Japanese toilets

Gavin83

FreeBear said:

Gavin83 said: Personally I use those flushable wet wipes for number twos.

Those "flushable" wipes do not break down like toilet paper does, and they can still clog up the drains. Water companies hate the things, whist plumbers (and the likes) see them as a steady little earner due to the blockages they cause.

Fair enough. I’ve been using them for years and never had a problem with the drains so I’ll continue to do so. Should they start causing an issue I will of course reconsider.

RobM99

There's a porta-loo version - the Chemi khazi!

Doozergirl

elsien said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Doozergirl said:
The stand up wee is why I hate shared toilets.  I was in a restaurant on Sunday, early lunch, and only the 4th toilet was acceptable - because men. 

Can't say I've been in too many women's toilets but the Mrs complains that many of them are rank even without the aid of men

As a semi-regular user of men’s toilets when the queues for the women’s are just too long, give me a rank woman’s toilet over a rank men’s one any day. 

Although you are correct, both can be minging.

Agree.  When a women's toilet is nasty it's usually because of the general levels of upkeep by the venue, or everyone's drunk and there's an awful lot of people.  

Slinky

Gavin83 said:

FreeBear said:

Gavin83 said: Personally I use those flushable wet wipes for number twos.

Those "flushable" wipes do not break down like toilet paper does, and they can still clog up the drains. Water companies hate the things, whist plumbers (and the likes) see them as a steady little earner due to the blockages they cause.

Fair enough. I’ve been using them for years and never had a problem with the drains so I’ll continue to do so. Should they start causing an issue I will of course reconsider.

If you've ever done a litter pick by a river, the flipping 'flushable' wipes are e

FreeBear said:

Gavin83 said: Personally I use those flushable wet wipes for number twos.

Those "flushable" wipes do not break down like toilet paper does, and they can still clog up the drains. Water companies hate the things, whist plumbers (and the likes) see them as a steady little earner due to the blockages they cause.

Even worse, they can bypass the sewage treatment plants and end up in the rivers and oceans. Bloody things are an environmental hazard and are found regularly by a friend who litterpicks along the river foreshore.

Gavin83

Doozergirl said:

elsien said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Doozergirl said:
The stand up wee is why I hate shared toilets.  I was in a restaurant on Sunday, early lunch, and only the 4th toilet was acceptable - because men. 

Can't say I've been in too many women's toilets but the Mrs complains that many of them are rank even without the aid of men

As a semi-regular user of men’s toilets when the queues for the women’s are just too long, give me a rank woman’s toilet over a rank men’s one any day. 

Although you are correct, both can be minging.

Agree.  When a women's toilet is nasty it's usually because of the general levels of upkeep by the venue, or everyone's drunk and there's an awful lot of people.  

Women can be just as nasty as men. Where I used to work we had cases of women (or maybe/hopefully one woman) pooing on the actual toilet seat and leaving it there. This was a professional office as well. They actually had to send out a staff email about it. As far as I can remember this never occurred in the mens, although you obviously had the obligatory wee everywhere.

Slinky said:

Gavin83 said:

FreeBear said:

Gavin83 said: Personally I use those flushable wet wipes for number twos.

Those "flushable" wipes do not break down like toilet paper does, and they can still clog up the drains. Water companies hate the things, whist plumbers (and the likes) see them as a steady little earner due to the blockages they cause.

Fair enough. I’ve been using them for years and never had a problem with the drains so I’ll continue to do so. Should they start causing an issue I will of course reconsider.

If you've ever done a litter pick by a river, the flipping 'flushable' wipes are e

Out of interest how do you know they're the flushable wipes and not make up wipes? Admittedly I'm far from an expert in make up wipes but they look fairly similar to me and I expect after making it all the way to a river the remaining deposits would look similar too. I expect I'm missing something.

plumb1_2

DullGreyGuy said:

Doozergirl said:
The stand up wee is why I hate shared toilets.  I was in a restaurant on Sunday, early lunch, and only the 4th toilet was acceptable - because men. 

Can't say I've been in too many women's toilets but the Mrs complains that many of them are rank even without the aid of men

I’ve worked in hundreds of ladies/gents toilets over the years in retail and commercial buildings.
And the ladies wcs are always the worst state. Plus I have noticed in puds/clubs where the wc cistern is exposed with a lid. Usual faults for not flushing are credit cards purses etc stuffed in them what’s been nicked sadly. Years ago I used to take the cards to the bank and get £10 off them for there return.

plumb1_2

Gavin83 said:

FreeBear said:

Gavin83 said: Personally I use those flushable wet wipes for number twos.

Those "flushable" wipes do not break down like toilet paper does, and they can still clog up the drains. Water companies hate the things, whist plumbers (and the likes) see them as a steady little earner due to the blockages they cause.

Fair enough. I’ve been using them for years and never had a problem with the drains so I’ll continue to do so. Should they start causing an issue I will of course reconsider.

You really should stop using them they are very bad for the environment.
Plus in you do get unlucky and your drain or neighbours get blocked up with them you’ll be paying hundreds/ thousands to sort the problem out.

Doozergirl

Women's toilets are always going to seem more of a mess if you don't have to wipe up some strange man's pee just to sit down.   You just point your hose and go over the top of it! 

I appreciate we may have moved off topic here.  

DullGreyGuy

Ebe_Scrooge said:

victor2 said:

Doozergirl said:

victor2 said:

Some have an automatic lid that lifts when you walk in. Wife thinks it's cool but I can't see the point of it - how can it tell if you want the lid and seat raising, or just the lid?  

I think you're missing the point of the toilet, which is provide you with a luxurious sit-down-wee experience as well.  The Japanese are meticulously clean, hence these loos.  

Otherwise, what's the point of having the loo seat heated 247 for the maybe one time you happen to be at the right toilet a day.   

Wife spends long enough in the bathroom as it is. Give her an all-singing, all-dancing toilet and she'll be gone for days at a time! 

If that were me I'd be counting that as a huge selling-point

Even better if it can be controlled by wifi so if they're hogging the bathroom and you need to go you can run the wash cycle etc to get them out

Doozergirl

I saw an advert for a product this week that you squirt onto regular toilet roll.  It then behaves like a wet wipe, but isn't one.   I thought that was quite a good idea but I can't remember where or when I saw it.