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Bum towels are towels you keep for one job: drying off after washing with a bidet. The name is blunt, and so is the job.
What bum towels are
A bidet uses water to get you clean. That leaves you wet, and the usual answer is a few sheets of toilet paper. It works. But if you fitted a bidet to stop buying toilet paper, reaching for the roll at the end is a slightly comic result.
These towels are the alternative. You wash with the bidet, pat dry with a towel, and drop the towel in the laundry basket. The live listing sold them on exactly that idea: going completely toilet paper free.
What is in the pack
One pack holds five towels. The listing describes them as super absorbent.
It does not publish the fabric, the size, the weight or a colour, so we have left those out rather than guess. If one of those details decides it for you, email us before you order.
Five is a practical number. It lets you keep a few clean towels in the bathroom while the used ones wait for wash day. If several people share one bathroom, two packs may suit you better.
How they fit into a bidet routine
There is nothing to fit. The towels are not plumbed in, they have no batteries and they do not attach to the toilet.
A simple routine looks like this:
- Wash with your bidet as normal.
- Pat dry with a clean towel.
- Drop the used towel in a lidded basket or a laundry bag.
- Wash the batch and dry it fully before it goes back in the bathroom.
You can give each person their own towels, or keep one shared pile and take a clean towel every time. Either works, as long as used towels do not go back on the shelf.
Looking after them
Care is ordinary laundry. Wash used towels before anyone uses them again, then let them dry all the way through. A towel folded away damp will smell, and that is true of every towel ever made.
The supplier does not publish a wash temperature or tumble drying advice. Follow any care label on the towels, and keep them for this one job rather than borrowing them for hands or faces.
Never flush one. They belong in the washing machine, not the toilet.
Which bidet they go with
All of them. Bidet Co UK sells hand bidets, a toilet bidet attachment, a bidet toilet seat and a portable bidet sprayer, and each one leaves you wet in exactly the same way. The towels do not mind which one you chose.
If you travel with the portable sprayer, a towel folds into a wash bag alongside it. Bring the used one home in a separate bag.
Paper, towels and the washing machine
Drying with a towel means you use less toilet paper. Washing towels uses water and energy as well, so it is a swap rather than a free win. We are not going to put a number on it.
Delivery and returns
Delivery is UK wide. Orders of £75 or more ship free, and below that delivery is £25. A pack of towels on its own comes in under £75, so it makes more sense added to a bigger order. An express option costs £25. Orders leave after a 24-48 hour handling time and arrive in 5-7 days.
UK consumers have 14 days to cancel under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, and this store allows 15 days from delivery. Towels need to come back unused and in a resaleable condition. There is no cancellation fee and no handling fee. Faulty goods are covered by the Consumer Rights Act 2015.