Squat toilet

Does anybody in here use squat toilets as their every day toilet?

If so how are the comfort compared to a normal toilet with a seat

Not my everyday toilet but I use one often enough. It is definitely less comfortable than a seat, and stinkier. It's a little more comfortable if you remove your pants/panties completely and go into a deep squat - a squat where your butt touches your heels, and you hug your knees. If you're doing a pee, there's danger of getting pee on your shoes. The danger's the same for either genitalia. If it's a poo, it's all right if you have a smooth one, but if you're constipated, you don't have the luxury of relaxing on a seat. And splashback - because the poo drops from a height, the splashback can be massive. I'm not a huge fan of squat toilet, but I love to watch women, especially one in office wear, use it; it's the only advantage to me ?

Once a long time ago, I had a stainless steel pot that I used to squat over and it really made excretion easy and thorough.

Students has squat toilets (teachers a normal toilet) in the elementary school I attended. For a male, peeing is no big deal, just stand and pee, but droplets of pee then bounce everywhere. For females even peeing is annoying. I avoided having to poop there.

If you were a person with bad knees, I can't see how they would use this style of toilet.

Also, I know all public toilets regardless of type of toilet can be disgusting in terms of sanitary conditions, but the squat toilets just seem like they would get very unsanitary with use vs. the traditional sit toilet. Maybe it's just a bias on my part not having any experience with this style of toilet, but I would opt for a sitter versus a squatter if going in a public restroom. I can certainly see that a squat toilet does not require you to touch the surfaces which is a plus, but I could not imagine myself pooping into one.

Having traveled throughout China, they are disgusting. Even the airports have them along with a few western toilets. Our tour guide related that he was trained on the squat potty, but once he discovered the western toilet and comfort of being able to sit and read etc. he was happy to denounce the Asian type. He said he wife tells him he spends way to much time in the bathroom

It interesting some of the reply’s against it. There are some company’s trying to get the westerns people to adapt a bit.

Check this out

https://www.amazon.com/Squatty-Potty-Original-Bathroom-Toilet/dp/B00ESKVN7W

It’s not a true squat toilet, but it provides the benefits of that position.

I do agree it can be messy at times, but it’s the natural way humans have been going for centuries.

ProV1: Squat toilets were not uncommon in French schools when I was growing up (though they were starting to get phased out) and are still common in unattended rest stops on roads. The reason seems to be indeed that you do not touch the surfaces, so it is less important that they should be clean. Also they are probably easier to clean - you just hose them.

Okay, You convinced me to get a sit on toilet when refurbishing my bathroom and I will just get one of the steps that Cripmac reccomend .

Thank You everybody.

Not only no but hell no. I just remodeled both bathrooms and got me a Kohler deluxe model that is longer and taller. Much more comfortable than a squatter and I don't run the risk of falling in.

I used to go to a colonic hydro-therapist and at the end of each session she would fill me to the brim (until I could not take any more), have me hold it as long as I could, then go to the toilet and release. The toilet in this case had a vinyl frame built around it that forced you to assume the squat position while sitting on the seat. This made the evacuation very comfortable and very complete. Too bad she closed up shop (I think she lost her lease). I never did find out where she relocated to . . . oh well such is life!

In China many years ago the hotel had squat toilets. At first they were hard to use, but I soon figured out how. I never learnt how to poo on one without messing my pants, so took off both my pants and underwear every time before squatting. I tried both facing out and facing the wall. I'm told the direction is a matter of preference.

As to function, your knees are pressed up against your tummy adding to abdominal pressure. I found this very laxative and resulted is a very prompt, complete poo. Even when mildly constipated, I always emptied quickly and fully. The speed was welcome because squatting is quite tiring.

I think using one after receiving an enema would be quite a mess, because of splashing.

Now if they'd only had toilet paper.

I found this article that I think might be helpful to a lot of us.

http://www.futureofpersonalhealth.com/nutrition-and-diet/why-squatting-is-a-better-position-for-bowel-movements. Although the United States has been quite attached to their modern commode many countries around the world have squatted to poop for centuries, and science is starting to catch up. Your body relies on a bend in the colon (where your poop lives) and the anus (where your poop says hi) to keep everything stored until showtime. Your Puborectalis muscle helps keep your poop in place by kinking your colon, much like a bend in a garden hose stops the flow of water, when you’re sitting or standing. This muscle is helpful for when you’re sitting and don’t want to poop, but unhelpful for when you’re sitting and do want to poop. Your colon’s sweet spot comes with the \squat. This tells your Puborectalis muscle to fully relax. Squatting straightens the kink and allows for a more complete elimination.

I would have to have some type of rail or something to hold onto when squatting, or else I would lose my balance and be sitting in the shit. Like Moppy, several years ago I replaced both of my toilets with the tall elongated model and could not be happier with them.

Dan

To truly appreciate the squat toilet experience, one has to have experienced the deplorable almost floor level squat toilets I experienced several years ago while teaching in Asia. The toilets in my “foreign teacher housing” dorm style room were western and one could actually sit on it as necessary. Elsewhere one was likely to encounter floor level squat toilets in quite deplorable condition usually. One always hoped for a bar to hang on to so as not to come in direct contact with something questionable in a public toilet space. One also carried her own toilet paper since this was not generally provided unless you paid the “bathroom attendant” for one small piece when entering the bathroom.These toilets always made me wonder how desperate one had to have been to take employment as a bathroom attendant???

Ask the Japanese!! Or at least the women. They have been using a hole in the floor for centuries. It is called a (bin-jo). As their country has moved into modernity, the men have gravitated to what we prefer as toilets, but from experiences I have had in the 60's the women are still using that hole in the floor and prefer it.

On a trip to China, our guide told us his story of the squat toilet. He grew up with that style, but converted to the western style and his wife said he spent way to much time reading on the western throne.

In Iceland they had pictures in the restrooms showing how to use western toilets so visitors from certain Asian countries would not stand on them and attempt to squat.