to a plastic bottle is obvious, and countless similar devices have been manufactured over the years. Factory-made portable bidets will be superior to anything we're likely to print, but presumably they'll be in short supply along with toilet paper as demand increases. I encourage you to print these and distribute them for profit or charity as you see fit. I know it's not much, but I believe giving people one less thing to worry about has real value in times of uncertainty. I'm done working on this for the time being, lots of personal stuff to deal with, pandemic and all. I encourage you to modify and improve this design with or without my involvement. Feel free to post comments linking to your competing designs, if I learn of any better or comparable designs that are published under a similar license, I will direct readers towards them.