Introducing the pStyle
Okay, so I figure about 60% of you will be
seriously squicked by this post. Feel free to skip it.
Well, squick-free 40%, you will be glad you stayed on board.
Because two weeks ago I saw an ad in a magazine which broke through my
internal ad-blocker software. "Eliminates the need for toilet
paper!" it exclaimed, and I perked right up. I visited Krista's pStyle website, and
before I knew it, I was hooked.
The pStyle is a little plastic cup/funnel which fits between your legs
(women only, but guys obviously don't need one) and lets you pee
standing up. Our "outhouse" (such as it is) is a good little
distance from the house, so I generally don't wander all the way over
there to pee, especially if I'm hard at work in the garden. Plus,
if you pee in the yard, it attracts scads of butterflies. I'm
pretty good at squatting, but let me tell you, there's splattering now
and then, and drips at the end. And, in the winter, it's cold. The pStyle solves all
that.
Once you get over your gender normative reaction, you might come on
board too. Here are a couple of testimonials from other rural
livers:
– MaryAnn
I bought my first p-style 2 years ago from a local girl who placed a bulk order and it was my best friend through a cross country bike tour, living outdoors while working on a farm, and just reveling in peeing outside in general. I finally lost it so now while replacing it I'm hoping to convince five more women how indispensable it is! "
– Laura
I asked
Krista how she came about inventing the pStyle, and she explained that
the product was invented in Europe 20 years ago. But, as she put
it, "it was
just moldering away in France with no one knowing about it", so she
dusted it off, renamed it, and got the pStyle moving in the United
States.
I'm always intrigued by small businesses with cool products that solve
a real problem, and the pStyle
definitely fits the bill. So, check it out! Thanks, Krista,
for bringing France to our backyard!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Brandy, is that a good "something I thought I'd never see" or a "the apocalypse is coming now!"
Daddy, you got it!
Fostermamas --- it just means you're missing out on one of the joys of country life. (Of course, I'm sure some people find it less joyful than others.
Brandy --- as long as you like to pee outside, all's well.