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french crouching toilets

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orangeshoebox · 10/08/2019 12:14

just wondering as in a brico (don't ask) in france and they sell those toilets...

do private households have those sometimes?

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VivaLeBeaver · 10/08/2019 12:21

Never seen them in a private house but seen them lots in cafes, campsite toilets, public toilet type places.

orangeshoebox · 10/08/2019 12:38

me too!
but these things aren't the cheap option compared to a conventional toilet

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PutyourtoponTrevor · 10/08/2019 12:42

Had them round lake garda in Italy, didn't mind weeing in one but couldn't bring myself to have a poo

Toddlerteaplease · 10/08/2019 12:45

I saw one at a station in France that had a fold down steel ring to sit on over a crouch toilet. I didn't risk it!

Mablethorpe · 10/08/2019 12:48

I have indeed seen them all over France, most recently in the south this spring.

The other thing that baffles me in France is that in some places there is a loo but it has no seat so you still have to squat or sit in cold porcelain!

VenusTiger · 10/08/2019 12:53

Had really upset tummy in a ‘posh’ crouching loo in France - it was not so posh afterwards Blush
Though of course, I did tidy it up after.... awful to use one for no.2s anyway!

Reallybadidea · 10/08/2019 12:56

Haha I remember my sister referring to these as "kneeling" toilets just after we returned from holiday. We all looked at her like this Shock

cavalier · 10/08/2019 12:57

Not great if you have a bad back 😫😬

Wallywobbles · 10/08/2019 12:59

In theory it's the healthy way to shit as the angle is better. Never seen them in a private home and I'm not a huge fan as you end up washing your feet when you flush.

catlady3 · 10/08/2019 13:08

Was thinking the other day that they would be a nice option for public toilets. Had the worst time giving a sample in the doctor's filthy toilet, was wishing for one.

Lazydaisies · 10/08/2019 13:19

I think crouch toilets are fantastic for hygiene purposes. It is also apparently physiologically better for clearing out a bladder if your quads can hold out Grin

twilightcafe · 10/08/2019 13:27

Dd's face when she encountered one for the first time this year. ShockConfused
"Mummy - the toilet's missing!"

S1naidSucks · 10/08/2019 13:30

My balance is terrible and I’d rather find a bush to pee/poo behind, as I’d end up going arse over tit and be found with my ass stuck in it like a giant plunger! 😳

JellyNo15 · 10/08/2019 13:31

If I squat to pee I spray like the flower head on a watering can and get soaking we calves.

adaline · 10/08/2019 13:33

When I was at university in France a few years ago they had several normal cubicles and then a couple of crouching ones too!

LittleSweet · 10/08/2019 13:46

Ha ha JellyNo15, me too!

Cyberworrier · 10/08/2019 13:49

They call them Turkish toilets and I’ve seen them in some older unmodernised apartment blocks in Paris... one toilet shared between a couple of studio apartments. Not a fond memory.

Makiwa · 10/08/2019 13:50

They're called Turkish toilets. Never seen one in a private house in over 20 years of living in France. Hate the bloody things when you come across them on the motorway 'aires'.

TheQueef · 10/08/2019 13:51

Tis better for your bowel.
It's our natural shitting position.

TheQueef · 10/08/2019 13:53

I have a poo step at home to change my erm, firing angle?
No straining.

orangeshoebox · 10/08/2019 14:02

the worst are the ones at an aire that flush by flooding the whole floor once you lift up your derriere.

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chatwoo · 10/08/2019 14:04

Have used these in Asia a long time, only when needs must! Recently encountered on in Russia, and I had tight jeans on / was feeling particularly inflexible and it just seems so far down... I didn't bother in the end, and held on until I got back to my hotel!!

KindergartenKop · 10/08/2019 16:05

When I was a kid we used to stop at aires on our way down France and they always had crouch loos. Every time I pissed all over my socks!

StarlightLady · 10/08/2019 18:44

Malaysian trains and Italian ferries can be tricky if you encounter a squat loo.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 10/08/2019 18:52

Once you get used to them they are much better you get a really good clear out 😁

Even better if they have the little water pipe so you can wash yourself after like in the ME