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The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands
- vacri 13y agoThere are old toilets around here where the cistern lid is the handbasin - the basin greywater drains into the cistern. I think this kind of urinal would have to be placed dependent on what kind of patrons you have.
- tantalor 13y agoWhat are you referring to? Where is "here"? Why so vague?
- vacri 13y agoMelbourne. Vague because it's not particularly important where the location is, just that the idea has precedent, and it gets tiring having to note your location for reference every few comments.
- hudibras 13y agoMost home toilets in Japan have a washbasin in the lid.
- geetee 13y agoI give it 15 minutes before someone pisses all over the faucet.
- D9u 13y agoExactly what I thought... Some tall, drunk, guy (me) will ruin it for everyone else.
- cj 13y agoThat's probably why the faucet is "hands-free and sensor-activated" :)
- jessaustin 13y agoI fail to see how that would prevent the problem. If I piss on the tap, how eager will you be to wash your hands using water that flows through the tap?
- nwombosi 13y agoHow often do people piss that far up a urinal? Doesn't seem common from my experience.
- D9u 13y agoI have no problem washing my hands in normal restroom sinks. What's next, bidets for those who don't wash their asses? (yes, I saw the article about Japanese toilets a few months back)
- oofabz 13y agoWhy wash if you're only using the urinal? Your penis is cleaner than your hands.
- D9u 13y agoUmmm... We wash our hands regularly to promote hygiene. Do you wash your penis as often as I wash my hands?
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- ajuc 13y agoOn the other hand you're touching dirty stuff (like keyboards, or doors in public places) with your hands much more often than with your penis.
- redthrowaway 13y agoOne would hope.
- krichman 13y agoYes, and I wash my hands also. But consider that you don't often shake penises as a greeting. I presume the GP's theory to be that a penis doesn't need to be washed regularly because it seldom contacts foreign bacteria.
- D9u 13y agoI don't urinate on my hands...
- bifrost 13y agoTypically you touch less things with it :)
- yogo 13y agoPersonally I think washing your hands should be done before and after :)
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- ihuman 13y agoThe only problem with that is the leftover toilet paper. You can't put it in the urinal, so you have to put it in the trash. That would cause the trash to fill up quicker.
- cmbaus 13y agoThis might be the strangest rant I've read on HN.
- k2052 13y agoyou must be new here
- dclowd9901 13y agoHe did warn us with the "Here it goes".
- iwipeitclean 13y agoI'm a "wiper" too and feel more clean afterwards. It's one of the reasons why I try to use a proper toilet with access to paper. While we are ranting; why don't more urinals have dividers between them to give a minimum of privacy?
- mineallmine 13y agoThat's reparations for slavery. It's designed to make the white man remember the shame of his forefathers.
- mikestew 13y agoDividers? Oh, then you'd love the Trough o' Urine. Shoulder-to-shoulder while you let it flow into one big long shared container, no hang ups allowed, and no peeking. Available at finer concert venues and race tracks (and Washington state ferries, as I recall).
- peeters 13y ago> When asked whether folks might find the sink and the urinal a little too close for comfort, Jursons says, "It is more suitable for hygiene than just a urinal and then guys who don't wash [their] hands." Doesn't answer the question for those of us that DO wash our hands.
- beloch 13y agoThis sink would actually discourage me from washing my hands. I'm not going to handle my relatively clean schlong and then try to make my hands clean by using a sink that's splattered in yellow! This certainly would succeed at making me use less water though!
- nwh 13y agoWell, if you read the article, the tap is sensor activated. You don't actually touch it at all.
- sillysaurus 13y agoWell, actually, urine is sterile. So cleanliness isn't really a factor in deciding not to use it. It is pretty gross in an illogical way, though.
- vacri 13y agoFresh urine is sterile. It's a good breeding ground though, so it rapidly becomes less sterile.
- _pmf_ 13y ago> Fresh urine is sterile. It's a good breeding ground though, so it rapidly becomes less sterile. Could you explain this a little for the biological layman?
- JanezStupar 13y agoThere be no animals in urine from start. But animals like urine, because urine tasty. So many animals come to urine ASAP!
- LukeShu 13y agoIt's sterile when it comes out of you. However, once it's out of you, and sitting there in a puddle, it is very easy for bacteria to grow in it.
- shirro 13y agoI used a water saving toilet in a holiday shack with a handbasin on the top which drained into the cistern below so the water got reused. Interesting idea but not convincingly useful. It lacked warm water for starters so it is a fairly casual hand wash and the water only ran while the cistern was refilling. As a water saving measure I am more impressed with no-flush or reduced flush urinals and dual flush toilets. Not sure on the hand washing aspect. Is walking a couple of meters to a hand basin really that hard?
- jasonlingx 13y agoAwesome. And you can brush your teeth and pee at the same time too.
- moeamaya 13y agoFound this in a hostel in SF: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13002145/toilet_sink.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13002145/toilet_sink.jpg It's actually incredibly efficient, using the same water which is typically used to fill the reservoir tank for future flushes. Felt odd at first, but only a took a day to assimilate.
- nnq 13y agogreat concept, horrible product design! ...the sink should be above but somewhat connected to the urinal, as not to gross some people out by having them use a sink that's "in one block" with the bottom piece. It's the kind of very functional design that stays totally oblivious tot he psychology of users.
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- foobarbazqux 13y agoCombination sink-toilets are very common, a wide variety can be seen on Google images. https://www.google.com/search?q=combination+sink+toilet&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=combination+sink+toilet&tbm=...