Comments on: How to Use a Squaty Potty

By: Kayren

Kayren — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:58:33 +0000

I’m a little late in getting around reading this post, but I had to chime in.

I’m amused by what looks like a plunger. It honestly looks like that hole is big enough not to get clogged up by anything, and I’d think since it was in the floor like that anyway they’d make sure it was big enough so it didn’t.

Several people in our church who have experience with these have talked about how unclean they usually are around the rims, especially I guess where they have to put their feet. They were in other countries though (Romania is the only one I can think of off the top of my head for sure).

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:08:27 +0000

Liz: I didn’t use a bidet when I had a chance in Spain, and wish I had. They have them in Turkey, but they don’t seem as clean so they don’t tempt me.

By: Liz C.

Liz C. — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:12:32 +0000

Ummm… Does anyone every try having babies like that? American Indian women (like my great-great-great grandmother) would go out to be alone, dig a hole, squat and have their baby. Just the thought of it makes my heard spin in circles, lol.

I know what you mean about regretting not using it the first visit. I felt that way about bidets. I didn’t ever try the one we had in our honeymoon suite and now I think that might have been kinda fun! Well, it would now anyway.

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By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:14:58 +0000

Cheryl: It’s REALLY not as hard as it looks. And they’re less and less common. The others on the team wouldn’t even have used them if I hadn’t made them…I didn’t use them at all when I was there for 6 weeks the first time, and I regretted it.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:13:11 +0000

Is there at least a squat bar? And let’s face it…as a woman, things don’t always go where they should like they do for men. Now I can never go to Turkey. ;o)

By: joy in the Burbs

joy in the Burbs — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:43:40 +0000

I’ve haven’t used a squaty potty before. It’s funny because I was just having this conversation with a person who just returned from China. Thanks for the picture. Makes sense to me. ♥ Joy

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:25:07 +0000

To answer some of your readers’ questions, the pink pail is used as a do-it-yourself bedet – both for #2 and for that time of the month. The left hand is used for this kind of cleaning – that’s why in most of the world the left hand is considered dirty and you’d never use it to touch someone, receive food, shake someone’s hand, etc.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:23:17 +0000

Great post! I think that’s the cleanest one I’ve EVER seen!

By: MinD

MinD — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:02 +0000

I have never even heard of a squaty potty. Weird. Thanks for the step by step though, just in case, lol.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:46:54 +0000

Well, Ronnica, I didn’t know squat about using the commode this way! Thanks for enlightening me!
God bless!