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 is a simple portable bidet that is to be attached to a standard plastic disposable bottle. 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 greatly reduce or even eliminate a persons need for toilet paper and with this design anyone can print a functional bidet fast and cheap anywhere. Works with PLA. Print time for me was 78 minutes each using a 0.6mm nozzle when printing multiples. The bidet, to the majority of westerners is a strange and unknown device. It falls within a weird sort of 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 are not currently a bidet user, please try to restrain your skepticism. Speaking as someone who didn’t encounter a bidet before adulthood, I promise you that they are absolutely superior to using toilet paper alone. Quick one page how to use a bidet article: https://www.bidet.org/pages/how-to-use-a-hand-held-bidet Video about going toilet paper free with a portable bidet 5:31mins: 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, countless similar devises have been manufactured over the years. Factory made portable bidets will be superior to anything we’re likely to print, but presumably they will 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. (I'm not actively looking, let me know in the comments if you know of any)