Ever peed so loud it embarrassed you to death? Â Never? Â Yeah, same here. Â As such, it’s taking me a long time to wrap my head around this questionable contraption that claims to help you relieve a common bodily function quietly. Â Called the Pee Without Noise Stool, it’s meant to let you take a whizz without making a sound.
If they invented a toilet with volume controls, I would have jumped with glee. Â Not because I think it’s necessary, but a dirt-bowl with noise canceling technology is just too rad to resist. Â Instead, this is what we get – a kneeling stool that lets you put your pecker closer to the target.
Not that the Pee Without Noise is without its merits. Â For instance, it totally eliminates sprinkled toilet water and poor targeting mess, apart from letting you inch nearer to the bowl in case you need to throw up – very real problems that the contraption handily solves. Â Yet, they chose to focus the branding on making no sound when you’re taking a leak. Go figure! Â Is there some Japanese social convention when it comes to noisy pee? Â My guess is yes – otherwise, what would be the point of selling a kneeling stool as a drip silencer?
Sporting soft comfy cushions, the stool comes in two models, each of which allows for different types of kneeling. Â The two piece DX model offers one stool for each knee, which you can arrange depending on how you best like to take the position. Â It is made of lightweight polyurethane, with each piece measuring 15 x 31 x 23 cm. Â The second model, called the Eco, is a single-body unit made of wood, with 51 x 22 x 14 cm dimensions. Â Both variants can hold up to 265 lbs of weight.
[Japan Trend Shop via RGS]