About this Product
When I first started making prototypes, I knew I needed unbiased reviews. I was lucky to find some incredibly talented bidet users across the world who were sent prototypes to use and in return they gave me honest feedback. One of my most valuable reviewers (thanks Scott!) wrote about using it in his house. What?!!! Using the bidet in his house? That never even crossed my mind.
If you are thinking about buying one for home use, or use at your cabin, or on your boat, I can assure you that there are many Bum Blasters happily being used for that purpose across the world. There are entire Alaskan Fishing boat crews using them!
One additional advantage to having them is they are a great conversation starter. Invite over some friends. Break out a great board game. One of your friends takes a break to go to the bathroom. They come back uninspired. Now what if you had a Holey Hiker Bum Buster Bidet Sitting in a bottle (preferably well lit)? When they return from the bathroom you know that there will be an awe-inspiring conversation about the benefits of bidet-ing.
Liven up your next dinner party, get a Bum Buster and proudly display it in your bathroom (preferably with soft beam of light focused on it).
Here is what a couple testers had to say:
"Hey Paul! I just used one of your test bidets on my latest backpacking trip a few days ago. I use it every day at home, just raise the toilet seat after pooping and before squirting. Haven't used toilet paper for poop in months, maybe a year by now. I say to anyone who wants to try using a bidet, go for it in the privacy of your own home and sort it out. Once you figure it out you will never want to go back to toilet paper." Scott
Our family was happy to have our Holey Hiker bidet while backpacking in Alaska. It was super easy for all of us to use and we felt great about not leaving any paper waste, especially being in such a beautiful and pristine location. It's lightweight and it works great. Even before Alaska we use the HHB on all of our hiking trips. When visiting little Caribbean islands where septic and water usage is an issue, I bring along our bidet to use much less toilet paper whether we're camping or staying in a house. Thanks for sharing your genius with the rest of us Paul!
I have a holey hiker in my bathroom that I use every day. It has cut down on my consumption of toilet paper a great deal,
(but I still use a little). --Beth
"I sure felt a LOT cleaner during the day after using it all week. In fact this cleaner feeling made using the bidet a MUST for me. I thought about not using it midweek when my bidet water bottle needed a refill and I was too lazy to refill it until I had to go and realized there was no way I could skip it. After using it once, there was no going back." Jim
Here comes the product description that is repeated on every page. If you read it once, that is enough.
If you have not already seen it, CLICK HERE to see a ridiculously long video that I made explaining how to use the Holey Hiker Bidet.
CLICK HERE to see a video about how to put the bidet in and out of a bottle.
And you can CLICK RIGHT HERE to see a video about the new bidet.
After four years of prototyping and manufacturing bidets in a corner of my house, I am now working with a local family-owned business to make the bidets with plastic injection, and then I do final assembly at my house. If you purchased a bidet within the last four years, there will be some slight changes you might notice. It now weighs only 4 grams. Based on feedback, the spray pattern is slightly different. I think you'll notice that you get clean faster. The arrow on top is more prominent. Please note that the bidet does not come with a painted arrow. A Sharpie will last multiple trips, but your favorite nail polish will last a long, long time. The bidets are designed with Smartwater bottles in mind but work with pretty much any plastic "water bottle" except for the very cheap store brand or dollar store bottles. For the best performance, you want a bottle that does not permanently collapse after being squeezed. Price includes shipping and handling.
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If you have any questions, please email Paul at paulthebackpacker@gmail.com
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Holey Hiker Backpacking Bidets
Meet the Maker
Hello and welcome to Holey Hiker Bidets! I'm Paul Bogush the designer, creator, lead tester, and CEO (Chief Elimination Officer) of Holey Hiker Backpacking Bidets. After using a few other bidets I realized that not one had all the features I was looking for. None had the right combination of durability, ease of use, low water usage, and the perfect stream. I decided to start designing and testing my own in December 2020. Each time I went out I made a small change and then came home and fired up the 3D printer to make the improvements based on my experience and the experiences and feedback from testers all around the country. After one last outing on the Appalachian Trail in June of 2020, I had what I thought was the perfect backpacking bidet...but a tester had it eventually crack after long term testing. After another year of prototyping and experimenting with different plastics the final prototype was finally made in July of 2021 and sales to our waiting list and anyone who happen to stumble upon the website began. Our "grand opening" finally occurred on November 19, 2021.
In June of 2023 we closed the shop and I set out to improve the design and make it stronger, lighter, and improve the spray. I decided to use a injection molding process which meant getting a crash course in how to take my 3D printed design and convert it to a design that could be injection molded. For those of you that design and make, it was going from Tinkercad to SolidWorks :) Finally in January the current version was finally approved, mold created, and the first 25 prototypes were made and tested. The current version of the bidet started being sold in March of 2023 and are made at a family run business right here in Connecticut. Even the plastic comes from the USA. The O-ring is from the Vietnam. There are no O-ring manufacturers in the USA! The bidets come back to me, and I install the O-ring and pack them in a little corner of my house. It is a one man show so please be patient with shipping and correspondence.
We are the only seller of the Holey Hiker Backpacking Bidet. All other sites selling four-hole bidets are selling imitations! Feel free to point them out and I'll gladly tell you why their imitation design is inferior.
And finally, if you are still not convinced that a bidet is life changing, then listen to Evan!
"Just get one and thank me later. Honestly, I am amazed I have not heard more about bidets for backpacking. I used Paul's bidet for just over 3 weeks while on the Colorado trail and I have to tell you my butt has never been happier. In the past I have had monkey butt issues but using this little bidet and a little bit of washing with some Dr Bronner's, I did not have any butt chaffing issues at all. It's small light and has officially replaced wet wipes in my pack. I also cut my toilet paper usage to about 2 squares per day using this bidet. Paul has been working to perfect his product and I think he nailed it. This bidet is going to be in my pack forever, provided I don't lose it. (Seriously it's small). Once you hop on the bidet train there is no going back and you're going to say to yourself, 'I should have bought one of these sooner.' Trust me."
Evan
How it’s Made
After four years of prototyping and manufacturing bidets in a corner of my house, I am now working with a local family-owned business to make the bidets with some slight revisions to the original design. Instead of being resin 3D printed, they are now injection molded. The O-rings are FDA grade seals. There are no O-rings manufactured in the USA! The plastic for the bidets is made in the USA, but the O-rings are from Vietnam :) These are more commonly called “food grade seals” which resist the build-up of bacteria. I started designing and making bidet prototypes more than 4 years ago. The design has slowly changed over the years to get to the current version. While no one design will make everyone happy, this one is pretty close!
Shop Policies
If your bidet malfunctions or gets destroyed by a bear within 900 days of buying it, we will send out a new bidet to you. If it breaks after 900 days and you have a really good story about how it got destroyed, please share it with us. If it's interesting enough, I'll share it at the dinner table with the family and have them vote on whether a free replacement should be sent out.
We package the bidets the weekend after receiving the order and get them in the mail the following Monday...usually. Like 98% of the time.
You will be sent a confirmation email with the shipping # after it is packed.
Please keep in mind that you will receive no cutesy note or extra packing material to cut down on waste. You will get just a bidet in a little box wrapped in a single piece of paper :)
PLEASE be patient with shipping. We can ship a bidet to California in 3 days one week, and then ship one the following week that will take 14 days. Around holiday times all bets are off :) Sometimes when the USPS takes our packages and scan them in immediately and other times the first scan is at your regional PO. If you do not receive a bidet within 3 weeks of ordering, please contact us and we will ship out a new one. Ignore the shipping time that is stated in the automated email with your shipping #. That is just a very loose USPS goal. The current average is 3-7 days but there are so many exceptions.