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Squat toilets are common in Asia, where squatting is seen as the natural position from which to relieve your bowels. Medical experts do say that position is healthier to do so.
What modern stuff do we want added on?
Bidet. That one's been a hit more than a miss, so let's include that.
There's
a technique that's been used for urinals, which is to seal the pooled water (ie. water-air interface) with an oil layer, which blocks odors from rising out. So alongside the bidet, we'd have some kind of oil-dripper thing to apply that oil layer after the flush. Could be some kind of scented oil layer.
For the flusher, we'd want the photo-electric eye, so that it will flush automatically in a hands-free way. That's a feature on many modern toilets, especially public toilets.
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Alternatively, there are also incinerator toilets, which don't use water and are convenient for off-grid living. Haven't seen any version of those that's a Squat Toilet. Might be harder to empty the ashes out of a squat toilet, though - unless your'e squatting on a raised platform.
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We'd want no-slip-grip handlebars around the toilet on either side, just to help stabilize yourself, and for people who might have a little trouble getting in or out of the squatting position.
Maybe even a Squat Toilet can still have a toilet seat -- it's just that this seat would be designed to support your butt while in the squatting position. Not quite sure what that would look like, but it might be useful to have it -- otherwise how will women still be able to complain that we left the seat up?
Maybe there'd have to be a separate urinal in the bathroom just for men to urinate in, because I'd think that a squat toilet would be harder to aim into while standing, and standing seems to be the most natural way for men to urinate.
https://www.squattypotty.com
[pocmloc, Apr 03 2025]
Recycling of car technology into houses
//use unburnt seat adjusters from abandoned Teslas// [pocmloc, Apr 11 2025]
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What, no comments? Or is this idea just too crappy? |
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Naaah, they're just taking the piss. |
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Studies have shown that a tall, narrow conical urinal minimizes splashes and would also provide a much smaller area to skin with your oil to prevent odors. Flushing urine is a great waste of water; "On our island in the sun, we rarely flush for number one." |
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I used a squat toilet in Thailand that had depressions for the feet, ensuring a wide stance, and a pad at the lumbar spot for comfort. It was the best, just enough support. |
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Why not have a saddle arrangement that sits on a standard toilet but raises the foot pads so you can enjoy a nice Thai turd session right at home? Set it aside for elderly or other folks who don't want to use it. Molded PVC like a deck chair, $29.99 at your local Costco. |
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I suppose that there could be a place for a squat bog in a small flat, couldn't there, when you could trundle the wardrobe or the bed to one side to reveal the porcelain thereunder? |
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Love that hideaway bog under the bed or dresser in the tiny house. But that Squatty Potty is just a step, and that's not a squat toilet. We all know what a squat is and that promo photo is not it. Raised knees on a step do not a squat make. The butt must hang out near the heels to qualify. The angles have to be correct, like sword swallowing in reverse, kinda. |
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I had a trip to a factory in Japan which unfortunately involved excess intake of sake on the first night of the mission. Also due to dietary upset I had a pressing requirement the following morning which simply could not be ignored. At that point I learned that despite the unfathomable and slightly scary Japanese techno bog without any English instructions in the hotel, Japanese blue collar workers are given access to squatters only. Having been to France, I instinctively assumed the familiar position, thinking myself rather clever, but facing the door in the customary manner without prior analysis. I suffered some confusion and instability arising from a combination of hangover and jetlag but the mission was accomplished, I initially thought successfully, but on inspection the payload had landed on the flat surface rather than going down the hole. I'd been facing the wrong way, dammit. Also there was nothing to hang onto whilst regaining a vertical posture so I lurched forward unintentionally. This led to the release of a pen from my shirt pocket. It executed a perfect 180 degree flip and stuck, as vertical as a telegraph pole, in the <ahem> deposit. To retrieve, or not to retrieve....? |
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So you're saying that your saddle arrangement thing would work, in contrast to the squatty-potty thing which doesn't work? I don't know enough about either to say. Any pictures of the saddle idea? But as you've said, I have indeed read that the squatting geometry helps to line things up so that stuff comes out much easier. |
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That Squatty Potty is essentially a flimsy step. You could do it with phone books. The other offerings are like Jungle Jims over and around the existing toilet and seat. Good for gymnasts, not seniors or kids. |
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The squatting saddle replacement for the standard toilet seat could have adjustable foot pads, or even motorized ones that let you stand and then squat as the foot pads rise to the correct height to ensure complete evacuation. Also, the X and Y coordinates of the origin of the drop of different individuals can be precisely tweaked to ensure centering the deposit. We'll use unburnt seat adjusters from abandoned Teslas as they will come cheap. |
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I can't believe Asia hasn't produced this already. They have every manner of OCD or fetishist toilet and bathroom accessory. |
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