January 26, 2007
Enhance the Pissing Experience and Save Water Too!
The advent of home urinals means more water conservation and less piss on the floor. It makes perfect sense; why shouldn't every bathroom have one? But according to a Times article, the fixture has leaped straight from commercial men's rooms into luxury master suites, bypassing mass-market budgets for the moment. High-end manufacturers and one twisted porcelain artist from San Francisco have begun releasing a steady flow of new residential urinal designs over the past few years.
Fetishism abounds: You can choose to aim into a teaspoon (from Philip Watts), or you can revel in polluting a giant mutant orchid or lily (Clark Sorensen). Don't forget the boldly perverse Kisses! urinal from Bathroom Mania (not necessarily for the home, but impossible to overlook in any urinal review). The teardrop-shaped, waterless McDry from Duravit is apparently so sublime that you might just be tempted to cuddle with it (see how the green building cosultant Eric Cadora succumbed, above right, as pictured in the Times). Meanwhile, the sleekest design belongs to Phillipe Stark for Duravit.
The central design problem for urinals is simple. “When you go at a flat wall there’s lots of splash," said Shane Judd, product manager of Kohler’s fixtures group, in an interview with the Times. Therefore you need something with a curved, receding basin. For New Yorkers in cramped apartments, the best option might be a compact model such as the corner-hugging Oblic from Villeroy & Boch (pictured at top, far right). Outlandishly priced at a cool $7531, it nonethelss has a splash-proof funnel shape and a novel sliding cover. More conventional models are available for less than $500.
We also must mention our all-time favorite ridiculous chamberpot, the $3000 Kohler Purist Hatbox toilet (left), which is said to "epitomize high fashion in the home."
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The thing not mentioned in this article is that after a few months most urinals begin to develop an odor, especially the funky & floral shaped ones. I once went to a very nice home with one of those floral deals and the entire apartment smelled like Port Authority. I have to admit I don't see what's so chic about having your bathroom look like a truck stop and make even more waste water(pardon the pun).
she has a quite fetching look, as if to say "come hither, this toilet is so fashionable (read: expensive) it inspires me to give you a cleveland steamer"
does that toilet do her hair as well?
Dammit- forgot you cannot post links. All I can say is if you want to see a truely frightening toilet go google Great John. They make special toilets for "Big" people- as in 400+ pound people. Click to "see the difference" and get a SFW toilet eye view.
Brrrrr
My ex-boyfriend designed the "ridiculous" (and beautiful!) Purist Hatbox Toilet for Kohler. I think it's gorgeous but don't know if I'd throw down $3k for it.
As a notorious pee on the floorer, do urinals actually prevent splash? I always tell my sister that i can't help peeing on the floor as when you pee the stream hits the back of the toilet at a high speed and when then slowly dies til it rolls back up on your penis like a water hose. I try my best to not pee on the floor but if you got 3-5 times a day you can't help but get any on the floor. You try to clean it up with tissue but sometimes you forget. Do urinals help? are they cleaner? Or should I just start peeing sitting down.
Try standing closer to the toilet.
that's the thing. If you stand closer to the toilet Your hard stream might hit the back of the toilet seat then it slowly peters till it dribbles forward. The trick to peeing into a toilet seat is to stand far then slowly move towards the toilet as the pee stream weakens. But you still get some on the floor. maybe it's cause I'm tall and the toilet is low and the trajectory is all fucked up.
Some of the best spots in your home,for a urinal is the room you use for the in home bar. It's a great place to keep the beer cold. Of course I wouldn't advise peeing in it since I would install it with no plumming. This installation is stricley a conversation piece and not a pee pot.You can buy this 2 foot high wonder for under two hundred dollars,water and drainage extra.By the way I've pissed on the floor more times then I would like to admit but NEVER the toliet seat.
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Haha, great toilets. I found this site when Googling my latest side-project, good for the environmental cause.
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