Let’s talk about the whiz freedom

[Angela Zukowski]

I mean really ladies? Is this REALLY necessary?

I kind of feel like this is .5 oz of ridiculousness.

[Matt Lutz]

Imagine the style points!

[Diplomatic Mike]

In the UK it's called the Shewee and is popular at outdoor rock festivals. The girls just line up with the guys at the urinals. I guess the lines are too long for the private cubicles. :)

[Sarah Kirkconnell]

For some maybe. I couldn't care less. I see no point in it personally though I know people who like similar ones. It is definitely a HYOH thing.

[Angela Zukowski]

Ok, genius for at concerts, I will concede that point…
also climbing if you're on a big wall. I will give it that concession as well. But I think in the wilderness I will stick with the tried and true squat. While I see the usefulness in random situations, it doesn't really seem to add any ease to daily backpacking routines.

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[te – wa]

you'll finally be able to write your name in the dirt!
i cannot imagine the childish snickering at the auto garage when ol' Andy unwittingly uses this as an oil funnel…

[Russell Swanson]

My wife tried it. On the first use she ignored the cardinal guy's rule about wind speed and direction and that caused a minor mishap.

[Kendall Clement]

"My wife tried it. On the first use she ignored the cardinal guy's rule about wind speed and direction and that caused a minor mishap."

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL I'd pay good money to witness that one! Definitely worth the price of admission.

[Lynn Tramper]

If you are quite happy to continue squatting, then why not save yourself the money and 15g?

For me there are enough benefits to justify both. Not needing to drop my kit when it's biting cold or wet, or swarming with biting insects is brilliant. No need to take off pack. No need to 'dry off' with something (eg toilet paper). It makes it 100 times easier to pee into a small necked bottle or can in an emergency….!

[Anonymous]

This little gadget sounds like just the ticket for women mountaineers. No more squatting in a blizzard or stumbling into the night to take a whiz. Now they can do it standing up and use pee bottles at night, just like the guys. Myself, I just bought 1000 shares of Nalgene.

[ben wood]

being a guy i guess it is up to the girl?

but after reading this thread it makes me glad to have the "whiz freedom" already ummm… handled without any extra weight.

[Anonymous]

"but after reading this thread it makes me glad to have the "whiz freedom" already ummm… handled without any extra weight"

I dunno, Ben. My guess is 999 times out of 1000 a girl carrying one of these gizmos at 14 grams is packing less weight to achieve the function than a guy. YMMV of course. :-}

[Sharon Bingham]

LOL – this is hilarious.

To the OP, I'm betting that you've never tried a device like this. If you had, I can't imagine this question even popping into your head.

Seriously? Yes. Seriously.

If I had a dime for every rock I've tried to cantilever myself out over just to avoid the "splash back" effect caused by my stream landing anywhere near my feet or my pant-legs (like it will if you just squat)…

It's an absolute GENIUS device, and I'd be loathe to take a ROAD trip without it, let alone head out into the great outdoors…

[Nate Meinzer]

" I'd pay good money to witness that one! Definitely worth the price of admission."

Uhhh…I'd pay good money not to!

[Lynn Tramper]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the splashback! And how else would a girl ever get to learn what it feels like to pee on an electric fence?

[Chris Chastain]

Don't they make one a little, uh…

bigger?

[Joe Clement]

Great. Now I have to go google this……..

[Chris Chastain]

> Great. Now I have to go google this……..

Just look in the BPL gear shop.

[Lynn Tramper]

"I dunno, Ben. My guess is 999 times out of 1000 a girl carrying one of these gizmos at 14 grams is packing less weight to achieve the function than a guy. YMMV of course. :-}"

Yeah, but at the penalty of having to carry excess mammary tissue ;)

[Dan Cunningham]

Yeah, but at the penalty of having to carry excess mammary tissue ;)

Well… I've seen plenty of dudes with that problem. ;)

[Al V]

LOL This is the funniest thread I've read in a long time. Funny thing is I bought one for my wife. As a gag, I put it on top of her birthday present a couple of months ago. Should have seen the look she gave me… "This better not be my real present". Luckily the real present got me out of the doghouse real quick ;-)

Cheers
Al

PS She doesn't want to use it, so I'll have to show her this thread.

[Joe Clement]

So where do you get these? My wife works out in the field, and bathrooms (and the lack thereof) are always a problem. And it does what to mammary tissue?

[Jay Wilkerson]

Joe they sell them in BPL Gear shop.

[Linda Vassallo]

REI carries them also+called Freshette

Cheers
LV

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