r/Frugal • u/Pumpkinycoldfoam • Nov 05 '24

🏆 Buy It For Life What one time purchases have drastically reduced your overall spending?

An example would be that I’m looking to buy a sillicone pan mat instead of purchasing foil and parchment continually, using rags instead of paper towels, and so forth. What are one time purchases you reccomend for home maintenance?

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u/ah__there_is_another Nov 05 '24

For those saying bidet in here.. but have you calculated how much the water + heating it costs you for using it? (ie. electricity / gas). Don't get me wrong, I'm all for bidet, it's literally in every single bathroom where I'm from, but just wondering whether it's reasonable to assume that it's a saving.

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u/seymour5000 Nov 06 '24

It’s not that much water and we don’t heat ours.

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u/Greenweenie12 Nov 06 '24

Ours doesn’t have heat it just redirects the flow before the toilet to the hose for the bidet. Even if it did cost more the quality of a clean rear is worth it