Glastonbury: Did you find the Peequal female urinals?

[Daisydoesnt]

If you went to Glastonbury this year, did you find the Peequal female urinals? There were some near the Pyramid stage although there might have been others. Not smelly, hardly ever a queue, quick to use, oh and did I mention not smelly? They are nothing to do with me (this is not an ad) but having been dreading the thought of the disgusting Glasto loos they were a complete and utter game changer. They will be at other festivals this summer so look out for them!!

Women's urinal inventors

A few hundred portaloos? 250,000 people for a week, day and night (if you include stewards and crew)? Compared with 180,000 people who are at cross country day at Badminton, what eight hours? I’ve competed at badminton and you cannot compare the two. Thursday Friday and Sunday crowds are a tiny fraction. Badminton is also only 20 minutes from the M4.

🤣🤣 the comments here are killing me! MN outrage at it's finest 🤣🤣

Festival goer, camper & happy wild wee-er here! When I have to go I really have to go and would squatt in a field full of onlookers if I had to!

The screens look sufficient to block any view of your legs /hips /bum when squatting or standing. If a passerby happened to glimpse my bare knees or head & shoulders as they walked by I think I can live with that for the convenience/ hygiene of not having to use the longdrops or portaloos unless absolutely necessary.

Fab invention, well done to the women for coming up with a sustainable additional option.

Give Michael Eavis a ring? I’m sure he’d love to hear your recommendations 😂😂

a few hundred portaloos 🤣 give over!

I think some pp haven’t ever seen a festival in a field before.

It is a farm, fields and fields of green space. No running water, no sewerage. They used to have the portaloos but they aren’t eco friendly and if I remember correctly they were “tipped” when occupied. Add the heat of the sun and you’ve got yourself a very smelly box.

Now, they have long drops. These are totally lacking privacy and are unisex. So you are pooping next to a male no ceiling and the door doesn’t cover your feet. So not a great option.

As far as I understand Peequal have invented a fabulous solution for women to just pop in for a wee. No doors so you don’t stay long.

Its an area where women usually are gathering to use the loo. It’s attended unlike any other loo and cleaned regularly, unlike the long drops.

I would definitely use Peequal. The fact they didn’t smell is a bonus.

I'm not going to support a designer just because they're female!

At festivals, I want toilet solutions that are clean, quick, and female-only. Would it have killed them to have made these toilets for women-only? Why did they have to include men?

Privacy is a thing of the past apparently.. and nothing to stop people just walking in on you. Hard pass from me.

I think the invention is sound, and absolutely to be welcomed - though I'm not sure I'd be able to use them (knees and hips). But if they are well-used then it would obviously help with the queues for the other loos.

Where it falls down for me is the execution. It should be enough to say (and mean) "female-only" without making it meaningless by inviting in general nonconforming men. This undermines the whole concept (and will mean the loos are a lot dirtier and smelliest, too). I also wonder about the instruction to "find a free wedge". Does this mean that people are constantly walking in on you trying to find a free spot?

I think at an actual woman-only outdoor event these would be a great addition to the loo offering.

Surely this is just the same type of toilet that they use in a lot of Asian countries?

I go to three or four festivals a year but haven't seen these before.
Last month at Download it was standard portaloos, plenty of them, very clearly separated for male and female. Barely any queuing, and relatively clean, considering.
I'm not a pearl-clutcher by any means, if I was I wouldn't be at Download, but it was just really nice having that female-only space at a festival where women are usually massively outnumbered.

I'll look out for these at my next festival OP.

They sound like a great invention to me OP, well done to the two enterprising individuals.
As for some/many of the frankly ridiculous responses on here…… 😵‍💫
I have never been to Glastonbury and I have zero intention of ever doing so but anything that helps women at festivals is great!

Yes, I feel the same way!

This is an interesting article, though - inews.co.uk/news/glastonbury-2022-peequal-womens-urinals-queue-free-future-festival-toilets-1708501

Sarah Carson is very positive about the urinals, and then there's one line towards the end about being hidden, except when one woman walks in on her. I'd find that horrendous - especially with no guarantee that the 'woman' would be female. Proof that it does happen, though, for those who have been saying it wouldn't.

I suspect, from the article and things that other posters have said, that the average woman who attends these festivals is less concerned about privacy than most. It would explain the quite polarised reactions.

Found this on TikTok, makes it so much easier to understand how it works

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This is why you've gotten so many negative comments, it's a defense mechanism.

Some women feel really strongly about facilities for women being protected, and that's ok, but they cannot seem to face the fact that other women really don't feel the same way.

When I need a wee, I need a wee and really don't give a shit who else is around, I've peed behind a tree in a park near the bus stop before after a night out waiting to get home.

I respect that others won't feel the same as me, and that's fine. They can use the revealing, also unisex long drops if they go to a massive festival.

If they don't attend festivals, they can use cubicles as normal. The inventors aren't trying to have peequals replace women's toilets 😁

@NippyWoowoo you have hit the nail on the head perfectly!