Given the responses to my mentioning that my partner and I have not found an ideal urine collector for her, I thought I would elaborate. The main design goals are for a collector that is comfortable to use (preferably a hand-held container to save space), does not allow for dripping or leaking (I am a clean freak), is large enough for at least a couple days, will not spill, and that has a lid to avoid odor. I bought this thing called a "Feminal" that was a little small, but otherwise seemed promising. I was really disappointed (and pissed off, really), when I discovered that the lid is ridiculously difficult to put back on, totally voiding its practicality. My partner liked that she could use it standing up, that it fit nicely, and that it had an ergonomic shape. The lid seems to be the hardest part to deal with because a vulva-shaped opening cannot have a screw on top. If Jude's mayonnaise container had a handle, maybe that would satisfy our needs, though Zephyr
doesn't like the wide openings of most containers. I know there must be an easy solution out there. We save all our pee, so we need something that really works. I think my long-term solution will be to attach a tube to a funnel which will go through our strawbale bathroom wall into a 50 gallon drum or something that I will empty as needed. Unfortunately, storing urine results in the loss of nitrogen.
Urinecharge,
Rain
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