Why are bidets just now getting popular in America? [Video]

Bring up installing a bidet to the average American before the pandemic, and they might have likely flushed the idea straightaway.Related video above: Five easy changes to live more sustainablyThe bathroom washer business, once a foreign concept to many in the U.S., experienced a huge boom during the COVID-19 pandemic when shoppers were battling over toilet paper shortages. But while some products or industries saw a boom during COVID that later came back down to earth — say, masks, roller skates, pet adoptions, Zoom subscriptions, Peloton bikes — bidets made a big splash and have managed to maintain sales growth.Bidets and their product cousins – washlets, “bum guns” and other water-based alternatives to toilet paper – are universal in most parts of the world; bidet enthusiasts tout how the devices are more sustainable, clean, and less abrasive. But Americans just can’t seem to let go of the Charmin Bear. It …