Would you use a urinal for women? 発明 （人命などを）奪う，主張するs to be 'six times quicker' to use than a 正規の／正選手 洗面所 as festival season approaches

By Eleanor Dye

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Two British inventors of a 'urinal for women' are 捜し出すing to 拡大する their 商売／仕事 to other European nations for the first time.?

Amber Probyn, 25, and Hazel McShane, 26, designed the 手渡すs-解放する／自由な 'Peequal' as part of a masters 事業／計画（する） at the University of Bristol to solve a 'real life problem'.

They were 奮起させるd to create the flatpack contraption - which fits six 部隊s inside a pizza-structure - after 列ing for hours at music festivals in the UK.

There are no doors or roof and each 洗面所, which is designed to be squatted over rather than sat on, is 封鎖するd from outside 見解（をとる） by cleverly positioned curved 塀で囲むs, which are short enough that women look over the 最高の，を越す while urinating.

The team have now raised £500,000 in 投資, which they are using to 改善する the 製品's design, the BBC 報告（する）／憶測s.

The so-called 'Peequal' - a urinal designed specifically for use by women - could be expanding into Europe

The いわゆる 'Peequal' - a urinal designed 特に for use by women - could be 拡大するing into Europe

This year Amber and Hazel are hoping to bring the urinals to Germany and the Netherlands?for the first time.?

They have around 134 部隊s so far - with more 取引，協定s 現在／一般に in the 作品 with festival 操作者s.?

Peequal have already trialled the urinals at Glastonbury, Download and Pride festivals in 2023, 同様に as the London マラソン.?

The design means a larger number of urinals can fit into a smaller space and the creator （人命などを）奪う，主張するs the '急速な／放蕩な-跡をつける 洗面所' is six times faster to use than a 伝統的な cubicle.

It also 減ずるs the 炭素 足跡 of a festival because the 'peequals' can be flat-packed and 負担d の上に lorries, 減ずるing the number of 乗り物s needed to 輸送（する） them compared to a 伝統的な cubicle.?

The boat-like design also means splash is minimised and 着せる／賦与するing can come 負かす／撃墜する over the 前線.?

Their website 明言する／公表するs: 'Our 使節団 is to 開拓する pee equality for all women, one pee at a time.?

'We 運動 gender equality by giving women choice, 押し進める bound aries by challenging the status quo, question the narrative by staying curious, and always dedicate time to fun because life is for living.'?

Amber Probyn, 25, and Hazel McShane, 26 (pictured), designed the hands-free 'Peequal' as part of a masters project at the University of Bristol to solve a 'real life problem'

Amber Probyn, 25, and Hazel McShane, 26 (pictured), designed the 手渡すs-解放する／自由な 'Peequal' as part of a masters 事業／計画（する） at the University of Bristol to solve a 'real life problem'?

The design means a larger number of urinals can fit into a smaller space and the creator claims the 'fast-track toilet' is six times faster to use than a traditional cubicle

The design means a larger number of urinals can fit into a smaller space and the creator （人命などを）奪う，主張するs the '急速な／放蕩な-跡をつける 洗面所' is six times faster to use than a 伝統的な cubicle?

The team have now raised £500,000 to continue to improve the product, which has been trialled at UK festivals

The team have now raised £500,000 to continue to 改善する the 製品, which has been trialled at UK festivals

Ms McShane has 以前 said: 'We are building a team to bring our urinals to festivals, 冒険的な events, outdoor shows and more.

'We're really proud to be changing the way women pee, and doing it in a 安全な way which 減ずるs time spent in 列s.

'Because our urinals are modular and flat packed, just one of our festival orders this Summer will take 70 lorries ? or 140 lorry trips ? off the roads.'?

However, they 追加するd that they are not trying to 'revolutionise the 洗面所' but trying to 速度(を上げる） things up for women who 'just want to pee', によれば TodayFM.??

They are also hoping to be more environmentally friendly by making the 部隊s out of plastic 除去するd from the sea and are also in discussions with a company about the 可能性 of turning the collected urine into fertiliser.??

The entrepreneurs, who 卒業生（する）d from the University of Bristol in 2020, 設立する that women?列 up to 34 times longer than men because there are 10 male urinals for every women's public 洗面所.?

And once they get to the 前線 of the 列, up to 80 per cent of women 結局最後にはーなる squatting over the 洗面所 seat anyway to 避ける bacteria.?

They also told TodayFM: 'There are so many elements to the design. It's open 空気／公表する and touch 解放する／自由な.'

The entrepreneurs, who graduated from the University of Bristol in 2020, found that women queue up to 34 times longer than men

The entrepreneurs, who 卒業生（する）d from the University of Bristol in 2020, 設立する that women 列 up to 34 times longer than men

They designed the shape of the toilet bowl so it would suit various squat positions - low, high and wide - meaning the urinals are suitable for most women. Pictured, a graphic shows the various ways the urinals can be used

They designed the 形態／調整 of the 洗面所 bowl so it would 控訴 さまざまな squat positions - low, high and wide - meaning the urinals are suitable for most women. Pictured, a graphic shows the さまざまな ways the urinals can be used

Ms Probyn and Ms McShane a lso told the BBC?they used to have to choose between going to the 洗面所 or getting food when they worked at music festivals because the 列s were so long.?

The pair talked to more than 2,000 women around Bristol in 焦点（を合わせる） groups and pubs before coming up with their urinal, which they （人命などを）奪う，主張する 縮めるs 列ing times.?

Ms McShane said that the 洗面所 is on a pedestal, but is an adaptation of a 穴を開ける in the ground.?

She said: 'It's designed like a boat to minimise splash 支援する and also to have a little place for your 着せる／賦与するing in 前線.'?

They designed the 形態／調整 of the 洗面所 bowl so it would 控訴 さまざまな squat positions - low, high and wide - meaning the urinals are suitable for most women.?

Ms Probyn 追加するd that time spent 列ing to use the ladies was 'wasting hours of women's lives'.?

'At the start of the day you might look at this women's urinal and be like "I'm not sure about that",' she explained. 'But after a few bevs, and after you've waited in the 列 for about 15 minutes already - this 選択 suddenly becomes much more 控訴，上告ing.'?

The entrepreneurs, who graduated from the University of Bristol in 2020, found that women queue up to 34 times longer than men because there are 10 male urinals for every women's public toilet. Queues for the toilets at The Parklife Fest ival 2017 at Heaton Park in Manchester

The entrepreneurs, who 卒業生（する）d from the University of Bristol in 2020, 設立する that women 列 up to 34 times longer than men because there are 10 male urinals for every women's public 洗面所. 列s for the 洗面所s at The Parklife Festival 2017 at Heaton Park in Manchester?

It is said that the new urinal, which travels flat pack and can be arranged in three different ways, produces 98 per cent いっそう少なく CO2 than other portable 洗面所s and is made from 100 per cent recyclable 構成要素s.

When images of the new design were 株d online some women had their grievances, but 賞賛するd the women for looking into the 問題／発行する.

One commented: 'I'm all for festival 洗面所 列s moving 6x quicker and having 10 いっそう少なく 適切な時期s to touch a portaloo! ...but I'm not sure how I feel about having my 長，率いる above the parapet while I pee.'

Others were more 批判的な, as one said: 'What was the feedback as it looks awful! If I’m pulling 負かす／撃墜する my 着せる／賦与するs and underwear I want 十分な 高さ 塀で囲むs and a roof 加える a real 洗面所. What we need are more actual, 私的な 洗面所s for women, this is not a 解答 to long 列s.'

Another 追加するd: 'No roof over it, nice when it's raining.'

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