Two alumni from University of Bristol have created a women's urinal which is allegedly six times quicker to use than a conventional loo.
“Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane designed the hands-free Peequal because they were fed up with long queues for the ladies toilets at festivals, the BBC reported.
Explaining the architecture of the urinal, McShane told the BBC that there are no funnels involved and it's semi-private, you can't see anything from the waist down. They’ve even put a prototype on trial at the Bristol Comedy Garden.
McShane told the BBC, "So for our masters project, we were asked to solve a real life problem and we knew straight away what we wanted to do. It's actually an adaptation of a hole in the ground toilet but it's what we call the pedestal. It's designed like a boat to minimise splash back and also to have a little place for your clothing in front.”
More than 2,000 women in focus groups and pubs around Bristol were consulted after which the duo came up with their "queue busting" urinal.
Speaking about the time that women have been wasting for a long time in toilet queues, Probyn said, "We realise this is a shift in behaviour but it's a more efficient way of doing things. At the start of the day you might look at this woman's urinal and be like 'I'm not sure about that' but after a few bevs, and after you've waited in the queue for about 15 minutes already - this option suddenly becomes much more appealing."
